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B10 Sports Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, April 18, 2018 S PORTS R OUNDUP Grant Union track at Meet of Champs Grant Union 2A track and field athlete Kaylee Wright launched to first place in javelin at Friday’s Meet of Champions in Salem. She landed the throw with a mark of 127-06 ahead of 19 competitors, several from 3A and 4A class schools. Wright also placed well in her other events, placing fourth in the high jump, fifth in the 100 and fourth in the 4x100-meter relay with her teammates Syd- ney Brockway, Sierra Cates and Trinity Hutchison. In those events, Wright — and her team- mates for the 4x100 — placed first among the 2A teams. Twelve Grant Union athletes competed at the event held at Willamette University — four boys and eight girls. “Meet of Champions was a good look at what we could see at state,” said head coach Sonna Smith. “The athletes overall had a great meet. We were dealing with gusting winds, so I was very pleased at our times and distances.” Smith said Duane Stokes had an outstanding day in triple jump, where he set a season re- cord, and Brockway was steady with her hurdle time, despite the winds. Brockway also set a sea- son record in triple jump, and Hutchison set season records in triple jump and long jump. Jozie Rude set a season record in shot put. Other Grant Union athletes competing were Jordan Hall, Drew Lusco, Mason Gerry and Cameron Hallgarth for the boys, and Abby Lusco and Al- cie Moore for the girls. Boys results 110m hurdles: 22, Jordan Hall, 19.43 Discus: 15, Drew Lusco, 101-03.50 Javelin: 17, Mason Gerry, 133-10; 18, Cameron Hallgarth, 132-02 Triple jump: 6, Duane Stokes, 40-00.75, PR; 11, Jordan Hall, 38-09.50 Girls results 100 meters: 5, Kaylee Wright, 13.44 400 meters: 22, Alcie Moore, 1:09.60 100m hurdles: 5, Sydney Brockway, 17.28 4x100 relay: 4, Sydney Brockway, Sierra Cates, Trinity Hutchison, Kaylee Wright, 52.76 Shot put: 2, Jozie Rude, 38-06, SR Discus: 12, Jozie Rude, 98-02; 16, Abby Lusco, 91-06 Javelin: 1, Kaylee Wright, 127-06; 5, Jozie Rude, 117-00 High jump: 4, Kaylee Wright, 5-01 SPORTS SCHEDULE Wednesday, April 18 Grant Union golf @ Burns Invitational at Val- ley Golf Club at 11 a.m. Friday, April 20 Grant Union golf teams hosts invitational at John Day Golf Club at 11 a.m. Pole vault: 2, Jozie Rude, 9-04 Long jump: 6, Trinity Hutchison, 16-01.50, SR; 7, Sydney Brockway, 15-11.50, SR Triple jump: 7, Trinity Hutchison, 33-11, SR; 13, Sydney Brockway, 32-06 Mountaineer boys, Tiger girls place fourth Long Creek Mountaineer track and field head coach Lin- da Studtmann said most of her athletes set personal records in at least one of their events, both boys and girls, at Thurs- day’s Ranchers Invitational in Crane. Most of the Moun- taineer athletes are new to the sport, but are making progress by leaps and bounds. “They are learning and im- proving on a regular basis, and that’s what we like to see,” Studtmann said. She added they learn the basics of their event and seek details on form and technique. The Long Creek boys placed fourth at the event, and the girls placed sixth. Out of seven teams, in first place was Crane for the boys and Notus for the girls. Monument/Dayville coach Peter Bogardus said he was pleased with his athletes beat- ing their previous records at the Ranchers Invitational. The