Bears outrun the pack, Bulldog boys finish second

| May 13, 2005 9:00 PM

3A: Timberlake boys lead after first day

LEWISTON — With wins in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays during the final day of the 4A Region 1 track meet at the Vollmer Bowl, the Sandpoint boys track team finished second overall and qualified for state in a dozen events.

Also leading the charge for Sandpoint was Blake Mahler who had a victory in the 300 intermediate hurdles Friday.

The Bulldog girls placed third overall with a strong performance by Courtney Adams who took first in the 200 and second in the 100. The Sandpoint girls qualified for state in six events.

State is Thursday and Friday at Boise State.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Moscow 105. 2, Post Falls 95. 3, Sandpoint 45. 4, Lakeland 22.

Top 2 individuals, winning relays to state

100 — 1, Stefani Patten, Mos, 12.95. 2, Courtney Adams, Spt, 13.24. 3, Caitlin Sanchez, Mos, 13.37. 4, Erin Liberatore, PF, 13.78.

200 — 1, Courtney Adams, Spt, 26.99. 2, Circe Cansino, PF, 27.70. 3, Deseree Hutchings, Spt, 28.10. 4, Erin Liberatore, PF, 28.51.

400 — 1, Mallory O'Brien, PF, 1:03.45. 2, Michelle Allen, PF, 1:04.04. 3, Brittany Way, PF, 1:04.39. 4, Mindy Meyer, LL, 1:04.46.

800 — 1, Allix Lee-Painter, Mos, 2:18.9. 2, Michelle Baldwin, PF, 2:28.37. 3, Karina Olson, Spt, 2:30.6. 4, Maria Foreman, Mos, 2:31.5.

1,600 — 1, Allix Lee-Painter, Mos, 5:16.8. 2, Melissa McFadden, PF, 5:21.7. 3, Molli Lee-Painter, Mos, 5:37.8. 4, Christine Miller, Spt, 5:45.4.

100 high hurdles — 1, Meredith Dolny, Mos, 16.57. 2, Katie Adams, Spt, 16.78. 3, Tyla Huff, LL, 17.30. 4, Jessica Croll, PF, 18.38.

300 intermediate hurdles — 1, Meredith Dolny, Mos, 48.48. 2, Katie Adams, Spt, 48.53. 3, Dana Werner, PF, 50.14. 4, Cassie Duncan, LL, 51.51.

4x100 relay — 1, Moscow 50.56. 2, Post Falls 51.60. 3, Lakeland 54.75. Sandpoint DQ.

4x200 relay — 1, Post Falls (Circe Cansino, Heather Koepl, Mallory O'Brien, Dana Werner) 1:48.12. 2, Moscow 1:50.66. 3, Sandpoint 1:52.20. 4, Lakeland 1:54.20.

4x400 relay — 1, Post Falls (Michelle Allen, Heather Koepl, Dana Werner, Mallory O'Brien) 4:15.27. 2, Moscow 4:17.54. 3, Sandpoint 4:27.88. 4, Lakeand 4:28.12.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Moscow 97. 2, Sandpoint 78.5. 3, Post Falls 63. 4, Lakeland 33.5.

Top 2 individuals, winning relays to state

100 — 1, Nick Mehalechko, PF, 11.66. 2, Chad Hecker, Spt, 11.72. 3, Chase Roberts, LL, 12.14. 4, Casey Asher, LL, 12.19.

200 — 1, Nick Mehalechko, PF, 23.7. 2, Chad Hecker, Spt, 23.8. 3, Brenden Biggs, LL, 25.1. 4, Dan Mosman, Mos, 25.4

400 — 1, Seth Hyde, PF, 51.57. 2, Anthony Williams, Mos, 51.59. 3, Mitch McGreevy, Mos, 53.51. 4, Randy Weaser, PF, 53.88.

800 — 1, Mitch McGreevy, Mos, 2:00.6. 2, Chris Hawkins, Spt, 2:02.1. 3, Joe Seegmiller, Mos, 2:02.9. 4, Steven Hudec, PF, 2:06.5.

1,600 — 1, Steven Potratz, Mos, 4:37.5. 2, Steven Farr, Mos, 4:40.8. 3, Cody Kritzeck, Spt, 4:45.3. 4, Ben Behrends, PF, 4:51.0.

