May 24, 2007 in Voices

North Side’s best head to state

By The Spokesman-Review
 

Gonzaga Prep

Jimmy Wilson 1,600 relay; Kameron Curtiss 1,600 relay; Johnny Jones 1,600 relay; Michael Alexander 1,600 relay; Theresa Hailey 1,600.

Mead

Taylor Nepon 1,600; Dylan Hatcher 3,200; Keith Webber pole vault; Mike Magee shot put; Justin Graff javelin Nikki Codd 800-1,600-1,600 relay; Andrea Silver 400-800 relays; Taylor Cook 400-800-1,600 relays; Jazmine Redmon 400-1,600 relays-long jump; Amanda Dahlstrom 400-800 relays; Alexa Banaugh 800-1,600 relays; Tonya Turner pole vault; Ashley Hutchinson shot put-discus.

Mt. Spokane

Brandon Jared long jump; Dustin Schneider discus; Courtney Zalud 800; Jessica Klier 1,600-3,200; Jordan Roskelley pole vault; Sam Damiano shot put-discus; Rachel Damiano discus; Anna Banks javelin; Lindsey Snyder javelin.

North Central

Nick Roark 100-200; Leon Dean 800-1,600; Steve Hicks 1,600; Andrew Kimpel 3,200; David Butler 110 hurdles-400 relay; Tim Hight 400-1,600 relays; Adrian Morris 400-1,600 relays; Nick Roark 400-1,600 relays; Alex Cassis 1,600 relay; Justin Brayton high jump; Mary Graesser 1,600-3,200. Wheelchair – Jordan Clyburn 100-1,600.

Rogers

D.J. Gaines 100. Wheelchair – Cody Mace 100-200-400-discus.

Shadle Park

Peter Miller 3,200; Brandon Walker 300 hurdles; Jordan Carlson 100-200-1,600 relay; Brianne Brown 400-800-1,600 relays; Andrea Nelson 1,600-3,200; Brynn Delong 300 hurdles-800 relay; Amy Before 800-1,600 relays; Lindsay Niemeier 800 relay; Morgan Guske, 1,600 relay.

Deer Park

Chantel Duenich 1,600; Ashley Verzal javelin.

Riverside

Mitch Chandler 800-1,600; Blake Caddy 110 hurdles-300 hurdles; Steven Chartz pole vault; Stephanie Dye 800. Wheelchair – David Watts 100-200-400-800; Kasey Andrews 200-400-800-1,600; Bob Hunt 400-800-1,600-3,200.

Lakeside

Eric Van Meter 100; Tim Welch 3,200; Kyle Johnson 1,600-3,200; Ben Neale 300 hurdles; Ryan Taylor pole vault; Gale Nelson 100-200-400-800 relays; Loreah Winlow pole vault-400-800 relays; Kelli Tikker high jump-800 relay; Katrina Allen 400-800 relays; Skye Waddell 400 relay; Kayloni Jones 800-1,600-3,200; Breanna McCloud 800; Ali Forsyth pole vault; Kira Seacrest pole vault; Kia Gibson shot put-discus-javelin; Gillian Charbonneau discus; Katrina Maecklemann shot put.

State track and softball beckons this weekend for North Side athletes as the 2006-07 high school season comes to a close.

Shadle Park and Mead girls teams are both considered among trophy contenders in the 4A meet, while North Central’s boys and Mt. Spokane’s girls are possible trophy teams at the 3A meet, both in Pasco.

Brianne Brown, who timed the state’s fastest 400 meters in a school record 56.07, and double sprint winner Jordan Carlson, also bolster two of three relays that have advanced.

Freshman distance star Andrea Nelson will be in the thick of the medals in both 1,600 and 3,200 races, and javelin thrower Sara Nichols has the fifth-best 4A javelin throw (103 feet, 3 inches).

Mead distance runner Nikki Codd swept the 800 in a state-best 2:11.96 and won the 1,600. She also anchors the 1,600 relay team which won regionals in 5:52.27 over Shadle Park.

They are the top two long relay teams in state and Shadle’s 3:51.7 this year is second best all-time in state.

Panther Ashley Hutchinson was a double winner in the shot put and discus.

North Central’s distance strength including champions Leon Dean (1,600) and Andrew Kimpel (3,200), two relay teams and high jumper Justin Brayton could put it in the the trophy hunt.

The Indians 400-relay team of Tim Hight, Adrian Morris, David Butler and Nick Roark ran 42.2, third fastest time in league history.

Mt. Spokane’s girls will rely on pole vaulter Jordan Roskelley, state leader at 12-8, and a horde of throwers, including shot put and discus winner Sam Damiano and javelin winner Anna Banks, plus a pair of distance runners in its quest to trophy.

Lakeside, in its first year of 1A, will take a dozen girls in multiple events to Tacoma in its quest for a team title.

Softball champions

Both Shadle Park and North Central rode the arms of pitching aces Sam Skillingstad and Kelsie Vallies to regional softball championships last weekend in Richland.

The two play back-to-back on the same field at SERA Fields in Tacoma Friday in their respective state tournaments.

NC, which won its first regional 3A title, plays at 9 a.m., followed by 4A regional champ Shadle at 11.

Skillingstad didn’t allow a run in three victories last weekend. Vallies won 2-1 in nine innings and the championship game 6-3 back-to-back.

Near tennis sweep

Greater Spokane League tennis players captured most of the state berths in regional last weekend.

Mead’ Katrina Schwab and Britta Stime won the girls doubles championship and are headed to Vancouver this week.

Panthers freshman Ethan Vaughn finished third in boys singles outlasting Lewis and Clark’s Miguel Candido, a Brazilian exchange student in a near three-hour marathon. Gonzaga Prep’s Anna Lambert was girls singles runner-up.

GSL boys took five of eight available state berths from Columbia Basin League schools and the GSL girls swept all six spots.

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