Teams Open Season At Diana Thurmond Invitational

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HARPER – The smaller schools in eastern Oregon gathered to kick off the track and field season at the Diana Thurmond Invitational in Harper on Friday, March 18.

As organizers have done the last few years, no team scores were recorded. The meet did offer some insights into a few thoughts.

The weather for this year’s meet was outstanding. This meet has been known to have snow and temperatures in the mid-30s.This year, many student athletes woke the next morning to sunburns.

The Four Rivers Falcons have entered the track and field world this season. For the first time in the school’s history, Four Rivers will have a full track schedule.

The Locomotive team of Huntington arrived at the Diana Thurmond with the largest team seen in years.

Basketball success appears to transfer to track and field speed. The Crane and Union teams look strong.

The other two teams with impressive numbers were Cove and Imbler. Both teams should make strong showings in meets attended this season.

Early meets typically have one individual standing out. Pine Eagle senior Caleb Brown was the one for this meet. Tall and looking like he should be on a runner’s magazine cover from the 1970s, Brown not only is fast, but fun to watch. He is an “old school” distance runner.

Photo Gallery – Diana Thurmond – John Braese

Kudos go out to Jordan Valley. Two athletes for the Mustangs showed up and gave it their all.

Boys Results

100 meters: 1. Carter Nichols (Crane), 12.05. 3. Carter Crook (Imbler), 12.38. 4. Ty Taylor (Crane), 12.46. 4. John Titus (Prairie City), 12.46. 6. Josh Hunt (Pine Eagle), 12.67. 7. Dallin Rasmussen (Imbler), 12.78. 8. Colton Mathews (Huntington), 12.82. 10. Demetrius Fuentes (Four Rivers), 13.19. 11. David Cervantes (Four Rivers), 13.22. 12. Kelton Shoemaker (Union), 13.23. 14. Hayden Chastain (Union), 13.43. 15. Bailey Hicks (Huntington), 13.46. 16. Wyce Hatcher (Imbler), 13.52. 17. Aman Tilenbaev (Huntington), 13.65. 18. Trevor Jennings (Imbler), 13.68. 19. Gavin Lopez (Prairie City), 13.74. 20. Sam Baxter (Union), 13.91. 21. Kaiden Bass (Pine Eagle), 14.32. 22. Keo Vega (Huntington), 14.49. 23. Michael Carlsen (Huntington), 14.97. 24. Marcus Grimaldo (Four Rivers), 15.03. 25. Danny Phan (Huntington), 15.34. 27. Tyson Hunt (Pine Eagle), 15.85.

200 meters: 1. Ryan Talbot (Harper), 24.53. 3. Carter Nichols (Crane), 25.05. 4. Cole Morgan (Pine Eagle), 25.50. 5. Clinton Tarvin (Imbler), 25.55. 6. Carter Crook (Imbler), 26.26. 7. Tyson Ballard (Crane), 26.52. 8. Taylor Fox (Cove), 26.70. 9. Riley Hawker (Jordan Valley), 26.83. 10. David Cervantes (Four Rivers), 27.22. 11. Chasyn Seavert (Union), 27.46. 13. Demetrius Fuentes (Four Rivers), 27.93. 14. Gavin Lopez (Prairie City), 28.25. 15. Wyce Hatcher (Imbler), 28.38. 16. Austin Ritter (Union), 29.39. 17. Kaiden Bass (Pine Eagle), 30.48. 18. Isaac Lee (Cove), 30.60.

400 meters: 1. Carter Nichols (Crane), 53.90. 2. Taylor Fox (Cove), 57.61. 3. Skyler Perkins (Cove), 1:00.37. 4. Nathaniel O’Reilly (Cove), 1:02.04. 5. Gabriel Brown (Pine Eagle), 1:06.50. 6. Alan Chokecharoenkiatti (Huntington), 1:07.43. 7. Marcus Grimaldo (Four Rivers), 1:10.95.

