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Blue Mountain Eagle
WEDNESDAY
December 30, 2015
Grant Union’s Kori
Pentzer competes in the
2A girls long jump event
at the May 21 OSAA
2015 Track and Field
State Championships at
Hayward Field in Eugene.
EO Media Group/Joshua Bessex
SPORTS
YEAR IN REVIEW
Highlights
from area
sports in
2015
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The year is swiftly coming to a close,
and looking back, there have been many
athletes around the county who’ve pushed
themselves to the limit in 2015.
While there were plenty of exhilarating
moments, here’s a glance back at just a few
of the high points.
Grant County track and
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Making a big headline splash were
athletes from three Grant County schools
competing at the May 25-26 State Cham-
pionship Track Meet at Eugene’s Hayward
Field. Grant Union, Prairie City and Mon-
ument teams each had athletes pulling out
stellar performances.
Grant Union Prospector Kori Pentzer
was the 2A state champion long jumper
with a leap of 1-5.25 she also ¿ nished
second in the triple jump with 36-1.75 and
was sixth in the 100-meter hurdles.
-ozie 5ude had a fourth-place ¿ nish in
shot put, ¿ fth in javelin and sixth in pole
vault.
Chelsie Kodesh ¿ nished fourth in jave-
lin and 11th in discus.
EO Media Group/Joshua Bessex
From left: Ione’s Jessie Flynn, Monument’s Treiquella
Osborne and Echo’s Kelsey Ranger stand at the
podium after medaling in the 1A girls long jump
at Thursday’s OSAA 2015 Track and Field State
Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene.
Contributed photo
The four-member Monument girls
track team qualified for the state
championship 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). The team is
coached by Earl Pettit.
Grant Union track team
members qualifying for the state
championships 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 team is lead by head
coach Sonna Smith.
See 2015, Page A11
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
EO Media Group/Joshua Bessex
Prairie City’s Garrett Hitz clears the bar during the 1A boys pole
vault event at the State Championship meet.
Contributed photo
Sophie Pettit, right, sprints to the finish line at the AAU National
Junior Olympics last summer.