Sandpoint track and field announces postseason awards
(Photo by KYLE CAJERO) Sandpoint freshman Lydia Nelsen vaults during day two of the 4A State Track and Field Championships at Eagle High School on May 18. Nelsen won the Sandpoint Track and Field Coaches Award for the program's most outstanding girls pole vaulter on Wednesday.
(Photo by KYLE CAJERO) Paige Davidson rounds the corner in the 300 meter hurdles at the Meet of Champions on May 2. Davidson won the 2019 Sandpoint track and field David Lyon Award, given to the highest point-scorer on the girls’ and the boys’ teams.
(Photo by KYLE CAJERO) Sandpoint sophomore Nikolai Braedt closes out the 3200 meter run at the Priest River Invitational on April 20. Braedt won the 2019 Sandpoint track and field David Lyon Award — given to the highest point-scorer — for the boys’ track team.
(Photo by KYLE CAJERO) Seth Graham finishes the 800 meters at the District 1 Meet of Champions on May 2.
(Photo by KYLE CAJERO) Valerie Wickboldt runs the 100 meter dash at the District 1 Meet of Champions on May 2.
(Photo by KYLE CAJERO) Victor Zhong lunges near the finish line of the 100 meters at the Priest River Invitational on April 20.
(Photo by KYLE CAJERO) Maddie Morgan takes off during the District 1/2 Regional Championships on May 9.
(Photo by KYLE CAJERO) Bionce Vincent starts the 800 meters at the 4A State Track and Field Championships on May 18.
(Photo by KYLE CAJERO) Brandon Casey breaks 47 feet in the shot put during the District 1/2 Regional Championships on May 9.
Sandpoint track and field handed out its postseason awards during the annual track banquet on Wednesday night.
The 2019 winners of the David Lyon Award — the program’s marquee award for the top female and male point-scorer, character, devotion to the team and work ethic — were junior hurdler/pole vaulter Paige Davidson and sophomore distance runner Nikolai Braedt.
Davidson competed in the 300 meter hurdles and pole vault at state, but routinely competed in the 100 hurdles and even the 4x400 relay. Braedt, meanwhile, led the Bulldogs in the 1600 and 3200, while setting the new sophomore record in the 1600 at state with a 4:27.80.
The coaches’ awards winners were: Valerie Wickboldt and Victor Zhong (sprints); Brandon Casey and Kayla Remsen (throws); Jake Ryan and Lydia Nelsen (pole vault); Bionce Vincent and Seth Graham (distance) and Maddie Morgan (jumps).
Medals were also presented to the school record-breaking boys 4x800 relay team of Braedt, Jett Lucas, Seth Graham and Sloan Woodward.