TRACK AND FIELD ROUNDUP

Cowapa League Dual at Tillamook...Astoria's girls prevailed 87-54, while the boys lost their second straight close dual, falling 78-67 to the Cheesemakers. The Fishermen girls got a strong finish in the 300 hurdles and 3000 meters to extend their winning margin. Maddy Adee and Sarah Pope finished first and second in the hurdles, with Adee winning in 52.20 and the sophomore Pope dropping her time for the second consecutive meet to 54.88. Kataka Swerdloff won the 3000 with a time of 12:59.7 and Astoria closed the meet with a winning 4-by-400 relay time of 4:59.71. Sophomore Charlene Harber won the long jump (16-8) and 100 meters (13.02), but finished second to Tillamook freshman Robin Smith in the 200 meters, Smith finishing in 26.58 to Harber's 27.54. The Lady Fishermen swept the shot put and Laura Bobek and Jamie Coggins took the top two discus spots, with Bobek reaching 132-6 in the discus and 40 feet in shot. For the second straight meet, the boys were missing a key scoring athlete with Steven Wentworth out sick. Justin Tikkala, a senior first-year track athlete, triple jumped 40-feet, 11-inches to edge Andrew Baertlein by two inches. Baertlein got past Tikkala in the long jump, winning with a 20-4 jump, nearly a foot ahead of Tikkala. Justin Roberts cleared 6-feet to win the high jump and took first in the 100 hurdles with a time of 17.24 to win by more than two seconds. Astoria dominated the throws, taking eight of the top nine places with Ben Mattingly (shot), Alex Whittaker (disc) and Nathan Stinnett (javelin) all earning first places. Both teams will compete at the Banks Invitational this Saturday.
S.W. WA 1A Meet at Castle Rock...Ilwaco's Katie Freese (1600/3200 meters), Bonnie Perez (javelin) and Annika Wolters (300 hurdles) all earned first places and combined with Cameo Ulbricht for a victory in the 4-by-400 meter relay. Ilwaco's girls finished second out of five teams with 81 points, trailing only La Center (102). The Wildcats earned the sweep with 77 points to win the boys meet. Ilwaco tied with Castle Rock for fourth place with 59 points. Steven Berglund earned the only top mark for Ilwaco, winning the 3200 meters in 11.16.
No results reported from Warrenton, Seaside or Naselle