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HRV track sends five to state

Photo by Ben McCarty
David Warren gets up and over the pole vault bar on his way to second place and a state qualification.

 

State meet May 22-24 at University of Oregon


By Ben McCarty
News staff writer
May 17, 2008

It will be five times the fun for the HRV track and field team at the 6A state championships in Eugene next week.

HRVHS athletes Leo Castillo, Rachel Perry, Kari Hidle, David Warren and Lauren Lloyd will all be making the trip to Hayward Field at the University of Oregon after qualifying at the Mount Hood Conference district meet.

Castillo qualified for state for the second time by fending off a tough field in the 3,000 meters to take first with a time of 8 minutes, 54.29 seconds.

Perry will make her second trip to state, but in a different event than last year. After qualifying in the javelin last season, Perry launched a toss of 39-3.75 in the shot put to finish third and qualify for state based on distance.

Hidle, a senior, will be returning to state for the second time after qualifying for the 4A state championship in the triple jump as a freshman. This time around she will be going in the long jump, were she finished with a leap of 16-8.75 to finish second.

Warren posted a height of 13-0 in the pole vault, a height he has consistently hit this season, and finished second. This will be the first trip to state for the HRV senior.

Lloyd earned her first trip to state in rather spectacular fashion, blowing by St. Mary’s Alexandra Jones as they entered the final turn of the 800 meters, to finish first with a time of 2 minutes 14.49 seconds. That time took nearly 5 seconds off her mark in the previous day’s preliminary meets and was the second fastest time in the state in the 800 meters this year.

Lloyd and Jones ran well out in front of the field for much of the race, and it looked like it would be a repeat of Tuesday’s preliminary race for the most part as Jones stayed several paces in front of Lloyd. But as they headed into the last 200 meters, Lloyd found an extra gear, passed Jones and was never really challenged down the stretch.

“I tried to just stay right behind the whole way and then for last 100 meters to go as fast as I could,” Lloyd said after accepting her medal for first place in the event. “I’m a big competition person and I just want to go out and try as hard as I can.”

HRV coach Caleb Sperry was glad to see his top performers of the year keep up the pace in the district meet.

“I think we got about what we expected,” he said. “I’m excited about the kids that we are taking (to state).”

Even though they did not qualify for state, several other Eagles put up solid performances.

Stefan Zosa finished fourth in both the 110 meter high hurdles and the high jump, he recorded a new personal best in the hurdles with a time of 15.66 and equaled his previous best of 6-0 in the high jump.

In the shot put, Erik Lujano put up a season best throw of 44-2.25 to finish seventh against a field that included Ryan Crouser of Gresham, who set a new state freshman record of 59-10.

Zak Flaming and his sister, Alison, also had strong days, with Zak finishing fifth in the triple jump with a leap of 39-11 and Alison finishing third in the 800 meters with a time of 2:22.85.

Other good showings included a sixth place finish by Kylee Staughton in the 400 meters with a time 1:02.35, an eighth place finish by Ashley Braniff in the 3,000 meters with a time of 11:17.76, an eighth place finish by Justine Campbell in the 300 low hurdles with a time of 50.51 and a sixth place finish for Amy Hay in the pole vault with a height of 8-6.

As a team the Eagles finished sixth on the girls side at the meet and seventh on the boys side; for the season the HRV girls finished in fifth and the boys in seventh. Gresham was the season champion on the girls side and Barlow on the boys side.

Results via athletic.net:

