Roundup: Hanford jumper wins 2 titles
This story was published Saturday, May 13th, 2006
By Rene Ferran
PROSSER -- A year ago, the only event in which Keefe Brockman qualified for state was the long jump.
This year, the Hanford junior failed to advance out of Friday\'s Mid-Valley League district meet in the event. Instead, he walked away with titles in the triple and high jumps, and as he stepped off the awards podium in the Art Fiker Stadium infield after receiving his first-place medal in the latter, he smiled.
\"Kind of ironic, isn\'t it?\" said Brockman, who earlier in the day received his award for being selected MVL Field Athlete of the Year. \"But what can you say? My day started out pretty bad, but you\'ve got to let bygones be bygones and get done what needs to be done.\"
Brockman jumped 43 feet, 1 1/2 inches on his second attempt in the triple jump prelims. When it became clear that would stand up as the winning mark, he scratched his final two jumps in the finals to focus his attention on his battle with a pair of Ellensburg jumpers in the high jump.
Brockman cleared 6-2 on his first jump, and when neither Bulldog matched, he had his second title of the day and back-to-back in this event.
\"Well, not having the long jump, now I\'ll have fresh legs for the high jump,\" Brockman said. \"I\'m hoping for a breakout regional meet this year.\"
Brockman was the lone double-winner from the region. In all, five area athletes won six titles, and three meet records were set. West Valley swept the team titles. The top seven individuals and five relay teams qualified for next weekend\'s 3A Eastern Regionals in Richland.
Prosser junior Nectaly Barbosa, still showing the effects of an IT band injury in his right knee, ran only the 800 meters and the anchor leg of the 4x400 relay, forgoing a chance to defend his 3A state title in the 1,600.
Barbosa avenged a loss eight days ago to good friend Isak Bergman of Ellensburg in the 800, passing Bergman with 250 meters to go and holding him off to win in 1 minute, 53.42 seconds.
\"I hadn\'t thought of revenge,\" said Barbosa, the boys Track Athlete of the Year. \"Once you start thinking like that, that\'s when your body starts to break down. I just had to focus on the race.\"
Barbosa originally wanted to run the 400, 800, 1,600 and 4x400 at districts, but his coaches talked him out of it. \"It was a good decision, because obviously I\'m not ready,\" he said.
He added that he was only at about 30 percent \"because of all the training that I\'ve lost,\" but that he hopes to be healthy enough to defend his 800 state title and make a run at the state record of 1:49.41 in two weeks in Pasco.
Another Prosser junior, Hilary Moore, broke the meet record in the pole vault, clearing 10-6. She also threw a personal best 111-5 in the javelin to place second.
\"I came out here and just wanted to get into regionals,\" said Moore, one of three girls to share Field Athlete of the Year honors.
Teammate Breanne Wilson was a surprise winner in the girls long jump, going a career-best 16-10 3/4 on her first jump of the day.
\"I thought I would need (a PR) to win,\" she said. \"I did that on my first jump, and I think I put more pressure on everyone else. I was just relieved.\"
Art Fiker Stadium, Prosser
Winners plus Mid-Columbia regional qualifers
Boys
Team scores—West Valley 188, Ellensburg 144, Hanford 103, Prosser 97, Selah 73, Sunnyside 39, Wapato 15.
100—Brett Blanshan (Sel) 11.35; 3, Cade Wandling (P) 11.55; 4, Aaron Galvan (P) 11.62; 6, Patrick Spanner (H) 11.80; 7, TJ Ferry (H) 11.82. 200—Spencer Douglas (WV) 22.61; 2, Wandling (P) 22.83; 6, Spanner (H) 23.96; 7, Drake Washington (P) 24.00. 400—Isak Bergman (Ell) 51.18; 6, Calvin Clarke (P) 54.44. 800—Nectaly Barbosa (P) 1:53.42; 4, Kenton Childers (P) 2:03.60; 6, Tim Richard (H) 2:05.99.
1600—Chris Glaser (WV) 4:30.11; 2, Andrew Gonzales (Su) 4:38.00; 3, Lance Kindle (H) 4:38.39; 4, Sterling Scott (Su) 4:46.96. 3200—Glaser (WV) 10:11.58; 3, Gonzales (Su) 10:28.21; 4, Kindle (H) 10:36.69; 7, Scott (Su) 10:38.20. 110 HH—Jarom Smith (WV) 15.08; 5, Michael Graham (Su) 17.35. 300 IH—Smith (WV) 39.95; 4, Steven Natho (P) 42.21.
