STATE TRACK AND FIELD WRAP-UP
4A State Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene
The Astoria girls team secured its best finish in twenty years with a third place trophy, led by three individual champions and two runner-up finishes. Remarkably, all of Astoria's points were scored on the field and all of it's scoring athletes were underclassmen.
Laura Bobek and Jamie Coggins pulled off the rare feat of taking first and second in both the shot put and the discus. Both athletes were ranked first and second in those events coming into the meet and were up to the challenge in front of the large crowd at Oregon's track mecca. Bobek's winning discus toss Friday (131-11) was well ahead of the competition, but well off the 147-foot-plus throw she uncorked at Scappoose the weekend before to set a new school and District 1 record.
Charlene Harber, in only her sixth competition, won the triple jump Friday, extending her school record with a leap of 36-feet, 9-and 3/4 inches. Harber added a third place finish in the long jump on Thursday. K.J. Carr finished Astoria's scoring with a fifth place finish in the javelin, throwing 116-feet, 1-inch.
The Fishermen boys notched more points on Saturday to end up in 23rd place. Chris Meyer high-jumped 6-2 to take sixth and the 4-by-100 meter relay team finished in sixth place (44.75).
Seaside finished third in the 400 relay then took second place by a second behind Marist in the 1600 with a strong closing leg by Dennis Olstedt. In his final high school meet, Olstedt nailed down his first state championship, running alongside Nate Dillow of Marist against to win the intermediate hurdles by a quarter-second with a time of 38.68. Dillow prevented Olstedt from earning the sweep, winning the high hurdles with Olstedt second. Dom Walker qualified for the intermediate finals and took seventh. With points scored by Bjorn McCord in the shot put and discus and Kai Watts in the discus, the Gull boys came away with a fifth place finish.
Marla Olstedt finished fourth in the high jump (5-1) with freshman April Cockroft fifth, while sophomore Ashley Mayfield placed third in the 1500 (4:15.77) on Saturday, to go with her fourth place finish in the 800.
3A State Championships at MacArthur Field in Monmouth
Grant Union's boys dominated the meet with 84 points, while Catlin Gabel and Bandon tied with 49 points. Led by a pair of runner-up finishes from Dallas Moses, the Warrenton boys earned a fourth place finish with 39 points.
Moses finished the 800 meters in 1:57.69, trailing champion Joshua Frasier of Coquille by 1-and-3/4 seconds. Michael O'Casey finished fourth for Warrenton. Moses added a second place in the 300 hurdles (41.33), an event won by Jeremy Kreutzbender of Amity (40.80). The Warriors also placed both relay teams while Sean Ball placed in the high jump and triple jump.
The Warriors girls were a one-woman attack, scoring 22 points behind the efforts of freshman Jordyn Holt, who took fifth in the 100 meters (13.32), fourth in the long jump and triple jump, and second in the high jump (4-11) behind Beth Stam of Toledo, who swept the jump titles. Holt's family will be moving to Long Island, New York before next school year.
Catlin Gabel's girls also finished second, with Burns taking the team title with 68 points. Warrenton (Holt) placed 11th.
2A State Championships at MacArthur Field in Monmouth
Knappa's Steven Bokor took sixth in the 110 hurdles (16.77) and fourth in the 300 hurdles (43.61). Bonanza won the team title with just four athletes competing (5 individual titles, 83 points from Kyle Gomez, Andy Davis, John Laidet and Steven Dickinson).
Gretchen George took seventh in the 800 (2:30.53) and fifth in the 3000 (11:33.54). Freshman Kate Shear, starting catcher on the Loggers softball team, notched a fifth place finish in the javelin (116-05), while Rachele Schuyler placed seventh in the shot put (33-7 1/2). Elgin edged Lakeview (60-57) for the team title.
1A State Championships at McArthur Field in Monmouth
Will Crook of Jewell took second place in the javelin with a throw of 163-3, trailing only Ryan Standiford of Condon/Wheeler (166-1). Will Steinweg high jumped six feet even to tie Tyhler Smith of Gilchrist for fifth place. No Jewell girls scored points at the meet. Damascus Christian won the boys title with 81 points.
