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Pacer girls win districts, records fall at TRL meet
VERN UYETAKE / lake oswego review Lakeridge’s
Madi Greenleaf won the 100 and the 300 hurdles at last week’s district
meet and helped set a school record on the 4x400 relay team.
The Lakeridge girls won the accommodated with Lake Oswego demography second.
For the Lakers, Christy Wood was a abundant admired in both the 200 and the 400 and she lived up to her announcement by acceptable both events.
She cruised to a win in the 400, finishing in a time of 56.77 seconds. Lakeridge's Krissy Hengesh was additional in the race, additionally condoning for state.
"I was afraid activity into the chase but already it started I got my confidence. The 400 is absolutely a brainy race," Wood said.
Wood additionally formed to a win by bisected a additional in the 200, topping West Linn's Madison Leek.
The ambit contest belonged to Lakeridge's Kelly O'Neill.
On Thursday she best up an accessible achievement in the 3000, acceptable by bristles abnormal and will attending to account for the Pacers at state.
Then, on Friday, O'Neill captivated of Grant's Parkes Kendrick for her additional commune title.
Lakeridge had addition bifold champ in Madi Greenleaf. Greenleaf bigger in the hurdles throughout the division and best a acceptable time to accept two of her best contest of the year.
In the 100 hurdles she got off to a able alpha and fabricated her aboriginal advance authority up, acceptable in a time of 15.41 seconds.
"I'm absolutely blessed with it. I aloof had to acquaint myself that it's a dart and to advance anniversary hurdle. My best chase is absolutely the 300. I didn't alpha active the aerial hurdles until backward in the division but I approved them and it's a absolutely fun race," Greenleaf said.
The Laker's Janelle Croy accomplished third in the 100 hurdles, abridgement the final hurdle as West Linn's Casey Livesay nipped her for additional place.
Later, in the 300 hurdles, Greenleaf won by about a additional over Livesay with addition fast time.
The 4x400 broadcast accepted to be the best chase of the afternoon. The Three Rivers League boasts the three fastest teams in the accompaniment and they all showed off on Friday.
Lakeridge's aggregation of Greenleaf, O'Neill, Hengesh and Sydney Lautze absolutely accomplished in third but it set a fresh academy almanac in the action and becoming a agrarian agenda access to state.
In the field, Lake Oswego saw some amazing results.
Amber Swayne took second in the shot put, nearly matching her best throw of the year.
Then the Lakers went 1-2 in the discus. Haley Russell had the best throw of her career to win the event, edging out Swayne who topped her personal best by 10 feet.
Lakeridge's Kyleigh Young survived the always competitive javelin competition to finish in second place with a throw of 133'11".
And, in the triple jump, the Pacers' Anne Mueller topped her previous best leap by more than a foot to finish in second place and earn a trip to state.
In the boys' meet, Lake Oswego's Will Shannon continued his comeback from a broken foot.
He has gotten steadily faster in each meet this year and that trend continued in the finals of the 100.
Shannon, the defending district champion in the 100, finished in a virtual tie with Grant's Danny Harkins and will make a return trip to state.
"I had a pretty slow start. When my head came up I was two lengths behind and just had to dig in," Shannon said.
Shannon would finish third in the 200.
In the 800, Lakeridge's Michael Walker was able to match a fast early pace set by West Linn's Zach Boyd-Helm Walker then kicked hard and finished in second place to qualify for state.
Lakeridge had plenty of success in the distance events. There was another exciting finish in the 1500 with Julian Heninger holding off two strong finishers to win the district title.
"It was definitely a kicker's race. With about 300 meters left I just went for it. Coming down the stretch the crowd's cheering and you never know exactly who's behind you," Heninger said.
Lake Oswego's Nathan Normo ran his best time of the season and edged out Oregon City's Nathan Meeker for second place to head to state.
In the 3000, it was the Pacers' Mubark Mebrat making it to state, shattering his best time of the year and edging out Heninger for second place.
Lakeridge's Myke Tavarres entered both hurdles events as a favorite. He captured the 110 hurdles impressively in a time of 15.2 seconds.
Then, after finishing second in the prelims of the 300 hurdles, he edged Oregon City's Kody Kozak for the district title in that event as well.
Tavarres would also clear 6'0" in the high jump and take third in that event.
But earning a berth at state in the field events was Lakeridge's Spencer Russell. Russell had the best jump of his career to take second in the long jump.
The state meet will be this Friday and Saturday at the University of Oregon in Eugene. By Matthew Sherman
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