SHS track makes final push towards Districts at Meet of Champions

Every track season follows a similar script.

As temperatures rise, times drop and ­eventually — to the chagrin of the team, which usually becomes close-knit as the miles, reps, jumps and long bus rides bring the group together — the roster wanes down to the top varsity competitors. In events like the District 1 Meet of Champions, gone are the seemingly endless heats of the 200. The junior varsity kids have paid their dues; they’ve ran the race and found the finish line.

Here, in the sleepy, windy vastness that is Post Falls, the Maddie Morgans, Bionce Vincents, Paige Davidsons, Seth Grahams and, for the first time in weeks, the Braedon Dressels compete.

Junior sprinter Dressel’s return highlighted a day in which Sandpoint placed in the top three in seven different events.

“Braedon Dressel came back today and looked good today; he looked sharp,” Sandpoint Track and Field head coach Matt Brass said. “It was good to give him another week to feel confident going into regionals with a couple races under his belt.”

Dressel, who has been out with a quad injury, made his return by running the 100, 200 and a leg of Sandpoint’s third-place 4x100 relay team. Not only that, Dressel’s 23.60 in the 200 won his heat and set a new PR going into districts.

Over in longer events, Jett Lucas, Nikolai Braedt, Bionce Vincent and Seth Graham took home medals (or t-shirts) for their performances in the 1600 and 800 meter races. Bulldogs led the boys’ 1600 from wire-to-wire: Braedt and Lucas went out in a blistering 63-second first lap, settled in and gapped the field to finish neck-and-neck. Lucas would out-kick his equal this time around in a 4:39.26 PR.

“For distance, the thing we tried to focus on is having kids run one or two marquee events instead of bludgeoning them with a heavy workload before districts,” Matt Brass said. “The events we were in were really competitive and the kids did really well.”

Aside from the usual suspects, several newcomers stood out. Freshman Jillian Primgaard placed seventh in the 400 with a 1:04.53 — less than a second behind 4A IEL leader Addisen Kiefer.

The Bulldogs will run at districts next Thursday at Coeur d’Alene High School.

Full results will be in the online version of this article

Sandpoint athletes in bold

BOYS

100 — 1, Nate Burch, Coeur d’Alene, 11.42. 2, Jacob Schnatter, Lake City, 11.58. 3, Teagun Holycross, Priest River, 11.62.

200 — 1, Jacob Schnatter, Lake City, 22.67. 2, Carter Gordon, Lake City, 22.92. 3, Teagun Holycross, Priest River, 23.35.

400 — 1, Trey McArthur, Lakeland, 52.56. 2, Kale Edwards, Coeur d’Alene, 53.24. 3, Alex Alverez, Bonners Ferry, 54.45.

800 — 1, Carter Gordon, Lake City, 2:01.88. 2, Seth Graham, Sandpoint, 2:03.11. 3, Logan Hunt, Timberlake, 2:05.17.

1,600 — 1, Jett Lucas, Sandpoint, 4:39.26. 2, Nikolai Braedt, Sandpoint, 4:40.01. 3, Braden Dance, Coeur d’Alene, 4:42.49.

3,200 — 1, Ethan Garner, Coeur d’Alene, 10:39.62. 2, Connor Alexander, Bonners Ferry, 10:47.58. 3, Brycen Kempton, Post Falls, 10:48.15.

110 hurdles — 1, Nate Burch, Coeur d’Alene, 15.02. 2, David Larson, Lake City, 16.69. 3, Jake Beyersdorf, Coeur d’Alene, 16.79.

300 hurdles — 1, Teagun Holycross, Priest River, 40.98. 2, Isaac Ballew, Post Falls, 41.95. 3, Jake Beyersdorf, Coeur d’Alene, 42.66.

4x100 relay — 1, Lake City, 44.27. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 44.84. 3, Sandpoint, 44.96.

4x200 relay — 1, Cd’A Charter (Jordan Gallegos, Dennis Klein, Stephen Crupper, Matt Streeter), 1:33.03. 2, Post Falls, 1:34.73. 3, Lake City, 1:35.03.

4x400 relay — 1, Coeur d’Alene (Jake Beyersdorf, Kale Edwards, Ryan Linehan, Nate Burch), 3:30.57. 2, Timberlake, 3:31.74. 3, Lake City, 3:35.

4x800 relay — 1, Post Falls (Drew Padgett, Sawyer Crenshaw, James Magill, Caden McLean), 8:58.23. 2, Lakeland, 9:36.24. 3, Priest River, 9:58.25.

Sprint medley — 1, Timberlake (Zach Yetter, Dylan Kluss, Daniel Pahl, Logan Hunt), 3:44.15 (#meet record, previous, Lake City 3:46.35, 2006). 2, Lakeland, 3:50.73. 3, Priest River, 3:55.96.

Shot put — 1, Colby Poe, Priest River, 50-11. 2, Travis Kerr, Coeur d’Alene, 48-10. 3, Zane Lettau, Lake City, 47-1.

Discus — 1, Jacob Smith, Lake City, 143-11. 2, Jeremy McLemore, Timberlake, 141-2. 3, Colby Poe, Priest River, 139-11.