The Astoria girls team secured its best finish in twenty years with a third place trophy, led by three individual champions and two runner-up finishes. Remarkably, all of Astoria's points were scored on the field and all of it's scoring athletes were underclassmen.
Laura Bobek and Jamie Coggins pulled off the rare feat of taking first and second in both the shot put and the discus. Both athletes were ranked first and second in those events coming into the meet and were up to the challenge in front of the large crowd at Oregon's track mecca. Bobek's winning discus toss Friday (131-11) was well ahead of the competition, but well off the 147-foot-plus throw she uncorked at Scappoose the weekend before to set a new school and District 1 record.
Charlene Harber, in only her sixth competition, won the triple jump Friday, extending her school record with a leap of 36-feet, 9-and 3/4 inches. Harber added a third place finish in the long jump on Thursday. K.J. Carr finished Astoria's scoring with a fifth place finish in the javelin, throwing 116-feet, 1-inch.
The Fishermen boys notched more points on Saturday to end up in 23rd place. Chris Meyer high-jumped 6-2 to take sixth and the 4-by-100 meter relay team finished in sixth place (44.75).
Seaside finished third in the 400 relay then took second place by a second behind Marist in the 1600 with a strong closing leg by Dennis Olstedt. In his final high school meet, Olstedt nailed down his first state championship, running alongside Nate Dillow of Marist against to win the intermediate hurdles by a quarter-second with a time of 38.68. Dillow prevented Olstedt from earning the sweep, winning the high hurdles with Olstedt second. Dom Walker qualified for the intermediate finals and took seventh. With points scored by Bjorn McCord in the shot put and discus and Kai Watts in the discus, the Gull boys came away with a fifth place finish.
Marla Olstedt finished fourth in the high jump (5-1) with freshman April Cockroft fifth, while sophomore Ashley Mayfield placed third in the 1500 (4:15.77) on Saturday, to go with her fourth place finish in the 800.
3A State Championships at MacArthur Field in Monmouth
Grant Union's boys dominated the meet with 84 points, while Catlin Gabel and Bandon tied with 49 points. Led by a pair of runner-up finishes from Dallas Moses, the Warrenton boys earned a fourth place finish with 39 points.
Moses finished the 800 meters in 1:57.69, trailing champion Joshua Frasier of Coquille by 1-and-3/4 seconds. Michael O'Casey finished fourth for Warrenton. Moses added a second place in the 300 hurdles (41.33), an event won by Jeremy Kreutzbender of Amity (40.80). The Warriors also placed both relay teams while Sean Ball placed in the high jump and triple jump.
The Warriors girls were a one-woman attack, scoring 22 points behind the efforts of freshman Jordyn Holt, who took fifth in the 100 meters (13.32), fourth in the long jump and triple jump, and second in the high jump (4-11) behind Beth Stam of Toledo, who swept the jump titles. Holt's family will be moving to Long Island, New York before next school year.
Catlin Gabel's girls also finished second, with Burns taking the team title with 68 points. Warrenton (Holt) placed 11th.
2A State Championships at MacArthur Field in Monmouth
Knappa's Steven Bokor took sixth in the 110 hurdles (16.77) and fourth in the 300 hurdles (43.61). Bonanza won the team title with just four athletes competing (5 individual titles, 83 points from Kyle Gomez, Andy Davis, John Laidet and Steven Dickinson).
Gretchen George took seventh in the 800 (2:30.53) and fifth in the 3000 (11:33.54). Freshman Kate Shear, starting catcher on the Loggers softball team, notched a fifth place finish in the javelin (116-05), while Rachele Schuyler placed seventh in the shot put (33-7 1/2). Elgin edged Lakeview (60-57) for the team title.
1A State Championships at McArthur Field in Monmouth
Will Crook of Jewell took second place in the javelin with a throw of 163-3, trailing only Ryan Standiford of Condon/Wheeler (166-1). Will Steinweg high jumped six feet even to tie Tyhler Smith of Gilchrist for fifth place. No Jewell girls scored points at the meet. Damascus Christian won the boys title with 81 points.
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