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Newspaper Page Text10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Athletes of the Week (FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 22-27) KYLE STRANGE Astoria GIRLS 4X200 RELAY TEAM Ilwaco Submitted Photo EO Media Group/File Photo Ilwaco, Washington’s winning 4-by-200 relay, from left to right: Eliza Bannister, Anessa Woodby, Alayna Marsh and Ebby McMullen. he senior played a big part in Astoria’s post season run, which included T a play-in victory over Gladstone and state playoﬀ wins at Estacada and Hidden Valley. Strange was the initial spark. Down to their ﬁ nal out against Gladstone, Strange singled to drive in the game-tying run, which led to an extra-inning victory. He had a single and scored a run in a 3-0 win at Estacada, then highlighted a quarterﬁ nal victory over No. 1-ranked Hidden Valley by going 2-for-4 with an opposite ﬁ eld home run. He scored twice and drove in two runs. He scored one of Astoria’s two runs in the season-ending loss at La Grande Tuesday. Strange led the Fishermen with a .521 batting average this season. He had 38 hits in 73 at-bats, and struck out just ﬁ ve times. His seven doubles, three triples and 29 RBIs were all team-highs. he Lady Fishermen placed 11th in the 2B team standings in the WIAA T meet, held May 25-27 at Eastern Washington University in Cheney. Ilwa- co’s 4x200-meter relay squad highlighted the meet for the Lady Fishermen, as the foursome of Anessa Woodby, Elizabeth McMullen, Alayna Marsh and Eliza Bannister won their event in 1 minute, 48.08 seconds. Wilbur-Creston took second in 1:48.17. In the ﬁ nal event, Woodby, Bannister, Marsh and freshman Kaytlenn Whelden placed second in the 1,600-meter relay in 4:14.48, as Ilwa- co’s two relay squads scored 18 of the 25 team points. Ilwaco girls relay highlights state meet GUEST COLUMN SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE FRIDAY Baseball — 2A/1A Championship: Reedsport vs. Knappa, 1:30 p.m., Volca- noes Stadium BASEBALL Lewis & Clark All-League Player of the Year: Mason Schimmel, Rainier Coach of the Year: Mike Wing, Rainier First Team Mason Schimmel, Sr., Rainier Ari Bluffston, Sr., Catlin Gabel Gunnar Brooks, Sr., Rainier Dawson Carr, Jr., Rainier Bailey Duckett, Sr., Portland Chr. James Helmen, Fr., Clatskanie Job Karber, Sr., Rainier Dustin Luquette, Sr., Clatskanie Matt Maynard, Sr., Catlin Gabel Nate Post, Sr., Catlin Gabel Caymon Rea, Jr., Rainier Ryan Schmunk, Sr., Rainier Second Team Cash Boulch, Sr., Rainier Chad Clark, Sr., Portland Chr. Dawson Evenson, Fr., Clatskanie Jasper Gordon, Sr., Catlin Gabel Nelson Marshall, Jr., Portland Chr. Jacob Morrow, Fr., Warrenton Aidan Perry, Jr., Portland Chr. Roland Scott, Jr., Catlin Gabel Tim Seybert, Sr., Rainier Joey Tripp, So., Rainier Caleb Warren, Sr., Clatskanie Ned Williamson, Jr., Catlin Gabel Honorable Mention Jacob Adler, Sr., Catlin Gabel Aaron Cantrell, Sr., Rainier Austin Wright, Sr., Portland Chr. OSAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Baseball 6A-Clackamas vs. West Linn 5A-Crater vs. Churchill 4A-La Grande vs. Henley 3A-Glide vs. St. Mary’s 2A/1A-Reedsport vs. Knappa Softball 6A-Westview vs. North Medford 5A-Marist vs. Dallas 4A-Crook County vs. Henley 3A-Dayton vs. Rainier 2A/1A-North Douglas vs. Pilot Rock TRACK & FIELD OSAA State Meet Team Results 1A Girls Joseph 64, Adrian 45, Hosanna Chris- tian 41, North Lake 39, Camas Valley 37, Gilchrist 33.3, Damascus Christian 32, Monument 32, South Wasco 30, St. Stephen’s Academy 27, Pacific 20, Willa- mette Valley Christian 20, Mitchell-Spray 20, Griswold 20, Cove 19, Horizon Chris- tian 18.3, Chiloquin 17, Southwest Chris- tian 14, Condon/Wheeler 12, Triangle Lake 12, Powder Valley 11, North Clack- amas Christian 10, Triad Christian 10, Powers 10, Dayville 8, Oak Hill 8, Jewell 7.3, Perrydale 6, Portland Waldorf 6, C.S. Lewis Academy 6, Days Creek 5, Falls City 4, Butte Falls 4, Echo 3, Sherman 3, Paisley 3, Harper 3, Mapleton 2, Ione 1. 