4x100—West Valley 43.61; 2, Prosser 44.53; 3, Hanford 44.61. 4x400—West Valley 3:27.92; 2, Prosser 3:29.27; 4, Hanford 3:42.65. LJ—John Lugo (WV) 21-6 1/4; 2, Chris Brown (H) 20-7 1/4; 4, Vien Hua (H) 20-5 1/2; 5, Galvan (P) 20-1 1/4; 6, Jaime Sambrano (Su) 19-8. TJ—Keefe Brockman (H) 43-1 1/2.
HJ—Brockman (H) 6-2; 4, (tie) Gregg Dann (H) and Brown (H) 5-8; 6, Jordan Kessler (H) 5-8; 7, Trent Crabtree (P) 5-8. PV—Mike Blanchard (Sel) 14-6 (meet record; old record, 14-2 1/2, John Visser, Eastmont, 1990); 3, James Riddelle (H) 13-0; 5, Graham (Su) 12-6; 6, Zach Traversie (P) 12-0; 7, Asa Clements (H) 11-6. Shot—Matt Gill (WV) 51-5; 2, Ryan Anderson (P) 50-8 1/2; 3, Ben Gaston (H) 48-10 1/2; 6, Justin Fry (H) 43-3; 7, Logan Roehm (H) 42-11. Dis—Gill (WV) 151-2; 2, Chris Shepherd (P) 150-5; 6, Anderson (P) 128-3. Jav—Taylor Tanasse (WV) 188-4; 2, Nick Long (P) 167-5.
Girls
Team scores—West Valley 171, Ellensburg 134, Sunnyside 121 1/2, Selah 99 1/2, Hanford 96, Prosser 67, Wapato 4.
100—Shene Davis (Sel) 12.96; 5, McKinzie Snow (H) 13.66; 6, Stephanie Christen (P) 13.79; 7, Abby Winschell (H) 13.84. 200—Emily George (WV) 26.95; 2, Blake Loos (H) 27.35; 4, Jordyne Jaquish (Su) 28.27; 6, Snow (H) 28.64. 400—Rachael Johnson (WV) 59.33; 2, Megan Dart (H) 1:00.27; 3, Fatima Ruelas (Su) 1:01.78; 6, Kara Berlin (H) 1:04.17; 7, Sarah Concienne (P) 1:04.73. 800—Lisa Olander (WV) 2:13.16 (meet record; old record, 2:18.0, Darlene Shea, Hanford, 1984, and Casi Montoya, Eastmont, 1989); 2, Dart (H) 2:23.69; 5, Teresa Ramos (Su) 2:34.44; 6, Amanda Lopez (H) 2:35.09.
1600—Olander (WV) 5:23.24; 3, Teresa Ramos (Su) 5:40.31; 4, Yanet Candido (Su) 5:40.74; 7, Dana Neuman (H) 6:01.71. 3200—Stephanie Shuel (WV) 12:10.39; 2, Candido (Su) 12:35.70; 3, Anne Staeheli (H) 12:39.04; 4, Brittany Messmore (Su) 12:40.72; 6, Kanpapha Bovornassavaura (H) 13:26.99; 7, Roxana Macias (P) 13:28.49. 100 HH—Kayla Standish (Ell) 15.29; 2, Christy Linde (Su) 15.67; 7, Chelsea Foster (H) 18.32. 300 LH—Robyn Robblee (Ell) 47.16; 2, Linde (Su) 48.62; 7, Sarah Galliway (P) 53.25.
4x100—West Valley 50.00; 3, Hanford 51.95; 4, Sunnyside 52.52; 5, Prosser 52.87. 4x200—West Valley 1:46.54; 3, Hanford 1:50.56; 5, Prosser 1:55.17. 4x400—West Valley 4:13.37; 3, Hanford 4:20.08; 4, Sunnyside 4:26.85; 5, Prosser 4:29.44.
LJ—Breanne Wilson (P) 16-10 3/4; 4, Kelly Hostetler (H) 16-1 1/2; 5, Ruelas (Su) 15-7 1/2. TJ—Davis (Sel) 37-0; 3, Linde (Su) 35-3. HJ—Robblee (Ell) 5-6; 2, Taymussa Miller (H) 5-2; 4, Jaquish (Su) 5-2; 6, Colleen Wallace (P) 5-0. PV—Hilary Moore (P) 10-6 (meet record: old record, 10-0, Amy Mortenson, Eastmont, 1999, and Jenny Krzan, Hanford, 2005); 7, Jocelyn Parong (H) 7-6.
