Streeter Discovers More Gold

A-2/A-3/A-4 Track

Dana Streeter doubled her pleasure in more ways than one Saturday in the state high school track and field championships.

By collecting a second gold medal in the two-day meet, Streeter left Boise as North Idaho’s lone champion in the running finals of all classifications Saturday.

The Wallace junior defended her title in the A-3 100-meter hurdles in a time of 15.23 seconds. She captured gold in the long jump Friday.

Streeter missed a state-meet record by .07.

“If I hadn’t hit a hurdle who knows what my time would have been,” said Streeter, who became just the third athlete in Wallace school history to win two state events. “But I think I could have been in the high 14s.’

About 30 minutes later, Streeter added a fourth-place finish in the 100 - a medal she called a bonus.

Earlier in the State A-2 meet, Lakeland’s boys, first-day leaders after the field events, finished fifth with 40 points. Jerome (90) captured its third straight title.

Kuna’s girls held off two rivals from District III to capture the state crown with 80 points. Moscow (39) took fourth.

In the A-3 meet, Grangeville collected the boys title with 65 points while McCall-Donnelly took home the girls championship with 58.

Nampa Christian’s girls tallied 61 points to edge runner-up Richfield by one while Highland of Craigmont secured the boys’ top trophy with 72 in the A-4 meet.

A-2

April Near of Bonners Ferry probably wishes she had a different last name. Near appropriately describes how close she came to capturing two state championships.

All season Near would frequently explain her mission was to beat Sally Vail of Vallivue.

But Vail, a multi-talented sophomore, defended her state crowns in the 100 and 300 hurdles as Near had to settle for two seconds.

Vail tied a state-meet record in the 100 (15.2), then she shattered the previous best in the 300 (44.57). Near’s times were 15.53 and a personal best 45.38.

Near was left in tears afterward.

“I got caught up in her races and that’s totally wrong,” she said.

Lakeland freshman Sarah DeBoer finished third in the 300 in a personal best of 47.79.

Other North Idaho placers included: Jeannine Korus of Moscow (second, 800, 2:22.3 and third, 400, 1:00.91); Sam Crummley of Moscow (second, 110 hurdles, 15.78); Tony Smith of Moscow (third, 1,600, 4:27.53, and third, 800, 1:57.07); Lakeland’s Todd Bruce (fourth, 1,600, 4:31.91); St. Maries boys 1,600 relay (third, 3:28.76); St. Maries’ Curtis Kunkel (fifth, 800, 1:59.18); Priest River’s Missy Ennis (fourth, 400, 1:00.93); Moscow’s Brandi Becker (fifth, 100, 13.32); Priest River’s girls 1,600 relay (fifth, 4:15.08); and Kellogg’s girls 800 relay (fifth, 1:50.59).

A-4

As expected, North Idaho’s smallschool athletes collected the most medals among all Panhandle participants Saturday.

Leading the way were Becky Straw of Falls Christian, Matt Clifford of Mullan, Mike Gow of Clark Fork and Dan Usdrowski of Kootenai, all second-place finishers.

Straw clocked 12.95 in the 100, Usdrowski posted 41.25 in the 300 hurdles, Gow finished in 51.75 in the 400 and Clifford collected a second straight runner-up medal in the 100 in a time of 11.45.

Straw also took fifth in the 200 (27.2) and anchored FCA’s 400 relay, which finished third in 52.98.

Usdrowski added a fourth in the 110 (15.9).

Other area placers were: Jamey Yanik of Clark Fork (third, 800, 2:03.2) ; Annie Goodson of Kootenai (third, 200, 27.05 and sixth, 100, 13.33); Lakeside boys 400 relay (fourth, 46.94) and 800 relay (fifth, 1:38.44); Lindsey Kraack of Kootenai (sixth, 300, 52.0); and Clark Fork boys 1,600 relay (sixth, 3:41.1).