Tiger girls placed fourth, tying with Huntington, and the Monument/Dayville boys placed fifth. “They are off to a great start, and the personal records are what interests me,” Bogar- dus said. “These athletes have A TTENTION G RANT C OUNTY Grant Union softball @ Vale (2) at 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m. (MT) Are you using or interested in learning about Choice Card Medical Care? Katee Hoffman field @ Pepsi Invitational in Union at 11 a.m. Grant Union baseball @ Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii/Uki- ah (2) at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 24 Grant Union track and Grant Union baseball vs. Weston-McEwen at 4 p.m. a history of constantly improv- ing, and I am excited to see how far they can go this sea- son.” Prairie City boys place third at Burns Lions Invite Saturday, April 21 Boys results 100 meters: 2, Luka Pesic, 12.56, PR, Long Creek; 4, Rafael Gumerato, 12.66, Long Creek; 5, Kim Donggyu, 12.83, PR, Long Creek; 13, Gabriel Walker-Hopkins, 13.09, Monument/Dayville 200 meters: 1, Rafael Gumerato, 25.59, PR, Long Creek; 8, Donovan Schafer, 26.79, PR, Monument/Dayville 400 meters: 3, Jaime Ballesteros, 1:00.36, PR, Long Creek 800 meters: 1, Mark Thomas, 2:16.41, Monument/Dayville; 6, Chuen Sooksom- chitra, 3:11.23, Long Creek 1,500 meters: 1, Mark Thomas, 4:43.61, Monument/Dayville 300m hurdles (36 inch): 3, Gabriel Walker-Hopkins, 48.66, PR, Monument/ Dayville; 4, Jaime Ballesteros, 51.26, Long Creek 4x100 relay: 1, Jaimie Ballesteros, Luka Pesic, Kim Donggyu, Rafael Gumerato, 50.34, Long Creek Shot put: 5, Donovan Schafer, 31-10, Monument/Dayville Discus: 3, Donovan Schafer, 102-04, Monument/Dayville Javelin: 2, Luka Pesic, 133-01, PR, Long Creek; 5, Kim Donggyu, 106-00, PR, Long Creek High jump: 4, Rafael Gumerato, 4-10, Long Creek Long jump: 10, Chuen Sooksomchitra, 13-09, PR, Long Creek Triple jump: 3, Donovan Schafer, 33-08, PR, Monument/Dayville; 6, Gabriel Walk- er-Hopkins, 30-11, Monument/Dayville Girls results 100 meters: 1, Faythe Schafer, 14.03, PR, Monument/Dayville 200 meters: 2, Faythe Schafer, 30.87, Monument/Dayville 400 meters: 2, Lucchese Douglas, 1:11.97, PR, Long Creek 300m hurdles (30 inch): 3, Joe Mun, 1:22.24, PR, Long Creek 4x100 relay: 3, Lucchese Douglas, Joe Mun, Ximena Millan, Dorotha Johnson, 1:08.41, Long Creek Shot put: 2, Aubrey Bowlus, 28-11.50, PR, Monument/Dayville; 6, Lucchese Douglas, 26-02, PR, Long Creek Discus: 2, Faythe Schafer, 82-01, Monu- ment/Dayville; 3, Aubrey Bowlus, 75-02, PR, Monument/Dayville; 4, Lucchese Douglas, 67-07, Long Creek; 11, Ximena Millan, 48-05, PR, Long Creek Javelin: 3, Ximena Millan, 62-10, PR, Long Creek Long jump: 7, Dorotha Johnson, 11-10.50, Long Creek the V ETERANS : See your Grant County Veteran Services Officer today for more information, located at Grant County Court House. Monday through Friday 10 am – 4 pm. Prairie City, Long Creek, Monument/Dayville @ Condon/Wheeler Invita- tional in Condon at 11 a.m. Prairie City and Grant Union athletes exceeded their speeds and marks in several events at the Burns Lions Arlie Oster Memorial Invitational in Burns. Prairie City’s Levi Burke raised the bar in the high jump, improving his mark by 4 inches for first place in the event. And he’ll “only jump high- er,” head coach Nate Barber said. “He is getting better tech- nique each