Streeter An A-3 Repeater

Prep track

It’s one down, one to go for Dana Streeter at the State A-3 track and field championships.

The Wallace High School senior defended her state title in the long jump Friday, matching her personal best and winning mark of a year ago, 17 feet, 5-3/4 inches.

She’ll be out to collect a third state title in the 100-meter hurdles this morning at Boise State University’s Bronco Stadium. She ran the fastest time in preliminaries Friday, 15.9 seconds.

Streeter was joined in the winners’ circle by Amber Jamison of Lakeland, Annie Goodson of Kootenai and Sarah Peterson of Falls Christian Academy.

Jamison popped a personal-best 35-11 in the A-2 triple jump on her first attempt to garner gold; Goodson, a sensational sophomore, set a school record in the A-4 high jump with a winning leap of 5-3; and Peterson won her first gold medal by jumping 34-7-1/2 in the A-4 triple jump.

Streeter came to state hoping she’d be pushed by the competition. She was, and it brought the best out in her.

“I saw the marks of the other girls in the (program) and I knew I’d be pushed,” she said. “I didn’t set a PR, but at least I tied my best so I’m satisfied.”

Jamison rebounded in the triple jump after finishing a disappointing fifth in the long jump.

And it’s a good thing she launched the winning mark - and school record - in the triple on her first attempt, because she suffered a slightly pulled hamstring on her second, an impressive 35-8.

“It was my goal to win here last year, but I took third,” Jamison, a junior, said. “I was disappointed because I knew I could do better. So I came back this year and worked harder.”

It paid off.

“This,” Jamison said, clutching the gold medal, “makes up for the long jump today.”

Goodson, second in the high jump as a freshman, is quickly making a name for herself. She broke the state record (5-2) on her third attempt at 5-3. She cleared the bar with plenty of room to spare. But she missed on three attempts at 5-4.

Some people wondered why Goodson uses a short approach - about half the distance of most jumpers.

“We don’t have a track,” she said. “I practice in the gym.”

Goodson wanted to match her personal best at 5-4. But she was perfectly content with first.

“That’s good enough for this year,” she said, smiling. “I’ve got two more years. I figured I could win, but I was nervous.”

Like Jamison, Peterson recovered from a poor showing in the long jump to win a state title.

Peterson, a senior, didn’t feel any effects of a slightly pulled hamstring at the district meet a week ago.

“The leg didn’t bother me and for some reason I seemed to have more speed (down the runway),” she said. “My steps were off in the long jump. So I scooted my mark back in the triple jump.”

Moscow’s girls and boys had strong efforts in the A-2 meet.

Brandon Workman started it by taking first in the 3,200. He out-kicked Cody Orchard of Jerome to the tape, posting a time of 9:58.2, just five-tenths of a second ahead of Orchard.

Moscow’s boys took third in the medley relay.

Melissa Mills led the Moscow girls, taking first in the shot put (40-6) and second in the discus (123-1). Moscow was second in the medley.

Brendon Nelson of Lakeside had third-place finishes in the triple jump (41-5) and long jump (19-7).

In the A-2 boys discus, Bonners Ferry’s Kevin Carey took second with a throw of 142-10. Lakeland’s Joe Brown was third (142-5).

, DataTimes