Boys Results

100 Meters - Prelims

9 Jason Vanderslice 11.72

17 Roberto Bustos 12.29

18 Diego Diaz 12.40

200 Meters -  Prelims

15 Julio Avila 24.64

16 Roberto Bustos 24.90

17 Diego Diaz 25.19

400 Meters -  Prelims

10 Zak Flaming 53.73

13 Julio Avila 56.19

16 Ian McNaughton 57.13

800 Meters -  Prelims

9 Frank Zartler 2:04.53

12 Yonny Castillo 2:07.14

19 Don Valentine 2:23.68

1500 Meters -  Finals

3 Leo Castillo 4:09.05

9 Alex Vanslyke 4:20.84

17 Yonny Castillo 4:33.66

3000 Meters -  Finals

1 Leo Castillo 8:54.29

8 Alex Vanslyke 9:32.38

21 Don Valentine 10:52.96

110 High Hurdles -  Finals

4 Stefan Zosa 15.66

110 High Hurdles -  Prelims

4 Stefan Zosa 15.91

10 Steven Culpepper 17.14

300 Int Hurdles -  Finals

6 Stefan Zosa 42.60

300 Int Hurdles -  Prelims

5 Stefan Zosa 41.11

13 Steven Culpepper 44.99

4x100 Relay -  Finals

6 Julio Avila, Roberto Bustos, Diego Diaz, Erik Lujano 45.66

4x400 Relay -  Finals

7 Julio Avila, Zak Flaming, Frank Zartler, Leo Castillo 3:36.29

Shot Put -  Finals

7 Erik Lujano 44'02.25

20 Nicholas Delgado 34'00.50

21 Erick Nelson 31'08.00

Discus -  Finals

17 Nicholas Delgado 104'08

20 Bryce Hartley 84'02

Javelin -  Finals

14 Erik Lujano 134'09

19 Bryce Hartley 109'09

High Jump -  Finals

4 Stefan Zosa 6'00.00

Pole Vault -  Finals

2 David Warren 13'00.00

Long Jump -  Finals

12 Jason Vanderslice 19'02.00

13 Zak Flaming 19'01.75

14 Ian McNaughton 18'11.75

Triple Jump -  Finals

5 Zak Flaming 39'11.00

17 Jason Vanderslice 35'08.75

19 Don Valentine 33'00.00

Girls Results

100 Meters -  Finals

 8 Kari Hidle 13.00

100 Meters -  Prelims

8 Kari Hidle 13.04

18 Marlene Cervantes 13.81

22 Jaci Bryant 13.98

200 Meters -  Prelims

14 Marlene Cervantes 28.10

22 Brittani Tolentino 29.65

400 Meters -  Finals

6 Kylee Staughton 1:02.35

400 Meters -  Prelims

5 Kylee Staughton 1:02.50

14 Emily Ing 1:06.28

800 Meters -  Finals

1 Lauren Lloyd 2:14.49

3 Alison Flaming 2:22.85

800 Meters -  Prelims

2 Lauren Lloyd 2:19.67

4 Alison Flaming 2:22.54

17 Hillary Hilden 2:50.88

1500 Meters -  Finals

9 Erin Jones 5:10.48

16 Ashley Braniff 5:23.59

17 Claire Merriam 5:24.31

3000 Meters -  Finals

8 Ashley Braniff 11:17.76

10 Erin Jones 11:29.31

13 Jennifer Lucas 11:38.40

100 High Hurdles -  Finals

7 Justine Campbell 16.83

100 High Hurdles -  Prelims

7 Justine Campbell 17.03

11 Brittani Tolentino 18.19

13 Lupe Santillan 18.39a Fr

300 Low Hurdles -  Finals

8 Justine Campbell 50.51

300 Low Hurdles -  Prelims

6 Justine Campbell 50.11

10 Lupe Santillan 51.04

15 Emily Ing 55.90

4x100 Relay -  Finals

 - Kylee Staughton, Justine Campbell, Jaci Bryant, Marlene Cervantes  53.91

4x400 Relay -  Finals

5 Kylee Staughton, Alison Flaming, Kari Hidle, Justine Campbell  4:08.41

Shot Put -  Finals

3 Rachel Perry 39'03.75

12 Angie Titus 31'06.00

21 Desi Leon 27'11.50

Discus -  Finals

14 Kim Deras 86'04

22 Angie Titus 69'10

24 Desi Leon 62'06

Javelin -  Finals

4 Rachel Perry 108'00

12 Rachael Mallon 91'02

19 Amanda Miller 80'00

High Jump -  Finals

11 Rachel Perry 4'06.00

Pole Vault -  Finals

6 Amy Hay 8'06.00

Long Jump -  Finals

2 Kari Hidle 16'08.75

10 Jaci Bryant 14'06.75

12 Kim Deras 13'11.00

Triple Jump -  Finals

5 Kari Hidle 34'03.50

8 Jaci Bryant 33'05.50 Fr