800 meters: 1. Caleb Brown (Pine Eagle), 2:02.28. 2. Eli Williams (Cove), 2:08.74. 4. David McDonald (Cove), 2:23.01. 5. Noah Platz (Union), 2:30.82. 6. Alan Chokecharoenkiatti (Huntington), 2:56.63.

1500 meters: 1. Taylor Fox (Cove), 4:26.96. 2. Nathaniel O’Reilly (Cove), 4:42.99. 3. Reid Davis (Pine Eagle), 4:50.14. 5. Adam Gordon (Imbler), 4:56.56. 6. Skyler Perkins (Cove), 5:04.42. 7. Aiden Herrera (Four Rivers), 5:09.77. 8. Gabriel Brown (Pine Eagle), 5:10.17. 9. Clinton Tarvin (Imbler), 5:12.78. 10. Brady Otley (Crane), 5:24.21. 11. Xabier Jiménez Aguirre (Union), 5:24.49.

3000 meters: 1. Caleb Brown (Pine Eagle), 9:50.56. 2. Eli Williams (Cove), 10:02.97. 3. Noah Platz (Union), 10:57.92. 4. David McDonald (Cove), 11:04.96. 7. Aiden Herrera (Four Rivers), 12:04.86.

110-meter hurdles: 1. Ryan Talbot (Harper), 15.22. 2. Bo Ledbetter (Union), 18.42. 3. Trevor Treat (Imbler), 18.63.

300-meter hurdles: 1. Kelton Dunten (Crane), 42.62. 2. Bo Ledbetter (Union), 45.52. 3. Trevor Treat (Imbler), 50.57.

4X100 relay: 1. Crane (Tyson Ballard, Kelton Dunten, Carter Nichols, Ty Taylor), 46.03. 2. Imbler (Carter Crook, Trevor Treat, Dallin Rasmussen, Clinton Tarvin), 47.20. 3. Union (Kelton Shoemaker, Sam Baxter, Trae Frank, Mason Droke), 48.10. 4. Four Rivers (Marcus Grimaldo, Demetrius Fuentes, Aiden Herrera, David Cervantes), 52.80.

4X440 relay: 1. Pine Eagle (Cooper Gover, Reid Davis, Josh Hunt, Cole Morgan), 3:52.95. 2. Cove (Taylor Fox, Eli Williams,  Skyler Perkins, Nathaniel O’Reilly), 3:59.96. 3. Union (Evan Cloutier, Chasyn Seavert, Mason Droke, Xabier Jiménez Aguirre), 4:07.31.

Shot put: 1. Kelton Dunten (Crane), 35-07.50. 2. Jeremiah Martin (Imbler), 35-05.00. 3. Josh Hunt (Pine Eagle), 34-03.00. 4. Micah Shepard (Huntington), 33-10.50. 5. Henry Treat (Imbler), 30-05.50. 6. Daniel Casiano (Harper), 30-03.25. 7. Elijah Gliddon (Union), 29-10.00. 9. Tucker Reed (Union), 29-04.50. 10. Mason Slippy (Imbler), 26-09.00. 11. Cameron Zirkel (Prairie City), 25-11.50. 12. Gabe Harder (Imbler), 25-10.50. 14. Hayden Chastain (Union), 24-07.50. 15. Jacky To (Huntington), 23-07.00. 17. Michael Pence (Union), 20-08.50. 18. Titus Davenport (Union), 20-06.00. 19. Marcus Grimaldo (Four Rivers), 19-07.50. 21. Danner Burton (Union), 19-00.00.