Shot—Jordan Stueckle (Sel) 35-2; 3, AJ Jacobs (P) 32-6; 5, Melissa Miller (Su) 31-7; 6, Sarah Killian (Su) 3-4; Katie Trimble (H) 30-11 1/2. Dis—Claire Schilperoort (Su) 108-10; 4, Michelle Dorsett (P) 93-2; 5, Maria Ramirez (Su) 92-8; 7, Molly Dolan (Su) 87-8. Jav—McKenzie Headley (Sel) 112-7; 2, Moore (P) 111-5; 3, Schilperoort (Su) 108-10; 4, Hostetler (H) 106-11; 5, Carly Dahlstrom (Su) 103-9; 6, Brenda Barrios (Su) 101-10; 7, Miller (Su) 98-9.
Big Nine districts
Kamiakin senior Kyle Schauble broke the all-time Mid-Columbia record in the 300 hurdles, leading the Braves boys to a one-point victory over Richland at the Big Nine district championships at Zaepfel Stadium in Yakima.
Schauble, who will run for Washington State next year, won the race in 37.38 seconds, besting the mark of 37.78 set by Trent Ady of Pasco 10 years ago. Schauble also won the 110 hurdles and long jump.
Moses Lake junior Aaron Wafer also was a triple winner, sweeping the 100, 200 and 400 and finishing second to Schauble in the long jump.
Richland cruised to the girls team title, thanks in large part to junior Kayla McKeirnan, who won the 100, 200 and 400 -- all in area-best times -- and also placed second in the long jump to Kamiakin senior Michaela Haggett. Haggett also won the 100 hurdles.
Big Nine districts
Zaepfel Stadium, Yakima
Winners plus Mid-Columbia regional qualifiers
Boys
Team scores—Kamiakin 114, Richland 113, Walla Walla 91 1/2, Eisenhower 66, Moses Lake 61, Southridge 61, Wenatchee 45 1/2, Eastmont 41, Kennewick 38, Davis 14, Pasco 12.
100—Aaron Wafer (ML) 10.92; 2, Mike Cassens (Ke) 11.24; 4, Zach Williams (SR) 11.41; 5, Andrew Battenburg (WW) 11.42; 6, Matt Hasty (R) 11.50; 7, Chris Warren (SR) 11.51; 8, Derick En'Wezoh (Kam) 11.52. 200—Wafer (ML) 22.06; 2, Battenburg (WW) 22.69; 5, Al Moreno (Ke) 23.21; 7, Williams (SR) 23.35; 8, Hasty (R) 23.48. 400—Wafer (ML) 50.00; 2, Warren (SR) 50.88; 3, Moreno (Ke) 51.25; 4, Colton Casillas (R) 51.71. 800—Tyler Noland (R) 1:58.81; 2, Jon McDonald (R) 1:59.12; 3, Kevin Joyce (R) 2:01.48; 4, Seb Miller (Kam) 2:01.78; 5, Matt Adelmund (R) 2:01.95; 7, Jack Stratton (Kam) 2:02.44; 8, Peter Gilbert (P) 2:02.52.
1600—Noland (R) 4:24.64; 3, Stratton (Kam) 4:38.65; 4, Jake Griffiths (Kam) 4:39.53; 6, Victor Cantero (WW) 4:43.45; 8, Caleb Parker (R) 4:45.98. 3200—Stephen Englund (Ike) 9:56.73; 4, Sam Wenberg (WW) 10:07.48; 5, Brad Young (Kam) 10:08.44; 8, Griffiths (Kam) 10:11.43. 110 HH—Kyle Schauble (Kam) 14.31; 2, Isaac Butts (R) 14.82; 3, Donnie Clark (Kam) 14.91; 4, Adam Hair (WW) 15.07; 5, Scottie Duclos (Kam) 15.38; 6, Ryan Cortinas (WW) 15.67; 7, Brandon Lattin (Kam) 15.68; 8, Taylor Lingo (SR) 15.71.
