IT'S HANG-ON TIME FOR FISHERMEN GIRLS
Tom Petty said, "the waiting is the hardest part". If the Fishermen girls were nervous at Hayward Field during Thursday and Friday's competition, it didn't much show. Now they will bite their nails on the sidelines and hope that their 52 points is enough for a trophy.
K.J. Carr is Astoria's last hope to score as the junior javelin thrower competes in her event finals today. Carr qualified as a number two district finisher, but equalled Cowapa League champion Lindsey Remington's best throw of 118-02 at the district meet. The Tillamook junior and Carr are on the bubble as far as scoring points, seeded seventh and eighth in the event with the top eight finishers scoring points.
The Lady Fishermen scored two more first place finishes on Friday and another runner-up to put themselves in first place in the team scoring heading into Saturday's final events. Henley is second with 31 points, but has a lot more competitors on the field today.
The terrific tandem of sophomore Laura Bobek and junior Jamie Coggins repeated Thursday's feat and finished first and second in the discus. Bobek's winning toss of 131-feet, 11-inches was nowhere near her school and district meet record throw of the weekend before, but good enought to clear her teammate Coggins (117-06) and the rest of the 4A field by a considerable margin.
Sophomore Charlene Harber failed to advance in the 100 meters, finishing 4/100ths of a second behind Tillamook junior Melissa Waud in the preliminary race with a ninth place time of 13.13. After a somewhat disappointing third place finish in the high jump the day before, Harber channelled her energy into her final event and won the triple jump with a leap of 36-feet, 9 and 3/4 inches to defeat Baker's Jill Richards by 6 and 3/4 inches. Harber's mark extended her own school record set at the district meet, continuing a phenomenal run that started about a month ago when she competed in the event for the first time ever!
Astoria won the girls track and field title back in 1981, led by Hall of Fame thrower Cam Johnson, whose school record discus mark was shattered by Bobek last weekend at Scappoose. That year, the Lady Fishermen needed just 46 points to win the team title. Last season, 4A Wilson High School won the girls track title with 52 points. The lowest score to win a team title this decade was Regis High School's 46 points girls championship in 2004. The average winning score this decade is just under 68 points.
The Fishermen boys have a few event finals today with junior Chris Meyer competing in the high jump, Nathan Stinnett in the javelin and the boys 4-by-100 relay.
Seaside earned a fourth and fifth place finish in the boys discus Friday with Bjorn McCord throwing 145-11, followed by Kai Watts at 144 feet even. Jordan Aldredge of Gladstone, who is attempting to become the first athlete to win state championships in throws and sprints in the same meet, earned his second title with a 166-08 throw.
Aldredge, who won the shot put title Thursday, will compete in the javelin and the 100 meters today. Seaside's Justin Krieger failed to advance in the 100, finishing 12th in qualifying. The Gulls' Dennis Olstedt will try for two titles in the hurdles today after qualifying first in the 300 (39.48) and second in the 110 (14.79). Nate Dillow, a Marist senior, is Olstedt's top competition in both events.
It could be a big day for the Olstedt family as Marla Olstedt, a junior, is the top rated high jumper in the girls meet.
In Washington track and field district finals Friday, Ilwaco's boys (38 points) and girls (40) each placed fifth at the 1A District IV meet at Rainier. Matt Kaino took first place in the 400 meters for the Fishermen boys (50.69) and Stephen Berglund won the 3200 (10:39).
Ilwaco's girls were led by Bonnie Perez and Kelly Freese. Perez who finished second in the javelin (110-8) to Melissa Parsons of Onalaska (120-4), placed third in the 400 meters and
combined with Freese, Cameo Ulbricht and Melany Bliss on a 2nd place 4-by-400 relay team (4:23.82, Columbia-White Salmon first 4:23.39). Freese took second in the 3200 meters (12:16.5) behind only Forks freshman Chanda Romney (12:07.32) and placed third in the 1600.
Montesano won the boys team title with 106 points with Rainier second (74.5). Stevenson led the girls field with 98 points with La Center second with 91.
Naselle's boys placed fifth and girls 12th in the 17-team field at the District IV 2B Championships, hosted by the Comets at Pentilla Field. Beau Keightley had Naselle's only district championship, winning the javelin with a throw of 153-9. Kyle Burkhalter (2nd high jump, 2nd triple jump, 4th 400 meters) qualified for three individual events and Erin Saari, who recently signed a basketball letter of intent to Grays Harbor College, qualified in the pole vault, high hurdles and 4-by-400 meter relay.
