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VALE – Track and field teams representing La Grande, Cove, Crane, Council, Idaho, Pine Eagle, Harper and Dayville kicked off the season at the Vale Ice Breaker on Tuesday, March 18 hosted by the Vikings.
Early season meets are a time for coaches to try student athletes out in new events under cold, windy conditions. For all those competing at the Ice Breaker, better times and distances are ahead.
A few highlights did stand out even in this early gathering of teams.
- After missing the state meet in the 100 meters last season, La Grande senior Kylie Brown posted a 13.19 second race in tough conditions.
- Harper sophomore Lindsay Talbot ran the 400 meters only once last season. The Hornet took the victory in the race at the Ice Breaker.
- EOS was surprised by Pine Eagle freshman Lindsey Brown in the cross country season. That mistake will not be made in the track season.
- La Grande senior Cecilia Villagomez Edvalson and junior Brooke Perry will just trade first place finishes for the rest of the season.
- After taking third last season at the state 1A championship, Pine Eagle senior Ella Randall started this season with a shot put throw of over 38 feet.
- Crane freshman Margie Adamson takes her first high school meet to win the high jump.
- Cove sophomore Chloe Hatch bettered her personal best by over one foot in a win in the long jump, her first time over 15 feet and just shy of 16 feet.
- As the season progresses, watch the Harper boys. The Hornets have the numbers and the talent this year.
- Vale freshman Bannock Lamb is the lone runner under the 12-second mark in the 100 meters to start the season.
- La Grande junior Larsen Wright was impressive in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 17.47 seconds.
- La Grande grabbed the top two slots in the shot put with junior Bekham Hibbert and Brogam Hedgepeth.
- As this was the opening meet of the season, the flags were set out at about 150 feet for the javelin throw. Those in attendance gasped when Cove junior William Williams throw sailed over the flags to the 164 feet mark.
- Vale freshman Brandon Stewart is one to watch in pole vault. In his first meet, the Viking cleared 10 feet, 6 inches.
Girls Results
Team Scores: 1. La Grande, 207.83. 2. Vale, 113.17. 3. Cove, 50. 4. Crane, 49.5. 5. Council, 39. 6. Pine Eagle, 36.5. 7. Harper, 35.
Individual Results
100 Meters: 1. Kylie Brown (La Grande), 13.19. 2. Bella Johnson (Vale), 13.46. 3. Mattie Wolcott (La Grande), 13.65. 4. Alexace Milner (La Grande), 13.94. 5. Anna Jacobs (Vale), 14.12. 6. Sophie Turner (La Grande), 14.18. 7. Lydia Butikofer (Crane), 14.44. 9. Chloe Carson (La Grande), 14.50. 10. Nyah Johnson (Pine Eagle), 14.62. 14. Alaina Pearson (La Grande), 15.20. 15. Lily Hale (Harper), 15.51. 17. Paige Marler (Cove), 15.64. 18. Elizabeth Fritts (Vale), 15.83. 19. Kaylee Huntsman (La Grande), 15.92. 20. Emma Elithorp (La Grande), 16.01. 21. Sabrina Marler (Cove), 16.65. 22. Abby Lee (Cove), 18.26. 23. Emilee J Huntsman (La Grande), 26.27.
200 Meters: 1. Claire Johnson (Vale), 27.63. 2. Kylie Brown (La Grande), 27.65. 3. Lindsay Talbot (Harper), 27.81. 4. Kesley Stepleton (Vale), 29.37. 5. Holly Rodriguez (Harper), 29.67. 6. Chloe Carson (La Grande), 30.17. 7. Alexace Milner (La Grande), 30.26. 9. Lydia Butikofer (Crane), 30.44. 10. Madeline Stutesman (La Grande), 30.97. 11. Chloe Hatch (Cove), 31.02. 12. Nyah Johnson (Pine Eagle), 31.16. 13. Lily Hale (Harper), 31.76. 14. Kristee Condon (Crane), 32.39. 15. Sabrina Marler (Cove), 34.87.
400 Meters: 1. Lindsay Talbot (Harper), 1:02.50. 2. Sophie Turner (La Grande), 1:08.98. 3. Kendal Nichols (Crane), 1:10.89. 5. Madeline Stutesman (La Grande), 1:11.40.
800 Meters: 1. Lindsey Brown (Pine Eagle), 2:34.36. 2. Taylor Weishaar (Cove), 2:42.97. 3. Gia Savage (Cove), 2:44.16. 4. Margie Adamson (Crane), 2:50.50. 5. Greta Chamberlain (Vale), 2:56.40. 6. Eleanor Gisi (La Grande), 3:00.64. 8. Katelyn Matthews (Cove), 3:10.99. 9. CJ Delaney (Cove), 3:24.25.
