STATE TRACK
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MAY 21, 2018
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Track: Astoria girls finish second in 4A
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She finished as the high
scoring athlete among 4A girls
with 32 points.
Meanwhile, rookie team-
mate Sophie Long was at the
starting line for the 800-meter
final. Siuslaw’s Hannah Ran-
now pushed the pace the entire
way with Estacada’s Stepanka
Erbertova, an exchange stu-
dent from the Czech Republic,
giving chase. Behind them was
Long, who stayed on Erberto-
va’s heels as the lead trio built
a gap on the rest of the field.
It remained that way into
the bell lap, with Long waiting
until the final corner to make
her move. She sped past Erber-
tova in second place and com-
fortably held that spot through
the finish line for eight team
points.
“I wanted to stick right
behind the leaders and rely
on my kick. Once you see the
finish line, it’s easy to sprint
to the end,” Long said. “It’s
really close right now, so get-
ting those big points goes a
long way.”
Astoria senior Darian Hageman kicks up some sand on
her way to a win in the triple jump where she turned in the
four best marks of the competition.
Photos by David Ball/For The Daily Astorian
Astoria coaches place the first-place medal around Kes Sandstrom’s neck after her win
in the discus, while Seaside’s Gretchen Hoekstre finished second.
Closing the gap
In a matter of minutes,
Astoria overtook five teams
and sat in second place, 10
points behind Marshfield with
four events remaining.
The quickest way to pick
up 10 points — win an event.
That’s exactly what junior
Kes Sandstrom did quietly out
beyond the walls of the sta-
dium in the discus ring. She
fouled her first attempt, but
went 125-10 on her next try,
which proved good enough for
the win.
“I had knots in my stomach
on my first one and winged it
way out of bounds, but once I
got a fair mark in I knew I’d
be OK,” Sandstrom said. “We
had people moving around
cheering for each other all day,
and I definitely felt my team
there for me today.”
Sandstrom would extend
to a best of 128-10 on her next
attempt for the official winning
mark.
Astoria’s Tim Barnett gets ready to fire the javelin during
his third place showing in the event.
lor Cosner’s fourth-place
effort in the javelin on Fri-
day. She came up with a throw
of 123-2 on her final prelimi-
nary attempt not only to make
the finals (top nine), but move
past seven other throwers into
fourth place.
“We had some girls pick up
points when they weren’t fore-
casted to score — we all did
great — we were so close,”
Sandstrom said.
Hageman started Satur-
day’s session with an intim-
While Sandstrom was
wrapping up her win, Marsh-
field was getting the decisive
team points on the track, where
Ravyn Miranda clocked in at
26.38 to finish fifth in the 200-
meter final — three notches
above her prelim seeding.
Marshfield ended the day
with 60 points — five more
than the three-time champion
Lady Fishermen.
Astoria kept itself within
reach with some big early per-
formances, including Tay-
Former Seaside track and
cross country coach Neil
Branson — serving as
meet volunteer — points to
Rafi Sibony’s fourth-place
spot on the scoreboard
after Saturday’s 800-meter
final.
idating challenge in the pole
vault.
Five vaulters remained
when the bar moved to 10 feet,
6 inches — three of them were
Pirates wearing the Marshfield
skull and crossbones. Hage-
man would hang horizontally
higher than a basketball hoop
before letting go of her pole
and falling to a third-attempt
clearance at the height. Two
of her fellow vaulters, includ-
ing one of the Pirates, dropped
out of the competition, ending
Marshfield’s chance for a rare
1-2-3 sweep at state.
“I knew going in that it was
a big event for them,” Hage-
man said. “I’ve been consis-
tently jumping 10-6 and 11
feet, so I was wondering what
was happening. I’m thank-
ful the bar stayed up. I’m not
used to vaulting in the morning
when it’s still cold.”
Hageman would fall out
of the competition at the next
height to place third, leaving
Marshfield with a 1-2 finish
and 23 points in the event.
Hageman was second in
the high jump (5-4) and in
the long jump (17-1), beating
out Marshfield foes in both of
those events.
Astoria finished Friday’s
session in first place with
21 points — six ahead of
Scappoose.
Seaside junior Gretchen
Hoekstre won the shot put with
a throw of 42-3.75 in the first
round of throws. She would
land the metal ball past the
40-foot line three more times
during the competition.
“I felt good right from my
first throw,” Hoekstra said. “It
just shows the work from hun-
dreds of hours in the weight
room and working on my
form.”
Runner-up Kenna Wood-
ward out of Crook County was
the only other thrower to pass
that line. She did it once.
Hoekstra took second in the
discus later in the day.
Boys finish strong
On the boys side, Astoria
senior Tim Barnett scored 16
points in the throws with third-
place finishes in the discus and
javelin to go along with a fifth-
place effort in the shot put. A
heave of 168-4 at the end of
prelims moved him past three
other throwers into third place
in the javelin.
Seaside senior Rafi Sibony
left it all on the track in his 800-
meter final, surging into the
lead halfway around the final
turn. He would hold onto first
place for a few strides before
Gladstone’s Konnor Hathaway
responded with a burst of his
own to run away with the win.
“I’d rather race for first
place and leave it all out there,
than to shoot for second or
third and know I had more in
me,” Sibony said. “I wasn’t
close enough to the finish to
think about winning — we
were stride-for-stride on the
corner.”
Sibony came through the
finish line in fourth place and
tumbled into the arms of a
meet official, who offered
physical and spiritual support
while pointing to his person-
al-best time showing on the
Hayward scoreboard.
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