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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MAY 16, 2018 o F l lowed by teammates Paes en Timm and Ko nrad Raum, Ji mmy Talley (left) starts his kick in the fi nal lap of the , 1 0 . 5 B OYS continued from B1 defi nitely what got me my time and when I saw the time aft er I fi nished it was mind blowing,” Woods said. “It feels amazing. Especially all the support I’m getting from the school, it was great.” In the fi nals on Saturday, he cruised to a fi rst-place fi nish and, according to Athletic.net, has the fastest time in 4A head- ing into the state meet. “My main goal is to run my own races and stay relaxed. I mean, in total I want to win that state title for the 100 but I mean, it’s all about focusing on myself. Getting better. I want a new per- sonal best in the 100 around like a 10.8 is my goal for the end of the year,” he said. Woods took fourth place in the event last year at state. In the 200 it was more of the same for Woods as he won the prelims in comfortable fashion before running nearly a second faster in the fi nals to fi nish in a time of 22.49 – the second fast- est time in 4A this year. While Woods had his way on the track, things were tense at the long jump pit. “He makes it look easy. But what a lot of people didn’t see is when he won the long jump on his last attempt,” said Knutson. “It was a nail-biter,” said Woods. Heading into the fi nals, Woods was behind the fi rst- place jumper, Austin Stevens, by half an inch. Aft er two shorter jumps in the fi nals that didn’t move him up, it was time for the fi nal leap. “Th e very last jump, just ev- erything went good and I end- ed up jumping 21 feet 6 inches. And then his last jump (Stevens) accidentally put his hand back a little bit and it cost him a few inches and I won by two inches,” said Woods. Heading into state, Woods has the third farthest jump of the year in 4A. While Woods is in a position to succeed at state, he is still looking to the success of the team. “Our guys' team is doing real- ly well this year. Th ere’s a lot of young guys that came out and showed up. And we’re looking at a chance of maybe getting a tro- phy or scoring high in the state meet at least. Th at’s our goal this year. Just doing everything to score for our team and see where it goes,” he said. Erick Giffen clears a height of 5 feet 1 inches in the high jump to win the competition. Juice Clafl in lets out a scream of exc itement as he fi nishes in second in the 110 hurdles. At the beginning of the sea- son, Cottage Grove’s Mitchell Krokus had no intention of go- ing to state in the triple jump. With a wealth of long jumpers on the team, the coaches en- couraged the sophomore Kro- kus to try out the event. “When I tried it I did really good in my fi rst jump and aft er the Ciochetti meet I was asking, ‘Hey, am I going to go to dis- tricts?’ And they looked at me and they were like, ‘Dude, you could win districts,’” said Kro- kus. On Saturday, he did just that as he jumped 40 feet eight and a half inches, almost a foot ahead of the second-place fi nisher, to lock in a spot for the state meet. “Going to Hayward sounds like a dream,” he said. Two weeks before the district meet, Krokus’ best jump was 37-3.5. But a personal best at Cottage Grove’s Wally Ciochet- ti Invitational and districts has brought his own mark up over three and a half feet. “I don’t do it just to try and get fi rst which is obviously the goal, but, like, just jumping is fun. I’ve always loved doing it, being ac- tive,” said Krokus about giving his spot to Kon- rad. It's one of the main reasons this distance squad has been so great, they don't want to let each other down.” Distance trio dominates Krokus jumps to state 3B Cottage Grove’s Jimmy Tal- Business Owners, Reach more than 10,500 Readers throughout South Lane and Douglas Counties when you advertise with us! Call 541.942.3325 or email gmanly@cgsentinel.com today to get started. New Subscribers! Stay connected to all the people, places and events that make our community a great place to call home. From dining and events to sports, shopping and community news, we cover every local angle to keep you in the know and on the go. Get Home Delivery for Less Th an 68¢ a Week! Call or go online today to subscribe: 541.942.3325 ley, Paesen Timm and Konrad Raum left their mark on the dis- trict meet. In the fi rst day of competition, the trio ran the 3,000 where Tal- ley took fi rst, Timm second and Raum fourth. Talley, who was instructed to hold back and not take the lead, took the advice quite literally. “So I got pushed into the lead but it was super windy so I didn’t want to take the lead so I started walking basically and everyone stopped behind me,” he said. “And then it happened a few times, three or four times, throughout the race. So in the last 500 meters everyone kicked it.” Talley ended up taking fi rst in a time of 9:40.66. In the 1,500 – a race that fea- tures Sister’s 4A state leader Jor- dan Pollard who ran a time of 4:01 