1500 Meters: 1. Cecilia Villagomez (La Grande), 4:58.33. 2. Brooke Perry (La Grande), 5:00.50. 3. Lindsey Brown (Pine Eagle), 5:14.24. 4. Taylor Weishaar (Cove), 5:28.19. 5. Addie Saunders (Vale), 5:35.51. 6. Kimber Kretschmer (La Grande), 6:08.86. 7. Lily Hale (Harper), 6:17.53. 8. Ella Lees (La Grande), 6:24.99. 9. Chloe Carson (La Grande), 6:25.75. 10. Katelyn Matthews (Cove), 6:28.04. 11. CJ Delaney (Cove), 6:39.86.
3000 Meters: 1. Brooke Perry (La Grande), 10:59.68. 2. Cecilia Villagomez (La Grande), 11:03.96. 3. Addie Saunders (Vale), 12:45.12. 4. Ali Sudbrock (La Grande), 16:00.50.
100 Meter Hurdles: 1. Kaitlyn Siegner (Crane), 17.72. 2. Kellyn Oswald (La Grande), 18.33. 3. Makayla Officer (Vale), 18.77. 4. Nyah Johnson (Pine Eagle), 18.81. 5. Parker Baum (La Grande), 19.92. 6. Kylie Jones (La Grande), 21.42. 7. Kristee Condon (Crane), 22.19.
300 Meter Hurdles: 1. Mattie Wolcott (La Grande), 50.20. 3. Kellyn Oswald (La Grande), 56.99. 4. Parker Baum (La Grande), 59.97. 5. Kylie Jones (La Grande), 1:01.22.
4 X 100 Relay: 1. La Grande (Kylie Brown, Alexace Milner, Mattie Wolcott, Sophie Turner), 52.99. 2. Cove (Chloe Hatch, Paige Marler, Sabrina Marler, Gia Savage), 58.64.
4 X 400 Relay: 1. La Grande (Mattie Wolcott, Cecilia Villagomez Edvalson, Kellyn Oswald, Brooke Perry), 4:28.72. 2. Cove (Katelyn Matthews, Taylor Weishaar, CJ Delaney, Gia Savage), 4:54.83.
Shot Put: 1. Ella Randall (Pine Eagle), 38′ 9. 2. Greta Chamberlain (Vale), 28′ 11.5. 3. Claire Johnson (Vale), 27′ 9.5. 4. Kaylin Furman (Harper), 27′ 0.5. 6. Sophie Aldred (Vale), 23′ 9.5. 6. Aubrey Maupin (Vale), 23′ 9.5. 9. Maryah Anderson (Harper), 23′ 1.25. 10. Gracie Baker (Crane), 23′ 0.75. 11. Kayli Dunten (Crane), 22′ 6.75. 12. Esther Doman (Crane), 22′ 2. 13. Aubry Hamner (La Grande), 22′ 0.75. 14. Shayla King (La Grande), 22′ 0. 15. Rylee Gubser (Vale), 21′ 8.5. 15. Avery Knapp (Vale), 21′ 8.5. 17. Adysen Maupin (Vale), 21′ 1. 20. Abby Lee (Cove), 19′ 9.75. 21. Grace Russell (Vale), 19′ 6. 22. Elizabeth Fritts (Vale), 19′ 4.75. 23. Evie Davis (Pine Eagle), 19′ 4.25. 24. Desteny Echauri (Vale), 18′ 8.5. 25. Jocelyn Child (Harper), 18′ 1.25. 26. Jasmine Vera-Antonio (Vale), 18′ 1. 29. Emilee J Huntsman (La Grande), 10′ 11.75.
Javelin: 1. Peyton Bates (Vale), 100′ 5. 2. Aubrey Bisenuis (La Grande), 99′ 6. 3. Ella Hayden (La Grande), 90′ 0. 5. Kayli Dunten (Crane), 82′ 4. 7. Ella Lees (La Grande), 79′ 2. 8. Kimber Kretschmer (La Grande), 75′ 2. 9. Claire Johnson (Vale), 69′ 11. 10. Esther Doman (Crane), 65′ 10. 11. Gretchen Chandler (La Grande), 63′ 3. 12. Kaylin Furman (Harper), 62′ 10. 13. Sophie Andrews (Vale), 53′ 8. 15. Evelina Kellogg (La Grande), 52′ 7. 16. Jocelyn Child (Harper), 51′ 2. 17. Mollie Romans (Harper), 48′ 6. 18. Desteny Echauri (Vale), 41′ 10.