Discus: 1. Ryker Thomson (Harper), 103-05. 3. Zach Carlson (Harper), 85-03. 5. Micah Shepard (Huntington), 81-05. 6. Jeremiah Martin (Imbler), 81-03. 7. Tucker Reed (Union), 80-02. 8. Elijah Gliddon (Union), 72-05. 9. Isaac Lee (Cove), 72-00. 11. Gabe Harder (Imbler), 67-03. 12. Jonas Roman (Huntington), 65-06. 13. Mason Slippy (Imbler), 64-10. 14. Titus Davenport (Union), 61-02. 15. Cameron Zirkel (Prairie City), 58-08. 16. Jacky To (Huntington), 55-08. 17. Noah Platz (Union), 51-11. 19. Michael Pence (Union), 49-00. 20. Danner Burton (Union), 48-04. 21. Hayden Chastain (Union), 37-01.

Javelin: 1. Brock Farley (Pine Eagle), 131-09.50. 2. Dallin Rasmussen (Imbler), 113-06. 3. John Titus (Prairie City), 109-01.50. 4. Henry Treat (Imbler), 100-02. 5. Micah Shepard (Huntington), 97-04. 6.              Kelton Shoemaker (Union), 97-00. 7. Hayden Chastain (Union), 96-06. 8. Jacky To (Huntington), 96-02. 9. Evan Cloutier (Union), 94-09. 10. Tyson Hunt (Pine Eagle), 94-03. 11. Tucker Reed (Union), 91-05. 12. Brady Otley (Crane), 91-01. 13. Cameron Zirkel (Prairie City), 85-00. 14. Bryce Klosky (Huntington), 80-03.50. 15. Elijah Gliddon (Union), 78-10. 16. Titus Davenport (Union), 78-02. 17. Austin Ritter (Union), 73-05. 18. Michael Pence (Union), 72-09. 19. Gavin Lopez (Prairie City), 59-09. 19. Damion Klosky (Huntington), 59-09. 21. Danner Burton (Union), 55-03.50. 23. Taylor Krueger (Crane), 11-02.

High jump: 1. Evan Cloutier (Union), 5-10.00. 2. Ty Taylor (Crane), 5-04.00. 2. Tyson Ballard (Crane), 5-04.00. 2. Cole Morgan (Pine Eagle), 5-04.00. 5. Austin Ritter (Union), 5-02.00. 5. John Titus (Prairie City), 5-02.00. 8. Kelton Dunten (Crane), 5-00.00. 8. Brock Farley (Pine Eagle), 5-00.00.

Pole vault: 1. Bo Ledbetter (Union), 10-00.00. 2. Mason Droke (Union), 8-06.00. 2. Nathaniel O’Reilly (Cove), 8-06.00. 4. Chasyn Seavert (Union), 7-06.00.

Long jump: 1. John Titus (Prairie City), 17-04.00. 2. Colton Mathews (Huntington), 16-06.50. 3. Tyson Ballard (Crane), 16-02.50. 4. Kelton Shoemaker (Union), 16-02.00. 5. Aiden Herrera (Four Rivers), 16-00.00. 5. Aman Tilenbaev (Huntington), 16-00.00. 8. Wyce Hatcher (Imbler), 15-01.00. 9. Jonas Roman (Huntington), 14-11.00. 10. David Cervantes (Four Rivers), 14-09.50. 11. Damion Klosky (Huntington), 14-08.50. 12. Sam Baxter (Union), 14-05.00. 13. Riley Hawker (Jordan Valley), 14-03.00. 14. Chasyn Seavert (Union), 14-00.00. 15. Isaac Lee (Cove), 13-08.00. 16. Bailey Hicks (Huntington), 13-06.00. 16. Michael Carlsen (Huntington), 13-06.00. 18. Demetrius Fuentes (Four Rivers), 13-00.50. 19. Bryce Klosky (Huntington), 11-10.50. 20. Titus Davenport (Union), 11-04.50. 21. Keo Vega (Huntington), 10-03.00. 22. Danner Burton (Union), 9-11.00. 24. Danny Phan (Huntington), 8-10.00.

