FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Annual Watershed Field Day
draws 153 students
HJHS ends track season with champion and runner-up titles
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Champion and title holders: (Back Row L-R): Spencer Palmer,
Josh Shank, Bryan Holland, Jared Huddleston, Catherine
McElligutt, Jordan Hatfield and Brent Eckman; (Front Row L-
R): Chris Wellington, Kristen Van Cleave, Erin Price and Maggie
Armato. Not pictured: Sherilyn Peck.
Heppner Junior High Track Team- (Back Ron L-R): Braden
Britt, Sam Ring, Kristen Van Cleave, Jared Huddleston, Coach
Susan Hisler, Jordan Hatfield, Ashley Wolff, Brian Holland and
record since 1982 o f 12.06 Spencer Palmer; (5,h Ron L-R): Josh Shank, Sherilyn Peck, Nikki
seconds, w ith his 12.22 Fritz, Catherine McElligott, Erin Price, Brittany Boothe, Drew
seconds and 57.61 seconds Johnson and Stephanie Cutsforth; (4,h Ron L-R): Kassey Wilson,
in the 400m to second all Eddie Waddell, Wacy Coil, Matt Holland, Hollie Whatley, Chris
Wellington and Brent Eckman; (3rd Ron L-R): Kathry n Strouse,
time best.
C h ris W ellington Emily Thompson, Maggie Armato, Lane Wright, Mark McCabe,
repeated as the 400 meter Whitney Smith, Sarah Kendrick and Dalton Wellman; (2nd Ron
district champion with a 1 L-R): Kaylee Helfrecht, Leann Schwarz, Alex Pickles, Taighler
minute 78 second run He Dougherty, Brynna Rust, Cory Silvia and Tomas Elguezabal;
also broke the Gunderson and (1” Ron L-R): Lindsay Cutsforth, Tyler Robinson, Nick
record with a 25.4 second Kempas, Grant Smith, Devin Robinson, Joe Pranger, Dylan
run in the 200 meter He Lutcher and Jodessa Chapa. Not pictured: athlete Donald
didn’t get to run in the heat Matthens and assistant coach Melissa Coiner.
Students practice with compasses at the mapping station
during the annual Watershed Field Day.
Approximately 153,
fifth grade students from
Boardman, Irrigon, lone and
Heppner attended the annual
Willow Creek W atershed
Field Day. It was held on
Wednesday, May 4 at Duane
N eiffer’s property west o f
Lexington
Water was the focus
o f the presentations during
the daylong e d u catio n
program The day was
b roken into hands-on
teaching sessions including:
soils, w eather, plants,
compass and GPS/mapping,
macro invertebrates, water
quality and stream bank
restoration The students
planted tress to stabilize
stream banks
lone team leaders
and helpers included: Arthur
Ekstrom, Nick Christman,
Sara Peck, Alyssa Rietmann,
Kyle Palm ateer, Amanda
Emery, Ashly Grams, Kelly
Thompson and Tyler Brown
lone
student
presenters included: Kristal
Temple and Austin Arballo-
mapping site, Kim Morris
and
Kasie
P eterso n -
streambank restoration site;
and Tyler Raible and John
Walton- macro invertebrates
site
H eppner student
presenters included: Krystal
Nairns, Dan Basile, Emily
Bergstrom, Cara Kennedy,
Julie M oore and teacher,
Dieter Waite- water quality
site. The stu d en ts w ere
tau g h t how to m easure
w ater quality param eters
including pH , tu rb id ity ,
conductivity, tem perature
and dissolved oxygen levels.
Agency presenters
included: Bill E w ing,
Oregon Women in Timber;
C ory C ooley, M orrow
SWCD; Larry Lutcher, OSU
Extension Agent; Dennis
Hull and Marilyn Lohman,
Pendleton Weather Service
Office; and Matt Kolding,
H erm iston
E x ten sio n
S e rv ic e /re tire d
Plant
Identification
Teacher presenters
included: G ary H unt o f
Irrigon S chools, D uane
N eiffer o f lone School
District and Dale Holland o f
lone School District
T he
han d s-o n
experience for the students
is very important in teaching
them about conservation o f
our soil and water and how
that affects all o f us, stated a
M orrow
SW CD
spokesperson Also the field
day ties into existing science,
a g ric u ltu re and natural
resource classes or units.