High Jump: 1. Margie Adamson (Crane), 5′ 5. 2. Makayla Officer (Vale), 4′ 4. 2. Kesley Stepleton (Vale), 4′ 4. 2. Aubrey Bisenuis (La Grande), 4′ 4. 5. Aviana Fields (La Grande), 4′ 2. 6. Ella Hayden (La Grande), 3′ 10.
Pole Vault: 1. Kristee Condon (Crane), 6′ 6. 1. Kaylynn Brandon (Vale), 6′ 6. 3. Aviana Fields (La Grande), 6′ 0.
Long Jump: 1. Chloe Hatch (Cove), 15′ 9. 2. Holly Rodriguez (Harper), 14′ 7. 3. Nyah Johnson (Pine Eagle), 14′ 5. 3. Anna Jacobs (Vale), 14′ 5. 5. Gia Savage (Cove), 14′ 4. 7. Alexace Milner (La Grande), 14′ 0. 7. Kendal Nichols (Crane), 14′ 0. 9. Kristee Condon (Crane), 13′ 10. 10. Emma Elithorp (La Grande), 13′ 3.5. 11. Paige Marler (Cove), 13′ 0. 12. Aviana Fields (La Grande), 12′ 11. 12. Margie Adamson (Crane), 12′ 11. 14. Kaylee Huntsman (La Grande), 12′ 7. 15. Anita Peila (Crane), 12′ 6. 16. Kamryn Dunten (Crane), 12′ 4. 17. Sabrina Marler (Cove), 9′ 4.
Triple Jump: 1. Kaylynn Brandon (Vale), 34′ 1. 2. Aviana Fields (La Grande), 28′ 4. 4. Emma Elithorp (La Grande), 28′ 0.
Boys Results
Team Scores: 1. La Grande, 191. 2. Vale, 143. 3. Council, 79. 4. Cove, 73. 5. Harper, 61. 6. Crane, 23. 7. Dayville, 10. 8. Pine Eagle, 7.
Individual Results
100 Meters: 1. Bannock Lamb (Vale), 11.99. 2. Madoxx Martinez (Harper), 12.45. 3. Sam Jensen (Harper), 12.52. 4. Jacob Reynolds (La Grande), 12.64. 9. Milen Bowen (Crane), 12.76. 12. Bear Doman (Crane), 13.07. 13. Tristin Casiano (Harper), 13.23. 14. Taylor McWherter (Vale), 13.33. 15. Adin Braly (Dayville), 13.36. 16. Landon Perry (Vale), 13.53. 17. Alijah Phillips (Dayville), 13.53. 18. Johnny Matteucci (Cove), 13.55. 19. Vince Adams (Crane), 13.63. 20. Ethan Dotson (Vale), 13.77. 21. Reid Meinhard (La Grande), 14.09. 22. Jayden Hansen (Vale), 14.35. 23. Brendan Joyce (Crane), 14.54. 25. Bergen Hagbom (Crane), 14.80. 27. Shawn Manzow (Vale), 15.90.
200 Meters: 1. Sam Jensen (Harper), 24.85. 2. Canon Hiatt (Vale), 25.21. 4. Collin Mulvany (Vale), 25.44. 6. Riccardo Rossi (La Grande), 25.97. 8. Ian Wright (La Grande), 26.69. 13. Kyle Girdner (Cove), 27.35. 14. Kyler Hall (Cove), 27.60. 15. Vince Adams (Crane), 27.98. 16. Cael Hassinger (Cove), 28.17. 17. Taylor McWherter (Vale), 28.76. 18. Richard Edwards (Cove), 28.96. 19. Jayden Hansen (Vale), 29.60. 20. Reid Meinhard (La Grande), 29.78. 21. Eli Marsh (Cove), 32.74.
400 Meters: 1. Madoxx Martinez (Harper), 54.98. 2. Canon Hiatt (Vale), 55.98. 4. Richard Joyce (Harper), 56.96. 5. Riccardo Rossi (La Grande), 57.26. 7. Ian Wright (La Grande), 59.84. 8. Rye Cummings (Vale), 59.93. 9. Peter Davis (Pine Eagle), 1:00.31. 11. LJ Jacobs (Vale), 1:01.33. 12. Ethan Swigert (La Grande), 1:01.53. 13. Austin Flick (Cove), 1:02.03. 14. Chad Moran (La Grande), 1:02.63. 15. Ephraim Moyal (La Grande), 1:03.08. 16. Kade Spelman (Harper), 1:03.59. 18. Weston Cooke (Vale), 1:04.09. 19. Mason Maki (Crane), 1:05.15.
