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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us May 14, 2005 Prep Track Phoenix off to slow start at districts Boys, girls teams both in fifth place after opening day By Tim Trower For the Tidings Phoenix didn’t make a lot of noise on the first day of the Skyline Conference district track and field championships Friday. But the Pirates weren’t without their highlights at Raider Stadium. “They did all right,” said coach Hans Voskes. “The kids we were hoping to get through (to today’s finals) did, except for one. And we had a pretty good day.” Both Phoenix teams are in fifth place heading into today’s action. The field events start at 11 a.m. and the running events at 1 p.m. The Pirate boys scored 10 points and the girls 15. Hidden Valley has slim leads over Henley in both the boys and girls portions of the meet. Phoenix’s highest placers in Friday’s finals were fourths by junior Kyle McKinnis in the boys long jump and freshman Courtney Ellis in the girls shot put. The top two in each event advance to state next week in Eugene. McKinnis had a bittersweet experience. He sailed a personal-best 20-11, just missing the state qualifying mark of 21-0 that would have also gotten him to state. “Kyle also had a good 21-foot mark but scratched by the smallest amount,” said Phoenix coach Hans Voskes. “It was a great show on his part.” Ellis improved on her personal best by more than two feet with a heave of 33-8¸. “Just being a freshman, I think she’s going to be a big-time thrower,” said Voskes. “That was a nice move for her.” Other highlights for Phoenix were by Holly Dillemuth, a senior in her first year of track, who placed fifth in the 3,000 in 12:06, and by Nathan Bursk, who qualified for the 200 and 400 boys finals. Hidden Valley’s boys got victories from Jordan Hayter in the pole vault and Ryan Vancleave in the long jump and took a slim lead over six-time defending champion Henley, 69 points to 63. In the girls meet, Hidden Valley leads with 32 points, followed by big favorite Henley, which has 31 points and is seeking its 21st straight conference crown. Hidden Valley’s boys were in a similar position last year, taking the first-day lead but fading to fourth place in the final standings. “Tomorrow is going to be a great final day,” said Hidden Valley coach Stan Goodell, whose team was doped out to be 15 points behind Henley after Day 1. “They’ve got the depth on us, but we’ve got the kids who can come through for us. It could come right down to the mile relay. “I know Henley’s not going to sleep good tonight. But I won’t either.” Hayter, Vancleave and others have already come through for the Mustangs. Hayter surpassed his personal best with a vault of 13-0 to win, then came oh-so close on two attempts at 13-6. He nailed down the victory at 12-6 when Zach Sunitsch of Henley and Hidden Valley teammate Jeramiah Richardson both missed at that height. Hayter waited while those two determined second place with a jump-off, then took the runway again to try and improve on his mark and set a personal record in the process. He had been stuck at 12-6 since last year, matching it several times, including at the state meet, but never bettering it. But he got on a new pole for the district meet, a 15-footer versus the 14-footer he’d been on all season, and put it to good use. “It’s a little stiffer. I came in at 11 (feet) to get a feel for it,” said Hayter, who usually doesn’t make his first jump until the bar is at 11-6 or 12-0. “I vaulted way better at the end than I did at the beginning.” He cleared 13-0 on his second attempt and had two near misses at 13-6. He was hoping to go as high as 14-0 at district but thinks that could come at the state meet next week in Eugene. “I’m looking to probably do better at state,” said Hayter. “I’ll have another week of practice on this pole. I have nowhere to go but up. I’m pretty stoked.” Hayter also runs both hurdle events and is expected to make state in the 110-meter highs, where he has the second-best time to Henley’s Skyler Morgan. In the preliminaries Friday, Morgan’s 15.40 seconds and Hayter’s 15.90 were the two fastest times. In the pole vault tiebreaker, Sunitsch bettered Richardson and will advance to state despite having an appendectomy just a couple of weeks ago. In the jump-off, both missed once at 12-6, then again at 12-3. Sunitsch won at 12-0. Still, Richardson scored valuable team points for Hidden Valley, which also had multiple scorers in the long jump. Vancleave got Hidden Valley off to a fast start with his win, and Nick Hayter, Jordan’s brother, chipped in with a