week.” “It is fun as a coach to see these athletes improve,” Bar- ber said. “Track is a sport that their individual hard work is evident in the improvement from each competition. We’ll keep working and improving.” He said Samantha Workman is also improving her marks in the long jump and triple jump as well as the pole vault. “She stays for extra prac- tice, and it is evident with her heights,” he said. Barber said Tristan McMa- han, Brandon Horrell and Jon- athan Lawrence are also show- ing improvement. “Tristan has always been fast, but he is getting stronger,” Barber said. “Jonathan has improved his 1,500 time each week, and he was able to break into 4-minute times. He has been pushing himself at prac- tice. Brandon Horrell also got under 1 minute in the 400.” He added, “I am very thank- ful for Coach Hitz, his wife and community members that take corner’s HOT SH T their time to help with extra coaching with the athletes.” Twelve of Grant Union’s top athletes were gone for the Meet of Champions in Salem, but several competing at the Burns event exceeded their pre- vious records. “There were a number of athletes that set PRs,” said assis- tant coach Brandon Smith, who oversees distance runners and those in the long relay. “Overall, it was a positive meet. Given how hard we’ve been working them, to see a little improve- ment is good. It means they’re right on track for where we need them to be for district.” Grant Union hosted the Small Schools Meet on Tues- day, past press time, where Prai- rie City, Long Creek and Mon- ument/Dayville also competed, with 10 teams in all participat- ing. Prairie City competes at the Condon/Wheeler Invite at 11 a.m. on Friday at Condon High School. Grant Union travels to Union for the Pepsi Invitational at 11 a.m. Friday. Boys results 100 meters: 3, Tristan McMahan, 12.57, Prai- rie City; 7, Taylor Hunt, 12.80, Grant Union; 9, Donavan Smith, 13.06, Grant Union; 13, Jonathan Haskins, 13.52, Prairie City; 15, Lane Williams, 13.89, Prairie City 200 meters: 6, Tristan McMahan, 25.82, Prairie City; 9, Jonathan Haskins, 27.18, PR, Prairie City; 11, Donavan Smith, 27.28, Grant Union 12, Brandon Horrell, 27.70, PR, Prairie City 400 meters: 9, Brandon Horrell, 59.89, PR, Prairie City; 12, Frank Douglass, 1:06.80, Grant Union 800 meters: 5, Tanner Elliott, 2:27.12, SR, Grant Union; 8, Frank Douglass, 2:51.09, Grant Union 1,500 meters: 4, Jonathan Lawrence, 4:58.61, PR, Prairie City; 8, Jacob Smith, 5:10.31, PR, Grant Union; 10, Daven Mauseth, 5:47.93, Grant Union; 11, Jesse Randleas, 6:00.02, PR, Grant Union 110m hurdles: 4, Gage Brandon, 20.93, Grant Union 300m hurdles: 4, Gage Brandon, 53.52, Grant Union 4x100 relay: 2, Jonathan Haskins, Levi Burke, Brandon Horrell, Tristan McMahan, 49.09, Prairie City 4x400 relay: 4, Quaid Brandon, Ben Henry, Donavan Smith, Jacob Smith, 4:20.40, Grant Union Shot put: 5, Jake McHatton, 33-07.50, Prairie City; 9, Lane Williams, 26-06.50, Prairie City Discus: 1, Jake McHatton, 97-04, Prairie City Javelin: 13, Jake McHatton, 80-01, Prairie City High jump: 1, Levi Burke, 6-02, PR, Prairie City Pole vault: 2, Braden Spencer, 10-00, PR, Grant Union Long jump: 3, Levi Burke, 16-09.50, Prairie City; 4, Taylor Hunt, 15-06.75, Grant Union; 5, Lane Williams, 14-01, PR, Prairie City; 6, Jonathan Lawrence, 13-11, PR, Prairie City Triple jump: 1, Levi Burke, 36-09.50, PR, Prairie