High jump — 1, Tyler Trengove, Post Falls, 6-6 (#meet record, previous, Karl Hiring, Sandpoint and Jordan Pastras, Post Falls, 2010, 6-4). 2, Chase Gardom, Timberlake, 5-10. 2, Jake Jelinek, Bonners Ferry, 5-10. 2, Cameron Parkes, Priest River, 5-10.

Pole vault — 1, Nick Ancker, Coeur d’Alene, 14-0. 2, Ben Zubaly, Lakeland, 13-6. 3, Porter Howard, Lake City, 13-0.

Long jump — 1, Chase Gardom, Timberlake, 21-8. 2, Tyler Trengove, Post Falls, 21-2 1/2. 3, Jacob Schnatter, Lake City, 20-10 1/2.

Triple jump — 1, Chase Gardom, Timberlake, 44-8 (#meet record, previous, Tyler Trengove, Post Falls, 2018, 43-10 1/2). 2, Tyler Trengove, Post Falls, 43-2 1/2. 3, Elias Hill, Lake City, 40-5 1/2.

GIRLS

100 — 1, Katie Fleming, Post Falls, 13.01. 2, Julia Pierce, Lake City, 13.12. 3, Jeana Craven, Timberlake, 13.33.

200 — 1, Angelyca Chapman, Lake City, 26.47. 2, Bridget Rieken, Lake City, 26.75. 3, Niki Hare, Coeur d’Alene, 27.63.

400 — 1, Angelyca Chapman, Lake City, 59.13. 2, Bailey Shanahan, Post Falls, 59.41. 3, Josie Yovichin, Cd’A Charter, 1:01.64.

800 — 1, Anayah Brown, Post Falls, 2:23.68. 2, Jenna Gardiner, Post Falls, 2:26.68. 3, Bionce Vincent, Sandpoint, 2:28.45.

1,600 — 1, Sydney Shanahan, Post Falls, 5:17.43. 2, Brooklyn Shell, Coeur d’Alene, 5:28.78. 3, Abigail Gorton, Bonners Ferry, 5:36.75.

3,200 — 1, Sydney Shanahan, Post Falls, 11:13.48. 2, Samantha Wood, Post Falls, 11:27.37. 3, Brooklyn Shell, Coeur d’Alene, 12:02.84.

100 hurdles — 1, Talia Kane, Post Falls, 16.92. 2, Sara Hathaway, Clark Fork, 16.93. 3, Summer Kastning, Lakeland, 17.51.

300 hurdles — 1, McKenzie Fletcher, Lake City, 47.30. 2, Kiley Cutler, Cd’A Charter, 48.43. 3, Lauren Baldeck, Coeur d’Alene, 48.95.

4x100 relay — 1, Lake City, 50.77. 2, Timberlake, 51.64. 3, Coeur d’Alene, 51.74.

4x200 relay — 1, Lake City (Bridget Rieken, Lilith Tweedy, McKenzie Fletcher, Angelyca Chapman), 1:44.39. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 1:49.19. 3, Timberlake, 1:51.94.

4x400 relay — 1, Lake City (Bridget Rieken, Lilith Tweedy, McKenzie Fletcher, Angelyca Chapman), 4:00.98 (#meet record, previous, Coeur d’Alene, 2013, 4:03.34). 2, Post Falls, 4:09.53. 3, Cd’A Charter, 4:16.09.

4x800 relay — 1, Post Falls (Bailey Shanahan, Jenna Gardiner, Samantha Wood, Anayah Brown), 9:38.59 (#meet record, previous, Coeur d’Alene, 2012, 10:00.50). 2, Lakeland, 11:12.19.

Sprint medley — 1, Lakeland (Katelin Bronson, Addisen Kiefer, Baylee Woempner, Sydnee Hostetler), 1:57.64. 2, Bonners Ferry, 1:59.88. 3, Cd’A Charter, 2:01.32.

Shot put — 1, Victoria Rae, Bonners Ferry, 39-4. 2, Blayre Jeffs, Timberlake, 39-3. 3, Shea Curran, Kellogg, 36-2.

Discus — 1, Victoria Rae, Bonners Ferry, 128-11. 2, Kaitlyn Ward, Coeur d’Alene, 123-9. 3, Shea Curran, Kellogg, 122-1.

High jump — 1, Emma Ramage, Coeur d’Alene, 5-1. 2, Summer Kastning, Lakeland, 4-10. 3, Sara Hathaway, Clark Fork, 4-8.

Pole vault — 1, Bethan Suchoski, St. Maries, 9-6. 2, Paige Davidson, Sandpoint, 9-0. 3, Kaitlyn Moss, Lake City, 9-0.

Long jump — 1, Holly Ansley, Bonners Ferry, 15-8 1/2. 2, Niki Hare, Coeur d’Alene, 14-6. 3, Maddie Morgan, Sandpoint, 14-5.

Triple jump — 1, Holly Ansley, Bonners Ferry, 34-7. 2, Maddie Morgan, Sandpoint, 32-2. 3, Sara Muehlhausen, Lake City, 31-11.