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A10 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2017 Herald Sports Follow sports on Twitter @HHeraldSports BULLDOGS RISE TO NEXT LEVEL STAFF PHOTOS BY KATHY ANEY Clockwise from top left: Maddy Juul, of Hermiston, prepares to launch her discus during the 5A girls discus Saturday during the OSAA State Track & Field Championships at Eugene’s Hayward Field. • Alexis Mercado, of Hermiston, leads the 4x100-meter dash. His team won the section and placed second overall. • Maddy Juul, of Hermiston, gets ready to shot put. Juul placed third in 5A shot put and eighth in discus. • Madison Wilson, of Hermiston, competes in the 100-meter hurdles final. Wilson placed second with a time of 15.12 seconds. • Hermiston’s Audrey Lincoln places the baton in the hand of teammate Elsa Torres. Hermiston placed second. • Tyler Rohrman, of Hermiston, competes in the 110-meter hurdles final. Rohrman took second with a time of 14.68 seconds after Brock Rogers (right), of Silverton. • Hirem Maciel, of Hermiston, triple jumps. Hermiston athletes storm the podium at state meet Hermiston Herald In 2016, the Hermiston track and field team got its feet wet at the OSAA State Championships, with the girls team fin- ishing tied for 19th out of 30 teams and the boys in 13th out of 26. But after a highly successful 2017 season that saw a Bulldogs team mixed with senior studs and skilled underclass- men dominate the district, this year’s trip to state was to prove their worth. And it’s safe to say Hermiston accomplished its goal. The Bulldog girls and boys both put together strong finishes on Saturday to earn top-five finishes, with the girls scor- ing 53 points for a third place finish and the boys grabbing 39 points for a fifth place finish at Hayward Field. Summit ran away with both team titles as the boys had 71 points and the girls a stun- ning 189 points. Hermiston went 17 for 18 in placing in qualified events, headlined by the strong performances of all four relay teams. On the girls side, both relays earned silver medals, starting with the 4x100 team of Ebony Wilson, Scout Reagan, Audrey Lincoln and Elsa Torres finishing in 48.83 as the Dawgs and first place Sum- mit were the only two teams to turn in sub 49-second times. The 4x400 team of Torres, Madison Wilson, Reagan and Lincoln finished in 4:04.65, behind Summit at 3:58.64. On the boys side, the 4x100 relay team of Joey Gutierrez, Vaemu Ena, Tyler Rohrman and Alexis Mercado crossed the finish line in 43.30 seconds — just .11 seconds out of first — for a silver medal and a new school record. The 4x400 team wasn’t quite as success- ful, slipping onto the podium in eighth as Rohrman, Felix Garcia, Isaac Sanchez and Mercado finished in 3:32.23. Individual stars for Hermiston in- cluded Rohrman with a silver medal in the 100 meter hurdles with a PR time of 14.68 and a fifth place finish in the 300 hurdles, Hiram Maciel with a silver med- al in the high jump after a PR of 6-feet-5, and Madison Wilson with a silver med- al in the 100 meter hurdles with a PR of 15.12 and a sixth place finish in the 300 hurdles. In the field, Ebony Wilson capped a stellar season and successful career with a fourth place finish in the triple jump with a PR of 36 feet, 2 inches and Maddy Juul placed twice with a bronze medal in the shot put with a throw of 37-00.50 and then sneaked onto the podium in the dis- cus with a PR toss of 108 feet, 10 inches for an eighth place finish. ———— OSAA Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field, Eugene