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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
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Grant Union track and
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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
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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
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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.”
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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. She is a huge part of
our team.”
- Coach Nate Barber
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