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North Bend maintains lead in 4A team race
By John Gunther, Sports Editor
Sunday, May 25, 2008 | No comments posted.
EUGENE — North Bend’s boys track and field team added to its lead in the Class 4A state meet Friday by scoring in all three finals.
Lane Seals had the top finish of the day for the Bulldogs, placing second in the triple jump.
Elliot Adams finished fifth in the discus and Trevor Berrian was eighth in the 800 for the Bulldogs, who are hoping to finish the three-day meet today with the first-place trophy.
“Hopefully the team stuff works out for us,” Seals said. “That’s the most important thing for us this year.”
Seals had a jump of 46 feet, 1/4 inches early in the competition, which was better than his winning mark two years ago and his runner-up distance last year.
But this year, Seals was up against one of the top jumpers in state history, Brian Schaudt of Philomath, who had a mark of 48-9 to win the event.
“That was huge,” Seals said of Schaudt’s big jump.
Meanwhile, Seals said he felt off, one day after finishing fourth in the long jump.
“I was jumping tired all day,” he said. “I was struggling.”
Still, he was satisfied with his place.
“It’s good for the team,” he said.
That was about the only positive thing Adams could say about the discus after his best throw of 138-1 was good for fifth place. An average throw for the season likely would have moved him up to third.
“I threw horrible,” he said, though he took consolation in knowing he had helped the team with four points.
“That’s what I was thinking,” he said.
Adams had scored 10 points Thursday by winning the shot put.
La Salle’s Eric Whalen won the event with a throw of 159-5.
Berrian ended up in the wrong part of a tight pack in what became a very physical 800-meter final. He was almost knocked off balance once and ended up bumping with several other runners.
Berrian said that there was “too much” pushing and shoving.
He’ll try to give North Bend more points today in the final of the 1,500, where teammate Spenser Lynass also will run for the Bulldogs.
Rogue River’s Cole Watson won the 800 with a time of 1:54.71.
Through two days, North Bend has 46 points, while La Salle is second with 30, followed by Philomath with 22, Marist with 20 and Sweet Home with 16.
In addition to the 1,500 today, North Bend also will get at least one point in the high hurdles after Travis Berrian, Trevor’s older brother, had the sixth-best qualifying time on Friday. Luke Clark could place well in the high jump.
North Bend’s girls got three points Friday.
Multitalented senior Jessianne Heley won her first state medal by finishing sixth in the 800 meters with a personal-best time of 2:23.84.
“I really wanted to go 2:21,” said Heley, though she added that she was happy to get a medal.
Henley’s Katie Waugh won the race with a time of 2:17.74.
Heley will go for another medal in the 1,500 today.
She also advanced to the final in the discus, but finished ninth, one spot out of placing, despite using an unfamiliar disc. Meet officials told her she couldn’t use her rubber disc because it had a nick along its edge that they said could give her an unfair advantage in gripping. She had to borrow a disc from Gladstone.
“I’d never thrown a metal disc before,” she said. “I don’t like the metal ones.”
Astoria’s Laura Bobek won the event after also winning the shot put Thursday to give the Fishermen the team lead. Brookings-Harbor’s Tabby Reneman finished seventh.
In the other girls final Friday, Charlene Harber of Astoria won the triple jump. Brooke Davison, who won the pole vault for North Bend on Thursday, finished ninth.
Kristina Hossley had a big personal best of 47.50 seconds to advance to the final in the 300-meter hurdles for North Bend. She also will compete in the high jump today, while teammate Kayla Yokbay is in the javelin.
Siuslaw’s boys received four points Friday when Mason Keck finished fifth in the triple jump.
In the Class 6A meet, West Salem has the boys lead with 26 points, courtesy of Jordan Bishop’s win in the long jump. Gresham freshman Ryan Crouser thrilled the crowd with a throw of 60 feet, 2 inches to win the shot put, while Lake Oswego junior Elijah Greer won the 800 in a meet-record time of 1:50.60.
