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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2017
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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
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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
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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.