Priest River track & field has record setting day in West Valley

WEST VALLEY – Priest River track and field finished 15th out of 27 teams as the Spartans faced some of the best competition in Washington and Idaho on Saturday, March 25 at the Dolphin Invitational.

All things considered, it was quite impressive what the squad accomplished this past weekend as head coach Jared Hughes said 25 out of Priest River’s 32 student-athletes set personal or season records at the meet. The team was not able to attend an invitational in Lewiston on Thursday due to a bus breakdown, but that did not seem to rattle their confidence.

"'Get better every day’ is a team motto of ours and this meet was a great indicator that we are on the right track,” Hughes said.

In the javelin throw, an event that is not a part of Idaho track and field, Allyson Barton was able to set a new school record with a throw of 71’ 6. She also won the discus throw with a mark of 114’ 0 and placed eighth in the shot put.

“This year, with written permission from the IDHSAA we were able to throw javelin at Washington meets for the first time ever. Hopefully at the April IDHSAA board meeting they will pass the proposal to bring the event back to Idaho for the first time in over 40 years,” Hughes said.

Sticking with the field events, Matyus McLain won the shotput and discus throw for the boys; it is safe to say that no competitors came close to his marks of 47’ 3 and 126’ 1, respectively.

Seniors Ethan Korff and Blake Miller led the way in the jumping events. Korff placed 13th in high jump and 14th in the long jump. Miller took 14th in high jump and 14th in triple jump. In the girls high jump, Kylee Swoboda placed sixth and Elisheva Davis finished in ninth place.

On the track, Allyson Dickinson placed 12th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:06.12. Lizzie McCracken took 18th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:47.68. For the men, Grant Schofield finished 26th with a new PR of 25.39 in the 200-meter dash. Sophomore Brayden Lamanna got close to breaking 5 minutes in the mile with a time of 5:00.86 putting him in 25th place.

“While our overall finish doesn't sound so impressive, we stepped up in competition by attending this 27 team meet with 8 GSL schools from Spokane. Almost every athlete we had set a season or lifetime best,” Hughes said.

The Spartans are proving they are a force to be reckoned with after a solid showing this week, and a fourth-place finish at the Bonners Ferry Invitational on Saturday, March 18. Hughes and the rest of the Priest River coaching staff will prepare their athletes for the Glenn Wolf Invitational on March 31 at Deer Park High School.

GIRLS

100 Meters: 1, Ellabelle Taylor 12.77, Rogers (Spokane); 2, Lauren Matthew 13.06, West Valley (Spokane), 3; Nora Cullen 13.23, Mead; 4, Makayla Thomason 13.38, Chewelah.

200 Meters: 1, Lauren Matthew 26.80, West Valley (Spokane); 2, Ellabelle Taylor 26.85, Rogers (Spokane); 3, Marilla Hockett 27.77, Oakesdale. 4, Carsyn Gildehaus 27.85, University.

400 Meters: 1, Charlotte Cullen 59.17, Mead; 2, Rhyan Madden 59.35, Gonzaga Prep; 3, Teagan Rucker 1:02.94, Gonzaga Prep; 4, Ella Carnahan 1:03.35, Deer Park.

800 Meters: 1, Charlotte Cullen 2:19.50, Mead; 2, Raegan Borg 2:23.27, Mead; 3, Olivia Ferraro 2:24.91, Mead; 4, Hadassah Duff 2:27.33, West Valley (Spokane).

1600 Meters: 1, Josie McLaughlin 5:19.53, St George's; 2, Sadie Meyring 5:21.73, Lakeside (Nine Mile); 3, Olivia Ferraro 5:26.41, Mead; 4, Lily Jones 5:27.30, Freeman.

3200 Meters: 1, Logan Hofstee 10:49.48, East Valley (Spokane); 2, Bridget Burns 11:30.31, Lewis and Clark; 3, Roxanne Fredericksen 11:32.77, West Valley (Spokane); 4, Abigail Hulst 11:48.21, Pullman.

100m Hurdles: 1, Jordyn True 16.06, Colville; 2, Ellie Levy 17.30, Deer Park; 3, Kalista Malone 17.44, Colville; 4, Fern DePew 18.09, University.

300m Hurdles: 1, Taylor Cardon 49.77, Lakeside (Nine Mile); 2, Kalista Malone 49.81,

Colville; 3, Ellie Levy 50.25, Deer Park; 4, Aundreya Arnold 50.35, Valley Christian.

4x100 Relay: 1, Gonzaga Prep 50.98 (Hannah Boyum, Kaylin McMahon, Rhyan Madden, Izabella Yim); 2, Rogers (Spokane) 52.29; 3, Mead 52.33; 4, Deer Park 52.71.

4x400 Relay: 1, Mead 4:15.91 (Olivia Ferraro, Raegan Borg, Elle Vanning, Charlotte Cullen); 2, Lakeside (Nine Mile) 4:19.22; 3, West Valley (Spokane) 4:23.34; 4, University 4:33.18.

SHOT PUT: 1, Addy MacArthur 39' 4.5, University; 2, Haylee Appleford 35' 0, Asotin; 3, Ava Hemphill 33' 11, Garfield-Palouse; 4, Camille Hatch 32' 10.5, Lakeside (Nine Mile).

DISCUS: 1, Allyson Barton 114' 0, Priest River Lamanna; 2, Addy MacArthur 111' 1.5, University; 3, Ava Hemphill 109' 6, Garfield-Palouse; 4, Haylee Appleford 106' 5.5, Asotin.

JAVELIN: 1, Tamia Cates 104' 5, Mary Walker; 2, Haylee Thomas 101' 0, East Valley (Spokane); 3, Saydee Marsh 96' 0, University; 4, Jillian Owen 95' 6, Lakeside (Nine Mile).

