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Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend May 21, 2005 Vancleave soars to state title By DON HUNT Mail Tribune EUGENE — All week leading up to the Class 4A-3A State Track & Field Championships, Ryan Vancleave pictured himself winning a state title in the long jump. Friday afternoon, the Hidden Valley junior turned fantasy into reality. Vancleave soared to a lifetime best of 22 feet, 7¼ inches on his first jump of the day and it easily held up for the boys 3A gold medal on a showery day at Hayward Field. "I’ve been imagining this since the district meet last week," said Vancleave, who shattered his previous best by 10½ inches and broke Josh Shannon’s 17-year-old school record by two inches. "I came in here just knowing that I was going to win." Vancleave left nothing to chance as he nailed his winning jump on his first attempt. He scratched his next four attempts and passed on his final one, but it didn’t matter as he beat runner-up A.J. Dutra of Sherwood by more than a foot. Advertisement "I’m not surprised by what Ryan did," Hidden Valley coach Stan Goodell said. "He has incredible talent, and just watching him the past couple weeks I could sense something like this was going to happen. "The state meet brought out the best in him." Vancleave missed the first half of the season when his father pulled him off the team for disciplinary reasons. Goodell wonders what Vancleave, who will compete for a second title today in the triple jump, might have accomplished with a full season of practice and meets under his belt. "His abilities are untapped on the track," Goodell said. "I think he has the potential to run a sub-50 (second) 400. The neat thing is, he’s a junior and we’ll get to tap into that potential next year." Vancleave was the lone athlete from the Rogue Valley to claim a state title Friday, but North Medford’s Irene Kendig, Eagle Point’s Jake Olson, Crater’s Adam Goff, Ashland’s David Morgan and Natalie Hemphill and Rogue River’s Danielle Holmes all walked off with third-place medals. Kendig, a sophomore sailed to a North Medford school record and a lifetime best jump of 17-7 in the 4A girls long jump. Ashland freshman Jordan Kling finished sixth at 17-2¼ . "Her speed down the runway got better as the season went on and today she really brought it," North Medford jumps coach Andy Pierson said. Kendig had two jumps over 17 feet and a couple others just a shade under. "I was up here last year running the 4x400 relay and I was scared out of my mind," Kendig said. "But today I was excited to jump. I couldn’t wait to get out there." Olson stood in seventh place after the preliminary round of the 4A boys discus, but then unleashed a lifetime best toss of 158-7. Newberg’s Corey Yates won the event at 167-3 and Bryant Cornell of The Dalles/Wahtonka was second at 164-11. Goff fared better than expected in the pole vault when he tied for third by getting over the bar at 13-6. Roseburg sophomore Adam Brink, who put a two- inch gash on his left leg in practice Wednesday, overcame the injury to clear a lifetime best of 15-0 and win the event. Hemphill, meanwhile, ran a seven-second personal record to take third in the 4A girls 3,000 in a time of 10:14.61. She ran just behind winner Claire Michel of Clackamas (10:07.39) and runner-up Erin Gray of South Eugene (10:12.56) most of the race. "My plan was to stay with the leaders and then see what I had the last lap," Hemphill said. "I’m happy with my time." Rogue River’s Holmes, conversely, wasn’t happy with her effort in the 3A girls shot put. One week after unleashing a lifetime best toss of 41-4 at the Skyline Conference district meet, the junior managed only 39-1 Friday. Sutherlin’s Katherine Tripp triumphed at 40-1¼ . "I pushed as hard as I could, but I just didn’t feel it today," Holmes said. South Medford’s Katie Singler finished fifth in a loaded 4A girls javelin field and broke the school record with a mark of 131-7. Newberg’s Rachel Yurkovich shattered her own meet record in the javelin with a toss of 172-8, three weeks after setting the national high school record at 176-8. One other meet record fell Friday as Tigard’s Stephanie Horton heaved the shot put 49-8, obliterating a standard that had stood for 25 years. In Friday’s qualifying heats on the track, North Medford sophomore Sara Weeks advanced to the finals in the 4A girls 100 and ran a leg on the Tornado’s 4x100 relay squad that also moved on to today’s finals. Crater’s Goff won his heat in the 4A boys 110 high hurdles but tumbled to the track in the 300 intermediate hurdles and failed to qualify for the finals in that event. Goff’s teammate, Greg Dallaire, established himself as a favorite in the 4A boys 800 when he stormed to the finish line in a personal record time of 1:54.91. South Medford’s April Bradshaw advanced to the finals of the 4A girls 800 with a lifetime best of 2:17.87. Grants Pass’ 4x400 girls relay team clocked 3:59.5 to set a school record and move to the finals of that event. Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. 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