110 high hurdles — 1, John Mosman, Mos, 15.3. 2, Brad Reynolds, PF, 15.9. 3, Ian Kelsey, LL, 16.0. 4, Beau Mosman, Mos, 17.1.

300 intermediate hurdles — 1, Blake Mahler, Spt, 40.89. 2, John Mosman, Mos, 41.39. 3, Brad Reynolds, PF, 41.77. 4, Kyle Gibson, Spt, 45.19.

4x100 relay — 1, Sandpoint 44.19. 2, Lakeand 45.36. 3, Moscow 45.60.

4x200 relay — 1, Lakeland (Matt Bethke, Kam Kiefer, Casey Asher, Tyler Beck) 1:36.10.

4x400 relay — 1, Sandpoint 3:31.36. 2, Moscow 3:31.44. 3, Post Falls 3:35.68. 4, Lakeland 3:46.79.

3A Track

SPIRIT LAKE — After the first day of the 3A District 1 meet at Timberlake, the Bonners Ferry girls led the pack with 41 team points.

Katie Poston and Shantel Schirado of Bonners had victories in the discus and pole vault, respectively. Priest River's Whitney Payment won the 3,200.

In boys action, Timberlake had wins by Frank Lagrimanta in the 3,200 and Eric Lambert in the long jump to give the Tigers the lead. Bonners Ferry boys are currently third, with Priest River trailing the pack in fifth place despite a win in the shot put by Spartan Randy Cork (47 feet, 2 3/4 inches).

The meet concludes today, with field events at 10 a.m. and running events at 11 a.m.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Bonners Ferry 41. 2, Kellogg 24.5. 3, Priest River 17. 4, Timberlake 15.5. 5, St. Maries 6.

Top 3 individuals, winning relays to state

3,200 meters — 1, Whitney Payment, PR, 12:25.7. 2, Casey Hampton, BF, 12:39.2. 3, Melody Braden, BF, 12:44.9. 4, Jordan Budd, Kell, 13:30.6.

Medley relay — 1, Kellogg 1:54.2. 2, St. Maries 2:00.8. 3, Bonners Ferry 2:05.2. 4, Timberlake 2:11.1.

Pole vault — 1, Shantel Schirado, BF, 9-6. 2, Sam Hiatt, BF, 9-0. 3, Kim Marsan, TL, 8-6. 4, Camille Robertson, BF, 8-6.

Triple jump — 1, Lynsie Powers, TL, 34-8. 2, Cami Wendt, Kell, 32-6. 3, Whitney Mann, Kell, 32-2 1/2. 4, Bonnie Millard, PR, 31-2.

Discus — 1, Katie Poston, BF, 141-2. 2, Bonnie Millard, PR, 124-6. 3, Brittany Harris, Kell, 102-6. 4, Amethyst Aitken, BF, 101-6.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Timberlake 34. 2, Kellogg 26. 3, Bonners Ferry 17. 4, St. Maries 14. 5, Priest River 12.

Top 3 individuals, winning relays to state

3,200 meters — 1, Frank Lagrimanta, TL, 10:06.0. 2, Tyler Zwiers, TL, 10:15.5. 3, Pierre Badiuzzman, SM, 10:25.3. 4, Travis Johnson, BF, 10:57.1.

Medley relay — 1, Kellogg, 3:37.4. 2, Timberlake 3:40.6. 3, St. Maries, 3:54.3. 4, Bonners Ferry 4:12.9.

High jump — 1, Kevin Priest, Kellogg, 5-8. 2, Casey Langford, BF, 5-6. 3, Jake Kagarise, Kellogg, 5-4. 4, Randy Cork, PR, 5-4.

Long jump — 1, Eric Lambert, TL, 20- 1/2. 2, Josh Malloy, TL, 19-2 1/4. 3, Caleb Cox, SM, 18-4. 4, Ty Ketchem, Kell, 17-9 1/2.

Shot put — 1, Randy Cork, PR, 47-2 3/4. 2, Matt Carey, BF, 44-0. 3, Adam Furlin, Kell, 43-3 3/4. 4, Cory Johnson, PR, 40-8.