WEDNESDAY May 20, 2015 Five GU athletes vault to state Three are district champs in their field events By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle EUGENE – Five Grant 8QLRQ WUDFN DQG ¿HOG DWKOHWHV are traveling to Hayward Field LQ (XJHQH WKLV ZHHN KRSHIXO WKHLUVHDVRQRIKDUGZRUNZLOO SD\RII 7KH WKUHH JLUOV DQG WZR ER\V DUH FRPSHWLQJ LQ WKH OSAA State Track and Field &KDPSLRQVKLSV KRVWHG E\ 8QLYHUVLW\RI2UHJRQ 7KH3URVSHFWRUDWKOHWHVUH FHLYHGTXDOLI\LQJPDUNVDWODVW )ULGD\¶V $ :DSLWL /HDJXH 'LVWULFWVKHOGIRUWKH¿UVWWLPH DW *UDQW 8QLRQ¶V 7KUHH )ODJV )LHOGLQ-RKQ'D\ 2Q WKH JLUOV WHDP KHDGHG IRUVWDWH.RUL3HQW]HUDIUHVK PDQ LV GLVWULFW FKDPSLRQ LQ WKHORQJMXPSDQGWULSOHMXPS 6KH¶V VHHGHG ¿UVW LQ VWDWH IRU WKH ORQJ MXPS DQG VHFRQG LQ WKH WULSOH MXVW LQFK DZD\ IURP ¿UVW SODFH 6KH LV DOVR VHHGHG ¿IWK LQ WKH PHWHU KXUGOHV -R]LH 5XGH DOVR D IUHVK PDQ HDUQHG GLVWULFW FKDPSL RQ VWDWXV IRU WKUHH HYHQWV ,Q MDYHOLQVKH¶VVHHGHGVHFRQGDW VWDWHSROHYDXOWVHHGHGWKLUG DQGVKRWSXWVHHGHGIRXUWK &KHOVLH .RGHVK D VRSK RPRUH LV VHHGHG VHYHQWK LQ MDYHOLQ7KHGLVWULFWFKDPSLRQ LQGLVFXVVKHLVVHHGHGWKLQ WKDWHYHQW )RUWKHER\VVHQLRU0LFKDHO $VKPHDGLVWKLQWKHVWDWHIRU ORQJMXPSDQGKHSODFHGVHF RQGDWWKHGLVWULFWPHHW $QGUHZ &RSHQKDYHU D MX QLRULVVHHGHGLQDIRXUZD\WLH IRU HLJKWK SODFH LQ SROH YDXOW +H DOVR SODFHG VHFRQG DW WKH GLVWULFWPHHW *UDQW 8QLRQ KHDG FRDFK ON TRACK GU track stars soar Grant Union track team members headed to state competition this week include: Michael Ashmead (long jump), Andrew Copenhaver (pole vault), Chelsie Kodesh (discus, javelin), Kori Pentzer (long jump, triple jump, 100 hurdles) and Jozie Rude (discus, shot put, pole vault). The Eagle/Angel Carpenter 6RQQD 6PLWK VDLG $QWRQLR 'DQFHUDMXQLRUFDPHFORVHWR TXDOLI\LQJIRUVWDWHVHWWLQJSHU VRQDOUHFRUGVLQWKHORQJMXPS ZLWKDPDUNRIDQGWKH WULSOHZLWK 5DLQ\ FKLOO\ ZHDWKHU NLGVVWLOOKDGJRRGUHFRUGV´VKH VDLG 7KDW WKHUH ZHUH RQO\ ¿YH FRPSHWLQJ LQ WKH WULSOH MXPS KHOSHGWKH*UDQW8QLRQJLUOV PDUNHGWKHGLVWULFWPHHWZKLFK GUHZVHYHQVFKRROV ³:KHQ \RX KDYH ZHDWKHU OLNH WKDW LW KDPSHUV WKH NLGV ZKR PLJKW KDYH PDGH VWDWH´ 6PLWKVDLG ³,ZDVDPD]HGDWKRZPDQ\ See VAULT, Page B10 The rainfall doesn’t slow down Grant Union’s Jozie Rude, competing in shot put at the district meet. at district meet Contributed photo The four-member Monument girls track team is bound for the state championship this week in Eugene. From left: Dinorha Vidrio Landin (4x400), Treiquella Osborne (discus, long jump, triple jump), Maya Thomas (1,500, 3,000, 4x400) and Emily Dailey (high jump, 4x400). $DWKOHWHVKHDGIRU VWDWHFKDPSLRQVKLSV PC’s Garrett Hitz seeded 1st in pole vault By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter Grant Union’s Philipp Jaletzky races in the 300-meter hurdle event at the 2A-6 Wapiti League District Championships – this was the first district meet to be held at Grant Union’s new track. Grant Union Prospector Antonio Dancer flies forward. He set personal records in the long jump Grant Union’s Trejan Speth sets his pace and triple jump. in the 1,500-meter run at the district meet. Grant Union’s Kori Pentzer flies to a first place finish; she’s seeded first in state in the long jump and second in the triple jump. 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