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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
SPORTS ROUNDUP
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Prairie City
and Dayville
compete at
1A Special
District 4
Championships
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The Prairie City Panthers
will send three track and
fi eld boys to state, advanc-
ing from Friday’s 1A Spe-
cial District 4 Champion-
ships in Baker City.
“Things went really well
for our team,” said Prairie
City head coach Nate Bar-
ber. “Everyone was able to
PR in at least one event. We
were able to get a few ath-
letes on the podium to place
in the top six.”
Seniors Levi Burke
and Syd Holman and
junior Tristan McMahan
will make the trip to com-
pete Friday-Saturday, May
17-18, at Western Oregon
University in Monmouth at
OSAA’s 1A Track and Field
Championships.
Burke is district high
jump champion, after clear-
ing the bar with a mark of
6-05, and he placed second
in javelin with a throw of
151-01.
“Levi was running
around doing high jump,
javelin and long jump all
at the same time,” Barber
said. “I think this might
have made his legs a little
tired when he was fi nishing
up his long jump.”
Burke was in second
place in the preliminaries
for long jump, but was out-
jumped in the fi nals to take
fi fth.
“Syd had an excellent
race in the 100,” Barber
said, adding it was a photo
fi nish. “We have a very fast
district.”
Holman fi nished in third
place, clocking in at 11.67.
He also had his personal
best time in the 200-meter
dash, fi nishing fourth, and
set a personal record in the
long jump, placing third
with a mark of 19-04.25.
Tristan McMahan is
fairly new to the 110-meter
hurdles but placed fourth
with a time of 16.83.
“Tristan has only com-
peted in the 110 hurdles at
one other meet, so his tech-
nique will get better and
his times will get faster by
the time we get to state this
weekend,” Barber said. “As
long as we can keep them
all healthy and have a good
week of practice, we should
be able to fi nish well.”
McMahan also set a per-
sonal record in triple jump,
placing fi fth, and was eighth
in long jump.
Senior Jonathan Law-
rence placed seventh in the
1,500, with a personal best
time, and Jake McHatton,
a junior, fi nished fourth in
discus.
For the girls, Abbey
Pfefferkorn had her per-
sonal best record in the 200,
placing fourth with a time
of 29.44, and Paige Moore
placed seventh in the 400,
setting a personal record.
Samantha Workman had a
season-best effort in pole
vault, fi nishing seventh.
Dayville Tiger athletes,
led by head coach Josh Wil-
liams, came away with sev-
eral personal records, but
the team of seven ended
their season at the district
championships.
“I feel that we fi nished
up the track season strong,”
Eagle fi le photo
Prairie City Panther Syd Holman launches forward in the
long jump, earlier in the season.
Williams said. “Whether it
was throwing or running,
my athletes kept improving
almost every meet.”
He said their goals at
the beginning of the sea-
son included working
hard as individuals, and he
feels his team met those
expectations.
Senior Austin Walker set
personal records in the 100,
shot put and javelin, and
freshman Haylee Collins
had personal bests in 100,
discus and javelin.
“I’m proud of all my
athletes this year and hope
they had a lot of fun com-
peting in track,” he said.
“I’ll miss my seniors, Gabe
(Walker-Hopkins) and Aus-
tin Walker but look forward
to continue working with
the younger athletes next
year.”
Monument
and Long
Creek battle
at 1A Special
District 3
Championships
Monument Tiger Mark
Thomas, a sophomore, set
a personal record in the
1,500, and fi nished in sec-
ond with a time of 4:22.37
at the 1A Special District 3
Championships.
He also drew a wild card
for the 800-meter run, fi n-
ishing in third in that event
with a personal best time of
2:09.28.
Thomas will advance to
the OSAA 1A State Track
and Field Championships
set for Friday-Saturday at
Western Oregon University
in Monmouth.
Monument head coach
Jeff Schafer said he is proud
of his team.
“Everyone made the
podium at districts,” he
said, noting freshman Nic
Ciochetti was unable to
attend the event. “My ath-
letes worked so hard this
season, and it defi nitely
showed as they kept setting
new PRs each track meet.”
Coach Schafer said he
was impressed with Fay-
the Schafer as captain for
the team, despite having
a full load at school as a
senior.
“She is a strong competi-
tor and a great team leader,”
Schafer said. “It was great
to have an older student on
the team to help set the tone
and the younger athletes
can look up to.”
Faythe placed fourth in
discus at the district meet
with a throw of 85-0.
The coach said his other
athletes, Thomas, Cio-
chetti, sophomore Dono-
van Schafer and Aubrei-
anna Osborne have a “ton
of potential” for the coming
seasons.
“I am excited to see what
the future holds for these
track athletes next year,”
the coach said. “It was a
fantastic season. I am so
proud of what the Tigers
accomplished.”
Long Creek head coach
Linda Studtmann led a team
of 13 athletes this season.
Several of the Moun-
taineers came close to qual-
ifying for state, includ-
ing sophomore Lucchese
Douglas who placed third
in javelin with her personal
best throw of 90-03 and
sophomore Dorotha John-
son who landed in third in
triple jump.
Senior Gladys Johnson
had personal best throws in
shot put and javelin.
For the boys, the relay
team of sophomore Thomas
Kreamier, junior Henry
Grannis, freshman Carter
Burnette and junior James
Kreamier set a personal
record in the 4x100-meter
relay with a time of 48.35
to place third, shaving
over 1.5 seconds off their
time.
Grannis improved his
discus throw by over 9 feet
with a 102-06 to place fi fth
out of 19 athletes and bet-
tered his time in the 100.
Burnette extended his
throw in discus and javelin.
Senior Mathéo Buchart
had personal best records in
his three events, 100, shot
put and javelin.
Studtmann said that
although none are advanc-
ing to state, she was
impressed with her athletes
pushing themselves at the
district championships.
“They did great, and I’m
proud of them,” she said.
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