Tigers, Hornets gear up for post-season

OROVILLE – A monsoon-like deluge delayed the start of Saturday’s Draggoo Financial Oroville Invitational, but once the rain was finished, the weather cooperated on about as nice a day as one could hope for at a spring track meet.

That translated into a lot of personal bests for quite a few athletes, though a number of squads were depleted by illness and other conflicts.

“The meet went alright after the rain delay,” said Oroville coach Harold Jensen. “Sierra Speiker broke her own meet (3200 meter) record by 35 seconds … It was a smaller meet with many PRs and places.”

Speiker battled Cascade’s Erin Mullins for the first five laps of the eight-lap 3200 before pulling away to a 15 second victory in 10:56.32.

Luke Kindred beat his personal best in the javelin with a throw of 163-0. Speiker also won the 1600, while Kaitlyn Grunst claimed the high jump.

As a team the Hornet girls finished fourth out of 14 scoring squads, while the boys were ninth.

Tonasket’s winners included Ryan Rylie in the 400, Ethan Bensing in the triple jump, Cassie Spear in the 400 (with a PR of 1:01.78 after missing two weeks due to illness), Kathryn Cleman in the pole vault and Rose Walts in the 100 hurdles and triple jump. Tonasket’s relay of Cleman, Spear, Walts and Kylie Dellinger also cruised to victory in the 4×100 and Cleman, Dellinger, Spear and Jaden Vugteveen won the 4×400.

“We are looking good going into the big meets,” said Tonasket coach Bob Thornton. “Everybody is improving and should be peaking at the right time. There are going to be some exciting races the next few weeks and I am looking forward to how we do.”

Tonasket hosts the Caribou Trail League finals meet this Friday, May 9, beginning at 4:00 p.m. while the Hornets travel to Liberty Bell.

Oroville Draggoo Finanacial Invitational

Boys

Team Scoring – Liberty Bell 99, Bridgeport 44, Cascade 77, Tonasket 54, Omak 51, Okanogan 42, Entiat 39, Wilbur-Creston 31, Oroville 24, Lake Roosevelt 12, Pateros 1.

100 – 1. Eduardo Zuarte, BPT, 11.62; 7. Logan Mills, ORO, 12.15; 14. Devyn Catone, TON, 12.48; 16. Matt Smith, ORO, 12.63; 18. Parker Kenyon, TON, 12.89.

200 – 1. Kip Craig, BPT, 24.06; 2. Smith Condon, TON, 24.25; 10. Logan Mills, ORO, 25.62; 17. Parker Kenyon, TON, 27.35.

400 – 1. Ryan Rylie, TON, 54.60.

800 – 1. Sam Goble, OMK, 2:10.28; 7. Abe Podkranic, TON, 2:27.37.

1600 – 1. Liam Daily, LB, 4:41.04; 8. Abe Podkranic, TON, 5:23.08; 9. Diego Santana, ORO, 5:45.34; 11. Dalton Smith, TON, 5:51.99.

3200 – 1. Ben Klemmeck, LB, 10:13.06; 4 Hunter Swanson, TON, 11:17.88.

110 Hurdles – 1. Kip Craig, BPT, 15.85; 6. Caio Baumstein, TON, 20.46; 7. Ryan Rylie, TON, 21.43; 9. Blaine Hirst, TON, 22.21.

300 Hurdles – 1. Kip Craig, BPT, 41.85.

4×100 Relay – 1. Liberty Bell, 46.08; 4. Tonasket (Catone, Condon, Rylie, Kenyon), 46.61.

4×400 Relay – 1. Liberty Bell, 3:37.16; 4. Tonasket (Catone, Condon, Rylie, Smith), 3:46.39.

Shot Put – 1. Derek Crites, CAS, 46-2; 8. Chad Edwards, TON, 35-7; 15. Dallas Tyus, TON, 29-6.

Discus – 1. Derek Crites, CAS, 126-10; 12. Joaquin Polito, TON, 80-8; 13. Chad Edwards, TON, 77-10; 21. Seth Smith, TON, 64-6.

