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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ MAY 27, 2015 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
V IKS
CLAIM
STATE TITLES
Mikaela Siegel and Joseph
Dotson each won 4A state titles
in the hurdles at Hayward Field
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
By the end of the two-day
OSAA 4A state track meet at
Hayward Field, both Siuslaw teams
had finished ninth overall in the
team standings, bringing home a
pair of individual state titles and a
second-place medal.
All told, the Vikings claimed 10
finishes among the top 10, with
junior Mikaela Siegel and senior
Joseph Dotson winning the 100-
meter and 300-meter hurdles,
respectively.
Siegel, who broke her own
school record in the high hurdles to
claim the crown in 15.50, also
leaped 15-10 in the long jump to
land seventh in the event.
The Viking junior then ran a leg
on the 4x400-meter relay team,
joining Kennedy Pendergrass,
Destinie Tatum and Magdalena
Akeson in a fourth-place finish
with a time of 4:11.10. It was an
especially sweet finish for the team,
which had entered the meet with a
last-place seeding.
In the throws, sophomore
Carissa Oliver threw the discus
119-0 for the state’s fourth-best
mark, and also placed 12th in the
shot put at 30-11.
In the 4x100-meter relay, Abby
Watkins, Elyssa Rose, Hannahleah
Jakobsen and Stevie Miller teamed
up to place 11th with a time of
51.73.
In the 3,000-meter race, Mans, a
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VIKS 5B
Joseph Dotson
Mikaela Siegel
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Calendar
May 29
• ATHLETE
RECOGNITION
DINNER
AT SHS
6:30 P . M .
June 6
• FORE KIDS
GOLF TOURNEY
AT S ANDPINES
10 A . M .
Sailors land five top-10 state marks
T IDE T ABLE
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B Y N ED H ICKSON
Mapleton senior Jacob Pruett landed
three top-10 finishes in the throws
at last week’s 1A state meet.
Siuslaw News
F
ive Mapleton athletes competed
in seven events at the OSAA 1A
state track meet at the University
of Oregon’s Hayward Field last week,
with senior Jacob Pruett qualifying in
all three throwing events.
Pruett, who was a dominant force in
the throws all season, fared well against
the best 1A marks in the state, finishing
among the top 10 in the discus, javelin
and shot put.
Pruett’s high finish was in the shot
put, where he threw the steel ball 39-
03.75 for the meet’s seventh-best mark.
Pruett then went on to compete in the
javelin, throwing the spear 152-02 for
eighth place.
Pruett wrapped up his high school
track career with a 10th-place throw in
the discus at 112-01.
On the triple jump runway, senior
Chris Free launched himself nearly 40
feet, landing at 39-09.25 for a sixth-
place medal.
Sophomore Hunter Simington
cleared 10-6 in the pole vault to land
seventh place, and fellow sophomore
Tyler Packebush was 12th in the 110-
meter hurdles at 19.50.
The team’s lone Lady Sailor, junior
Hannah Rodet, did not place in the pole
vault.
High Tide
Low Tide
May 27
8:12am / 4.8
8:49pm / 6.3
2:38am / 2.0
2:19pm / 1.6
May 28
9:19am / 4.9
9:30am / 6.5
3:33am / 1.5
3:10pm / 1.8
May 29
10:18am / 5.1 4:19am / 1.0
10:08pm / 6.8 3:57pm / 2.0
May 30
11:10am / 5.4 5:01am / 0.4
10:44pm / 7.1 4:41pm / 2.1
May 31
11:56am / 5.6 5:39am / -0.2
11:20am / 7.4 5:22pm / 2.2
June 1
12:40am / 5.9 6:17am / -0.7
11:56pm / 76 6:03pm / 2.3
KCST’s ‘Athlete of the Year’ nominees named for 2015
This
morning,
KCST
radio
announced the nominees for this year’s
Athletes of the Year, naming 11 finalists
from the 41 Siuslaw and Mapleton high
schools athletes being honored this
Friday, May 29, during the fourth annu-
al Athletic Recognition Dinner at
Siuslaw High School.
Finalists include: Hannah Bartlett,
Seth Campbell, Joseph Dotson, Tucker
Ford, Chris Free, Billy Jones, Celie
Mans, Carissa Oliver, Elyssa Rose,
Mikaela Siegel and Destinie Tatum.
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The event is organized and co-spon-
sored by the Sports Club, a group of
area businesses that promote the Athlete
of the Week in the Siuslaw News and on
KCST Coast Radio each year during the
school year.
All 41 male and female honorees will
be recognized at Friday’s dinner, with
the top male and female athletes being
named that evening.
Dinner will once again be catered by
Kyle Lewis and the Culinary Arts Class
at Siuslaw High School, with dinner
ting!!!
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ew
service provided by the Siuslaw High
School Leadership class.
Entertainment will be provided by the
Siuslaw Cheer Team.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and dinner
will be served shortly after. The pro-
gram will conclude no later than 9 p.m.
Tickets for the dinner are available in
advance at offices at Siuslaw and
Mapleton High School and KCST Coast
Radio.
For more information, call Siuslaw
High School at 541-997-3448
June 2
1:22am / 6.0
6:55am / -1.1
6:43pm / 2.4
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