Triple jump: 1. Mason Droke (Union), 35-10.00. 2. Bo Ledbetter (Union), 35-05.00. 3. Evan Cloutier (Union), 34-01.50. 4. Trevor Treat (Imbler), 32-04.00. 5. Ryker Thomson (Harper), 29-06.50. 6. Riley Hawker (Jordan Valley), 29-02.00.

Girls Results

100 meters: 1. Dally Venell (Crane), 13.47. 2. Kortney Doman (Crane), 13.62. 3. Klair Venell (Crane), 14.07. 4. Leah Benson (Four Rivers), 14.53. 6. Jill Gammett (Jordan Valley), 14.62. 7. Janie Koopman (Prairie City), 14.67. 8. Lucy Matthews (Cove), 14.88. 9. Johanna Haberland (Imbler), 14.93. 10. Lindsey Hill (Crane), 15.13. 11. Mariana Lopez (Four Rivers), 15.18. 12. Jaden McKaig (Imbler), 15.34. 13. Kimberly Meza (Four Rivers), 15.49. 14. Marlen Rivas (Imbler), 15.50. 15. Brianna Kimble (Prairie City), 15.90. 16. Evie Davis (Pine Eagle), 16.80. 17. Maddy Bertrand (Crane), 17.21. 18. Hailie Connor (Cove), 17.72. 19. Alyssa Hill (Four Rivers), 18.30.

200 meters: 1. Rachel Baird (Cove), 29.01. 2. Dally Venell (Crane), 29.31. 3. Austyn Turner (Imbler), 29.48. 4. Autumn Dobbs (Cove), 29.59. 5. Jesse Ledbetter (Union), 30.61. 6. Leah Benson (Four Rivers), 30.82. 7. Lacatia Mason (Four Rivers), 32.01. 9. Lucy Matthews (Cove), 32.55. 10. Jaden McKaig (Imbler), 32.62. 11. Kaleah Hines (Union), 32.86. 12. Mariana Lopez (Four Rivers), 33.30. 13. Kimberly Meza (Four Rivers), 34.21. 14. Maddy Bertrand (Crane), 37.29.

400 meters: 1. Autumn Dobbs (Cove), 1:04.09. 2. Emma Burtch (Union), 1:07.69. 3. Rachel Baird (Cove), 1:07.93. 4. Janie Koopman (Prairie City), 1:09.74. 5. Lacatia Mason (Four Rivers), 1:13.77. 6. Emma Madera (Four Rivers), 1:13.94. 8. Danielle O’Reilly (Cove), 1:16.73. 9. Kayla Vera (Four Rivers), 1:19.48. 10. Alyssa Hill (Four Rivers), 1:59.41.

800 meters: 1. Hailey Davis (Cove), 3:05.06. 2. Emma Madera (Four Rivers), 3:10.21. 3. Kayla Vera (Four Rivers), 3:15.36.

1500 meters: 1. Danielle O’Reilly (Cove), 6:02.50. 2. Audrey Garlitz (Cove), 6:09.10. 3. Leslie Doman (Crane), 6:15.90. 4. Hailey Davis (Cove), 6:28.40. 5. Evie Davis (Pine Eagle), 7:16.09. 6. Lilly Nolten (Imbler), 7:36.14.

100-meter hurdles: 1. Kortney Doman (Crane), 19.02. 2. Klair Venell (Crane), 20.83. 3. Paisley Miller (Union), 23.10.

300-meter hurdles: 1. Kortney Doman (Crane), 51.16. 2. Kiana deLint (Imbler), 54.56. 3. Klair Venell (Crane), 55.52.

4X100 relay: 1. Cove (Rachel Baird, Lucy Matthews, Audrey Garlitz, Hailey Davis), 54.80. 2. Imbler (Kiana deLint, Marlen Rivas, Jaden McKaig, JoJo Turner), 55.80. 3. Four Rivers (Mariana Lopez, Lacatia Mason, Kimberly Meza, Leah Benson), 57.80.

