STRONG MARKS HAVE FISHERMEN ON TRACK
Astoria ended day one of the 4A District 1 Track and Field Championships with a new school and meet record and another mark that should bring home gold from Eugene.
Sophomores Charlene Harber and Laura Bobek will be the top challengers in at least two events next week when the top athletes in the state of Oregon converge at Hayward Field for the state championships. Barring calamity today, they will qualify and contend in others.
Harber bettered her own school record and district meet record long jump mark, soaring 18-feet, 3 1/2 inches, leaving Tillamook's Courtney Heckeroth more than a foot behind in second. Harber's mark is the fourth best for any classification and top 4A mark in the state this season.
Bobek, who has held the top 4A shot and discus marks most of the season, set a new personal best in the shot put at 42-feet, 11 1/2 inches, the third best all-classification mark in the state. Bobek was followed, as usual, by junior teammate Jamie Coggins, whose 39-4 1/4 shot put ordinarily would be an easy district winner. Both are expected to dominate the discus finals today in their march to Eugene.
The clutch performance of the day came in the javelin, where junior K.J. Carr threw 118-2 on her final attempt to tie favorite Lindsey Remington of Tillamook. Remington still took the district title on a tiebreaker, but both will advance to state. Carr also P.R.'d in the shot, scoring points with a seventh place finish (32-1 2/2).
Two Fishermen boys punched their tickets to state on Thursday. Chris Meyer won the high jump (6-1) and Justin Tikkala took second in the long jump (20-5 1/2) behind Jake Weber of Yamhill-Carlton (21-10 1/2).
Seaside's favored tandem of seniors Kai Watts (142-11) and Bjorn McCord (136-03) took the top two spots in the discus, but Alex Whitaker (127-10) and Ben Mattingly (124-0) scored with fourth and fifth place finishes respectively. The Gulls' Patricia Doyle took second in an exciting 3000 meters final, beaten at the tape by a half-second by Scappoose sophomore Jenny Elder (11:11.45).
The rest of event finals are today at Scappoose High School starting at 2:00 p.m.
Sophomores Charlene Harber and Laura Bobek will be the top challengers in at least two events next week when the top athletes in the state of Oregon converge at Hayward Field for the state championships. Barring calamity today, they will qualify and contend in others.
Harber bettered her own school record and district meet record long jump mark, soaring 18-feet, 3 1/2 inches, leaving Tillamook's Courtney Heckeroth more than a foot behind in second. Harber's mark is the fourth best for any classification and top 4A mark in the state this season.
Bobek, who has held the top 4A shot and discus marks most of the season, set a new personal best in the shot put at 42-feet, 11 1/2 inches, the third best all-classification mark in the state. Bobek was followed, as usual, by junior teammate Jamie Coggins, whose 39-4 1/4 shot put ordinarily would be an easy district winner. Both are expected to dominate the discus finals today in their march to Eugene.
The clutch performance of the day came in the javelin, where junior K.J. Carr threw 118-2 on her final attempt to tie favorite Lindsey Remington of Tillamook. Remington still took the district title on a tiebreaker, but both will advance to state. Carr also P.R.'d in the shot, scoring points with a seventh place finish (32-1 2/2).
Two Fishermen boys punched their tickets to state on Thursday. Chris Meyer won the high jump (6-1) and Justin Tikkala took second in the long jump (20-5 1/2) behind Jake Weber of Yamhill-Carlton (21-10 1/2).
Seaside's favored tandem of seniors Kai Watts (142-11) and Bjorn McCord (136-03) took the top two spots in the discus, but Alex Whitaker (127-10) and Ben Mattingly (124-0) scored with fourth and fifth place finishes respectively. The Gulls' Patricia Doyle took second in an exciting 3000 meters final, beaten at the tape by a half-second by Scappoose sophomore Jenny Elder (11:11.45).
The rest of event finals are today at Scappoose High School starting at 2:00 p.m.
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