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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2018
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Gasser’s
camp set for
June 18-21
Dave Gasser’s 2018
North Coast Baseball Camp
will take place June 18-21
at Astoria’s CMH Field.
Players should arrive at
least 15 minutes early for
registration on the first day.
For players age 13-16, the
camp is 9:30 a.m. to noon
each day, and 1-3 p.m. for
players age 10-12 (ages
refer to how old player will
be next year).
Cost is $100, or two kids
for $170, and three kids
$210. All checks should be
made payable to Astoria
Ford Junior Baseball.
Gasser, the former Asto-
ria coach and all-time win-
ningest coach in Oregon
high school baseball his-
tory, runs the camp along
with other Astoria coaches,
alumni and current varsity
players.
The camp is designed to
improve skills, fundamen-
tals and knowledge in all
parts of the game.
Forms can be found on
the Facebook page for Asto-
ria Youth Baseball.
— The Daily Astorian
M’s overcome
Trout’s 2 HRs
in win vs Angels
SEATTLE — A healthy
and confident Nelson Cruz
usually means good things
are on the horizon for the
Seattle Mariners.
Cruz homered twice
and the surprising Mariners
overcame Mike Trout’s
two home runs to beat the
Los Angeles Angels 5-3 on
Monday night.
— Associated Press
SCOREBOARD
YOUTH SPORTS SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
Junior baseball — Warrenton
at Knappa, 5 p.m.
TrackTown Youth League
Daniel Quintana of Ilwaco, on the right, leans at the finish to win his 1,500-meter race at Hayward Field in record time, edging Evan Gonzalez at the tape.
Local youth compete, and win, in Eugene
The Daily Astorian
E
UGENE — Young ath-
letes from Clatsop County
had several top-10 fin-
ishes in the TrackTown Youth
League Championships held
Sunday at Historic Hayward
Field in Eugene.
The list included one indi-
vidual champion from War-
renton, while a runner from
Ilwaco, Washington put on a
record-setting performance in
the meet, which showcases the
top youth athletes in track and
field from across the Pacific
Northwest.
Strong throwers in the
field events have always been
a tradition at Warrenton High
School, and they appear to
have a future champion in
Kysa Whitsett.
She won the girls age 7-8
javelin (the “TurboJav”) com-
petition Sunday, with a best
throw of 45 feet, 1 inch.
In the girls age 11-12 long
jump, Warrenton’s Brooklyn
Westerlund placed fourth with a
leap of 12-6, while Astoria’s Pele
Starr-Hollow was 10th, at 11-6¾.
In the age 9-10 long jump,
Isabelle Rodgers of Jewell was
12th out of 22 competitors at
10-1.
On the track, Astoria’s
Hannah Groncki was eighth
in the girls age 13-14 1,500
meters, finishing in 5 minutes,
39.67 seconds.
On the boys side, the 1,500
meters is a strong tradition at
Ilwaco High School, and Dan-
iel Quintana is next in line, as
he won the age 13-14 1,500
final in 4:15.59.
Quintana won the race
in a dramatic photo finish,
by one-hundredth of a sec-
ond over runner-up Evan
Gonzalez.
Quintana’s time was also
more than 15 seconds faster
than his qualifying time
from the TrackTown Youth
League’s regional meet in
Warrenton.
The race was so fast that
the top three finishers all
posted times considerably
faster than the previous Track-
Town Youth League Champi-
onship meet record of 4:28.96.
Other top 10 finishes:
Astoria’s Mulu Starr-Hol-
low took third (5:25.84) in the
age 9-10 1,500.
Kyler McCleary of Seaside
was fifth in the age 11-12 long
jump (13-10¼).
Warrenton’s Ethan Peck
had a toss of 80-2 for sixth in
the age 11-12 javelin.
Sean Godwin of Warrenton
was sixth in the age 11-12 100
meters (14.47).
Seventh-place
finishes
went to Warrenton’s Phoenix
Martin in the age 13-14 100
meters (12.97) and Astoria’s
Daniel Messing in the 13-14
javelin, with a toss of 68-2.
Martin took eighth (59.64)
in the 13-14 400 meters, while
Astoria’s Boston Linnett was
eighth in the 100 (age 7-8) in
18.20.
Alexander Parmenter of
Jewell was eighth in the age
9-10 javelin, with a throw of
64-5.
Elsewhere, Linnett was
11th in the long jump (8-8½),
just ahead of Seaside’s Trey
McCleary (12th, 8-7¼).
Orrick Evans of Asto-
ria was 11th in the 400 (age
9-10) in 1:17.73, and Messing
placed 11th in the long jump,
at 14-0½.
The TrackTown champi-
onship meet was the culmi-
nation of 15 free youth track
meets throughout the state.
More than 2,300 athletes from
throughout the Northwest par-
ticipated, including many who
had never before tried track
and field.
The top two finishers from
these meets were invited
to watch the NCAA Track
& Field Championships at
Hayward Field, and com-
pete in the TrackTown
Youth championship immedi-
ately afterward, on the same
track.
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Warrenton’s Kysa Whitsett
won the javelin competition
for her age group in Sun-
day’s TrackTown champi-
onships at Hayward Field.
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University of Oregon
Cheered on by the Hayward Field crowd, the Ducks’ Jessica Hull won the women’s 1,500
meter final in the NCAA championship meet Saturday in Eugene.
Hayward Field crowd entertained to the finish
By NEIL BRANSON
For The Daily Astorian
EUGENE — After the first
day of the women’s NCAA
Track and Field Champi-
onships, the Eugene Reg-
ister-Guard ran a head-
line proclaiming, “Ducks in
contention.”
And for a short time on Day
2 that headline held true.
Oregon earned eight points
with a second-place finish in
the 400-meter relay in 43.06
seconds, nipping Pac-12 rival
USC by .05 seconds.
Oregon added 10 points as
Jessica Hull, to the roar of the
crowd, won the 1,500 meters in
a personal best 4:08.75.
With eight of 21 events
scored (six from Day 1) the
Oregon women vaulted into
second place in the team
standings.
More opportunities were in
store for the Ducks to pile on
the points. Not to be.
In the 100-meter hurdles,
Alaysha Johnson was seeded
fourth and finished seventh.
In the 100-meter final, 2016
NCAA champion Ariana
Washington had a dismal start
and finished last.
Oregon had two entrants in
the 400 meters. Makenzie Dun-
more was seeded third and Bri-
yahna DesRosiers eighth. With
100 meters to go the seedings
were holding true.
Then disaster struck for
Dunmore, as she fell 20 meters
from the finish. To her credit
she crawled and stumbled
across the finish line in eighth.
DesRosiers moved up to sixth.
Form charts had senior
Sabrina Southerland predicted
to finish no lower than second
in the 800 meters. All looked
well until the last 200, when the
field went by and she struggled
to a seventh-place finish.
With a scoring system
where the top eight placers earn
points, it was reasonable for the
Oregon women to earn at least
20 points in those four events.
They came away with seven.
Not until the last two races did
the Ducks pick up points.
In the 5,000 meters, Ore-
gon’s Lilli Burdon finished
third, and the Ducks took third
in the 1,600-meter relay. They
finished seventh in the team
standings with 39 points and
could only lament the points
that got away.
What a thrilling end to com-
petition at Hayward Field. In a
short time, the heavy equipment
will move in and the venue, as
we know it, will be taken apart
as room is made for a new sta-
dium. Sad, for the memories
will live and new ones will be
created when the big meets
return to Eugene, Track Town
USA.
Neil Branson is the former
track and cross country coach
at Seaside High School, and a
regular attendee of big meets at
Hayward Field.
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