The
co n tin u ed
success o f this field day is
due to the support from
many agencies, teachers,
stu d en ts, p aren ts and
schools. Craig Satter and
Terri M artinez, Umatilla/
Morrow ESD, coordinated
the field day with the help of
the N atu ral R eso u rces
System Consortium
Rhea to graduate from
California State University
Macy Rhea, a 2000
H eppner High School
graduate, is graduating from
California State University at
Northridge on June 2 with a
degree in communication
studies
Rhea was nominated
for induction into Lambda Pi
E ta,
the
N ational
C o m m u n i c a t i o n
A s s o c ia tio n ’s
o fficial
co m m u n icatio n
ho n o r
society The society is open
to communication studies
undergraduate majors who
have maintained a 3.0 gpa or
higher She also received the
Fall 2004 Kent Joel Snyder
Scholarship The scholarship
is awarded each semester to
two communication studies
seniors or graduate students
w ho have d em o n strated
academic achievement as
reflect in g rad e point
average
R hea has already
received her a ss o c ia te ’s
degree in marketing with an
emphasis in merchandising
from the Fashion Institute of
Design and Marketing
E s ta te
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Champion title holder, Nikki
Fritz.
The Heppner Junior
High School track teams
p a rtic ip a te d
in
team
championships on May 6 at
Stanfield High School track.
The sixth and seventh grade
boys were runners up to
Umatilla, as were the eighth
grade boys. Both the sixth
and seventh grade girls and
the eighth grade girls were
champions.
B ryan
H olland
shined in the sprints taking
the 100m (12 94 seconds)
and 200m (26.47 seconds)
titles He also helped to
capture the 4x200 relay title.
Holland also moved up in the
all time top 10 for 400m
runners He also placed third
in high jump.
Brent Eckman took
the high jump district title at
5 feet 1 inch and ran a leg o f
the champion 4x200 relay
team He also placed third in
the 100 -meter hurdles and
eighth in the 100 meter
Jordan Hatfield took
off in the triple jump with a
new school reco rd and
district title, leaping 35 feet
3 inches Chuy Elguezabal
set the old record at 34 feet
9 inches in 2000. Hatfield
also captured the 300-meter
hurdles title with a time o f
48.01 seconds and took
second in the 400 meter He
also ran a leg o f the
champion 4x200 relay team
Jared H uddleston
was the district champion in
javelin with a throw o f 139
feet 8 inches and ran a leg
with the champion 4x200
relay team He also placed
second in the high jump and
sixth in the 100 meter
Josh Shank left a big
impression on junior high
track with a new school
record and district titles in
the long jump and 200 meter
He leaped to 18 feet 6 -V 2
inches; the old school record
was set by Derek Gunderson
at 18 feet 5 inches in 1995.
The 200 meter was ran in
25.23 seconds, breaking
G underson’s record 25.25
seconds in 1995. Shank
cam e up sh o rt o f Alex
Lindsay’s 100-meter dash
with Shank for the title race
W ellington’s 12.65-second
100 -meter run moved him to
fourth all time best.
Spencer Palmer took
the district javelin title and a
new school record with a
throw o f 153 feet 6 inches.
Palmer had set the school
record April 1 at Umatilla
with a throw o f 150 feet 11
inches, breaking B ryson
Wood’s throw o f 141 feet 4
inches in 2003. Palmer also
to o k second in the 800
meter, fifth in the 400 meter
and sixth in the triple jump
C a t h e r i n e
M cE llig o tt has had a
tremendous season breaking
seven school records this
season. She was a repeat
district champion in the 1500
meter, 300-m eter hurdles
and 800 m eter and also
added a javelin title in 2005.
She first broke the 300-
m eter hurdles reco rd at
Pendleton on April 29 with
a time o f 50.66 seconds. Pam
Orr set the old record in
1981 with a time o f 51 73
seconds. McElligott again
broke the 300-meter hurdle
record May 6 with a time of
50.49 seconds. The 800
m eter record was ,set by
McElligott in 2004 with a
tim e o f 2 m inutes 41.98
seconds, but broke it twice
this second to set it at 2
minutes 38 seconds At the
championships she took first
in the 800 meter with a time
o f 2 minutes 43.07 seconds.
M cE lligott also held the
1500 m eter reco rd at 5
minutes 27 seconds in 2004,
but broke it twice this season
to set it at 5 minutes 14
seconds at the May 6 meet
The javelin record was held
by Kristen Van Cleave at 88
feet 4 inches in 2004, was
broke by Maggie Armato on
April 15 at Sherman County
with a throw o f 96 feet 6 -V 2
inches and broke again by
McElligott on April 29 with
a th ro w o f 101 feet
M cE llig o tt to o k first in
javelin at the championship
meet with a throw o f 99 feet
1 inch McElligott now holds
the 1500 meter, 800 meter,
3 0 0 -m e te r hu rd les and
javelin records and is in the
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Erin Price also had a
trem en d o u s season She
captured the long jump, 400
meter, 200 meter and 100
m eter h u rd les d istric t
champion titles on may 6 .
