Lady Tigers claim championship

by Derrick Pacheco<br
| May 26, 2009 9:00 PM

PROSSER, Wash. — The Ephrata girls track team continued their perfect season Friday afternoon with a 55-point victory over Prosser to claim the Central Washington Athletic Conference district team title.

The Lady Tigers capitalized on strong, all-around performances to earn the victory, including taking first and second in the pole vault to hold back the Mustangs.

Ephrata had 15 athletes qualify in 10 events for this week’s Washington Interscholastic Activities Association 2A state track meet Thursday through Saturday at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Wash.

Othello’s Tiffany Martinez qualified for the state meet with a second-place finish in the discus and Christine Kirkwood earned a trip to the state meet with a district-winning performance in the Javelin.

Quincy’s Taylor Kunkel will represent the Jackrabbits in two events this week. Kunkel qualified in the long jump (third) and the triple jump (first.)

The top three placers in each event qualified for the state track meet.

Varsity Girls Results

1) Ephrata, EPHA, 155; 2) Prosser, PROS, 100; 3) Ellensburg, ELLE, 98; 4) Selah, SELA, 84; 5) Toppenish, TOPP, 67; 6) East Valley-Yakima, EVYK, 66. 7) Wapato, WAPT, 55. 8) Quincy, QUIN, 35. 9) Othello, OTHE, 24; 10) Grandview, GVEW, 18.

100 Meters: 1) Angie Zuniga, TOPP, 12.89; 2) Shannon Bland, ELLE, 13.13; 3) Veronica Sanchez, SELA, 13.16.

200 Meters: 1) Angie Zuniga, TOPP, 26.34; 2) Lexis Lange, EPHA, 26.92; 3) Casey Demory, ELLE, 26.97.

400 Meters: 1) Shannon Bland, ELLE, 1:00.86; 2) Lauren Yount, EPHA, 1:01.18; 3) Madison Moore, PROS, 1:01.60.

800 Meters: 1) Hannah Cordova, WAPT, 2:26.67; 2) Elyde Carrillo, PROS, 2:27.16; 3) McKenzie Graf, ELLE, 2:27.36.

1,600 Meters: 1) Sammi Blodgett, WAPT, 5:18.87; 2) Danielle Friend, EPHA, 5:19.88; 3) Charlie Fiander, WAPT, 5:23.09.

3,200 Meters: 1) Sammi Blodgett, WAPT, 11:42.49; 2) Katrina Radach, EVYK, 11:51.87; 3) Danielle Friend, EPHA, 11:56.16.

100m Hurdles: 1) Shelby Moore, PROS, 16.13; 2) Daiam Navarro, EPHA, 16.38; 3) Lena Mitchell, SELA, 16.97.

300m Hurdles: 1) Daiam Navarro, EPHA, 47.91; 2) Casey Demory, ELLE, 48.39; 3) Justine Hintz, EPHA, 48.49.

4x100 Relay: 1) Sabrina Galaviz, Lucia Walle, Angela Chavez, Angie Zuniga; TOPP, 50.51; 2) Helen Petersen, Jazmin Guerrero, Becca Niemeyer, Marlee Rees; PROS, 50.84; 3) Veronica Sanchez, Erin Smith, Lena Mitchell, Kasey Head; SELA, 51.06.

4x200 Relay: 1) Veronica Sanchez, Erin Smith, Lena Mitchell, Kasey Head; SELA, 1:49.10; 2) Angie Zuniga, Lucia Walle, Francis Sandoval, Angela Chavez; TOPP, 1:49.30; 3) Helen Petersen, Jazmin Guerrero, Marlee Rees, Becca Niemeyer, PROS, 1:50.37.

4x400 Relay: 1) McKenzie Graf, Casey Demory, Kylie Granado, Shannon Bland; ELLE, 4:12.84; 2) Carly Estey, Sara Galliway, Shelby Moore, Madison Moore; PROS, 4:13.73; 3) Daiam Navarro, Kendahl Hintz, Lisa Heer, Lauren Yount; EPHA, 4:14.51.

Shot Put: 1) Raisa Yates, EVYK, 39-07.00; 2) Annie Martinez, EVYK, 37-04.25; 3) Jordyn Murray, EPHA, 36-06.00.

Discus: 1) Ana Zapien, PROS, 122-09; 2) Tiffany Martinez, OTHE, 121-04; 3) Kinzi Poteet, GVIEW, 112-07.

Javelin: 1) Christine Kirkwood, OTHE, 149-03; 2) Kierstin Wilson, SELA, 133-05; 3) Lindsay Bronkhorst, EVYK, 128-11.

High Jump: 1) Acacia Young, ELLE, 4-10.00; 2) Blythe Monoian, TOPP, 4-10.00; 3) Alicia Cikauskas, SELA, 4-08.00.

Pole Vault: 1) Kendahl Hintz, EPHA, 10-06.00; 2) Melodie Eloff, EPHA, 9-06.00; 3) Madison Moore, PROS, 8-06.00.

Long Jump: 1) Kasey Head, SELA, 16-11.00; 2) Cheyanna Flint, EPHA, 16-04.00; 3) Taylor Kunkel, QUIN, 16-03.00.

Triple Jump: 1) Taylor Kunkel, QUIN, 34-05.00; 2) Kelli Wilson, PROS, 33-11.00; 3) Erin Smith, SELA, 33-09.00.

South Central Athletic Conference District Track Results

Royal finishes sixth

GOLDENDALE, Wash. — The Lady Knights capitalized on a first-place finish from senior Cierra Miller in the 400 meters to help lift Royal to a sixth-place finish at the South Central Athletic Conference district track meet Friday.

Miller finished third in the 200 meters and helped the 4x400 relay team to second place, earning a trip to this week’s Washington Interscholastic Activities Association 1A state track meet Friday and Saturday at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Wash. Royal’s Page Woodward, Jadyn Allred, Janae Anderson, and Miller ran the 4X400 in 4:30.77.

Anderson also earned a trip to state with a third-place leap in the triple jump.

The top four athletes in each event qualified for this week’s state meet.

Varsity Girls Results

1) Connell, 141; 2) Naches Valley, 122.5; 3) Kiona-Benton, 97; 4) Mabton, 70; 5) Highland, 62; 6) Royal, 58; 7) Goldendale, 38.5; 8) Columbia-Burbank, 34; 9) Wahluke, 31; 10) River View, 12; 10) Zillah, 12; 12) Granger, 8; 13) Cle Elum/Roslyn, 3.

200 Meters: 3) Cierra Miller, 27.77.

400 Meters: 1) Cierra Miller, 1:03.22.

4x400 Relay: 2) Page Woodward, Jadyn Allred, Janae Anderson, Cierra Miller; 4:30.77.

Triple Jump: 3) Janae Anderson, 32-03.00.