Chamberlain sets state record

TACOMA, Wash. —— Ephrata senior Wes Chamberlain wrapped up his high school career at the 2A state track meet in Tacoma, Wash., over the weekend by capturing his third state championship in the pole vault — breaking his own state record in the process.

Chamberlain vaulted a state record 15 feet, 8 inches at the state meet, helping the Ephrata Tigers boys track team to a third-place finish at the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association 2A state track meet at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Wash.

Ephrata head track coach Dan Martin said Chamberlain was impressive at the state track meet.

“He broke his own meet record, again,” he said. “He is a three-time defending champion in the pole vault.”

Chamberlain’s record-breaking vault came after he cleared 15 feet to secure his third consecutive title in the pole vault. R.A. Long junior Kody Cassidy finished second in the event with a vault of 14 feet, 6 inches.

Chamberlain easily cleared 15 feet before attempting to break his meet record of 15 feet, 5 inches, Martin said.

“(Cassidy vaulted) 14 feet, 6 inches and Wes never vaults below 15 feet,” Martin said. “He clinched it with a vault at 15 feet and then cleared (15 feet, 6 inches, so we moved it up to 15 feet, 8 inches.”

Chamberlain broke his state record and attempted to become just the 20th vaulters in  Washington state history to vault 16 feet, Martin said.

“(He) moved it to 16 feet and had two awesome tries at it,” he said. Chamberlain did not clear 16 feet.

Ephrata junior Jerome Prescod had strong performances for the Tigers at the state meet. Prescod finished second in the triple jump and third in the high jump to help boost the Tigers into the top-3.

Martin said his team performed well over the weekend.

“Going into the final race, we were in first place,” he said. “The kids competed great.”

Team Scores

1, Lynden 45; 2, Blaine 39; 3, Ephrata 38.5; 4, Selah 38; 5, Sehome 37, 6 (tie), Pullman, Black Hills 31; 8 (tie), Burlington-Edison, River Ridge, Lakewood 28; 11, R.A. Long 25; 12, Cedarcrest 23.5; 13 (tie), Cheney, Steilacoom 23; 15 (tie) West Valley-Spokane, W.F. West 22; 17, Anacortes 20.5; 18, Hockinson 19; 19, Tumwater 18.5; 20 (tie) Ellensburg, East Valley-Yakima 18; 22, Squalicum 14; 23, Toppenish 11; 24, Elma 10; 25 (tie) North Mason, Grandview 8; 27, Clarkston 7; 28, Woodland 5; 29 (tie), Quincy, Hoquiam 4; 31 (tie) Aberdeen, Mark Morris 3; 33 (tie) Washougal, Archbishop Murphy, Eatonville 2; 36 (tie) Centralia, Colville 1.

Boys 100 Meter Dash: 1) Brett Blanshan, Selah 10.60; 2) Blair Bomber,  Lynden 11.07; 3) Justin Thomsen,  Sehome 11.09.

Boys 200 Meter Dash: 1) Brett Blanshan, Selah 21.70; 2) Blair Bomber,  Lynden 22.05; 3) Colton Dunn,  Hockinson 22.17.

Boys 400 Meter Dash: 1) Adam Candland, Cedarcrest 49.25; 2) Colton Dunn, Hockinson 49.52; 3) Eric Walsh 11 Black Hills 49.72

Boys 800 Meter Run: 1) Dakota Parker, W F West 1:55.88; 2) Dzmitry Ryzhkou;, Squalicum 1:56.87; 3) Tyler Williams, Burlington-E 1:56.98

Boys 1600 Meter Run: 1) Tim Bradley, Blaine 4:20.72; 2) Kevin Aubol,  Ellensburg 4:22.58; 3) Tyler Williams, Burlington-E 4:24.85.

Boys 3200 Meter Run: 1) Kevin Aubol, Ellensburg 9:32.45; 2) Taylor Guske,  Lakewood 9:36.84; 3) Nathan Duray, Tumwater 9:38.32.

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles: 1) Shayne Moore, Blaine 14.61; 2) Cody Peterson,  Black Hills 14.68; 3) Nick Cassleman Pullman 14.92.

Boys 300 Meter Hurdles: 1) Shayne Moore, Blaine 38.89; 2) Nick Cassleman,  Pullman 39.22; 3) Cody Peterson, Black Hills 39.29.

Boys 4x100 Meter Relay: 1) Selah 43.47; 2) West Valley-Spokane 43.51; 3) Anacortes 43.76.

Boys 4x400 Meter Relay: 1) Lynden 3:21.12R; 2) Cedarcrest 3:25.58; 3) Burlington-Edison 3:26.86.

Boys High Jump: 1) Miles Coats, River Ridge 6-06.00; 2) Colby Lee,  Pullman 6-04.00; 3) Jerome Prescod  Ephrata 6-02.00.

Boys Pole Vault: 1) Wes Chamberlain,  Ephrata 15-08.00R; 2) Kody Cassidy, R A Long 14-06.00; 3) Kyle Stone, Selah 14-00.00.

Boys Long Jump: 1) Ben Ternan, W F West 23-03.00; 2) Phillip Puccino,  Steilacoom 21-07.00; 3) Achilles Wynn, Burlington-E 21-06.25.

Boys Triple Jump: 1) Miles Coats, River Ridge 48-06.50; 2) Jerome Prescod  Ephrata, 48-00.75R; 3) DeAngelo Jones, Cheney 45-02.50.

Boys Shot Put: 1) Jonathan Buchanan, East Valley- 60-01.25; 2) Nelson Westlin, Sehome 58-08.00; 3) Jesse Grable, River Ridge 56-01.50.

Boys Discus Throw: 1 Nelson Westlin, Sehome 172-11R; 2) Jonathan Buchanan, East Valley- 159-01; 3) Ben Westrum,  Black Hills 156-01.

Boys Javelin Throw: 1) Anthony Galaviz,  Toppenish 182-06; 2) Cameron Hess, Lakewood 177-01; 3) Payden Butler, Lakewood 175-04.

Washington Interscholastic Activities Association 1A State Track Meet

CHENEY, Wash. — Although Royal senior Blair Collins set a personal record in the long jump with a leap of 22 feet, 4 inches at the 1A state track meet at Eastern Washington University, it wasn’t enough to give Collins his second state title in the event.

Seattle Christian’s Al Lang was able to defeat Collins by one-quarter inch (22 feet, 4.25 inches) to claim the title.

Collins, who competed in three individual events for the Knights,  finished second in the 100 meters for the second time. Collins finished fourth in the triple jump.