Local placers in Saturday’s finals Class 5A BOYS 4x100 relay — 2. Hermiston (Gutierrez, Ena, Rohrman, Mercado), 43.30 1,500M — 6. Isaac Sanchez, Hermiston, 4:06.02 400M dash — 7. Soren Wolf de Gavia, Pendleton, 51.29 110M hurdles — 2. Tyler Rohrman, Hermiston, 14.68 800M run — 8. Isaac Sanchez, Hermiston, 2:00.10 300M hurdles — 3. Tyler Rohrman, Hermiston, 41.16 4x400 relay — 8. Hermiston (Rohrman, Garcia, Sanchez, Mercado), 3:32.23 High jump — 2. Hiram Maciel, Hermiston, 6-05 GIRLS 4x100 relay — 2. Hermiston (Wilson, Reagan, Lincoln, Torres), 48.83 100M dash — 7. Scout Reagan, Hermiston, 12.60 400M dash — 8. Elsa Torres, Hermiston, 1:02.63 100M hurdles — 2. Madison Wilson, Hermiston, 15.12 300M hurdles — 5. Audrey Lincoln, Hermiston, 47.05; 6. Madison Wilson, Hermiston, 47.56 4x400 relay — 2. Hermiston (Torres, Wilson, Reagan, Lincoln), 4:04.65 Discus — 8. Maddy Juul, Hermiston, 108-10. Triple jump — 4. Ebony Wilson, Hermiston, 36-02; 5. Kiara Glover, Pendleton, 35-09.25. Shot put — 3. Maddy Juul, Hermiston, 37-00.50; 8. Stephanie Miears, Hermiston, 35-01.75 Small school state track placers MMA tickets still available Class 3A Boys 4x100 relay — 6, Riv- erside (Pena, Rodriguez, Llamas, Rockwell), 45.17. Triple Jump — 5, Justin Iveson, Irrigon, 41-8. 1,500 — 8, Zayne Tro- eger, Umatilla, 4:17.70. 400 — 8, Alejandro Lla- mas, Riverside, 52.72. High Jump — 4, Julian Gutierrez, Umatilla, 6-0. Discus — 7, Ricardo Mendoza, Riverside, 121-9. 300 hurdles — 5, David Rodriguez, Riverside, 41.83; 8, Jose Romero, Irrigon, 45.13. Class 3A Girls 100 — 7, Patty Burres, Umatilla, 13.08; 8, Ana Zacarias, Irrigon, 13.19. 400 — 8, Racky Pindy, Riverside, 1:03.16. 200 — 6, Ana Zacarias, Irrigon, 26.76. Shot Put — 12, Maria Moreno-Mendez, Umatil- la, 29-10.25. Class 2A Girls Triple Jump — 9, Anna Lemmon, Stanfield, 29-5.5. Shot Put — 4, Brittin Braithwaite, Stanfield, 35-9.75. Pole Vault — 8, Brook Lopez, Stanfield, 8-0. Class 1A Boys 100 — 6, Taylor Swag- gart, Echo, 13.36. Tickets are still avail- able for Mission May- hem, the MMA event at Wildhorse Resort & Ca- sino in Mission. The event is Monday, May 29 at 6 p.m. in the Rivers Event Center at the resort, located off Interstate 84 at Exit 216. The doors open at 5 p.m. Tickets are $79 for pre- mium seats or $69 for general. A no-host bar will be available. Mission Mayhem is held in conjunction with ExciteFight of Spokane with Rick Little propri- etor. ExciteFight is the home gym of UFC fight- er Julianna Pena. The main event features Troy Berglund vs. Robbie Dodgin. Buy tickets at the Wildhorse Gift Shop or www.wildhorseresort. com. All ages are wel- come. Good Shepherd tees off for scholarships STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY Irrigon’s Justin Iveson triple jumps Friday at the OSAA State Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene. Iveson took fifth with a jump of 41 feet, 8 inches. A golf tournament that raises money for scholarships awarded by the Good Shepherd Community Health Foundation is coming up. Scramble for Scholarships is Friday, June 9 with check-in at 11:30 a.m., lunch at noon and a shotgun start at 1 p.m. at Big River Golf Course in Umatilla. The cost is $70, which includes lunch, green fees, an awards barbecue and prize raffle. A four-person format, people can sign up with a team or be added to others. The deadline to register is Wednesday, June 7. For more information, stop by the foundation office at Good Shepherd, 610 N.W. 11th St., Hermiston, or call Big Riv- er at 541-922-3006.