4X400 relay: 1. Union (Ashlee Burtch, Emma Burtch, Kaleah Hines, Jesse Ledbetter), 4:41.83. 2. Cove (Rachel Baird, Autumn Dobbs, Danielle O’Reilly, Audrey Garlitz), 4:46.40. 3.Imbler (JoJo Turner, Marlen Rivas, Austyn Turner, Kiana deLint), 4:49.40.

Shot put: 1. Kaelyn Shoemaker (Union), 26-07.50. 2. Leslie Doman (Crane), 26-06.50. 3. Kelsie Siegner (Crane), 25-03.00. 4. Joy Platz (Union), 25-01.50. 6. Weronika Boboski (Imbler), 24-04.00. 8. Ashlee Hill (Crane), 22-04.00. 9. Adriana Chavez (Four Rivers), 21-08.00. 10. Hailie Connor (Cove), 21-03.00. 11. Sierra Dobson (Harper), 20-11.00. 13. Kyri Patterson (Union), 19-09.00. 14. Evie Davis (Pine Eagle), 17-11.50. 16. Maria Errera (Huntington), 16-09.50.

Discus: 1. Leslie Doman (Crane), 91-11. 4. Ashley Edmondson (Harper), 67-09. 5. Ashlee Hill (Crane), 66-09. 6. Kaelyn Shoemaker (Union), 64-07. 7. Joy Platz (Union), 62-09. 8. Colleen Carlsen (Huntington), 61-07. 11. Hailie Connor (Cove), 56-10. 12. Caitlyn Carlsen (Huntington), 53-11. 13. Weronika Boboski (Imbler), 52-02. 14. Tawney Suitter (Crane), 49-10. 15. Kyri Patterson (Union), 49-05. 16. Maria Errera (Huntington), 47-08. 17. Evie Davis (Pine Eagle), 41-08.

Javelin: 1. Leslie Doman (Crane), 103-10. 2. Joy Platz (Union), 74-10. 3. Caitlyn Carlsen (Huntington), 70-04. 4. Kaleah Hines (Union), 68-07. 5. Jesse Ledbetter (Union), 65-02. 6. Kaelyn Shoemaker (Union), 54-07. 8. Kyri Patterson (Union), 50-05. 9. Johanna Haberland (Imbler), 49-09. 10. Maddy Bertrand (Crane), 42-07. 11. Colleen Carlsen (Huntington), 36-06.

High jump: 1. Kortney Doman (Crane), 5-04.00. 2. Janie Koopman (Prairie City), 4-08.00. 3. Paisley Miller (Union), 4-04.00. 4. Lindsey Hill (Crane), 4-02.00. 5. Emma Preissing (Huntington), 3-10.00. 5. Joy Platz (Union), 3-10.00. 7. Natalia Mathes (Huntington), 3-06.00.

Pole vault: 1. Marielle Graffunder (Union), 7-06.00. 2. JoJo Turner (Imbler), 6-00.00.

Long jump: 1. Austyn Turner (Imbler), 14-04.50. 2. Jill Gammett (Jordan Valley), 13-07.75. 3. Paisley Miller (Union), 12-10.00. 4. Lacatia Mason (Four Rivers), 12-08.25. 5. Johanna Haberland (Imbler), 12-01.50. 6. Dally Venell (Crane), 11-11.75. 7. Natalia Mathes (Huntington), 11-10.50. 8. Leah Benson (Four Rivers), 11-07.25. 9. Mariana Lopez (Four Rivers), 11-07.00. 10. Lindsey Hill (Crane), 11-06.75. 11. Kimberly Meza (Four Rivers), 11-01.50. 12. Emma Preissing (Huntington), 10-08.75. 13. Kaelyn Shoemaker (Union), 9-07.75. 14. Adriana Chavez (Four Rivers), 9-04.50. 15. Maddy Bertrand (Crane), 9-01.00.

Triple jump: 1. Jill Gammett (Jordan Valley), 29-11.00.