800 Meters: 1. Josef Simonis (La Grande), 2:07.49. 2. Nathanael O’Reilly (Cove), 2:10.19. 3. Bannock Lamb (Vale), 2:13.04. 4. Gabriel Brown (Pine Eagle), 2:13.83. 5. Sirak Kellogg (La Grande), 2:23.17. 6. Jonathan Gisi (La Grande), 2:25.22. 7. Jackson Chamberlain (Vale), 2:26.97. 8. Caleb Sexton (La Grande), 2:31.23. 9. Zane Ricker (La Grande), 2:33.84. 10. Austin Flick (Cove), 2:34.41. 11. Jayden Riley (La Grande), 2:35.99. 12. Zackary Simonis (La Grande), 2:41.30. 13. Ephraim Moyal (La Grande), 2:52.33.
1500 Meters: 1. Josef Simonis (La Grande), 4:27.03. 2. Duncan Fritts (Vale), 4:30.03. 3. Nathanael O’Reilly (Cove), 4:32.93. 4. Kaden May (La Grande), 4:39.82. 5. Richard Joyce (Harper), 4:41.56. 6. William Mallory (Cove), 4:41.70. 7. Gabriel Brown (Pine Eagle), 4:43.31. 8. Ian Garlitz (Cove), 4:46.91. 9. Peter Davis (Pine Eagle), 4:54.12. 10. Thaddius Downs (Crane), 5:00.62. 11. Chad Moran (La Grande), 5:09.89. 12. Noah Hawks (La Grande), 5:10.51. 13. Jayden Riley (La Grande), 5:14.63. 15. Zane Ricker (La Grande), 5:20.26. 16. Zackary Simonis (La Grande), 5:21.40. 19. Boyden Weaver (Dayville), 5:47.82. 21. Jack Chandler (la Grande), 6:38.78. 22. Isaiah Webb (Cove), 6:46.95.
3000 Meters: 1. Duncan Fritts (Vale), 10:15.52. 2. William Mallory (Cove), 10:23.14. 3. Kaden May (La Grande), 10:24.22. 4. Ian Garlitz (Cove), 10:28.31. 5. Thaddius Downs (Crane), 10:53.49. 6. Noah Hawks (La Grande), 11:28.94. 7. Jackson Chamberlain (Vale), 11:50.43. 8. Chad Moran (La Grande), 11:56.23. 9. Boyden Weaver (Dayville), 13:03.27.
110 Meter Hurdles: 1. Larsen Wright (La Grande), 17.47. 2. Troy Dayton (Vale), 18.85. 3. Noah Austin (La Grande), 19.97. 4. Chance Wilcox (La Grande), 21.29.
300 Meter Hurdles: 1. Larsen Wright (La Grande), 49.62. 2. Chance Wilcox (La Grande), 51.63. 4. Noah Austin (La Grande), 54.65.
4X100 Relay: 1. La Grande (Bekham Hibbert, Dane Fine, Jacob Reynolds, Mathias Fields), 47.38. 3. Cove (Kyle Girdner, Austin Flick, Johnny Matteucci, William Williams), 51.44.
4X400 Relay: 1. La Grande (Noah Austin, Dane Fine, Jonathan Gisi, Larsen Wright), 3:50.91. 2. Cove (Nathanael O’Reilly, Ian Garlitz, William Mallory, William Williams), 3:59.08.
Shot Put: 1. Bekham Hibbert (La Grande), 50′ 6.5. 2. Brogan Hedgepeth (La Grande), 48′ 8.75. 3. Jake Devos (Vale), 47′ 6. 5. Kase Schaffeld (Vale), 37′ 10. 6. Evan McBride (Vale), 36′ 9.25. 7. Alex Camacho (Crane), 33′ 1.5. 9. Tristin Casiano (Harper), 32′ 0.75. 10. Preston Fretwell (Dayville), 31′ 9. 11. Chasesen Ingram (Harper), 31′ 7.5. 12. Wyatt Murie (La Grande), 31′ 7. 14. Carson Taylor (La Grande), 30′ 8.25. 15. Jesus Perez (Vale), 29′ 8. 16. Gage Fine (La Grande), 29′ 3.25. 17. Jake Cheney (La Grande), 29′ 3. 20. Eli Marsh (Cove), 27′ 3.25. 21. Angus Boyk (La Grande), 26′ 1.5. 22. James Carlin (Dayville), 25′ 9.75. 23. Justus Pollandt (La Grande), 25′ 8.75. 24. Richard Edwards (Cove), 25′ 6.5. 25. Rayden Edwards (Cove), 25′ 2.5. 26. Jacob Potter (Crane), 23′ 8. 27. Jordan Davis (Cove), 22′ 11.5. 28. Shane Sharp (Vale), 22′ 10.75. 29. Damien Kodep (La Grande), 20′ 9.
