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PAGE A8, KEIZERTIMES, APRIL 22, 2016 KEIZERTIMES.COM Celt speedster posts top time in hurdles By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes McNary High School se- nior Dani Duran is known as a sprinter on the varsity track and fi eld team, but she added to her repertoire in a big way last week. Duran ran in the 300-me- ter hurdles for the fi rst time in her high school career during the West Salem High School meet at McNary Wednesday, April 13, and recorded the fourth best time in the state, 46.75 seconds. Then, three days later at the Wilsonville Invitational, Duran posted a time of 45.80 and moved up the state rankings to third. “It was kind of an amaz- ing thing,” said Frank Gauntz, McNary head track and fi eld coach. “She had been want- ing to run it and the coaches decided to give her a shot and here she is at the top of the state times.” Duran’s time is just slightly behind the state leader De- shae Wise, of Grants Pass High School, with a best of 45.11. While the Celtics didn’t fare as well as Duran teamwise in the Titan meet, Gauntz said he isn’t as concerned with the individual meet wins as get- ting the largest contingent possible to advance to the state meet next month. “Right now we’re focused on getting them running fast- er and jumping higher, but we had some good perfor- mances by Brendan Van Voo- rhis in the sprints and Cam- brian Partridge in the discus with a new personal record,” Gauntz said. Partridge won the discus for McNary with a throw of 98-10, just 14 inches shy of her goal of breaking the 100- foot mark this season. “During the off season, I did a lot of work in the weight room and then had some per- sonal coaching on the tech- nique and small things every week,” said Partridge, a junior. Fellow throwers Hayden Sader and Jason Sperle, took second and third, respectively, in the shot put for the boys. “For how early it is in the season, we’re getting a lot of personal records even if we’re not real high in the rankings,” Sader said. Sperle credited a new coach with helping keep the squad focused in recent weeks. “The new coach has made it a lot of fun and we have good core groups in each event so we’re seeing a lot of growth,” Sperle said. Other event winners for the girls in the West Salem meet were: Brooke Bur- rows in the 800 meter in 2:35.93; Kailey Doutt in the 1,500 meter in 5:19.48; Al- exa Strand in the 3,000 me- ter 13:11.68; and River Harri in the 100 meter hurdles in 18.48. For the boys, event win- ners were: Van Voorhis in the 100 meter in 11.24 and Aus- tin Brown, Anthony Nguyen, Levi Timmons and Van Voo- rhis in the 4x400 relay in 3:35.18. KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald Celt Dani Duran runs in an early heat of the 100 meter during the West Salem meet Wednesday, April 13. Duran recorded one of the top times in the state in the 300 meter hurdles after running it for the fi rst time in competition. A RIGHT: McNary senior Vanessa Hayes tips a ball over the net in competition with the Lady Celt varsity volleyball team last fall. KEIZERTIMES/ Eric A. Howald Boys golf takes 3rd in home tourney B The McNary High School boys var- sity golf team took third in its home tournament at McNary Golf Club Monday, April 18. The Celtics had a tall order to fi ll with the absence of regular Riley Han- cock due to injury. The Keizer team fi nished with a team score of 331, be- hind West Albany (314) and West Salem C Celt netter earns full ride to U of Alaska By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes As a junior, Vanessa Hayes (327) high schools. was a standout on the Mc- Brady Sparks shot a 90 for the day, Nary High School varsity Adam Raschko shot an 82, Teegan volleyball team, but it was Papke shot an 83, Casey Potmesil shot a nothing compared to how 76 and Matt Langenwalter, fi lling in for she showed up as a senior. Hancock, shot a 100. In the off-season, and with The Celts record for league tour- the help of coaches in the naments this season is 2-2 for the year North Pacifi c Juniors Volley- thus far. ball Club, Hayes developed a kill shot that sounded like a E cannon fi ring and began tat- tooing opponents across the net from the Lady Celts. D “Club was a huge part of all of it,” said Hayes. “With high school teams, it’s kind of anybody at the school who wants to play, but the compe- tition level is so much higher and the coaches can give you a lot more specifi c training.” On Wednesday, April 13, Hayes became the fi rst Celt volleyball player to commit to continuing her career in the sport at the college level in a handful of years – many KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald of her teammates are also A: Teegan Papke lines up a putt. B: Casey Potmesil puts one on the making the leap but in other green. C: Amar Sidhu, Jordan Ep- sports. She’s picked Univer- ping and Matt Levis of the junior sity of Alaska Anchorage. varsity team wait for their turn on “When my coach fi rst the links. D and E: Adam Raschko told me the assistant wanted and Brady Sparks tee off. to meet me, I kind of blew it off because Alaska was so far beyond where I was looking to go,” Hayes said. Still, Hayes heard him out and the pair discovered con- nections over faith and then Hayes started listening a bit more intensely. “He was showcasing the school for me and it sound- ed really good so I had him meet with my mom and she got excited about it,” Hayes said. The more she asked around, the more good things she heard. After a visit to the school earlier this year, she was offered a full-ride schol- arship and the rest, as they say, is history. The Seawolf women’s volleyball team won their conference last season and fi nished second in the re- gion.Hayes said the coach is expecting her to start for the team as a freshman. “He has high expectations for me, but he expects me to come out and do it because I’m motivated that way,” Hayes said. Hayes is planning on ma- joring in psychology at UAA with the eventual goal of be- coming a pediatrician.
