Tanner Sork ande Marcus Dickson
There were numerous records at the Border Duel with the most impressive race being the boys' 800 Meters, where Tanner Sork ran 1:48.74 to edge Marcus Dickson's 1:49.33.
Tanner Sork ande Marcus Dickson
There were numerous records at the Border Duel with the most impressive race being the boys' 800 Meters, where Tanner Sork ran 1:48.74 to edge Marcus Dickson's 1:49.33.
There were scores of records on a stunning day of action.
Jamie Weisner of Clarkston 's throw of 146-09 in the Javelin was of national caliber on the first day of field event action.
Olson & McPhee
Great day of running with victories by Andrew Gardner, Joe Hardy & Patrick Gibson for the guys and Chandler Olson,
Katie Knight and Sanne Holland for the young ladies.
Nick Obletz & Hudson Eustace
There was much to appreciate at the Oregon 3-1 A State meet held at Western Oregon University.
Chandler Olson at Pasco
Chandler Olson of Woodinville ran 4:5918 at the 4A District I/II Championships yesterday.
Paige Rice (shown at Centennial by Angela Collins
Paige Rice (4:39) and Kyle Thompson (4:10) both qualified for State today in the Mt. Hood District. Both double backed with triumphs in the 3000. Paige won with an impressive 9:54.69.
Haley Crouser by Colleen Collins
While action at the Jesuit Twlight dominated the quality marks in the region for the week, there were a number of other marks worth special note including Haley Crouse's throw in the Javelin of 164-01 at Gresham and Tera Novy's toss of 45-03 in the Shot Put at the Southwest Washington Classic. Crouser also had a number of other solid marks. Andrew Brown of Tumwater blazed the 400M in 48.59 at Shaner but Makena Morley's fine effort at the Bloomsday Run is also a noteworthy feat.
Megan Condon
Megan Condon of Skyview and Peter Kesting of Olympia won the 1600 Meter Run with 5:25 & 4:33, while James McClinton raced 53 to claim the 400M. Zion Riley of Olympia, Natalie Grant and Kyra Lorch of Elma were double winners.
Alexa Efraimson & Paige Rice
Alexa Efraimson of Camas ran 4:23 to win a brilliant race while Paige Rice, Amy-Eloise Neale were part of a great cast of runners, who followed. Conor McCandless won the boys' race with 3:54 with Dan Oekerman & JAckson Darland right behind. Cody Danielson claimed the Javelin with 207-10 and Sierra Arlauska of Jesuit edged Ashante Horsley of McMinnville with both bettering 18-00.
Korey Krotzer, Chandler Olson, Maddie Meyers & Marcus Dickson were but a part of a solid weekend of Track & Field.
There was much to cheer this weekend even beyond the great event at Centennial including Marcus Dickson's 1:49.45 and Maddie Meyer's 9:37.18.
Paige Rice leads Alexa Efraimson & Anna Maxwell
The Centennial Invitational once again provided fans some brilliant track & filed action with Sean Keller, Anna Maxwell & Alexa Efraimson leading the way.
Emily Nist at Foot Locker (Colleen Collins pic)
There was much to cheer last week for area Track & Field athletes but Emily Nist of Bishop Kelly became one of the few girls' to break five minutes for the 1600.
Alexa Efraimson
Tatum Taylor ran 10.65 and Justin Brown jumped 23-08 to lead the guys. Hannah Cunliffe ran 11.77, while Alexa Efraimson topped Paige Rice in an exciting 1500.
Paige Rice won the girls' 3K easily at the Oregon Relays in 9:55. Dan Oekerman of Beaverton pulled away off the final turn to top Wolfgang Beck of Gig Harbor. The time for Oekerman was 8:41, which gave him a second advantage over Beck.
Dickson, Harris & Krotzer moved to 3-4-5 on the NAtionalList for 2012.
A National Record in the Javelin at Aloha by Haley Crouser and three national top five times in the Men's Mile at Pasco top the action for the weekend. That said, there was plenty of action throughout the area and some high quality performances.
Marcus Dickson leads Elite Mile
Anandae Clark of Lakeside established a new State Record in the Pole Vault and MArcus Dickson of White River and Knight Knight of North Central won the Elite Mile races.
Haley Crouser set a new national record in the javelin with a heave of 181-02 at the Aloha Relays.
Katie Knight of North Central High in Spokane placed third in the Girls' 3200 meter at Arcadia in a fine time of 10:20, while Emily Nist of Bishop Kellyy in Boise was ninth. Hannah Cunliffe of Washington won her heat in the 200 but placed fourth over all with a mark of 24.22.
(Marcus Dickson winning at Brooks)
The Kent Meridian Invitational topped action in the Northwest last week and Marcus Dickson ran a national best 1:50 in the 800 Meters at the kent Meridian Invitational.
Morgan Anderson in 3K
Morgan Anderson, Gracie Todd & Jackson Haselnus made things interesting at the Canby All-Comers meet.
Alyssa O' Connor (shown winning State 1500M)
Cornell University Women's Track went West over the break and experienced success with the aid of former Northwest Runners. Alyssa O' Connor (Summit HS in Bend) placed second in the 1500 Meters at the Spring Break Collegiate Invite, which was held at UC Irvine. Her time of 4:23.82 was only .01 off the All-Time #10 in Cornell history. Devon McMahon (Redmond HS in Washington) placed second in the 5K with 16:49. The winner of the race was Cornell Junior Katie Kellner, who ran 16:33.19: the fastest time of the young season. Kellmer is from New Jersey & a former Foot Locker National Qualifier.
Erik Harris at Simplot
Erik Harris of Twin Falls & Anthony Armstrong had fine marks for the guys, while Mikayla Malaspina & Jordan McPhee led the girls.
Sean Keller (pic by Angela Collins)
It was a day of record-breaking at the Tiger Invite in Battle Ground on Saturday. Sean Keller of Heritage led the way for the guys, as he destroyed his record from 2011 in the Javelin with a throw of 230-07. Alexa Efraimson of Camas rewrote the record book in the 800 Meter Run with her mark of 2:17.52 by topping the mark of Lynelle Decker of Mountain View, who placed second this year.
Anna Maxwell at Foot Locker (pic by Colleen Collins)
The San Lorenzo Valley team will run at Centennial led by Anna Maxwell, who ran two national class times on Thursday.
Anthony Armstrong (pic by Angela Collins)
Anthony Armstrong & Nicholas Boersma ran strong times despite the wind & Audrey Ketcham & Michelle Fletcher led the female performers.
The Oregon women & the Kansas men both claimed their third successive titles in the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Meet in Nampa, Idaho.
Katie Flood moves into contention for UW in the DMR
The Husky women triumphed in the DMR scoring a valuable ten point for UW.
Huskies Take Ten To NCAA Indoor Championships