PREP TRACK & FIELD: Lamanna smashes two school records in Pasco

by MAX OSWALD
Sports Reporter | April 12, 2025 6:00 PM

TRACK & FIELD

Lamanna smashes two school records in Pasco

PASCO, Wash. — And just like that, Priest River High senior Brayden Lamanna now holds the triple crown of school distance records.

At the Pasco Invite on Saturday, Lamanna, a school record holder in the 3,200-meter and 5,000-meter (XC) runs, broke the 1,600-meter run school record with a time of 4:27.68, over five seconds faster than Cameron York's school record of 4:32.99 set in 1991. The time put him in 13th out of a stacked 38-runner field.

Turns out, he wasn't done for the day after that.

Lamanna doubled back in the 3,200-meter run, placing seventh out of 34 and running to school record time of 9:35.67, over 11 seconds faster than his own record of 9:47.21 set earlier this season. Before this year, the record hadn't been broken since 1980 when Mark Jones ran a time of 9:51.6.

Howard leads Lady Bulldogs to Lake Pend Oreille team title

SANDPOINT — Elia Howard showed out in the first ever invitational at the newly renovated David R. Demers Track & Field Complex, the Lake Pend Oreille Invitational, held Saturday at Sandpoint High.

A junior, Howard won the 100-meter (12.82 seconds) and 200-meter dashes (26.96 seconds) and the long jump (14 feet, 8 inches) to lead the Lady Bulldogs to a team title, edging out Bonners Ferry by 17 points.

Junior Jetta Thaete won the javelin, launching a new personal best mark of 126 feet even, over 7 1/2 feet better than her school record throw set earlier this season at the Lewiston Invite. Sophomore Vivian Haag grabbed a gold in the triple jump, springing to a season-best mark of 30 feet, 6 inches. Senior Noah Roark cleared a new personal best of 5 foot even in the high jump and placed first.

For the Lady Spartans, sophomore Ashlyn Korff, senior Lizzie McCracken, sophomore Jasmine Stark, and senior Kylee Swoboda took home gold in the 4x400 relay (4:38.81). McCracken added a third-place finish in the 800-meter run, running to a new personal best time of 2:31.79, which ranks as No. 4 all-time in school history.

Clark Fork High senior Olivia Yetter, a Lewis-Clark State College commit, was second in the 300 hurdles (55.23 seconds) and was amongst the top five in two other events.

On the boys side, junior Maverick Gomez won the 100-meter (11.10 seconds) and the 200-meter dashes (22.84 seconds) with new personal best times and was a part of the winning 4x100 relay with junior Isaac Schmit, senior Van Lee and junior Kamren Ziarnick that ran to a No. 3 all-time school best of 43.80 seconds.

Lee, Gomez, Schmit and sophomore Trey Blumenberg also won the 4x200 relay, running to the No. 2 all-time school best of 1:31.51.

Lee also won the pole vault (12 feet, 6inches), clearing a new personal best while sophomore Shooter Jones clinched a gold in the triple jump (40 feet, 10.75 inches) with a new personal best leap to help the Bulldogs to a second-place team finish, just shy of Mt. Spokane.

For the Spartans, junior Niki Porinchok won the discus for the fourth time in four meets with a mark of 146 feet, 1 inch.

Clark Fork High junior Westin Caven won the 300-meter hurdles for the Wampus Cats in a new personal best time of 43.70 seconds.

Sandpoint and Priest River will return to action Tuesday at the Christian Finney Co-ed Relays hosted by Post Falls High. Clark Fork will travel to the Thompson Falls Invite on Tuesday.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Mt. Spokane 205.33. 2, Sandpoint 189. 3, Bonners Ferry 122. 4, Priest River 90.67. 5, Valley Christian 71. 6, Medical Lake 41. 7, Clark Fork 17. 8, Kootenai Classical Academy 8. 9, Mullan 3.

(Winner, locals in top 5, top 3 relay)

100 — 1, Maverick Gomez, Sandpoint, 11.10; 2, Isaac Schmit, Sandpoint, 11.26; 3, Trey Blumenberg, Sandpoint, 11.57; 4, Carter Korff, Priest River, 11.63. 200 — 1, Maverik Gomez, Sandpoint, 22.84; 2, Isaac Schmit, Sandpoint, 22.92; 3, Trey Blumenberg, Sandpoint, 23.93; 4, Carter Korff, Priest River, 23.99. 400 — 1, Steven Shotts, Medical Lake, 54.22; 2, Pax Longanecker, Sandpoint, 54.38. 800 — 1, Westin Madden, Valley Christian, 2:04.70; 4, Jagger Lindgren, Sandpoint, 2:14.38. 1600 — 1, Asher Thomas, Mt. Spokane, 4:46.12; 3, Kai Budensiek, Sandpoint, 4:47.55. 3200 — 1, Westin Madden, Valley Christian, 10:02.19; 3, Riley Shadel, Sandpoint, 11:02.35.