this season – it was a race for second place between the three Cottage Grove runners. “Just try to get the second place. Don’t go with Pollard, make sure we get the two, three and four spot which we man- aged to do successfully so that was pretty cool,” said Talley. Talley fi nished second, Raum third and Timm fourth. Th e race marked that Talley had qualifi ed for both the 3,000 and the 1,500 but he quickly gave up his spot in the 1,500 to his team- mate Raum. “As soon as Jimmy crossed the fi nish line in the 1,500 he marched up to me with a grin on his face and said ‘Konrad is going to state now too! Th e three of us (Jimmy, Konrad and Paesen) are going together!’” said Knutson in an email clari- fying the state qualifi ers. “Th ose guys love each other and Jimmy didn't even have to think twice G IRLS continued from B1 best,” Florez said about her race. “Th e fi rst lap was really fast, at least for me. I don’t start out super fast. So the second lap was just kind of hanging on.” Florez, in her fi rst year of running track, is excited for the state meet. “It’s a really big honor. I’m a freshman and I wasn’t expect- ing it at the beginning of this year,” she said. “I’m going to try and do my best. Th ere’s a lot of girls better than me, though so I mean it will be nerve wracking but an experience.” Hall takes fi eld athlete of the meet In the fi eld events, the domi- nant face of districts was Hunter Hall. Cottage Grove’s Hall fi n- ished fi rst in shot put, second in javelin and fourth in discus racking up 23 points for the team. Th is high total led the coaches to vote Hall the fi eld athlete of the year for the Sky- Em league. “Hunter’s fought some inju- ries and he’s such a great kid. And I think sometimes he fl ies under the radar in the fi eld events because it’s not always out in front of everyone,” said Knutson. “What a great kid and what a neat honor for him. He’s worked pretty hard over the last few years so to go out with that is a special thing for him. I’m happy for him.” Giff en fi ghts injuries to take fi rst Battling a nagging ankle, it was Cottage Grove’s Erick Giff - en winning the high jump title for the second year in a row. “My goal was just to win. Ob- viously make it to the state meet but I wanted to go back-to-back winning our league,” he said. “It’s nice. I didn’t jump well, ob- viously, but it just gives me an- other week to recover from my injury.” Giff en, who took fourth at state last year with a jump of 6-2, was one of three jumpers to clear 5-11 but because he had not missed at any other height, he took the title. His best jump Th e 800 prelims will begin at 1:01 p.m. on Friday. While Ladd, Boxberger and Florez were the only three Lions to qualify for the state meet, the team used depth to get enough points to fi nish third as a team. “We qualifi ed three girls for the state meet, which that’s not a big number for us typically so the fact that the girls scored that many points with three through eight spots says a lot for how well they came in and competed,” said head coach Ricky Knutson. In the 100, 800 and pole vault the team was able to get three competitors to score to help get them to 110 points for the two-days of competition. of the year this season is 6-1 but he has higher goals heading to state. “I want to jump 6-4. Really bad. So that would be nice. But if I can’t jump 6-4, I just want to place higher than I did last year,” he said. Clafl in and Glenn qualify in hurdles A pair of second place fi nishes from Juice Clafl in (110 hurdles) and Hayden Glenn (300 hur- dles) qualifi ed them for state. Both individuals had already qualifi ed as part of the winning 4x100 team and Clafl in will also be competing in shot put. As Clafl in crossed the fi nish line behind Junction City’s Tan- ner Barth, he let out a scream of excitement. “Me and Barth have been talking like this almost the whole hurdle season. You know just to push. And we had this huge PR, both of us, fi nally get- ting into the 15s, it’s amazing,” he said. Aft er the race, Clafl in now has the third fastest time in 4A. In the 300, Glenn felt com- fortable going into the race. “I already knew that the third- place person was two seconds behind me. So I was really just fi ghting for fi rst and second place. I got second but I’m really happy because I PR’d by almost half a second,” he said. With the eighth fastest time in 4A, he just has one goal heading into state. “Just PR. What you have is the time you’ve ran so far and you can really only ask for a PR for yourself. Just going ahead and forward in each and every track meet you just kind of ask your- self to be better,” said Glenn. Sydney Boxb erger competes in the triple jump on Saturday. cgsentinel.com/subscribe use code:HD68 Off er expires 5/23/18 Subscribers: Enjoy FREE e-Edition Access! S entinel C ottage G rove www.cgsentinel.com • 541.942.3325 Th is off er is not transferable and the off er is available those who have not subscribed in the last 31 days. 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