Moses Lake girls take district title

EAST WENATCHEE - The Moses Lake girls track team has accomplished something no other team has done in school history: capture its first Big Nine Girls District Championship.

The Chiefs did so by dominating the competition with a 53-point margin of victory at Zaephel Stadium in Yakima Saturday.

Wenatchee and Eastmont tied for second with 79 points, Eisenhower (62) placed fourth, and Davis finished fifth with 23.

"This was a great meet for Moses Lake. The coaches are proud of all the girls," coach Nicki Weiland said. "We took first in all the relay events, and Sadie (Nielsen) was voted Female Field Athlete for the Big Nine."

The Chiefs turned in several outstanding performances over the two-day meet, placing in the top four in all 18 events and breaking records in all the relay races including one in the 4x400 that has stood since 1987.

Unfortunately, only the top finisher in each event or a competitor who has set a state qualifying mark, will advance to the State Championships at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma May 23-25.

Moving on to the big stage are Sadie Nielsen who is the No. 1 ranked 4A thrower in the discus competition. She will also be competing in the shot put event.

Alysha Overland, who took first in the 300 hurdles with a time of 44.53, will also be making the trip. Selina Koon will be representing Moses Lake in the high jump, triple jump and long jump as she set a qualifying mark while placing second in the competition.

Caylah Lunning took first in the long jump and will be making the trek West as well. All members of the relay teams are headed to Mt. Tahoma too. Qualifying on the 4x100 team is Kayla Grigg, Alshya Overland, Caylah Lunning and Diamond Ransom.

Members of the 200 relay are Ransom, Lunning, London Cleverly and Alysha Overland. The 400 relay is made up of Alysha and Stephanie Overland, Cleverly and Casci Carpenter.

"The state meet should be fun" Weiland said. "We're ready to go."

Girls District results

100 Meters

3.Diamond Ransom 12.91

10. Maggie Middleton 13.72

12. Taylor Yamane 13.75

16. Chinaza Abonyi 14.01

18. Megan Thompson 14.77

200 Meters

3.Caylah Lunning 25.91

4. Diamond Ransom 26.53

5. London Cleverly 26.60

6. Stephanie Overland 27.11

11.Maggie Middleton 27.75

400 Meters

2. London Cleverly 59.92

6. Stephanie Overland 1:02.31

12. Maggie Middleton 1:05.59

800 Meters

4. Casci Carpenter 2:27.01

5. Megan Roughan 2:27.98

17. Alexis Harper 2:45.83

1600 Meters

4. Megan Roughan 5:31.17

16. Ariana Regimbal 5:57.83

3200 Meters

12. Ariana Regimbal 13:56.44

13 Hayden Kersey 14:07.71

14. Alexis Harper 14:14.04

100m Hurdles

2. Taylor Yamane 16.65

300 Hurdles

1. Alysha Overland 44.53

3. Taylor Yamane 48.30

4x100 Relay (48.75)

1. Kayla Grigg, Alysha Overland, Caylah Lunning, Diamond Ransom

4x200 (1:42.71)

1. Alysha Overland, Diamond Ransom, Caylah Lunning, London Cleverly

4x400 (3:58.80)

1. Alysha Overland, Stephanie Overland, Casci Carpenter, London Cleverly

Shot Put

1. Sadie Nielsen 38-00.00

Discus

1. Sadie Nielsen 143-10

Javelin

2. Kayla Grigg 101-04,

8. Keiley Garcia 78-02

High Jump

1 Selina Koon 5-03.00

8. Heather Carbon 4-04.00

Pole Vault

2. Heather Carbon 9-00.00

Long Jump

1. Caylah Lunning 17-09.00

2. Selina Koon 17-04.00

3. Stephanie Overland16-07.00

Triple Jump

1. Selina Koon 34-02.50

2. Kayla Grigg 33-05.00

5. Casci Carpenter 32-01.25

Boys

The boys, finishing fourth overall, didn't fair as well as the girls at district, but still performed well against the competition. Wenatchee took first with 139 points, Eastmont was second with 113, Eisenhower came in third with 65, and Davis was fifth with 4 points.

Cameron Ballard is the only Chief moving on to the state tournament after placing first in the triple jump with a leap of 42-06.00.

"I'm pretty excited to see Cameron make it. He's a senior ... been with the program for four years so its a nice way for him to go out," coach Kevin Whittall said. "I thought Ben Crowell had a good meet taking third in the high jump and long jump events, and Dylan Darlington who placed third in the 1600. He's a 2-mile guys so that really wasn't his race, but I was proud of the way he finished. This wasn't the best season we've had, but I am proud of all the guys who stuck it out."

Boys District results

100 Meters

7. Sam Welch 11.56

8. Brooks Milbrandt 11.58

200 Meters

8. Brooks Milbrandt 23.38

400 Meters

4. Lowell Kirkwood 52.08

12. Jamie Carpenter 55.30

13. Ralph Holt 55.76

14. Jordan Scarborough 58.52

800 Meters

3. Lowell Kirkwood 2:02.57

6. Alek Schweisow 2:04.34

12. Ralph Holt 2:13.51

1600 Meters

3. Dylan Darlington 4:35.42

7. Alek Schweisow 4:39.24

14. Justin Johnson 4:49.22

3200 Meters

5. Dylan Darlington 10:14.22

110m Hurdles

8. Robert Strophy 17.91

300 Hurdles

9. Nathanael VanWinkle 44.48

4x100 Relay (45.49)

4. Brooks Milbrandt, Sam Welch, Jamie Carpenter, Jordan Scarborough

4x400 (3:43.17)

5. Ralph Holt, Jamie Carpenter, Alek Schweisow, Lowell Kirkwood

Shot Put

5. Cory Oldridge 43-06.00, 6. Colton Rose 40-04.00, 15. N'Kosi Lattimore 34-09.50

Discus

13. Cory Oldridge 99-03,14. Jacob Duvall 99-01, 17. Renwil Babcat 95-08

Javelin

3. Renwil Babcat 157-05, 5. Cory Oldridge 141-05, 8. Josh Boyer 120-01

High Jump

3. Ben Crowell 6-00.00, 8. Cameron Ballard 5-08.00

Pole Vault

10. Cody Wood 10-00.00, 12. Jason Nunez 9-00.00

Long Jump

3. Ben Crowell 21-11.00, 7. Cameron Ballard 19-07.50 9. Jordan Scarborough 18-10.50

Triple Jump

1. Cameron Ballard 42-06.00