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Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend May 19, 2005 North Medford�s Brian Beadle surprised the field by winning the javelin at the SOC district meet. Spearing a North Medford record Brian Beadle chucks the javelin 199-5 and suddenly emerges as a threat to win the 4A state title By DON HUNT Mail Tribune North Medford High javelin coach George Wheeler promised prized pupil Brian Beadle prior to the season that he’d buy him a giant pizza of his choice if he could beat Wheeler’s Black Tornado school record. Wheeler’s standard of 195 feet, set in 1998, seemed safe all spring. Then came last Saturday, when Beadle gathered his speed, strength, rhythm and form and mixed in the adrenaline that goes with a district meet. Presto. Beadle had the record but is still seeking his pie. "He said he’ll pay up after the state meet," Beadle says. Advertisement The Class 4A-3A State Track and Field Championships are Friday and Saturday at Eugene’s Hayfield Field. Beadle, with his school-record toss of 199-5 in the books, suddenly finds himself as one of the favorites. His mammoth throw, which edged out Eagle Point’s Jered McClellan (198-1) for the Southern Oregon Conference district title, leaves him as the No. 1 seed at the state meet. "I’ve been waiting for Brian to break out like this all season," says Wheeler of the 6-foot-3, 180-pound junior. "This is only the second year he’s thrown, and so he’s had a lot to learn. But he’s a good athlete and you just knew that sooner or later he was going to crank one out there." Beadle’s best throw prior to Saturday was only 174-3, but his 25-foot, 2-inch personal record wasn’t a fluke. He had another toss that measured over 195 feet and two others in the 183 range. "My form finally came together," says Beadle, who moved to Medford from Oakland, Calif., when he was in the seventh grade. "I had good acceleration down the runway, good plants and good torque. There’s so much technical stuff involved. If you screw up one thing it can ruin your throw, but I feel like I’ve got it all down now. "I’m looking to go even farther." Beadle expects to battle McClellan, Newberg’s Alex Wolff and Cyrus Hostetler, Southridge’s Michael Thompson and Churchill’s Paul Roshau for what should be a spirited competition at the state meet beginning at noon Saturday. With a best of 201-8, Wolff is the only competitor who has thrown farther than Beadle this spring. "I think I have as good of chance as anyone," Beadle says. "I’m going up there to win." Ditto for North Medford teammate Steve Johnson, who had a huge PR of his own last Saturday in the shot put. Johnson launched the iron ball 55-4 two days after scratching out of the discus at the SOC meet. He’s the state leader in the latter event at 167-5 but will now have to put all his energy into the shot. Only Grant’s Suh Ndamukong (58-11¾ ) and Eagle Point’s Jake Olson (57-2¼ ) have thrown farther than Johnson this season. Jesuit looms as the team favorite, with Summit and Benson looking to be in the hunt. Crater and Roseburg both have an outside chance to break into the top four and bring home a trophy. The Comets will hinge their hopes on distance ace Isaac Stoutenburgh, middle-distance star Greg Dallaire and hurdler Adam Goff. Stoutenburgh posted school-record times of 3:56.5 in the 1,500 and 8:32.5 in the 3,000 at the SOC meet. His clocking in the 1,500 left him as the No. 1 qualifier, but in a state loaded with distance standouts such as Central Catholic’s Kenny Klotz and Stephen Oliver, Jesuit’s Michael Maag and Benson’s Zuber Ahmed, Stoutenburgh will need to be in peak form just to finish in the top three. Ashland’s David Morgan failed to qualify in the 1,500 but should be a threat in the 3,000, where his qualifying time of 8:32.24 ranks second. "There’s some tough guys up north, but I think I’m ready for them," says Stoutenburgh, who ran the final 800 of his district 1,500 in a sizzling 2:02. Dallaire qualified in both the 400 and 800 but will focus on the 800, where he comes in as the No. 8 qualifier at 1:57.3. Goff, meanwhile, owns the state’s second-best time in the 110 high hurdles (14.8) and the third-fastest clocking in the 300 hurdles (39.56). He also has a chance to score in the pole vault, where he achieved a lifetime best of 13-8 at district. Roseburg boasts three individual title hopefuls in Ben Sharp, the No. 1 qualifier in the 300 intermediate hurdles (39.1); pole vaulter Adam Brink, the co-No. 1 qualifier in the vault (14- 6); and Isaiah Smith, the No. 2 qualifier in the triple jump (44-11). Jacob Schott (110 hurdles), Gavin Weaver (800 and 1,500) and James Snyder (long jump) are other potential point-getters for the Indians, who also advanced their 4x400 relay team into the meet. 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