Tigers, Chiefs top field in track

EPHRATA — The Ephrata Tigers scored 66 team points to finish fourth at the Ray Cross Invitational Track Meet Saturday, tops among a large contingent of Basin-area schools competing in the annual event at Ephrata High School.

Ephrata had several excellent individual performances that helped push them up in the team standings, including a one-two finish in the pole vault by Wes Chamberlain and Kyle MacLeod. Chamberlain cleared 12-06 to win the event, while MacLeod was second with a 12-00 vault.

The Tigers' Trystan Mann had a strong outing, winning the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.30 to top Lake Roosevelt's Nick Stanger by one-hundreth of one second. Mann also finished third in the long jump and fourth in the 200 dash Saturday.

The Moses Lake Chiefs ended the day in seventh place with 37 points. While the absence of state champion sprinter Aaron Wafer certainly hurt the Chiefs in the team race, several other Moses Lake competitors stepped up to score points for the team.

Billy Matthews was Moses Lake's only indivudual winner, finishing first in the discus with a throw of 145-03. The Othello Huskies' Jacob Johnston was second in the discus with a 144-111/2, and the Chiefs' Tad Harman finished fourth in the event with a 126-06.

In addition to Johnston, Othello had Rayce Miller finish third in the triple jump with a 41-001/2 to help the Huskies to a 13th-place finish.

For the Odessa Tigers, who finished 10th as a team, Jacob Schmidt was first in the long jump with a 19-11 and Matt Cronrath was fourth in the 800 with a time of 2:01.78.

The Soap Lake Eagles and the Lind-Ritzville Broncos finished in a tie for 15th place. For the Eagles, Derek Dailey finished second in the shot with a throw of 47-081/2, while the Broncos were led by their 4x400 relay team's fifth-place finish and a fifth place in the shot for Erik Hille.

Ray Cross Invite

Team Scores:

1. Richland, 102.5 points; 2. A.C. Davis, 77; 3. Newport, 66; 4. Ephrata, 64; 5. Connell, 41; 7. Moses Lake, 37; 10. Odessa, 28.5; 13. Othello, 18.5; t-15. Soap Lake, 13; t-15. Lind-Ritzville, 13.

Top Local Individuals:

110 Hurdles - 7. Ryan Lutz (E), 17.45; 100 Dash - 1. Trystan Mann (E), 11.30; 6. David Gilman (ML), 11.57; 1600 Run - 8. Jesse Throgmorton (E), 4:45.72; 4x100 Relay - 5. Ephrata (Mike Castillo, Cody Mann, Kip Swem, Trystan Mann), 45.95; 6. Moses Lake (Tyler Harman, Brandan Anderson, Chris Richardson, David Gilman), 46.10; 7. Lind-Ritzville (Cory Whitmore, Jordon Bilodeau, Nolan Miller, Alex Pfeifer), 46.18; 400 Dash - 6. Alex Pfeifer (LR), 53.63; 7. Jason Jasman (Ode) 54.00; 300 Hurdles - 6. Ryan Lutz (E), 42.69; 800 Run - 4. Matt Cronrath (Ode),2:01.78; 6. Jesse Throgmorton (E), 2:03.99.

200 Dash - 4. Trystan Mann (E), 23.64; 7. Cody Mann (E); 3200 Run - 5. Scott Strang (Ode), 10:37.14; 4x400 Relay - 5. Lind-Ritzville (Cory Whitmore, Jordon Bilodeau, Nolan Miller, Alex Pfeifer), 3:41.56; 6. Ephrata (Mike Castillo, Jim Williams, Brad Destio, Kip Swem), 3:44.86; 8. Moses Lake (Tony Timm, Nick McAlavy, Randy Koon, Chris Richardson), 3:49.57; Pole Vault - 1. Wes Chamberlain (E), 12-06; 2. Kyle MacLeod (E), 12-00; 5. Aaron Wilson (Ode), 10-00; Long Jump - 1. Jacob Schmidt (Ode), 19-11; 3. Trystan Mann (E), 19-073/4; Javelin - 4. Bryan Allen (SL), 165-04; 5. Grant Fish (ML), 146-03; 8. C.J. Curnutt (E), 133-03.

Shot Put - 2. Derek Dailey (SL), 47-081/2; 3. Billy Matthews (ML), 46-031/2; 4. Tad Harman (ML), 46-02; 5. Erik Hille (LR), 45-063/4; 8. Jacob Johnston (Oth), 43-05; High Jump - 4. Wes Chamberlain (E), 6-00; 5. Rayce Miller (Oth), 5-10; 5. Aaron Wilson (Ode), 5-10; Triple Jump - 3. Rayce Miller (Oth), 41-001/2; 8. Jerome Prescod, 38-051/4; Discus - 1. Billy Matthews (ML), 145-03; 2. Jacob Johnston (Oth), 144-111/2; 4. Tad Harman (ML), 126-06.