HIGH JUMP: 1, Stephanie Chadduck 5' 3, Freeman; 2, Jordyn True 5' 2, Colville; 3, Rachael Dinwiddie 5' 0, Mead; 4, Peyton Miller 4' 10, East Valley (Spokane).

POLE VAULT: 1, Dezlyn Lundquist 9' 0, Mead; 2, Dakota Daines 9' 0, University; 2, Rachael Dinwiddie 9' 0, Mead; 4, Olivia Amen 9' 0, East Valley (Spokane).

LONG JUMP: 1, Ella Brinkman 16' 1, Joel Ferris; 2, Rhyan Madden 16' 0, Gonzaga Prep;

3, Nora Cullen 15' 9.5, Mead; 4, Izabella Yim 15' 6, Gonzaga Prep.

TRIPLE JUMP: 1, Jordyn True 35' 0.25, Colville; 2, Ella Brinkman 32' 9.5, Joel Ferris; 3, Ayana Kapofu 32' 9, Pullman; 4, Zoe Stinebaugh 32' 6, Joel Ferris.

BOYS

100 Meters: 1, Dominick Corley 10.60, Mead; 2, Shaun Wilson 11.21, Riverside; 3, Isaiah Newman 11.31, Joel Ferris; 4, Zealand Franklin 11.32, Mead.

200 Meters:1, Isaiah Newman 23.09, Joel Ferris; 2, Cody Gilroy 23.40, Chewelah; 3, Alex Munteanu 23.55, Rogers (Spokane); 4, Noah Gadd-Lewis 23.58, West Valley (Spokane).

400 Meters: 1, Jeffrey Whitman 53.62, University; 2, Zealand Franklin 53.96, Mead; 3, Nikko Alexander 54.33, Gonzaga Prep; 4, Drew Darnold 54.37, Lakeside (Nine Mile).

800 Meters: 1, Travis Horn 1:58.13, North Central; 2, Shawn Jones 1:59.26, St George's;

3, Jonathan Lieb 1:59.31, Mead; 4, Liam Fitzgerald 1:59.91, Pullman.

1600 Meters: 1, Charlie Ledwith 4:27.73, Lewis and Clark; 2, Evan Bruce 4:28.08, Lewis and Clark; 3, Graham Cleveland 4:30.94, Gonzaga Prep; 4, Luke Hammond 4:31.30, Shadle Park.

3200 Meters: 1, Micaiah Aden 9:51.46, North Central; 2, Tony Belko 9:53.31, West Valley (Spokane); 3, Benjamin Morales 9:54.19, St George's; 4, Luke Decker 9:58.87,

Gonzaga Prep.

110m Hurdles: 1, John Talarico 15.63, Mead; 2, Jay Len Sparks 16.12, Rogers (Spokane); 3, Tre Schimmels 16.40, Lakeside (Nine Mile); 4, Jaeland Leman 16.41, Mead.

300m Hurdles: 1, Liam Newell 41.82, Shadle Park; 2, John Talarico 42.07, Mead; 3, Evan Gunning 42.16, Davenport; 4, Brenick Soliday 42.34, Davenport.

4x100 Relay: 1, Mead 43.23 (Sullivan Strom, Matthew McShane, Brandon Southerly, Landon Thomas); 2, Rogers (Spokane) 44.48; 3, West Valley (Spokane) 45.08; 4, Freeman 45.88.

4x400 Relay: University 3:37.96 (Brayden Godfrey, Jeffrey Whitman, Jake Trefry, Larry Trefry Jr.); 2, West Valley (Spokane) 3:39.11; 3, Mead 3:40.58; 4, Freeman 3:42.73.

SHOT PUT: 1, Matyus McLain 47' 3, Priest River Lamanna; 2, Brandon Mattox 45' 6,

Mead; 3, Raesean Eaton 43' 9, West Valley (Spokane); 4, Jackson Grover 43' 4.5, Freeman.

DISCUS: 1, Matyus McLain 126' 1, Priest River Lamanna; 2, Jason Schillinger 125' 9, Davenport; 3, Rosko Schroder 124' 10, West Valley (Spokane); 4, Cotton Sears 124' 8.5,

Pullman.

JAVELIN: 1, Evan Berg 175' 1, Mead; 2, Rosko Schroder 152' 8, West Valley (Spokane); 3, Jackson Perry 152' 5, Oakesdale; 4, Ryan Clayden 148' 1, Riverside.

HIGH JUMP: 1, Tomeko Cates 6' 5, Mary Walker; 2, Jackson Perry 6' 4, Oakesdale; 3, Kamea Kauhi 5' 10, Asotin; 4, Dujuan Haney 5' 8, Rogers (Spokane).

POLE VAULT: 1, Ryan Delcour 13' 6, Freeman; 2, Andrew Strawn 13' 6, East Valley (Spokane); 3, Owen Swanson 13' 0, Lewis and Clark; 4, Ethan Lotrario 12' 0, Lewis and Clark.

LONG JUMP: 1, Jayden Barta 21' 3.25, West Valley (Spokane); 2, Tomeko Cates 20' 2.25,

Mary Walker; 3, Benjamin Catlin 19' 4.5, Lewis and Clark; 4, Joshua Reed 19' 3, Rogers (Spokane).

TRIPLE JUMP: 1, Tomeko Cates 42' 10, Mary Walker; 2, Austin Adams 41' 2, Joel Ferris;

3, Benjamin Catlin 40' 5.75, Lewis and Clark; 4, Robby Witmer 39' 1, St George's.