big final jump to get third place and earn a trip to state with an automatic qualifying mark. Vancleave overcame a sore heel and came within one-quarter inch of his all-time best, winning with a mark of 21-8’. The junior might have challenged his PR but sat out his first two jumps in the finals and scratched on his third. “My heel is a little bruised,” said Vancleave. “Every time I jumped, I came back hurting.” He first suffered the injury in the triple jump a couple of weeks before but aggravated it Friday. He scratched on his first jump in the qualifying, then went 20-3¸. On his third try, he hit the winning mark that held up through the finals. “It came down to that last jump, and I just gave it everything I had,” said Vancleave, who has made marked progress over last year in part because he’s concentrating on track. Last year, he also played baseball, which cut into his practice time. He’s hoping to hit 22 feet at state. Alex Waroff of Rogue River was second in the long jump at 21-1”, and Nick Hayter was third at 21-1. The top two in each event go to state, but Hayter also advances because he met the qualifying standard of 21-0. In other boys finals, Derrick Waugh of Henley won the 3,000 in 9:21.20, Morgan took the high jump at 6-1 and Matt Maupin of Mazama claimed the discus at 134-7. In girls action, Rogue River’s Danielle Holmes had a best shot put mark of 39-0 entering the meet, but she twice eclipsed 40 feet before launching a 41-4 winner on her last attempt. “I wanted to beat the Skyline Conference record,” said Holmes, a junior, “but I missed it by seven inches. Maybe next year.” Holmes was eighth at state last year. Her mark Friday is a state best by three inches and is more than three feet better than last year’s winning throw at state. In other girls finals, Henley’s Jasmine Klauder won the 3,000 in 11:16.00, Henley’s Jessica Morton took the long jump at 15-8 and Illinois Valley’s Emily Dudley captured the javelin at 122-2. Hidden Valley’s chances in the girls meet took a hit when sophomore Bailey Southern, favored to win the 100, 200 and 400 and a member of the 4x400 relay, withdrew from the meet for personal reasons, said Goodell. BOYS TEAM SCORES — Hidden Valley 69, Henley 63, Rogue River 21, Mazama 19, Phoenix 10, North Valley 6, Illinois Valley 5. DISCUS — 1, Matt Maupin, Maz, 134-7; 2, Wade Bennett, RR, 130-5; 3, Cody Wright, Hen, 117-4; 4, Ben Burgess, HV, 114-7; 5, Joe Cornett, HV, 113-11; 6, Tala Mika-Moody, Maz, 113-4; 7, Steven Gaither, Maz, 108-5; 8, Jake Tardie, IV, 105-9. HIGH JUMP — 1, Skyler Morgan, Hen, 6-1; 2, Nick Hayter, HV, 6-0; 3, Ryan Vancleave, HV, 5-10; 4, Danny Statts, Hen, 5-10; 5, Blake Estep, HV, 5-6; 6, Parker Pratt, Hen, 5-6; 7, Steven Paul, IV, 5-4. LONG JUMP — 1, Ryan Vancleave, HV, 21-8’; 2, Alex Waroff, RR, 21-1”; 3, Nick Hayter, HV, 21-1; 4, Kyle McKinnis, Pho, 20-11¸; 5, Joel Matchett, Hen, 20-4; 6, Jordan Hayter, HV, 19-9’; 7, Kyle Duckett, Hen, 19-2; 8, Erik Lentz, Maz, 19-0’. POLE VAULT — 1, Jordan Hayter, HV, 13-0; 2, Zach Sunitsch, Hen, 12-0; 3, Jeramiah Richardson, HV, 12-0; 4, Alex Waroff, RR, 11-6; 5, Jeremy Carter, HV, 10-6; 6, Drew Neves, Hen, 10-0; 7, Kyle Cox, Maz, 9-0. 3,000 METERS — 1, Derrick Waugh, Hen, 9:21.20; 2, Andy Guest, Hen, 9:23.80; 3, Levi Roudebush, NV, 9:25.70; 4, Kevin Jantzer, Pho, 9:37.20; 5, Forrest Smith, Hen, 10:02; 6, Jeremy Natho, HV, 10:21.10; 7, Graham Baker, IV, 10:31.10; 8, Andrew Eddy, Maz, 10:32.80. GIRLS TEAM SCORES — Hidden Valley 32, Henley 31, Mazama 30, Rogue River 24, Phoenix 15, North Valley 12, Illinois Valley 12. SHOT PUT — 1, Danielle Holmes, RR, 41-4; 2, Anja Crawford, HV, 37-1; 3, Michelle Woodall, RR, 36-1; 4, Courtney Ellis, Pho, 33-8; 5, Kelley Porter, NV, 31-7; 6, Kaleo Ross, Maz, 29-10; 7, Alysa Pennington, HV, 28-10; 8, Kayla Gill, HV, 28-4. JAVELIN — 1, Emily Dudley, IV, 122-2; 2, Haylle Hartman, Hen, 114-10; 3, Kaylee Reece, HV, 102-5; 4, Michelle Woodall, RR, 99-4; 5, Laura Taylor, Pho, 95-10; 6, Chelsea Hornbeck, Hen, 86-2; 7, Kaleo Ross, Maz, 83-11; 8, Anita Torres, HV, 82-10. LONG JUMP — 1, Jessica Mortenson, Hen, 15-8; 2, Mikayla Morgan, 15-8; 3, Cazandra Aporbo, Maz, 15-7; 4, Bethany Hunt, HV, 15-2’; 5, Airial Jefferson, Maz, 14-9; 6, Vicky Davis, HV, 14-7”; 7, Ellisabeth Foster, Pho, 14-5; 8, Whitney Christensen, Hen, 12-8’. 3,000 METERS — 1, Jasmine Klauder, Maz, 11:16; 2, Emily Morehouse, NV, 11:24.80; 3, McKenzie Jones, HV, 11:48.70; 4, Amber Gowing, Maz, 12:05.60; 5, Holly Dillemuth, Pho, 12:06; 6, Allegra Fety, RR, 12:17.20; 7, Michelle Lapierre, IV, 12:28.50; 8, Cayla Hill, Hen, 12:33.20. 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