City; 2, Tristan McMahan, 36-01, PR, Prairie City Girls results 100 meters: 3, Abbey Pfefferkorn, 15.30, Prairie City; 5, Rilee Emmel, 15.80, Prairie City; 7, Bryanna Homan, 16.31, PR, Grant Union 200 meters: 3, Shanniyah Hall, 30.02, Grant Union; 5, Rilee Emmel, 32.34, Prairie City; 6, Abbey Pfefferkorn, 32.57, Prairie City 400 meters: 6, Shanniyah Hall, 1:07.88, PR, Grant Union 800 meters: 3, Rylee Browning, 2:50.71, PR, Grant Union; 7, Sammi Buckhaults, 3:55.89, PR, Grant Union 100m hurdles: 3, Hailee Wall, 21.32, PR, Prairie City 4x100 relay: 2, Rilee Emmel, Hailee Wall, Haley Pfefferkorn, Abbey Pfefferkorn, 59.19, Prairie City 4x400 relay: 2, 5:52.91, Grant Union Shot put: 2, Megan Camarena, 32-06, Prairie City; 6, Megan McManama, 24-07.75, Grant Union Discus: 3, Megan McManama, 79-08, PR, Grant Union; 4, Haley Pfefferkorn, 76-04, PR, Prairie City; 5, Megan Camarena, 74-01, PR, Prairie City Javelin: 3, Haley Pfefferkorn, 84-10, Prairie City Pole vault: 1, Samantha Workman, 7-00, PR, Prairie City Long jump: 6, Samantha Workman, 12-07, Prairie City; 8, Deja Amsden, 11-07.50, PR, Prairie City; 9, Hailee Wall, 11-02.75, Prairie City Triple jump: 3, Samantha Workman, 29- 10.25, Prairie City; 6, Deja Amsden, 27-08, Prairie City Grant Union golf team hosts invitational Grant Union Prospector golfer Duane Stokes tied with Kellen Grant of Heppner with 75 for the win for the boys at Thursday’s Heppner Invita- tional, which was an individual competition. “This is a fun tournament that all the teams look forward to,” said Grant Union head coach Ron Lundbom, adding the golfers get along and there is a big barbecue afterward. The enjoyable match had its challenges, though. “The wind chill was in the mid- to high 30s, but they stuck it out — there was no quitting,” Lundbom said. Other boys’ scores for Grant Union included Devon Stokes with 82 and Kellen Shelley 95. For the girls, Sasha Kowen of Heppner won with a 76. For Grant Union, Kaytlyn Wells had 104, Makenna Culley 105, Maddy Way 106, Fallen Bol- man 109, Emily Springer 118 and Athena Tipton 156. Culley was closest to the pin on hole 4 and won some golf balls. Grant Union competes at the Burns Invitational at 11 a.m. Wednesday for the first time in at least six years, Lundbom said. Then the Prospectors host the Grant Union Invitational at 11 a.m. Friday with seven teams in all and about 60 golf- ers. A hamburger feed for the golfers will follow. “The weather should be nice, and people are invited to come out,” Lundbom said. “Everybody is looking forward to it.” EEK OF THE W Call 541-620-8057 for an appointment Attend a Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Dinner and Benefit Auction Where fun and fund-raising combine for a memorable evening. Date: Time: Saturday, April 21 4:00—Doors open 5:30—Dinner 7:30—Auction Place: Pavilion— Grant County Fairgrounds Ticket Information: Gale Wall (541) 575-2661 SAMANTHA WORKMAN School: Prairie City Grade: 9 Parent: Sam Workman Sport: Track and Field Events: Pole Vault, Long Jump, Triple Jump Mendy Sharpe FNP Apppointments available What I like best about my sport: “I like the competitiveness and the amount of adrenaline while competing.” Coach’s Comment: “Samantha is honestly one of the toughest competitors on the team and is a high energy and positive teammate. 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