CV splits with Mt. Spokane

Coming off spring break, the Pasco Invitational is two days away and there was a biting headwind in the backstretch.

Central Valley boys never thought about that, just the one-point loss to Lewis and Clark two weeks ago.

At CV’s Sig T. Hansen Field the Bears won 13 of 17 events to hand Mt. Spokane its first loss, 93-52 in a Greater Spokane League track meet Thursday afternoon that was expected to be much closer.

The Wildcats girls, however, put together a 23-4 advantage in the throws to cruise past the Bears 93-57. Samantha Damiano won the shot put and discus and Anna Banks led a sweep in the javelin.

In every key matchup, the CV boys came through.

It was Sean Coyle in the 1,600-meter run, blasting past a pair of Wildcats at the top of the home stretch to win with a personal record of 4 minutes, 23.9 seconds. He later cruised in the 3,200 (9:53.1). The high jump and triple jumps were also critical with Michael Williams and Patrick Metzger (wind-aided, area-best 43 feet, 4 inches), respectively, winning for the Bears. Derek Schuh took the 100 with a wind-aided area-best of 10.7 seconds and the 200 (22.4) and contributed to a relay sweep.

C.E. Kaiser, who first won the shot put, came back to edge league-leader Tim Naylor by 25 inches in the discus with a PR of 148-9.

“Coach said they have a really good thrower,” Kaiser said. “If he goes 150, go with him, beat him by an inch. I wanted to set a high standard first.”

After a slow start, the Mt. Spokane girls improved on the track. Hurdlers Sam Patrick, Grace Evans and Chelsea Padrta were good for a 17-1 advantage and distance ace Megan O’Reilly won the 1,600 (5:48.8) and 3,200 (11:50.4). But it was sophomore Rebecca Craig’s surprising win in the 200 (27.1) that was the highlight.

“We had planned to get second place and Averi Hallman was supposed to get second, so there wasn’t a lot of pressure on me,” Craig said. “I had to run in the outside lane, which was kind of yucky. The team didn’t put pressure on me, it was inside. We lost both relays and we didn’t do too well in the 100.”

Other meets

Shadle Park swept visiting West Valley behind some stellar efforts. Mitch Kamstra won the shot put (50-2 1/2), javelin (149-7) and high jump (6-0) and ran leadoff on the 400 relay for the boys. For the girls, sophomore Jordan Carlson won the 100 (12.5), 200 (26.3) and 400 (1:00.6) and anchored the 400 relay (51.4)… . At Ferris, the Saxons swept Clarkston and Rogers. Anthony Zachery won the 100 (11.0), 200 (22.5) and long jump (area-best 21-6 1/4) and Cameron Elisara won the shot put (60-2) and discus (144-8) for the boys. Kelly McNamee took the 100 hurdles (16.25), 300 hurdles (47.9) and high jump (5-4) for the girls… . At Cheney, Lewis and Clark swept the Blackhawks and Gonzaga Prep. Brittany Kennedy highlighted the girls’ effort by winning the 200 (area-best 26.0) and long jump (16-7). Prep had two great efforts as Erica Chaney extended her area bests in the shot put (40-6) and discus (127-7) and Corrina O’Brien went 12.2 in the 100. For the boys, the Tigers’ depth was the difference. G-Prep’s Connor Hare won the 100 (10.8) and 200 (area-best 22.1) and Cheney’s Tyreil Poorsi set bests in both hurdles, 15.3 in the 110s and 40.7 in the 300s. Blackhawk Bob Wilske swept the shot (51-4), discus (152-1) and javelin (168-8). … At North Central, the Indians edged the East Valley girls 76-74 as Anna Walters swept the sprints (13.0, 26.6, 59.8). EV’s Eleaya Schuerch had area bests in both horizontal jumps (17-2, 35-9 1/2). The Knights won boys meet by dominating the throws and Anthony Laborin winning the 100 (11.1) and 200 (22.5). … Mead swept visiting University. Nikki Codd lowered her area best in the 400 to 58.5. U-Hi’s Dana McClendon became the second 40-foot shot putter (41-8). On the boys’ side, Kevin Martin won three events for the Titans, the 200 (23.2), 110 hurdles (15.3) and 300 hurdles (40.6).

Great Northern League

At Riverside, Lakeside swept the Rams and Colville. Colville’s Caitin McGrane ran an area best in the 200 (26.1) and won the 100 hurdles (15.6). Lakeside’s Kahel Smith had an area best in the discus (169-8) and Britten Ferguson swept the hurdles (16.3, 40.1).