Day 1
The first day of the Special 5A District meet held in Bend, so a bus load of Summit athletes qualifying for the State Meet in Eugene, which will be held next week. Leading the way were Megan and Sara Fristoe, who placed 1 – 2 in the 3000 Meters. Megan, a two-time State Cross Country Champion, ran 10:29.25 to place first. Sara followed in 10:38 placing second & earned a berth at State. Narrowly missing was Kira Kelly, also from Summit, who ran 10:39, while Jenna Mattox of Bend placed fourth in 10:59. Travis Neuman, a sophomore from Summit, led the guys in the 3K with an 8:57.75 clocking. Tyler Van Dyke of Eagle Point will join Neuman in Eugene after placing second right behind Neuman in a time of 8:59. Samuel Naffzinger of Summit placed third in the event in 9:28.
Jesse Sanderson of Summit edged closer to a qualifier for State in both the 100 Meter Dash & the 400M with times of 23.50 & 50.96 respectively. He will be joined by Summit’s T J Peay, who ran 23.68 in the 200M, and Seth Platsman of Bend, who was timed in 51.5 in the 400. Summit runners claimed the top two runners in the boys’ 100 meters, Cole Thomas (11.29) & T J Peay (11.39. Sarah Frazier won the 100M in 12.90 and Ricci Kiztmiller topped the field In the 200M (26:20. Mountain View’s Brianna Rosen won both sprint races after running 13.04 & 26.51. Her team mate Macauley Wilson was just behind by less than a quarter of a second in the 200M.
The girls’ High Jump was a tight contest between three Summit leapers and Lucinda Howard was victorious with a leap of 5-04.00. Laney hayes also went 5-04 placing second on misses, while Sarah Taylor was the hard luck finisher in taking third yet just missing on a berth in the Stat meet with 5-03. Mountain View returned the favor in the Long Jump as Shaina Zollman & Ayla Rosen went 1 – 2 in that event, while Summit’s Sarah Frazier, who also went 16-09, appears to have missed out on misses. Mountain View athletes also took the top two places in the Javelin going 114-03 & 106-07.
On the boys’ side of the field event spectrum Tyrone Holmes of Eagle Point scored a victory in the Discus with 136-07.00 & Hayden Czmowski of Mountain View placed second with 136-03. Gabriel Giacci of Summit took third with 132-05. Summit on the other hand will have two competitors in the Pole Vault after Erik Jorgensen (14-08) & Evan Bassford (14-00) dominated that event. In the Triple Jump J C Grim of Bend earned a championship with 43-09.00 to edge William Bassford of Summit, who had 43-05. Caleb Buzzas of Bend was close behind in third with a mark of 42-09.75.
Day Two Action
Ashley Maton of Summit had a banner day scoring a victory in the 800 Meter Run in a time of 2:17.56 and securing a first in the 1500M with a 4:45.38 clocking. Her team mate Megan Fristoe earned her second berth at State in the 1500 by running just a tad behind in 4:45.91. Kira Kelly, also from Summit, finished third with 4:50 & Jenna Mattox of Bend claimed fourth with 4:55. Mikhaila Thornton of Mountain View garnered second in the 800M with 2:18. On the boys’ side of the middle distance events Riley Anheluk of Mountain topped his team mate Chris McBride & the rest of the field with his time of 2:00.06. Ben Jackson of Ashland took third with 2:01. Travis Neuman added a victory in the 1500M to his earlier triumph in the 3K, when he ran 4:06.52. Luke Hinz was barely edged, when he ran 4:06.81 and will join his Storm mate in Eugene.
Jesse Sanderson doubled in the 200 & 400 earning both titles with times of 22.92 & 50.69. The 200M was a very close race, because Cole Thomas (23.12) & T J Peay (23.41) were right on his tail. Mike Wilson took second in the 400M with 51.01, while Seth Platsman of Bend just missed a trip to State by running 51.68. Cole Thomas and T J Peay went 1 – 2 in the 100M and will head to State after dashing marks of 10.94 & 11.18 respectively. For the girls it was Sarah Frazier of Summit, who scored in the 100M (12.70), as she bested Brianna Rosen of Mountain View (12.76). Sadly Amanda Pease of Bend was a very close 12.96 but may not make State unless she can qualify on time. Brianna Kitzmiller of Summit placed second in the 200 with 26.28, but then came back to triumph in the 400 Meters with a 58.43 clocking. There was unfortunately little margin for error in the 200 Meters and Macauley Wilson (26.37) of Mountain View & Amanda Wilson of Bend barley missed with 26.65. Ayla Wilson secured second in the 400 Meter Run with 59.11 and Macauley Wilson was nipped again, when she came home in 59.33. One has to feel great empathy for Macauley, who was so close in two events & we hope we will see her compete in Eugene next week.
Josie Kinney of Summit scored in both hurdles races winning the 100 in 16.21 & followed with a victory in the 300 in 47.53. Sarah Edwards (16.38) & Laney Hayes (16.72) of Summit followed Kinney in the 100M, while Tash Anderson of Mountain View garnered 2nd in the longer event & was timed in 47.97. Tyrone Holmes of Eagle Point edged Danny Verdieck of Bend 50.61 to 51.01, as Seth Matsman of Summit was a close third in 51.68. Alex Needham gained revenge by claiming the longer hurdles with 40.30 and Michael Wilson was second in 40.81. The Summit runner was less than a second ahead of Bend’s Danny Verieck, who ran 41.73.
In the Field J C Grim of Bend threw the Javelin 175-04 to top Garrett Snow of Eagle Point, who went 171-00. The men’s High Jump left little to choose from between Mountain View’s Blake Bosch & Mitch Modin plus J C Grim. Bosch earned the victory with 604, while Modin & Grim both cleared 6-03, but Modin had fewer misses. Caleb Buzzas of Bend took honors in the Long Jump with 21-11.5 but Modin earned his second silver with 21-02.75. Cole Thomas was a near miss with 20-10.25. Annie Sidor of Summit topped the Pole Vault competition with 10-11.0 beating Tesh Wright of Bend, who vaulted 10-06. Shaina Zollman was first in the Triple Jump with 35-04.25 & Sarah Frazier earned another spot in Eugene with her 34-07.00. Anna Roshack of Mountain View won the Shot Put with 39-10.5 to top her team mate Meghan Ridling, who threw 35-05.00. In the Discus Taylor Pierce of Summit prevailed (115-07) over Hopper Cashman (112-11) of Mountain View & Calli Prestwood (111-09) of Summit. In the JavelinCourtney Shearer was victorious with 114-03.00. The Mountain View athlete trumped Janelle Noga (106-07.00) of the same team. Finally Mountain View won the 4 by 400 Meter Relay with one of the State’s best times of the season (4:00.74. Happily leading off for MTV was Macauley Wilson, who was so close in two earlier events. Her relay mates were Mikhaila Thornton, Ayla Rosen & Brianna Rosen.