Jesuit has the team lead for Class 6A girls with 24 points.
Lane Seals had the top finish of the day for the Bulldogs, placing second in the triple jump.
Elliot Adams finished fifth in the discus and Trevor Berrian was eighth in the 800 for the Bulldogs, who are hoping to finish the three-day meet today with the first-place trophy.
“Hopefully the team stuff works out for us,” Seals said. “That’s the most important thing for us this year.”
Seals had a jump of 46 feet, 1/4 inches early in the competition, which was better than his winning mark two years ago and his runner-up distance last year.
But this year, Seals was up against one of the top jumpers in state history, Brian Schaudt of Philomath, who had a mark of 48-9 to win the event.
“That was huge,” Seals said of Schaudt’s big jump.
Meanwhile, Seals said he felt off, one day after finishing fourth in the long jump.
“I was jumping tired all day,” he said. “I was struggling.”
Still, he was satisfied with his place.
“It’s good for the team,” he said.
That was about the only positive thing Adams could say about the discus after his best throw of 138-1 was good for fifth place. An average throw for the season likely would have moved him up to third.
“I threw horrible,” he said, though he took consolation in knowing he had helped the team with four points.
“That’s what I was thinking,” he said.
Adams had scored 10 points Thursday by winning the shot put.
La Salle’s Eric Whalen won the event with a throw of 159-5.
Berrian ended up in the wrong part of a tight pack in what became a very physical 800-meter final. He was almost knocked off balance once and ended up bumping with several other runners.
Berrian said that there was “too much” pushing and shoving.
He’ll try to give North Bend more points today in the final of the 1,500, where teammate Spenser Lynass also will run for the Bulldogs.
Rogue River’s Cole Watson won the 800 with a time of 1:54.71.
Through two days, North Bend has 46 points, while La Salle is second with 30, followed by Philomath with 22, Marist with 20 and Sweet Home with 16.
In addition to the 1,500 today, North Bend also will get at least one point in the high hurdles after Travis Berrian, Trevor’s older brother, had the sixth-best qualifying time on Friday. Luke Clark could place well in the high jump.
North Bend’s girls got three points Friday.
Multitalented senior Jessianne Heley won her first state medal by finishing sixth in the 800 meters with a personal-best time of 2:23.84.
“I really wanted to go 2:21,” said Heley, though she added that she was happy to get a medal.
Henley’s Katie Waugh won the race with a time of 2:17.74.
Heley will go for another medal in the 1,500 today.
She also advanced to the final in the discus, but finished ninth, one spot out of placing, despite using an unfamiliar disc. Meet officials told her she couldn’t use her rubber disc because it had a nick along its edge that they said could give her an unfair advantage in gripping. She had to borrow a disc from Gladstone.
“I’d never thrown a metal disc before,” she said. “I don’t like the metal ones.”
Astoria’s Laura Bobek won the event after also winning the shot put Thursday to give the Fishermen the team lead. Brookings-Harbor’s Tabby Reneman finished seventh.
In the other girls final Friday, Charlene Harber of Astoria won the triple jump. Brooke Davison, who won the pole vault for North Bend on Thursday, finished ninth.
Kristina Hossley had a big personal best of 47.50 seconds to advance to the final in the 300-meter hurdles for North Bend. She also will compete in the high jump today, while teammate Kayla Yokbay is in the javelin.
Siuslaw’s boys received four points Friday when Mason Keck finished fifth in the triple jump.
In the Class 6A meet, West Salem has the boys lead with 26 points, courtesy of Jordan Bishop’s win in the long jump. Gresham freshman Ryan Crouser thrilled the crowd with a throw of 60 feet, 2 inches to win the shot put, while Lake Oswego junior Elijah Greer won the 800 in a meet-record time of 1:50.60.
Jesuit has the team lead for Class 6A girls with 24 points.
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