Javelin – 1. Luke Kindred, ORO, 163-0; 3. Joaquin Polito, TON, 139-4; 11. David Curtis, TON, 106-2.

High Jump – 1. Mason Guerrette, OKN, 5-8.

Pole Vault – Austin Cassyre, CAS, 10-6; 2. Matt Smith, ORO, 8-0; 4. Riley Davidson, ORO, 6-6.

Long Jump – 1. Austin Watson, LB, 20-10.5; 6. Ethan Bensing, TON, 18-5.75; 15. Lloyd Temby, TON, 15-4.5; 17. Keeton Hoines, TON, 14-1; 19. Riley Davidson, ORO, 12-11.75.

Triple Jump – 1. Ethan Bensing, TON, 39-10.5; 3. Dallas Tyus, TON, 35-8; 5. Matt Smith, ORO, 34-9; 8. Blaine Hirst, TON, 33-8; 17. Riley Davidson, ORO, 28-0.

Girls

Team Scoring – Okanogan 115, Tonasket 92, Entiat 53, Oroville 51, Cascade 44, Wilbur-Creston 41, Omak 34, Lake Roosevelt 34, Pateros 32, Almira/Coulee-Hartline 23, Bridgeport 21, Liberty Bell 5, Northport 4, Columbia Basin 2.

100 – 1. Maddy Parton, CAS, 12.95; 4. Sammie Walimaki, ORO, 14.00; 7. Lea Berger, TON, 15.03.

200 – 1. Maddy Parton, CAS, 27.24; 2. Cassie Spear, TON, 27.24.

400 – 1. Cassie Spear, TON, 1:01.78.

800 – 1. Emmy Engle, OKN, 2:42.00; 2. Amber Monroe, TON, 2:48.31; 7. Mary Naylor, TON, 3:12.89.

1600 – 1. Sierra Speiker, ORO, 5:36.15; 4. Johnna Terris, TON, 6:42.13; 7. Lea Berger, TON, 7:02.14.

3200 – 1. Sierra Speiker, ORO, 10:56.32.

100 Hurdles – 1. Rose Walts, TON, 16.31; 10. Janelle Catone, TON, 21.34.

4×100 Relay – 1. Tonasket (Cleman, Spear, Dellinger, Walts), 52.90.

4×200 Relay – 1. Entiat 1:57.13; 2. Tonasket (Berger, Catone, Vugteveen, Terris), 2:02.00; 3. Oroville (Grunst, Walimaki, Poynter, Naillon) 2:04.36.

4×400 Relay – 1. Tonasket (Cleman, Spear, Vugteveen, Dellinger), 4:27.64.

Shot Put – 1. Yvonne Kilgour, OMK, 34-0; 10. Amber Monroe, TON, 27-1; 21. Sarai Camacho, ORO, 22-7; 22. Chelsea Vasquez, TON, 22-3; 24. Johnna Terris, TON, 18-0.

Discus – 1. Emmy Engle, OKN, 94-0; 9. Alissa Young, TON, 76-7; 13. Sarai Camacho, ORO, 72-6.

Javelin – 1. Emmy Engle, OKN, 108-9; 8. Alissa Young, TON, 80-7.

High Jump – 1. Kaitlyn Grunst, ORO, 5-0.

Pole Vault – 1. Kathryn Cleman, TON, 8-6; 2. Sammie Walimaki, ORO, 6-6; 4. Jaden Vugteveen, TON, 6-6.

Long Jump – 1. Keanna Egbert, OKN, 14-7.5; 12. Kaitlyn Grunst, ORO, 13-11; 12. Kathryn Cleman, TON, 13-0.5.

Triple Jump – 1. Rose Walts, TON, 33-4.5; 5. Kaitlyn Grunst, ORO, 30-5; 7. Jaden Vugteveen, TON, 28-11; 13. Mary Naylor, TON, 26-1; 15. Phoebe Poynter, ORO, 21-8.