Pelton, 4X200 relay team 5th at state track meet

PRIEST RIVER — A pair of fifth place finishes highlighted a strong performance by the Priest River boys track and Field team last weekend at the 3A state meet in Middleton, where the Spartans exceeded their seed marks to finish in 17th place.

Competing in the pole vault, where unlike many of the events wet and windy weather can play a huge role, Clayton Pell rose to the occasion and tied his PR with a vault of 12 feet, earning a spot on the podium and surpassing his No. 8 seeded mark.

The other fifth place finish was turned in by the 4X200 relay team of Tommy Anselmo, Drayven Ayers, Spencer Sedgwick and Michael Taylor, who clocked a 1:36.25 in a very tight finish.

“They were seeded 8th, but competed well and had good hand-offs to pass up three other teams,” described Spartans head coach Jared Hughes, who was proud of his team’s performance. “I thought the kids did very well. As a team we scored 7.5 points and finished in 17th place. This may not sound great, but we were seeded 21st and seeded to score only two points.”

Taylor earned the admiration of his coach with a strong anchor leg in the 4X200 relay, after finishing 15th in the 100 meters.

“He battled through a sprained ankle or would have finished higher,” said Hughes. “He ran a great anchor and took us from 7th to 5th.”

Although none of the other Spartans scored team points with top eight finishes, several kids had season bests and surpassing their state seeds.

“This is testament to our kids’ competitive nature,” lauded Hughes. “I was impressed with the three freshmen distance runners. Competing at state for the first time is very nerve racking and they did great.”

Collin Dietrick ran a PR in the 110 high hurdles, as he was seeded 15th and finished 10th, while also posting personal bests to finish 9th in the high jump and 10th in the long jump, again bettering his seed mark.

Another neat event at state was when Kenny Chesnut won the 100m Unified Race. This is a chance for kids who run in the Special Olympics to compete at the regular state meet.

Other Spartan finishes included Tommy Anselmo placing 12th in both the 100 and 400, Corbin Maltba finishing 8th in the pole vault, Konner Durham finished 17th after a PR in the 110 high hurdles, Pelton 18th in the 400, Brandon McCracken 16th in the 800, and freshman distance runners Caleb Gleason and Cameron Parks finished 10th and 12th, respectively, in the 3,200, gaining rare state experience.

“The coaching staff is also excited for next year,” said Hughes. “We will be returning 11 of the 12 state qualifiers and are poised for a great 2017 season.”

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Shelley 111; 2. Sugar-Salem 103; 3. Emmett 100; 4. Timberlake 69; 5. Buhl 47; T6. Kimberly 40; T6. Fruitland 40; 8. Teton 35; 9. American Falls 22; 10. Weiser 21; 11. Filer 20; 12. Homedale 18; 13. Bonners Ferry 17.5; 14. Marsh Valley 15; 15. Parma 10; 16. Payette 8; 17. Priest River 7.5; 18. South Fremont 6; T19. Gooding 5; T19. Snake River 5; 21. Kellogg 1.

Individual results

100: 1. Randy Duclos, Timberlake, 11.39; 2. DJ Crump, Emmett, 11.44; 3. Kodee Vining, American Falls, 11.57; 4. Stockton Black, Marsh Valley, 11.85; 5. Chase Marsh, Emmett, 12.00; 6. Phoenix Ruffin, Fruitland, 12.02; 7. Blake Phillips, Kimberly, 12.09; 8. Jacen Smith, Weiser, 12.32

200: 1. DJ Crump, Emmett, 22.89; 2. Kodee Vining, American Falls, 22.90; 3. Dimitri Kraus, Teton, 23.03; 4. Randy Duclos, Timberlake, 23.32; 5. Miguel Rocha, Shelley, 23.43; 6. Chase Marsh, Emmett, 23.43; 7. Nate Fogle, Sugar-Salem, 23.57; 8. Jacen Smith, Weiser, 23.86

400: 1. Chase Armstrong, Emmett, 49.48; 2. Dimitri Kraus, Teton, 49.85; 3. David Searle, Shelley, 50.76; 4. Jace Hymas, Sugar-Salem, 51.39; 5. Miguel Rocha, Shelley, 51.41; 6. Trey Barger, Buhl, 51.55; 7. Cade Lewis, Sugar-Salem, 52.06; 8. Joseph Van Orden, Snake River, 52.83

800: 1. David Searle, Shelley, 1:58.54; 2. Austin Stewart, Shelley, 1:59.71; 3. Trey Barger, Buhl, 1:59.74; 4. Cameron Garner, Sugar-Salem, 2:00.29; 5. Israel Anaya Carmona, Fruitland, 2:00.64; 6. Mark Crandall, Shelley, 2:02.55; 7. Brayden Menti, Timberlake, 2:05.71; 8. Stockton Black, Marsh Valley, 2:07.18

1,600: 1. Austin Stewart, Shelley, 4:26.69; 2. Austin Young, Filer, 4:34.69; 3. Israel Anaya Carmona, Fruitland, 4:36.21; 4. Mark Crandall, Shelley, 4:37.87; 5. Cameron Garner, Sugar-Salem, 4:37.92; 6. Taylor Hill, Sugar-Salem, 4:42.51; 7. Landon Davis, Timberlake, 4:43.20; 8. Brayden Menti, Timberlake, 4:49.26