300 IH—Schauble (Kam) 37.38 (new Mid-Columbia record: old record, 37.78, Trent Ady, Pasco, 1996); 2, Hair (WW) 38.57; 3, Clark (Kam) 39.54; 4, Duclos (Kam) 39.58; 5, Adam Barry (P) 40.42; 6, Michael Najera (WW) 40.67; 7, Lattin (Kam) 40.86. 4x100—Walla Walla 43.35; 2, Southridge 43.70; 4, Richland 44.47. 4x400—Kamiakin 3:25.27; 2, Walla Walla 3:28.25; 4, Richland 3:30.65.
LJ—Schauble (Kam) 22-9; 2, Wafer (ML) 22-6 1/2; 3, Clark (Kam) 21-7 3/4; 4, Stephen Marshall (SR) 21-3 1/4; 5, Williams (SR) 21-2; 6, Eric Hunter (P) 20-10 3/4; 7, Ross Manderscheid (Kam) 20-7; 8, Steve Swanson (SR) 20-4 1/4. TJ—Marshall (SR) 46-6 1/4; 2, Kent Smith (WW) 42-6 1/2; 3, Butts (R) 39-8 1/2; 4, Thad Hicks (WW) 39-5 1/2; 5, Nick Ferraro (WW) 39-5; 6, Duclos (Kam) 39-3 1/2; 7, Jim Sanford (R) 39-3. HJ—Cody McCargar (R) 6-0; 3, Greg Stapleton (Kam) 6-0; 4, (tie) John Marler (Ke) and Dorian Smith (R) 5-10; 6, Cori Nickerson (Kam) 5-10; 7, (tie) Arend McGuire (Ke) and Duclos (Kam) 5-8. PV—Carter Nell (Est) 13-9; 3, Rusty Cooper (R) 13-6; 5, Matt Forsyth (R) 13-6; 6, Kraig Grant (ML) 13-0; 8, Jason Schmits (Ke) 12-6.
Shot—Mike Demiter (R) 53-6 1/4; 4, Jeremy Salinas (SR) 48-5 1/2; 5, Tad Harman (ML) 47-6 1/2; 6, Paul Tuck (SR) 46-0 1/4; 7, Josh Antonson (SR) 44-7 1/2; 8, Aaron Mettler (WW) 43-8. Dis—Billy Matthews (ML) 150-1; 3, Harman (ML) 146-9; 6, Ross Ramsey (Kam) 130-10; 7, Aaron Salsbury (Kam) 130-8. Jav—Mark Presby (R) 188-9; 2, Mettler (WW) 184-5; 4, Josh Clothier (WW) 162-11; 6, Doug Yale (SR) 154-8; 7, Ken Dickman (SR) 154-5; 8, Joe Erwin (WW) 153-9.
Girls
Team scores—Richland 175 1/2, Wenatchee 961⁄3, Kamiakin 861⁄3, Pasco 72, Eastmont 72, Eisenhower 47, Walla Walla 45 1/2, Davis 44, Southridge 30, Moses Lake 21, Kennewick 111⁄3.
100—Kayla McKeirnan (R) 12.20; 4, Kendyl Pele (Kam) 12.53; 5, Yesenia Ortiz (P) 12.68; 7, Bianca Arellano (P) 13.07; 8, Shanae Lakes (R) 13.11. 200—McKeirnan (R) 24.97; 3, Pele (Kam) 25.98; 5, Ashley Hofferber (R) 26.54. 400—McKeirnan (R) 57.19; 5, Y.Ortiz (P) 1:01.32; 6, Ashley Perez (P) 1:01.81; 7, Ann Noyes (ML) 1:01.88; 8, Michelle Retzlaff (WW) 1:01.95. 800—Galia Deitz (R) 2:19.83; 2, Kayla Sax (R) 2:22.50; 4, Ashley Dernbach (R) 2:23.44; 5, Yasmeen Colis (WW) 2:23.92; 7, Christina Lee (SR) 2:24.44; 8, Annie McDonald (R) 2:25.03.
1600—Chelsea VanDeBrake (Ike) 5:11.15; 3, Colis (WW) 5:22.27; 7, Abby Higgins (R) 5:32.76; 8, Erinn Walter (Kam) 5:36.96. 3200—VanDeBrake (Ike) 11:22.38; 4, Helen Reich (WW) 11:57.65; 5, Danielle Amparan (R) 12:09.26; 7, Eva Reich (WW) 12:23.81; 8, Rachel Ellis (R) 12:32.14. 100 HH—Michaela Haggett (Kam) 14.60; 2, Caroline Hedel (R) 14.86; 3, Deitz (R) 15.07; 4, Andi Bughi (WW) 15.27; 5, Noyes (ML) 16.01; 6, Amy Alporque (ML) 16.42; 7, Elise Jepsen (Kam) 16.59; 8, Kasey McNeill (SR) 16.65. 300 LH—Morgan Clem (Est) 44.87; 2, Hedel (R) 46.04; 3, Olivia Johnston (Kam) 46.39; 4, Gabby Brower (R) 48.02; 5, McNeill (SR) 48.05; 8, Leslie Xaipanya (P) 49.41.