Discus: 1. Brogan Hedgepeth (La Grande), 142′ 6.25. 3. Bekham Hibbert (La Grande), 117′ 9.25. 4. Evan McBride (Vale), 115′ 3. 5. Bear Doman (Crane), 112′ 7.75. 7. William Williams (Cove), 101′ 9.25. 8. Jake Devos (Vale), 99′ 7.5. 9. Angus Boyk (La Grande), 88′ 1. Jacob Reynolds (La Grande), 82′ 10. 12. Carson Taylor (La Grande), 81′ 0.25. 13. Elijah Osorio (Harper), 76′ 7. 14. Henry Naylor (La Grande), 76′ 4.25. 15. Shane Sharp (Vale), 73′ 6.25. 17. Tristin Casiano (Harper), 71′ 0.5. 18. Gage Fine (La Grande), 70′ 3. 19. Jake Cheney (La Grande), 67′ 6.25. 21. Wyatt Murie (La Grande), 66′ 8. 22. Jordan Davis (Cove), 66′ 4.75. 23. Mason Maki (Crane), 65′ 9.75. 24. Chasesen Ingram (Harper), 65′ 6.5. 25. James Carlin (Dayville), 63′ 10. 26. Justus Pollandt (La Grande), 62′ 9. 28. Rayden Edwards (Cove), 60′ 0.5. 29. Richard Edwards (Cove), 58′ 2.5. 30. Weston Cooke (Vale), 55′ 11. 31. Jacob Potter (Crane), 53′ 8.25. 32. Damien Kodep (La Grande), 50′ 8.5. 33. Bruce Atkinson (Vale), 45′ 2. 34. Shawn Manzow (Vale), 44′ 3.25.
Javelin: 1. William Williams (Cove), 164′ 4. 2. Bear Doman (Crane), 141′ 0. 3. Mathias Fields (La Grande), 139′ 4. 4. Jacob Reynolds (La Grande), 127′ 11. 5. Zach Stewart (Vale), 121′ 7. 6. Ethan Swigert (La Grande), 117′ 4. 9. Preston Fretwell (Dayville), 101′ 4. 10. Sirak Kellogg (La Grande), 95′ 7. 11. Jacob Potter (Crane), 94′ 10. 12. Tristin Casiano (Harper), 90′ 5. 14. Elijah Osorio (Harper), 85′ 9. 15. Bergen Hagbom (Crane), 82′ 5. 17. Erick Silva (Vale), 80′ 3. 18. Jack Chandler (La Grande), 77′ 10. 19. Jesus Perez (Vale), 76′ 9. 20. Henry Naylor (La Grande), 74′ 4. 23. Kase Schaffeld (Vale), 73′ 7. 24. Bruce Atkinson (Vale), 65′ 0. 25. Chasesen Ingram (Harper), 58′ 3. 26. James Carlin (Dayville), 55′ 8.
High Jump: 1. Cael Hassinger (Cove), 5′ 4. 2. Kaleb Crites (La Grande), 5′ 2. 3. Johnny Matteucci (Cove), 5′ 0. 4. Mason Maki (Crane), 4′ 10.
Pole Vault: 1. Brandon Stewart (Vale), 10′ 6. 2. Troy Dayton (Vale), 9′ 6. 3. Zach Stewart (Vale), Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 8′ 0. 4. Ethan Dotson (Vale), 7′ 6.
Long Jump: 1. Sam Jensen (Harper), 19′ 10.75. 2. Kase Schaffeld (Vale), 19′ 4.25. 4. Dane Fine (La Grande), 17′ 2. 5. Sirak Kellogg (La Grande), 16′ 9.5. 6. Alijah Phillips (Dayville), 16′ 3.5. 7. Adin Braly (Dayville), 15′ 10. 9. Kyler Hall (Cove), 15′ 2. 10. Vince Adams (Crane), 14′ 11.25. 12. Thaddius Downs (Crane), 14′ 4.5. 13. Elijah Osorio (Harper), 14′ 2. 14. Mason Maki (Crane), 14′ 1.75. 15. Brendan Joyce (Crane), 12′ 7.
Triple Jump: 1. Collin Mulvany (Vale), 37′ 7. 2. Kade Spelman (Harper), 36′ 3.25. 4. Alijah Phillips (Dayville), 33′ 8. 5. Dane Fine (La Grande), 32′ 11.75. 6. Landon Perry (Vale), 31′ 10.5. 7. LJ Jacobs (Vale), 31′ 1.