The top five finishers in each event advanced to the state 2B meet in Cheney. N.W. Christian (104) was the girls team champion and Tacoma Baptist (73) was the top boys team.
K.J. Carr is Astoria's last hope to score as the junior javelin thrower competes in her event finals today. Carr qualified as a number two district finisher, but equalled Cowapa League champion Lindsey Remington's best throw of 118-02 at the district meet. The Tillamook junior and Carr are on the bubble as far as scoring points, seeded seventh and eighth in the event with the top eight finishers scoring points.
The Lady Fishermen scored two more first place finishes on Friday and another runner-up to put themselves in first place in the team scoring heading into Saturday's final events. Henley is second with 31 points, but has a lot more competitors on the field today.
The terrific tandem of sophomore Laura Bobek and junior Jamie Coggins repeated Thursday's feat and finished first and second in the discus. Bobek's winning toss of 131-feet, 11-inches was nowhere near her school and district meet record throw of the weekend before, but good enought to clear her teammate Coggins (117-06) and the rest of the 4A field by a considerable margin.
Sophomore Charlene Harber failed to advance in the 100 meters, finishing 4/100ths of a second behind Tillamook junior Melissa Waud in the preliminary race with a ninth place time of 13.13. After a somewhat disappointing third place finish in the high jump the day before, Harber channelled her energy into her final event and won the triple jump with a leap of 36-feet, 9 and 3/4 inches to defeat Baker's Jill Richards by 6 and 3/4 inches. Harber's mark extended her own school record set at the district meet, continuing a phenomenal run that started about a month ago when she competed in the event for the first time ever!
Astoria won the girls track and field title back in 1981, led by Hall of Fame thrower Cam Johnson, whose school record discus mark was shattered by Bobek last weekend at Scappoose. That year, the Lady Fishermen needed just 46 points to win the team title. Last season, 4A Wilson High School won the girls track title with 52 points. The lowest score to win a team title this decade was Regis High School's 46 points girls championship in 2004. The average winning score this decade is just under 68 points.
The Fishermen boys have a few event finals today with junior Chris Meyer competing in the high jump, Nathan Stinnett in the javelin and the boys 4-by-100 relay.
Seaside earned a fourth and fifth place finish in the boys discus Friday with Bjorn McCord throwing 145-11, followed by Kai Watts at 144 feet even. Jordan Aldredge of Gladstone, who is attempting to become the first athlete to win state championships in throws and sprints in the same meet, earned his second title with a 166-08 throw.
Aldredge, who won the shot put title Thursday, will compete in the javelin and the 100 meters today. Seaside's Justin Krieger failed to advance in the 100, finishing 12th in qualifying. The Gulls' Dennis Olstedt will try for two titles in the hurdles today after qualifying first in the 300 (39.48) and second in the 110 (14.79). Nate Dillow, a Marist senior, is Olstedt's top competition in both events.
It could be a big day for the Olstedt family as Marla Olstedt, a junior, is the top rated high jumper in the girls meet.
In Washington track and field district finals Friday, Ilwaco's boys (38 points) and girls (40) each placed fifth at the 1A District IV meet at Rainier. Matt Kaino took first place in the 400 meters for the Fishermen boys (50.69) and Stephen Berglund won the 3200 (10:39).
Ilwaco's girls were led by Bonnie Perez and Kelly Freese. Perez who finished second in the javelin (110-8) to Melissa Parsons of Onalaska (120-4), placed third in the 400 meters and
combined with Freese, Cameo Ulbricht and Melany Bliss on a 2nd place 4-by-400 relay team (4:23.82, Columbia-White Salmon first 4:23.39). Freese took second in the 3200 meters (12:16.5) behind only Forks freshman Chanda Romney (12:07.32) and placed third in the 1600.
Montesano won the boys team title with 106 points with Rainier second (74.5). Stevenson led the girls field with 98 points with La Center second with 91.
Naselle's boys placed fifth and girls 12th in the 17-team field at the District IV 2B Championships, hosted by the Comets at Pentilla Field. Beau Keightley had Naselle's only district championship, winning the javelin with a throw of 153-9. Kyle Burkhalter (2nd high jump, 2nd triple jump, 4th 400 meters) qualified for three individual events and Erin Saari, who recently signed a basketball letter of intent to Grays Harbor College, qualified in the pole vault, high hurdles and 4-by-400 meter relay.
The top five finishers in each event advanced to the state 2B meet in Cheney. N.W. Christian (104) was the girls team champion and Tacoma Baptist (73) was the top boys team.
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