SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2016
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Mapleton equestrian rides solo, ropes high marks
The Mapleton High School
equestrian team had a lone
rider this season, with senior
Chet Geddes representing
MHS and combining talents
with a group of riders from
Willamette High school for the
team events in team penning
and birangle.
This was Geddes’ fourth
season in OHSET (Oregon
High School Equestrian
Teams) and he did well this
year, placing high in multiple
events.
Geddes took first place in
his favorite event, roping; was
second in steer daubing; sev-
enth in working rancher;
eighth with his Willamette
team in team penning; and
16th in individual flags.
Geddes competed in state
competition this past weekend,
May 14, in Redmond, Ore.,
against the top three riders
from all districts, and qualified
for regionals in roping with
fifth place.
This season, Geddes added a
little competion for himself
and decided to use his young
horse, Tessa, for roping during
her first year in competition.
“I am so happy Tessa got to
Chet Geddes rides Tessa during roping competition at OHSET district competition.
rope with me for my last year
ATHLETE
OF THE
WEEK
Annmarie Precht
Siusla
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Track & Field
The junior sprinter and
jumper qualified for the 4A
State Track and Field meet in
four events last week,
winning the 100 and 200
meters at the Far West
District Meet. She also ran a
leg of the winning 4x400
relay and was fourth in the
long jump with a qualifying
mark of 16’6.75”.
Honorable Mention
Trent Reavis
Honorable mention goes to
her classmate, sophomore
thrower Trent Reavis who
won the shot put and the
discus at the district meet,
earning the boys thrower of
the meet award as well
Sailors
from 1B
competed in track and field
before this season, has been run-
ning decent times in the 400
meters all season. But last week,
she asked to switch to the 800-
meter race.
“Coach Crook and I had been
thinking about the same thing,”
said Longo. “We felt she had the
grit to run the 800 meters, and
had a better chance of reaching
stet and doing well in that event.”
They were right.
With her second-place finish
in the event at district (3:09.44),
Triebskorn earned a slot at the
state event this weekend in
Eugene, where Longo feels her
chances are good for a place-
ment.
“She took a lot of people by
surprise,” Longo said of
Triebskorn’s
performance.
“McKenzie had to work overtime
to beat Clarissa.”
All told, the Sailors claimed all
126 points off of a team of eight,
without competing in the 100,
200 or 400 meters, high jump,
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pole vault or 4x100 relay.
“The girls worked hard and Mapleton’s Tyler Packebush will compete in two events at state, including the pole vault.
smart to get every point,” said
The team’s only individual Josi Hays, who has been a strong mark of 86 feet, followed by
Longo.
champion of the meet was junior presence in the throws all season, Wells in second place (81 feet, 10
along with freshmen Haley Wells inches) and Michael in fourth
and Michael.
place (77 feet, 3 inches).
Hays won the discus with a
Hays was also second in the
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of OHSET,” said Geddes.
“I have been taking her
since she was two years
old, doing various events
with her, but finally got to
use her for my favorite
event and she loved it.”
Geddes said he’s thank-
ful for everyone who sup-
ported the equestrian team
throughout the years.
“Our good friends at
Iron horse logging, the
boys at Davidson
Industries — not only for
there donation but for
Richard, our pop can gath-
ering man,” said geddes,
who also thanked Pop’s
Gingerbread Smokehouse,
The Ladies of the Elks,
Ellen and Mike Jacobsen,
County Transfer and
Recycling, attorney Jane
Hannawalt, Holloway and
Associates, TR Hunter,
Randy’s Riverview market,
Street Insurance, Osbourn
Veterinary Clinic, John
Walker, Lynn and Cliff,
Grocery Outlet, and C&M
Stables.
“You all made it possible
for us to continue doing
this sport and what we love
to do,” said Geddes.
shot put (30 feet, 5 inches), with
Wells landing third (27 feet, 27
feet, 1 inch).
In the javelin, Michael quali-
fied for state with a throw of 91
feet, 4 inches for second place.
Richards was third (79 feet, 4
inches) and freshman Brittany
Wilson was fifth (58 feet, 10
inches).
“And all of these girls will be
returning next season,” said
Longo. “With what we have
coming back, and a strong group
of middle schoolers coming in,
next year is going to be exciting
for our program.”
Advancing to state for the girls
will be:
Triebskorn — 800 meters and
4x400 relay
Richards — 3,000 meters and
4x400 relay
Hays — Discus and shot put
Haley Wells — Discus
Michael — Javelin and 4x400
relay
Rodet — 4x400 relay
Four members of the
Mapleton boys track team will
also get a chance to compete at
iconic Hayward Field in Eugene
this weekend.
Junior runners and vaulters
Tyler Packebush and Hunter
Simington each came away with
a district title, Packebush with a
PR in the 110-meter hurdles
(18.58) and Simington with a PR
in the pole vault (12-6).
Simington and Packebush will
also compete in the 4x100-meter
race with AJ Foster and Evan
Moso, thanks to a wildcard draw
after finishing third at district
(47.23).
“They have been winning all
season but had a bad handoff at
district,” said Longo. “But the
6A, 5A and 1A each have a wild-
card, based on the fastest times of
the season. Their times earned
them the wildcard at state.”
Also competing at state will be
Cole Spencer, who cleared 5 feet,
6 inches in the high jump foe sec-
ond place — a leap that isn’t a
personal best.
“Knowing you can jump high-
er than your district mark is a
good thing heading into state,”
said Longo.
Sophomore Tanner Wilson
will be on the state javelin run-
way, thanks to a second-place
district mark of 140 feet, 9 inch-
es.
Packebush, who placed sec-
ond in the pole vault at 10 feet, 6
inches will join Simington in the
event at state.
“It was a great day for us all
around,” said Longo. “We’re
excited to see what we can do at
state, and also for what we have
to look forward to next year.”
The OSAA 1A state track and
field championships will be held
this Thursday and Friday, May
19 and 20, at the University of
Oregon’s Hayward Field in
Eugene.