4x100—Kamiakin 48.67; 3, Richland 50.29; 4, Walla Walla 50.79. 4x200—Kamiakin 1:45.39; 3, Southridge 1:49.00; 4, Richland 1:49.44. 4x400—Wenatchee 4:04.17; 3, Richland 4:09.42; 4, Walla Walla 4:14.51. LJ—Haggett (Kam) 16-11 3/4; 2, McKeirnan (R) 16-11; 3, Shallyn Jackson (R) 16-3 1/4; 5, Ashley Henry (P) 15-10; 6, Allyssa Thompson (Kam) 15-7; 7, Shanie Bushman (WW) 15-6 1/4; 8, Karissa Strebin (SR) 15-5 1/4. TJ—Samantha Potvin (D) 33-9 3/4; 2, Noyes (ML) 33-1 1/4; 3, Bushman (WW) 33-0; 5, Lindsay Roberts (R) 32-7 1/2; 6, Malorie Pitt (SR) 32-2; 7, Kaitlin Kessie (Kam) 31-11 1/2; 8, Sam Aldulaima (SR) 31-11 1/2. HJ—El.Jepsen (Kam) and Kristine Korte (SR) 5-0; 3, (tie) Emily Jepsen (Kam), Kortney Black (P) and Thompson (Kam) 5-0; 6, Mallory Weitz (R)4-10; 7, Danielle Rovira (P) 4-10; 8, (tie) Shayna Collins (Ke) and Jessica Haggett (Kam) 4-8. PV—Lisa Galbraith (Wen) 11-3; 3, (tie) Bri Kristofski (R) and Collins (Ke) 10-0; 6, (tie) Lauren Salerno (R) and Hailey Bohnet (WW) 9-6.
Shot—Lyndsee Landon (R) 37-11 1/2; 2, Amanda Welch (P) 37-2 1/4; 3, Michele Machinal (R) 36-4; 6, Erin Purinton (R) 32-4; 8, Melissa Eastman (WW) 31-1. Dis—Welch (P) 110-0; 2, Landon (R) 108-0; 4, Molly Klippert (P) 105-3; 5, Betty Olson (ML) 100-2; 7, Kendra Brower (R) 99-6; 8, Megan Thomas (Ke) 92-6. Jav—Alli Krous (Ike) 135-5; 2, Welch (P) 134-11; 3, Josephine Anyiri (P) 130-8; 4, Jayme Chapados (R) 123-3; 6, Landon (R) 117-2; 7, McKenzie Johnson (Ke) 113-1; 8, Jenna McCauley (WW) 112-4.
Columbia Basin districts
Stanfield HS
State qualifiers
Boys
Team scores—Umatilla 43, Culver 43, Sherman County 38, Stanfield 17, Weston-McEwen 16, Irrigon 10, Pilot Rock 4, Heppner 1.
3000—Terry Johnsen (Um) 9:43.76, Juan Terrazas (Cul) 9:53.00. LJ—Kirk Nunnery (Ir) 19-6 1/4, Ethan Moore (SC) 19-1 3/4. HJ—Clint Moore (SC) 5-10, Jared Roen (Cul) 5-10. PV—Colton McCullough (SC) 9-3, Calvin Hodge (Um) 8-0. Shot—Moore (SC) 47-10, Jason Flemmer (St) 46-5.
Girls
Team scores—Sherman County 36, Umatilla 34, Weston-McEwen 33, Stanfield 30, Culver 26, Heppner 12, Pilot Rock 10, Irrigon 4.
3000—Nancy Cardenas (Um) 11:10.95, Stefanie Hamlin (Cul) 12:56.60. TJ—Kelsey Walker (PR) 36-7, Hayli Sharp (SC) 30-10 3/4. PV—Kristin vonBorstel (SC) 9-1, Gabbi Hawk (Cul) 7-0. Dis—Jessica Erwert (St) 97-10, Ashley Borden (Um) 94-9. Jav—Erwert (St) 117-3, Kim Post (WM) 115-10.