She now has a new school
reco rd in the 100 -m eter
hurdles with a time o f 18.07
seconds set on May 6 . Annie
H isler held the old 100-
m eter hurdles reco rd at
18 17 seconds in 1994 Price
barely missed Abby Kahl’s
400 meter record of 1 minute
5.71 seconds with a time of
1 minute 5.91 seconds on
April 26. She also ranks top
two in the 1500 meter and
800 meter
Kristen Van Cleave
captured shot put and triple
jump district titles with a
throw o f 27 feet and jumps
totaling 29 feet 1 inch Van
Cleave ranks top five in 300
meter and 100 -meter hurdle
races and placed second in
both
races
at
the
championship meet
Sherilyn Peck took
the triple jump district title
with jumps totaling 28 feet
5 inches. She also took the
100 -meter title with a time
o f 14.27 seconds and the
200 -meter title with a time
o f 29 44 seconds. She also
placed fourth in long jump
Maggie Armato was
the discus district champion
with a throw o f 67 feet 3
inches. She also broke the
javelin school record on
April 15 with a throw o f 96
feet 6-'/2 inches. At
cham pionships, she also
placed second in javelin with
a throw o f 100 feet 7 inches,
fourth in shot put and eighth
in 400 meter
Nikki Fritz was a
repeat district high jump
champion with a jump o f 4
feet 5 inches She also placed
seven in the 200 meter and
sixth in the 4x200 relay.
Othej- participants
and their placements include
Jodessa Chapa- 4th-
1500 meter, 7lh- 800 meter
and 5th- 4x100 relay.
Brynna R ust- 2nd-
100 meter, 2 nd- 200 meter
and 2nd- 4x200 relay
Lindsay Cutsforth-
5th- long jump and 2nd- 4x200
relay.
Emily T hom pson
s '1 * 5 9’- 4x100 relay.
Taighler Dougherty-
2nd- 4x200 relay and 4th- high
jump
Sarah Kendrick- 2nd-
4x200 relay and tie for 6 th-
high jump
Ashley Wolff- 5lh-
4x100 relay and 8 ,h- discus
Leann Schwarz- 5lh-
4x100 relay
Stephanie C utsforth-
3rd- 400 meter and 6 th- 4x 100
relay.
K athryn S tro u se-
2nd- 100 m eter, 3rd- 200
meter, 5th- javelin and 6 th-
4x200 relay.
Kassey Wilson- 6 th-
100 meter and 6 th- 4x100
relay.
Brittany Boothe- 6 th-
shot put, 6 th- 4x 100 relay and
8 th- 100 meter
Whitney Smith- 2nd-
high jump, 2nd- 400 meter,
6 th- 4x100 relay and 6 th-
4x200 relay.
Kaylee H elfrecht-
4th- 300-meter hurdle, 6 th-
4x200 relay, 8 th- 100-meter
hurdle and 8 th- long jump
Tomas Elguezabal-
5*- 300-meter hurdle and 7th-
javelin
Mark McCabe- 2nd-
4x 100 relay, 5th- shot put and
6 *- 200 meter.
Drew Johnson- 2nd-
4x 100 relay, 3rd- 200 meter
and 3rd- 300-meter hurdle
Nick Kempas- 2nd-
4x100 relay and 7th- 200
meter
W acy C o il- 2 nd-
4x 100 relay and 6 lh- javelin
Cory Silvia- 7lh- 300-
meter hurdle
Lane W right- 6 th-
discus.
Sam King- 2nd- shot
p u t,,2 nd- discus and 3rd-
javelin
Eddie Waddell- 2nd-
300-meter hurdle, 3rd- 4x200
relay, 4lh- long jump and 5th-
100 -meter hurdle
Joe P ran g er- 3rd-
4x200 relay and 5th- 300-
meter hurdle.
Dalton Wellman- 3rd-
4x200 relay, 3rd- 300-meter
hurdle, 5th- high jump and
6 lh-javelin
B raden B ritt- 3rd-
4x200 relay, 6 th- 100-meter
hurdle and 8 th- high jump
Soccer signup
to be held
A Y S.O
so ccer
signup will be held for
children ages 4-11, a copy of
the child's birth certificate is
required at registration
Registration will be
held at th e H eppner
Neighborhood Center, June
2 from 5-7 p m and June 3
from 4-6 p m C ost for
soccer will be $35 for the
first child and $30 for each
additional child For more
information, contact Jessica
Lehman at 939-8571.
Transfer Station
grand opening to
be held
Morrow C ounty will
be having the grand opening
o f the N o rth M orrow
County Transfer Station on
Friday, May 20 at II a m
The public is invited to
attend
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