Ephrata ladies edge out Othello

EPHRATA — While the Othello Lady Huskies finished first in five individual events, it was the Ephrata Lady Tigers who finished highest amongst local teams entered into the Ray Cross Invitational Track Meet Saturday.

Ephrata compiled 691/2 team points to finish fourth, with Othello right behind in fifth with 60 points. The Richland Bombers ran away with the team title, compiling 1331/2 points to win the meet by 431/2 points over the second-place Connell Eagles.

Other local teams scoring points at the event were the Moses Lake Lady Chiefs, tied for 13th place with 11 points, the Odessa Lady Tigers, tied for 18th with 7 team points and the Soap Lake Eagles, 22nd with 3 team points.

While the Ephrata Lady Tigers were the dominant team, Othello's Courtney Kirkwood and Allison Walker were the top individuals at Saturday's event.

Kirkwood placed first in the long jump, the 110-meter hurdles and the triple jump. Kirkwood dominated all three events, winning the hurdles by nearly a full second in 15.74, taking the long jump by five inches with a mark of 16-04, and winning the javelin by an impressive 21 feet with her throw of 146-03.

Walker was just as strong a competitor in the triple jump, hitting a mark of 36-063/4 to win the event by nearly four feet. Walker had more competition in the high jump, as her high mark of 5-05 was just enough to get her the title in that event.

Ephrata's lone champion was Erin Boland, who cleared 10-3 in the pole vault to win the event going away. Richland's Jessica Christian was second in the event with a 9-06, and the Lady Tigers' Casey Tate tied for third with a vault of 8-06.

Several other Lady Tigers' teams and individuals did well, including the second-place 4x400 relay team and Erin Laughlin's third-place finish in the 300 hurdles.

For Moses Lake, which was without top athlete Ann Noyes Saturday, there were several strong finishers in the Ephrata meet. Kayla Chamberlain was fifth in the triple jump with a mark of 30-11 and also sixth in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:03.50. Moses Lake teammate Josie Daschel finished seventh in both the shot put and the discus, throwing the shot 29-10 and tossing the discus 83-021/2.

Odessa was represented in the throwing events by Malurie Bramer, who was fifth in the shot put with a 30-111/2 and sixth in the javelin with a 98-01.

Soap Lake's top individual performer was Ariel Wernex, who was sixth in the triple jump with a mark of 30-081/2.

Ray Cross Invite

Team Scores:

1. Richland, 133.5 points; 2. Connell, 90; 3. A.C. Davis, 75; 4. Ephrata, 69.5; 5. Othello, 60; t-13. Moses Lake, 11; t-18. Odessa, 7; 22. Soap Lake, 3.

Top Local Individuals:

100 Dash - 4. Lexis Lange (E), 13.65; 200 Dash - 7, Lexis Lange (E), 27.61; 400 Dash - 4. Mylissa Treftz (E), 1:03.25; 6. Kayla Chamberlain (ML), 1:03.50; 800 Run - 5. Lisa Heer (E), 2:36.96; 6. Brandi Eloff (E), 2:40.97; 7. Jillian Pflugrath (LR), 2:42.87; 3200 Run - Brandi Eloff (E), 13:48.61; 110 Hurdles - 1. Courtney Kirkwood (Oth), 15.74; 300 Hurdles - 3. Erin Laughlin (E), 50.03; 5. Justine Hintz (E), 50.67.

4x100 Relay - 4. Ephrata (Lexis Lange, Casey Tate, Erin Laughlin, Mylissa Treftz), 53.32; 7. Lind-Ritzville (Jenna Kragt, Danielle Sackman, Suzanne Gust, Courtney Flynn, Tealah Sampson, Renae Harder ), 54.26; 4x200 Relay - 3. Ephrata (Lexis Lange, Justine Hintz, Rocio Mendoza, Mylissa Treftz), 1:55.34; 4. Lind-Ritzville (Jenna Kragt, Danielle Sackman, Suzanne Gust, Courtney Flynn, Tealah Sampson,), 1:55.76; 4x400 Relay - 2. Ephrata (Mylissa Treftz, Justine Hintz. Erin Laughlin, Lisa Heer), 4:21.46.

High Jump - 1. Allison Walker (Oth), 5-05; 7. Melodie Eloff (E), 4-08; 8. Alicia Johnson (E), 4-08; Pole Vault - 1. Erin Boland (E); 10-03; 3. Casey Tate (E), 8-06; Long Jump - 1. Courtney Kirkwood (Oth), 16-04; 7. Jenna Kragt (LR), 14-03; Triple Jump - 1. Allison Walker (Oth), 36-063/4; 5. Kayla Chamberlain (ML), 30-11; 6. Ariel Wernex (SL), 30-081/2; 8. Chelan Flint (E), 30-00; Shot Put - 4. Tiffany Martinez (Oth), 32-001/2; 5. Malurie Bramer (Ode), 30-111/2; 7. Josie Daschel (ML), 29-10; Discus - 4. Luz Mendoza (Oth), 89-00; 7. Josie Daschel (ML), 83-021/2; 8. Chelan Flint (E), 83-00; Javelin - 1. Courtney Kirkwood (Oth), 146-03; 6. Malurie Bramer (Ode), 98-01; 8. Tealah Sampson (LR), 89-04.