110 hurdles: 1. Chase Armstrong, Emmett, 15.13; 2. Jed Ward, Timberlake, 15.57; 3. Zach Wright, Kimberly, 15.57; 4. Jaron Rose, Sugar-Salem, 16.33; 5. Coleton Adamson, American Falls, 16.35; 6. James Joseph, Teton, 17.02; 7. Tayson Jensen, Kimberly, 17.33; 8. Davis Fischer, Filer, 17.44

300 hurdles: 1. Chase Armstrong, Emmett, 39.91; 2. Zach Wright, Kimberly, 41.60; 3. James Joseph, Teton, 41.98; 4. Tayson Jensen, Kimberly, 42.73; 5. Jordan Hardy, Timberlake, 42.91; 6. Austin Hunter, Snake River, 43.02; 7. Jacob Baggett, Sugar-Salem, 43.63; 8. Warren Carle, Bonners Ferry, 44.24

4x100 relay: 1. Emmett 44.07; 2. Timberlake 44.42; 3. Kimberly 44.57; 4. Fruitland 44.76; 5. American Falls 45.22; 6. Weiser 45.32; 7. Shelley 45.71; 8. Sugar-Salem 45.88

4x200 relay: 1. Weiser 1:32.39; 2. Sugar-Salem 1:32.45; 3. Kimberly 1:34.17; 4. Marsh Valley 1:34.94; 5. Priest River 1:36.25; 6. Homedale 1:36.41; 7. Shelley 1:36.46; 8. South Fremont 1:37.69

4x400 relay: 1. Sugar-Salem 3:27.67; 2. Shelley 3:28.58; 3. Weiser 3:33.16; 4. Timberlake 3:35.04; 5. Buhl 3:39.60; 6. Fruitland 3:40.83; 7. Kimberly 3:42.26; 8. Marsh Valley 3:46.69

Discus: 1. Jack Wade, Bonners Ferry, 146-3; 2. Richard Symms, Homedale, 142-8; 3. Coby Yates, Emmett, 141-1; 4. Dan Smith, Timberlake, 140-0; 5. Ramsey Jarvis, Buhl, 136-10; 6. Collin Glass, Kimberly, 125-7; 7. Tom Bates, Teton, 123-0; 8. Trevor Harvey, Fruitland, 122-9.

3,200: 1. Austin Stewart, Shelley, 9:28.09; 2. Austin Young, Filer, 9:51.43; 3. Mark Crandall, Shelley, 9:54.33; 4. Chase Barrow, Shelley, 10:04.29; 5. Brennan Anderson, Sugar-Salem, 10:05.45; 6. Taylor Hill, Sugar-Salem, 10:07.17; 7. Landon Davis, Timberlake, 10:08.35; 8. Israel Anaya Carmona, Fruitland, 10:14.99

Medley relay: 1. Shelley 3:35.80; 2. Sugar-Salem 3:37.32; 3. Buhl 3:41.52; 4. Fruitland 3:42.59; 5. Timberlake 3:45.18; 6. Bonners Ferry 3:50.10; 7. Payette 4:04.35; Marsh Valley DQ

High jump: 1. Ty Wright, Shelley, 6-2; 2. Toby Demaray, Emmett, 6-2; 3. Kasey Crossland, Buhl, 6-0; 4. Jaron Rose, Sugar-Salem, 6-0; 5. Dmitri Kraus, Teton, 6-0; 6. Shelby Harding, Filer, 5-10; 7. Colton Merges, Parma, 5-10; 8. Porter Baldwin, Snake River, 5-10

Long jump: 1. Kasey Crossland, Buhl, 22-0.75; 2. Jaron Rose, Sugar-Salem, 21-7; 3. Jestin Hofer, Timberlake, 20-8; 4. Julian Hartman, Homedale, 20-6.25; 5. DJ Crump, Emmett, 20-3.25; 6. Bryce Taylor, South Fremont, 19-6.26; 7. Javier Arvayo, South Fremont, 19-5.25; 8. Jared Ininguez, Buhl, 19-5.25

Triple jump: 1. Jaron Rose, Sugar-Salem, 43-4.75; 2. Chase Armstrong, Emmett, 43-1; 3. Colton Merges, Parma, 41-8; 4. Cade Morris, Gooding, 40-5.75; 5. David Barnes, Timberlake, 40-5.25; 6. Styrling Morris, Marsh Valley, 39-5.5; 7. Jared Ininguez, Buhl, 39-1.75; 8. Mikel Berria, Fruitland, 38-8.5

Shot put: 1. Luke Thomas, Fruitland, 49-2; 2. Maxwell Marcus, Sugar-Salem, 45-3; 3. Chris Fullmer, Teton, 44-9; 4. Ramsey Jarvis, Buhl, 44-6.5; 5. Coby Yates, Emmett, 43-11; 6. Dan Smith, Timberlake, 43-4.5; 7. Richard Symms, Homedale, 42-6; 8. Trevor Harvey, Fruitland, 41-9.5

Pole vault: 1. Ethan Arnold, Sugar-Salem, 13-6; 2. Rollin Sutherin, Shelley, 13-6; 3. Jonathan Herrera, Payette, 13-6; 4. Darrian Walker, Emmett, 13-0; T5. Clay Pelton, Priest River, 12-0; T5. Isaac Lavala, Bonners Ferry, 12-0; 7. Travis Capistran, Parma, 12-0; 8. Noah Shaw, Kellogg, 12-0.