By Jeremy McDonald
Jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com
Several Salem-area schools took part in the Oregon Relays, the Mid Valley Dental Invitational in Dallas and the Neah-Kah-Nie Invitational this past weekend.
Here’s the Round-Up:
Oregon Relays
EUGENE, Ore.–Central’s Ty Cirino won the 3,000-meter race with a time of 8:28.46 and was fourth in the 3,200-meter race and was fourth in the 2-mile race. Central’s Aidan Wendring won the 2K Steeplechase with a time of 5:59.02, a PR for the junior. McNary’s Derek Olivo won the Javelin with a PR throw of 193-feet-2.75 inches. South Salem’s Calvin Stewart broke the school record in the high jump with a jump of 6-feet-9.75-inches.
Sprague’s Dylan Henthorne finished fifth in the 100-meter dash in the freshman race with a PR time of 11.42. McNary’s Yosaf Picazo finished sixth in the Varsity 800 Meter race with a PR time of 1:55.30.
McNary’s Iyana Contreras finished fourth in the Varsity freshman race with a PR time of 12.89.
Mid Valley Dental Invitational
DALLAS, Ore.–Falls City’s Chris Sickles finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles. Dallas’ Sean Ward finished second in the 300-meter hurdles. Ward also won the High Jump with a PR and school record, jumping six-feet-seven-inches.
Dallas’ Jordan Braziel finished second in the Shot Put and Discus. The Dragons Israel Mabry finished second in the Javelin.
Girls Track and Field
Dallas’ Amber Green won the 800-meter race with a PR time of 2:23.56 and also won the 1,500-meter race. Kelsey Rodli won the 3,000-meter race. Tanya Green and Merced Wars went one-two in each the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdles. Elizabeth Walker won the high jump with a jump of 4-feet-10-inches.
Harlow Nelson finished third in the 100 – and 200-meter dashes.
Neah-Kah-Nie Invitational
NEAH-KAH-NIE, Ore.– McKay’s Dylan Ortega won the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles on Saturday. The Scots 4×100 meter relay team finished third. Jefferson’s Andrew Keena finished third in the Javelin with a throw of 143-feet-7-inches, a PR for the senior. Keena also finished second at the High Jump. Scio’s Jack Forson finished second at the Pole Vault. Jefferson’s Dimetrius Rodriguez won the Long Jump with a PR jump of 20-feet-6-inches and the Triple Jump with a jump of 39-feet-7-inches.
McKay’s Allison Reynolds finished third in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 18.62, a PR. Reynolds also finished sixth in the 300-meter hurdles. McKay’s Jasmin Hernandez finished second in the Pole Vault with a jump of 7-feet-6-inches, a PR.