110 hurdles — 1, Roan Lea, Mt. Spokane, 16.53; 4, Travis Walker, Sandpoint, 18.57; 5, Westin Caven, Clark Fork, 18.71. 300 hurdles — 1, Westin Caven, Clark Fork, 43.70; 4, Travis Walker, Sandpoint, 44.85. 4x100 relay — 1, Sandpoint (Van Lee, Maverick Gomez, Kamren Ziarnick, Isaac Schmit), 43.80; 2, Priest River (Carter Korff, Ian Lamanna, Luccas Simcox, Gunnar Pettit), 46.25. 4x200 relay — 1, Sandpoint (Van Lee, Trey Blumenberg, Maverik Gomez, Isaac Schmit), 1:31.51. 4x400 relay — 1, Mt. Spokane (Jack Apel, Ethan Trusler, Kale Lamecker, Hayden Lamecker), 3:41.10; 3, Priest River (Ian Lamanna, Gunnar Pettit, Luccas Simcox, Kellen Smith), 3:46.08. SMR 1600 — 1, Valley Christian (Gideon Raczek, Trenton Lartz, Jack Siderius, Connor Simonds), 4:00.75. 4x100 throwers relay — 1, Priest River (Ryan Bell, Niki Porinchok, Tanner Hughes, Gaden Marble), 53.44.

Shotput — 1, Joseph Steinbach, Valley Christian, 48-6; 3, Niki Porinchok, Priest River, 41-9. Discus — 1, Niki Porinchok, Priest River, 146-1; 2, Isaac Vermeer, Sandpoint, 143-1; 4, Matthew Kunde, Sandpoint, 124-6; 5, Damian Porter, Sandpoint, 121-5. Javelin — 1, Jayde Lewis, Mt. Spokane, 145-10; 5, Matthew Kunde, Sandpoint, 122-10. High jump — 1, Riley Beggerly, Bonners Ferry, 5-8. Pole vault — 1, Van Lee, Sandpoint, 12-6; 2, Ian Lamanna, Priest River, 11-0; 3, Travis Morgan, Sandpoint, 10-6; 5, Wyatt Neal, Sandpoint, 10-0. Long jump — 1, Rock Franklin, Mt. Spokane, 19-11.5; 2, Carter Korff, Priest River, 19-4.75; 4, Shooter Jones, Sandpoint, 18-9.25. Triple jump — 1, Shooter Jones, Sandpoint, 40-10.75; 5, Brennivon Ozbun, Sandpoint, 35-7.25.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Sandpoint 175. 2, Bonners Ferry 158. 3, Mt. Spokane 98. 4, Valley Christian 97. 5, Medical Lake 60. 6, Priest River 59. 7, Kootenai Classical Academy 21. 8, Clark Fork 18.

(Winner, locals in top 5, top 3 relay)

100 — 1, Elia Howard, Sandpoint, 12.82; 4, Leah Kerfoot, Sandpoint, 14.03; 5, Olivia Yetter, Clark Fork, 14.17. 200 — 1, Elia Howard, Sandpoint, 26.96; 3, Ayla Hull, Sandpoint, 29.23. 400 — 1, Makenna Baisden, Bonners Ferry, 1:01.65. 4, Siena Todd-Murray, Sandpoint, 1:07.48; 5, Makiyah Hagstrom, Sandpoint, 1:09.63. 800 — 1, Brooke Petesch, Bonners Ferry, 2:28.90; 2, Elizabeth Storms, Sandpoint, 2:29.89; 3, Lizzie McCracken, Priest River, 2:31.79. 1600 — 1, Sydney Beckle, Bonners Ferry, 5:40.73; 3, Ruthie Laughridge, Sandpoint, 5:49.35. 3200 — 1, Melissa Walker, Valley Christian, 12:09.82; 5, Abigail Eldore, Sandpoint, 13:21.28.

100 hurdles — 1, Ireland Grady, Bonners Ferry, 17.28; 3, Olivia Yetter, Clark Fork, 17.94; 5, Jordyn Tomco, Sandpoint, 19.10. 300 hurdles — 1, Aliyah Pitts, Mt. Spokane, 52.47; 2, Olivia Yetter, Clark Fork, 55.23; 3, Sawyer Lee, Sandpoint, 55.66; 4, Haylee Jepson, Priest River, 55.73. 4x100 relay — 1, Bonners Ferry (Eva Willis, Kendall Thorne, Samantha Cummings, Ireland Grady), 55.97; 2, Priest River (Kylee Swoboda, Ashlyn Korff, Haylee Jepson, Jasmine Stark), 56.28. 4x200 relay — 1, Priest River (Haley Braae, Kylee Swoboda, Jasmine Stark, Ashlyn Korff), 2:00.11. 4x400 relay — 1, Priest River (Ashlyn Korff, Lizzie McCracken, Jasmine Stark, Kylee Swoboda), 4:38.81. SMR 800 — 1, Valley Christian (Manda Walker, Juliet Bemis, Abby Boomer, Aundreya Arnold), 2:21.32. 4x100 throwers relay — 1, Sandpoint (Addison Ketchum, Payton Berlinger, Jetta Thaete, Keira Strock), 1:02.29.

Shotput — 1, Helene Rae, Bonners Ferry, 39-5.5; 4, Jetta Thaete, Sandpoint, 33-2. Discus — 1, Helene Rae, Bonners Ferry, 107-7; 2, Jetta Thaete, Sandpoint, 106-5. 4, Trinity Meyers, Priest River, 97-3. Javelin — 1, Jetta Thaete, Sandpoint, 126-0. High jump — 1, Noah Roark, Sandpoint, 5-0; 5, Kylee Swoboda, Priest River, 4-8. Pole vault — t-1, Samantha Deakins, Mt. Spokane; Izzy Davidson, Sandpoint, 9-6; 3, Hope Barnes, Sandpoint, 8-0; 4, Jasmine Stark, Priest River, 7-6. Long jump — 1, Elia Howard, Sandpoint, 14-8; 4, Leah Kerfoot, Sandpoint, 13-11.75. Triple jump — 1, Vivian Haag, Sandpoint, 30-6.