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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
TRACK
GOLF
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She said she was a little
sad this would be their final
year competing at Hayward
Field before it’s renovated.
“It has such a history be-
hind it — getting to com-
pete on the same track as the
Olympic trials,” she said.
Brockway, also a junior,
placed third in the 100-meter
hurdles with a time of 16.59.
Kyndal Martin of Monroe
placed first with 15.01, and
Kailey Martin of Monroe
placed second with 16.57.
Brockway also placed sev-
enth in the long jump with a
distance of 15-09 and seventh
in the triple jump at 32-05.75.
Freshman Abby Lusco
placed sixth in discus with a
distance of 105-07. Catylynn
Duff of Culver won with 146-
01.
The girls said they missed
having team member Jozie
Rude, a senior, with them and
dedicated their performances
to her.
“Even without her, we did
our best for her,” Cates said.
Rude suffered a sea-
son-ending injury at the dis-
trict competition after she
placed first in shot put and
pole vault. She scored 21
points at state last year, be-
hind only Wright with 28, in
the team’s second-place fin-
ish. Rude was seeded high-
er in three of her events this
year.
“There is a good chance,
if she would have been full
strength, we would have
come away with the state
championship,” Smith said.
“The athletes we took outdid
or equaled their seeding going
into state, so they did an out-
standing job.”
would have been in fourth
place on day one.
On day two, Shelley
had an 84, Lenz 88, Duane
Stokes 92 and Devon
Stokes 98.
Senior Duane Stokes
said he felt there were other
options for OSAA to take,
but “they decided to stick
hard and fast to the rule.”
“It feels like what we’ve
worked hard for this spring
— they didn’t take into
consideration for their de-
cision,” he said. “Instead
of thinking about the kids,
they chose what was easiest
for them.”
He added, “I’m happy
with the way we handled
it — it wasn’t childish. We
take what we get and move
on.”
OSAA executive di-
rector Peter Weber said in
an email to the Eagle that
“mistakes were made on a
number of fronts” regard-
ing the events at Quail Val-
ley on May 14.
“The USGA Rules of
Golf, under which the
championships were being
conducted, are well known
for their rigidity and don’t
allow for the solutions
some have suggested,” We-
ber said, adding, OSAA has
begun a thorough review
Grant Union
boys
For the boys this year, se-
nior Duane Stokes placed fifth
in the triple jump with a dis-
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Drew Lusco of Grant Union throws discus Saturday at the OSAA state track and field
meet in Eugene.
Contributed photo
Grant Union’s Kaylee Wright wins the 100-meter dash at the
2A state track and field championships in Eugene Friday.
Wright set a new state record in javelin, won the high jump
event and placed second in the 4x100-meter relay.
tance of 40-05.25. Alex Lind-
say of Heppner placed first
with 41-11.00.
Sophomore Mason Gerry
placed eighth in javelin with
a distance of 142-05. Ethan
Burns of Enterprise won with
162-06.
Gerry also placed 10th in
long jump with a distance of
17-07.75. Tyreece Gardner of
Reedsport won with 21-00.5.
Sophomore Drew Lusco
We Will Never Forget...
placed ninth in discus with a
distance of 113-06. Kirkland
Scott of Regis won with 136-
04.
Junior Tanner Elliott
placed 12th in the 800 meters
with a time of 2:18.84. Josh
Snyder of Bandon won with
2:00.31.
Freshman Jordan Hall
placed ninth in the prelimi-
naries for the 110-meter high
hurdles with a time of 18.15,
one place outside of qualify-
ing for the finals.
This will be the final year
for Grant Union to compete at
the historic Hayward Field at
the University of Oregon.
After the NCAA cham-
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track and field athlete, said
he hopes to return to state
next season.
“If I keep working on it,
I’ll be coming back better
and stronger,” he said. “I
hope to be back, and hope-
fully more than just high
jump.”
Commenting on the ex-
perience at Hayward Field
in Eugene, he said “It’s
something you’ll never for-
get.”
Prairie City senior Me-
gan Camarena placed sev-
enth in shot put with a dis-
tance of 31-02.75.
She placed fourth at the
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Grant Union’s Sydney
Brockway launches for
seventh in the triple jump
at the state championships.
pionships in June, it will be
torn down and rebuilt for the
World Championships to be
held in 2021.
“It was a once-in-a-life-
time chance for our state ath-
letes to get to compete at this
historic track venue, one of
the top in the nation,” Smith
said.
of its golf course setup and
event communication pro-
cedures to prevent this type
of situation from reoccur-
ring.
Lundbom said the prob-
lem could have been fixed
if the officials had moved
the blue markers to the
yardage reflected on the
scorecard after the mistake
had been realized.
He also pointed out
USGA rule 33-7, which
states, “A penalty of dis-
qualification may in ex-
ceptional individual cases
be waived, modified or
imposed if the Committee
considers such action war-
ranted.”
Lundbom said the
OSAA officials’ statements
leave the impression that
the 12 boys teed off from
the wrong markers of their
own accord. He added, they
would have teed off from
the blue markers if they
hadn’t been told otherwise.
“It stings,” he said, but
added, “We all decided to
take the high road — all
three teams decided on
that.”
Lundbom said they
pushed ahead on day two,
letting their scores speak
for themselves.
“We’ll continue to try
harder next year, and all
the kids ended up on a
high note, the boys and the
girls,” he said.
District Meet with a mark
of 32-11, and she received
a wild card opportunity to
compete at state.
Two Monument/Day-
ville track athletes qualified
for state.
Freshman Mark Thomas
ran the 1,500 with a fifth-
place finish in a time of
4:23.37. He set a personal
record in the event, shaving
13 seconds off his best time.
Junior hurdler Kyla Em-
erson, a returning state com-
petitor, had an eighth-place
finish in the 100 hurdles
with a time of 17:73.
She fell just short of
qualifying in the 300 hur-
dles, finishing ninth in the
preliminaries with a time of
52.30, a personal record.
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