1A Boys Pacific 59, Powers 56, Southwest Christian 53, Adrian 46, Hosanna Chris- tian 40, North Clackamas Christian 38, Triangle Lake 35, Days Creek 30, Dufur 29, Sherman 28, Damascus Christian 22, Crane 21, Triad Christian 21, Cove 20, Condon/Wheeler 19, Arlington 18, Griswold 17, Camas Valley 15, Oak Hill 10, Horizon Christian 9, Joseph 9, Low- ell 8, Portland Waldorf 7, North Lake 6, Mitchell-Spray 6, St. Stephen’s Academy 6, Harper 5, Powder Valley 5, Alsea 4, South Wasco County 4, Butte Falls 3, Glendale 3, Jordan Valley 3, Pine Ea- gle 3, Ione 2, Perrydale 1, Mapleton 1, Jewell 1. By AARON MEAD EO Media Group Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard Sam Kendricks pole vaults during the second day of events at the IAAF Diamond League Prefon- taine Classic at Hayward Field in Eugene on Saturday. The ‘Pre’ Classic draws top track and ﬁ eld athletes By NEIL BRANSON For The Daily Astorian E UGENE — It was Joan Benoit Samuelson Night at the Prefontaine Classic track meet Friday. Samuelson won the initial women’s Olympic marathon in the 1984 Los Angeles summer Olympics. While Samuelson was a distance runner, the ﬁ rst event of the night was a barn burner that saw Tamari Davis of Abraham Lincoln Middle School (of Gainesville, Fla.) break her age group world record for 14-year- olds in the 200 meters, winning the Pre Classic’s 200 in 23.21 seconds, breaking the previous record of 23.38. Davis’ competition at Pre was made up of a variety of state champions from Georgia, Florida and Texas. The rest of the compe- tition on Friday was women only. In the 3,000-meter steeple- chase, Celliphine Chepteek Chespol of Kenya, after clearing the water barrier on the penulti- mate lap, felt her shoe coming off and stopped long enough to pull it back on. In that interlude, two of her country women opened up a 15-meter lead. With a disciplined approach, Chespol set out to make up the distance, ﬁ nally pull- ing even with 200 meters to go. Once over the last water jump she pulled away for the win. In the process, she posted the fastest time of the year and established a meet record. Emma Colburn, placing fourth, just missed her American Record of 9:07.63, coming in at 9:07.96. There was outstanding com- petition for women in two ﬁ eld events, the javelin and long jump. In the long jump, Brittney Reese had the best jump of the year at 23-feet. Atsiana Khaladovich of Belarus won the javelin with a heave of 217-6. The night’s races ended with Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia taking aim at the 5,000-meter world record of 14:11.15 owned by her sister Tirunesh. The race got off to a slow start and it was evident early on the world record was safe, at least for this night. Genzebe did win by a large margin in 14:25.22, with second place a full nine seconds back. Saturday, 12,312 spectators came to Historic Hayward Field to watch a mix of women’s and men’s competition. The triple jump turned out to be a battle between longtime rivals and friends Christian Taylor and Will Clave, who have been competing against each other since their days at the University of Florida. Taylor opened up with a 58-5¾ leap, which Clave matched in the ﬁ fth round. On his next effort, Taylor secured the win with a 59-5 effort. One of the aspects of the Pre Classic that makes it so special is the number of international