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MEET
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Humphreys said she was
surprised when her throwing
coach Skip Inscore told her
she won fi rst place.
“I wasn’t really thinking
that I would throw that far,
but I did,” she said.
Grant Union’s Kaylee
Wright, throwing javelin in
her fi rst competition of the
season, reached a mark of
121-04.50.
“I did better in javelin
than I thought I would,” she
said. “My running events
went really well and high
jump was pretty good, too. It
was a great day, overall.”
Grant Union’s Jozie Rude
threw for third at 115.03.50.
Rude, who earned fi rst
in javelin at the March 16
Prineville meet, said the day
didn’t go as well as planned,
but the meet was fun and well
planned.
“It was a good warm-up
for the season,” she said.
Event organizer and Grant
Union head coach Sonna
Smith said the event ran fair-
ly smoothly with 40 helpers
behind the scenes.
INVITE
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Grant Union head coach
Sonna Smith said her ath-
letes did well for the weather
conditions, some achieving
personal and season records.
Grant Union’s Duane
Stokes had a personal record
in the high jump, placing fi rst
with a mark of 5-06.00 and a
season record in triple jump
where he fi nished second with
a mark of 35-11.00.
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union’s Kaylee Wright clears the bar in the high
jump at Tuesday’s meet.
The 3A Burns Hilanders
boys won fi rst with 195
points, and Burns girls won
fi rst with 178 points. The 2A
Grant Union girls earned sec-
ond with 150. The 1A Monu-
ment girls placed fourth with
59. Grant Union boys were
fi fth with 47.
Smith said her girls team
was especially strong in their
throwing events.
“Those points help us out
a lot,” she said.
Trinity Hutchison’s leap
in the girls long jump was
also helpful. She placed fi rst
with a mark of 16’3” which
Grant Union’s Sydney
Brockway fi nished fi rst in
the long jump with a sea-
son-record mark of 14-10.00.
Kaylee Wright was fi rst in all
four of her events, the 100,
200, javelin and high jump.
For the Monument girls,
Kyla Emerson placed fi rst
in her hurdling events with
a season record 18.72 in the
100 hurdles and a 54.75 in
the 300 hurdles. Faythe Scha-
fer had a fi rst-place fi nish in
the 400 meter with a time of
1:09.43.
moves her to second in the
state and fi rst in the league.
The top male fi nishers
were Duane Stokes, third in
the triple jump; Tanner El-
liott, third in the 800 and
1500, and Drew Lusco, third
in discus.
She said they’re working
to develop more athletes in
their positions, and a strong
group of freshmen boys are
also sharpening their skills.
“I was happy with the
athletes’ performances at the
meet,” Smith said. “I’m look-
ing forward to seeing contin-
ued growth in them to peak
For the Monument boys,
Hayden Schafer placed third
with season records in shot
put (37-09.00) and discus
(105-08), and was also third
in javelin (128-00). John
Ramirez fi nished the 200 in
second place with a time of
25.33.
The Long Creek boys
4x100-meter relay team, in-
cluding Nathan Galmiche,
Jerry Zhang, Matheus Gam-
ba and Emile Stainer, placed
second.
For Dayville, Kristina
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
at district.”
Monument head coach
Darrin Dailey was also
pleased with his team.
“Everyone
performed
very well,” he said. “There
were not as many PR’s as I
anticipated, but there were
some spectacular wins.”
John Ramirez of Monu-
ment won the boys 200-me-
ter dash with a time of 24.37,
a personal record, and earned
second in the 100 with 12.27,
behind Roberto Amezquita
who won with 12.15.
Monument’s Sophie Pettit
won the girls 100 with a time
of 13.14. She also reached a
personal record in the long
jump with a mark of 16-02.
Other top performances
for Monument came from
Hayden Schafer who earned
third in javelin at 142-3.5, a
personal best, and fourth in
shot put with a season re-
cord of 35.11; Kyla Emerson
took fi fth in the 200 meter
and fourth in the 100-meter
hurdles, and Dinorha Vidrio
Landin earned fi fth in the
800.
“All in all, everyone com-
peted well and worked hard
and supported their team,”
Dailey said.
Humphreys placed second in
javelin with a mark of 109-03.
And Gabe Walker placed third
in the 110 hurdles with a time
of 21.66. He also had personal
records for the 200 and long
jump, where he placed eighth
and ninth, respectively.
Barber said he was happy
to see many of his athletes
push through and do well.
Prairie City’s Emily Ennis
had a personal record in the
100 hurdles, placing fi fth with
a time of 21.16.
For the Prairie City boys,
Devin Packard was fourth in
javelin, reaching a personal
record with a throw of 127-
08.75. Jake McHatton had a
personal records in all four
of his events, including the
discus and shot put where he
For the Prairie City girls,
Megan Camarena placed
fourth in shot put, and Emily
Ennis had personal records in
the 100 hurdles and 200-me-
ter dash with eighth place in
each.
For Prairie City boys,
Devin Packard fi nished
fourth in discus, fi fth in jav-
elin and sixth in shot put, and
Jake McHatton earned per-
sonal records in his events,
shot put and discus.
Long Creek athletes were
out for their fi rst competi-
tion of the season, and for
most of the team members it
was their fi rst-ever track
meet.
The team of Nathan Gal-
miche, James Kreamier,
Matheus Gamba and Emile
Stainer earned second in
the 4x100-meter relay with
a time of 51.16, competing
with four other teams.
Gamba also placed fourth
in long jump and sixth in
high jump.
Long Creek head coach
Linda Studtmann said her
team of 10 includes seven ex-
change students.
“They’re all willing
to work hard and try,” she
said.
placed seventh and 13th, re-
spectively.
“I’m just glad they braved
through the cold and stayed
strong,” coach Barber said.
“That adversity made them
dig deep and brought out that
fi re in them.”
The 3A Lakeview girls
won the meet with 3A Baker
in second, 2A Grant Union
third, 1A Adrian fourth, 1A
Monument fi fth and 1A Prai-
rie City sixth. There were 12
full girls teams competing.
For the boys, Baker won
the meet with Lakeview in
second, Adrian in third, 1A
Crane fourth, 1A Powder Val-
ley fi fth, Monument sixth and
Grant Union seventh. Prairie
City came in 10th. There were
12 full boys teams competing.
SPORTS
SCHEDULE
Friday,
April 14
Grant Union golf
hosts GUHS Invite at
John Day Golf Club,
10 a.m.
Long Creek, Mon-
ument, Prairie City
track and fi eld @
Ranchers Invitational
in Crane, 10 a.m.
Grant Union softball
vs. Nyssa, 1 p.m.,
3 p.m.
Saturday,
April 15
Grant Union baseball
vs. Pilot Rock/Nixy-
aawii, 11 a.m., 1 p.m.
Grant Union softball
vs. Echo/Stanfi eld, 1
p.m., 3:30 p.m.
Dayville, Prairie City,
Grant Union track and
fi eld @ Burns Lions
Arlie Oster Track
Meet in Burns, 12 p.m.
Tuesday,
April 18
Grant Union baseball
@ Elgin, 2 p.m., 4 p.m.
Grant Union track and
fi eld hosts the Grant
Union Small Schools
Meet (Monument,
Prairie City, Dayville)
in John Day,
3:30 p.m.
April 17-22, 2017
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