Throws
Hammer: The hammer competition held was he earlier in morning at Spokane Community College. CV’s coach Allan Wardsworth was excited to see over 40 participants early on Saturday.
Mead’s Michaelyn Mills launched a 108-06 throw that bested her competitors by 36 feet. Teammate Marisa Graff tossed 52-09 giving the Panther the relay victory.
Chewelah with Will Loham, Will Peters and Riley Nelson out threw competitors from the bigger schools in the hammer, shot and discus.
Peters had the best throw in the hammer with 141-0 and Loham added 115-2 to out distance the CV duo of Kevin Stanley (127-2) and Keegan Stanley (119-1.)
Loham (158-7.5) and Nelson (157-3.) paired up in the discus to go 1-2 and picked up the victory for Chewelah.
Loham (57-3) and Peters (47-9) paired back up in the shot for the schools third win (and Loham’s) on the day.
Shae Carson competing for USA Track and Field from Coeur D’ Alene had a monster day with a 135-10 throw in the discus and a 56-11.5 toss in the shot.
Jumps
Mead’s Jeremy Beck had the day’s best mark with a 6-8 high jump. He paired that with John Peckham’s 6-0 to get the Panther’s the victory
The jumps are where CV picked up a huge chunk of points for the Bear’s victory. Vaulters Ali Alderman and Amber Troyer picked up the relay victory with marks of 10-6 and 9-6. The pair of Tonya Smith and Kendra Szoke went 1-2 in the long jumps with marks of 17-3.75 and 17-0 and came back in the triple jump to get second behind the duo from Post Falls (Jalana White 33-5 and Allison Meehan 32-9.) Szoke jumped 34-0 and Smith 32-1.
Sprints
There was controversy in the boys’ 100. There were five heats of the 100 with the winner of each heat and next best three times qualifying to the finals. In heat one the times recorded were; 10.3, 10.5, 10.6, 10.6, 10.9, and 11.0. There was no wind at this point it appears these are incredibly fast runners or there was a timing error with the plunger hand timing system.
Brendan Olson from Ferris got the victory in the final with an 11.3. He was followed closely by Bobby Candon from Gonzaga and Nate Yamada from Lewis & Clark both with 11.5.
The girls’ 100 did not include a runner from a 4A school. The winner was Shelby Maurer from Cheney with a 12.6. Shelby also got the win in the 400 with a 1:00.4.
In addition to NC boys’ distance success they also picked up victories in the sprint medley, the thowers 4x100, and a second in the 4x400.