competitors. Athletes from China, Azerbaijan, Columbia, and Guyana joined two Frenchmen and three Americans to make up the triple jump ﬁ eld. Sixteen-year-old Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway became the youngest person to run a sub-4 minute mile, posting a 3:58.07 for 11th place in the International Mile. Getting to the Olympics would be difﬁ cult for any of us. Driving 180 miles to Eugene at the end of each May is rea- sonable. At Pre, you will see a vast majority of the best athletes track and ﬁ eld has to offer. The competition is stellar and the fans amazing. The two combined make for two hours of fun and excitement. Neil Branson is an educator and former cross country coach at Seaside High School. Columbians dominate all-league selections The Daily Astorian League champion Rainier had nine baseball players selected to the Lewis & Clark All-League team, announced this week. Rainier senior Mason Schim- mel was named Player of the Year, and the Columbians’ Mike Wing was selected as Coach of the Year. Six of the nine Columbians are seniors. Warrenton’s lone selection, Jacob Morrow, was named to the second team, one of just three freshmen on the all-league team. CHENEY, Wash. — Ilwaco’s girls 4x200-meter relay team won the 2B State title by .09 seconds , and Alex Kaino broke his own school 300-meter hurdles record to take second place at the State track tourna- ment in Cheney May 25-27. Makenzie Kaech was the sixth -place shot putter in the state. Alayna Marsh made ﬁ nals and ﬁ nished eighth in the 400-meter dash. Eliza Bannister was 10th in the 1,600-meter run and 12th in the triple jump. Ryan Schenk took ninth place in preliminary rounds in the 400 meters. All ﬁ ve of Ilwaco’s relay teams made ﬁ nals. Anessa Woodby started the race for the 4x2 relay team, handing off to Ebby McMul- len, who was ﬁ lling in for Kaech after Kaech hurt her ankle earlier in the week. Alayna Marsh was the third runner, and Bannister was the anchor. The team took second in pre- lims behind La Conner (1:47.46 to 1:48.23), but La Conner did not ﬁ nish the race in ﬁ nals . Bannister got in just ahead of the ﬁ nal runner for Wilbur-Creston as Ilwaco won, 148.08 to 148.17. In the 1,600, Woodby, Kaytlenn Whel- den, Bannister and Marsh took second at 4:14.48, behind St. George’s and just ahead of Life Christian. In the 4x100, McMullen, Whelden, Woodby and Marsh were sixth at 52.63, with Whelden replacing Kaech from the team that competed at Districts. Kaino had set the school record with a 41.31-second 300 hurdles at District, ﬁ nish- ing 8/10ths of a second behind Pe Ell’s Tyler Justice. At State ﬁ nals, Kaino managed an even 41 seconds, second place behind Jus- tice’s 39.8. Kaech recovered sufﬁ ciently from her injury to compete in the shot put, where her best throw went an even 35 feet for sixth place. Bannister had her second-best 1,600- meter run of the season at 5:48.94, and tri- ple-jumped 31 feet 1.75 inches. Marsh had a personal-best 1:02.87 in the 400 prelims, then ran the race in 1:03.05 in ﬁ nals. The ﬁ fth- through eighth -place runners were all within a second of each other, and the top eight ﬁ nishers were within 3 seconds. Ryan Schenk was .24 seconds short of ﬁ nals in the 400-meter prelims at 53.01, ﬁ n- ishing ninth in an event that qualiﬁ ed the top eight. Ilwaco ﬁ nished third in prelims in the boys 400 relay (Kaino, Ethan Personius, Marcos Mendoza, Schenk), but Schenk injured himself in ﬁ nals and could not ﬁ n- ish. Jack Odneal, in Cheney as an alter- nate, ﬁ lled in for Schenk in the anchor leg of 4x400 ﬁ nals. Along with Kaino, Personius and Mendoza, he helped Ilwaco to a fourth - place ﬁ nish in State in the event.