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District
from 1B
Grove, and he just held
the guy off, so he gets
another shot.”
In the 1500 meters,
Samuel Ulrich and Chad
Hughes took first and
second place with times
of 4:19.64a and 4:19.99a,
which allows them to go
to the state meet for the
event as well. Ulrich won
Oustanding Male Runner
of the meet, and also took
first in the 800 meters
with a time of 2:04.83a.
He will represent the
Vikings at state in that
event as well.
In the 400 meters,
Jaxson Jensen took sec-
ond with a time of 55.42a
and will compete in the
state event this weekend.
One of the more sur-
prising upsets of the sea-
son was brought by Elijah
Blankenship, who spent
most of his time on the
baseball team this season
but was able to place sec-
ond in the 200 meters
(23.61a) and the 100
meters (11.74a), with the
district meet being only
the second track meet
Blankenship competed in
for his whole high school
career.
“Just watching him play
football, we knew he had
some foot speed, but he
qualified in four events,”
said Johnson. “We had
two kids who were sick at
the end of the meet and
couldn’t run the 4x400,
and one of the last things
I did before my entries
were closed was to throw
Elijah’s name in there —
just in case they needed
him.
“It’s one thing to go run
a 100-meter race, but
running a 400 is a whole
different world when you
haven’t done any train-
ing.”
The 4x100 team took
first at the meet with a
45.63a, and the 4x400
team took second with a
time of 3:41.91a. Both
relay teams will compete
at state this weekend. The
4x100 team includes
Hunter Petterson, who
also took first in the 100
meters race with an
11.73a, Lacouture, James
Smith,
Blankenship,
Jensen and Loomis. The
4x400 team will include
Petterson, Ulrich, Jensen,
Elijah
and
Jacob
Blankenship and Chad
PHOTOS BY NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
(Clockwise from top): Hunter Petterson (left) celebrates after winning the 100-
meter dash, with teammate Elijah Blankenship (right) finishing second; members
of the boys 4x100-meter relay team James Smith, Hunter Petterson, Camp
Lacouture and Elijah Blankenship on the podium after winning the title; Corduroy
Holbrook, Brea Blankenship and Rylee Colton of the girls winning 4x400 relay
team take a victory lap. Gracie Freudenthal (not pictured) ran the anchor leg.
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Hughes.
On the girls’ side,
Andrea Osbon took first
place in the shot put with
a 39-03.00, as well as sec-
ond in both the discus
(107-04) and the javelin
(109-08 PR). Osbon will
compete at state in all
three events.
On the track, Brea
Blankenship took first in
the 800 meters with a
2:30.89a, and second in
the 1500 meters with a
5:09.47a, earning her a
state appearance in both
events this weekend.
Rylee Colton took sec-
ond in both the 800
(2:31.05a) and 3000
meters, in which she ran a
PR time of 11:04.50a; she
will run in both races for
the Vikings at state.
Both Brea Blankenship
and Colton were also on
the winning 4x400 relay
team, in addition to
Corduroy Holbrook and
Gracie Freudenthal. The
team finished first with a
time of 4:26.92a and will
compete at state with
Arianna Brown and Jane
Lacouture on the team as
well.
Finally, on the girls’
team, Freudenthal had
fantastic performances in
both hurdles competi-
tions, coming in first in
the 100-meter hurdles
with a season record (SR)
of 16.12a, and second in
the 300m hurdles with a
SR of 48.46a. She will
compete in both events at
state this week-end.
“It’s been a long process
from when she last ran a
hurdle race as a sopho-
more to this season,”
explained Johnson, “and
this season was really
short, so we really had to
do a lot of heavy lifting
late. She came on just
when she needed to. I
think she’s in a good place
compared to where she
was even a week ago.”
The state meet will take
place at Siuslaw High
School this Friday and
Saturday (May 21-22),
beginning at 11 a.m. both
days.
Tickets can be pur-
chased at bit.ly/siuslaw-
tickets for $3 per event,
and
spectators
are
encouraged to rotate in
and out as events end, as
only 100 spectators are
allowed in total at any
given time.
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