Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Page A-3
Sports
LBMS burns up the track at districts
Judy Hoyle
IVN Contributing Writer
The Lorna Byrne Middle School (LBMS)
track and field team set new school records at
the May 9 district track meet at Medford High
School’s Spiegelberg Stadium.
In addition, Mallorie Menning qualified for
the May 26 state track “Meet of Champions” in
Corvallis. She won second in the district for the
shot put with a school record winning 35 feet 1
inch throw. She also took fifth place in the discus
and is currently second all time LBMS record
holder with a 68 feet 9 inch throw.
Hannah Evens won second in the district in
the 100 meter dash and established a new seventh
grade record with a 13.56 time. She also took
sixth in the 200 meter dash and is currently sixth
all time at LBMS with a 30.17 finish.
The boys’ 4 x 100 meter relay team won
third at district and set a new school record of
52.31. The team included Ryland Thornhill, Joe
Martinson, Colton Harms and Alec Hendrix.
The girls’ 4 x 100 meter relay team won fifth
at district. The team included Alexa Zabriskie,
Maya Griffin, Celecia Poydack and Hannah
Evans.
Joe Martinson placed third in the 100 meter
hurdles.
Mike Giles placed fourth in the high jump
and tied his school record mark of 5 feet.
Alec Hendrix placed fifth in the high jump at
15-11.50.
The LBMS track and field team enjoyed
a banner year despite cold and rainy weather
during much of the season. Twenty-five students
participated this year and head coach Scott
Thornhill is already looking toward next years’
program.
“Coaches are our biggest need at this point.
I will be moving on to I.V. High School (IVHS)
and we will also be losing two assistant coaches.
I will remain heavily involved because I will still
be working at LBMS,” he said.
“Expanding and growing the program will
be an every year goal. I would love to go up to
30 kids next year and just continue to make our
track program bigger and better. I feel that the
success of our kids last year and this year are
what draws our kids toward track and field. It is
such a great sport. There is an event for every
type of ability and every level of student.”
Thornhill praised the new track surface, new
discus ring area, sidewalks, hurdles and other
improvements at IVHS. Many improvements
were funded through the Rotary.
“We will continue to build on what the Duck
Derby dollars provided us a few years ago,” he
said.
(Courtesy photo for The Illinois Valley News)
Ryland Thornhill in the 4 x 100 relay May 9, at
Medford High School’s Spiegelberg Stadium .
IVHS performs well at first home meet
Ray Brown
IVN Contributing Writer
It was an exciting evening at the new
IVHS track, May 6. Every winner set a
track record and new personal records (PRs)
were set by Jacob Bafia, 100 meters; Kiowa
Fitzwater, 100 meters; Zac Parker, shot put;
Tyler Stevens, 200 meters; Evan Vallot, 400
meters; Hunter Wilde, 100 and 400 meters;
Walker Zody, 800 meters; Amy Burns, 100
and 200 meters, Cynthia Burns, 100 and 200
meters; Margarita Hernandez, 100 meters;
Grace Humphreys, discus; Roza Jonas, 800
meters; Lily Pyle, 100 and 200 meters; and
Tessa Turner, 100 meter hurdles.
As expected the fire department was
on standby because Halona Jackson torched
the new tack in both the 100 and 200 meters,
setting personal records and track records at
the same time. Jackson led both races from the
start and was pulling away throughout. The
new track records that she set should stand for
some time to come.
A week later the team was at the Southern
Cascade League Championship at St. Mary’s
High School in Medford where Jackson was at
it again, winning both the 100 and 200 meter
races, setting new personal records in both
and placing second in the long jump. She was
awarded Most Valuable for the Sprints.
Setting personal records at this meet were
Josh Medina, 400 meters; Evan Vallot, 800
meters; Walker Zody, 1500 meters; Hunter
Wilde, 1500 meters; Austin Young, discus;
Dean Hearn, triple jump; and Taylor Hammers,
javelin. The relay quartet of Taylor Hammers,
Cynthia Burns, Amy Burns and Meron Joans
set a new record for their relay at 59.11
seconds in the 4 x 100 meter.
Young and Savannah Baez came so close
to qualifying for the state meet this week with
Young setting a PR for the year and Baez
overcoming leg injuries to match her all time
best high jump of 4 feet 10 inches. As it stands,
only Jackson will make the trip to Eugene to
represent IVHS Thursday and Friday in three
events.
Head coach Paul Jackson and his
assistant coaches, Ray Brown and Neeka
Goodwin are proud of their teams and would
like to thank the community for all the support.
(Photo by Dan Mancuso, Illinois Valley News)
Taylor Hammers-Whitney races off with the baton during the ladies 4 x 100
meter race at home, Friday, May 6.
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