2007 WA Random Track Articles

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Nathan Hale's Hassan runs down Prosser's Barbosa in 800
By René Ferrán
Tri-City Herald
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High school stars of the week
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Michael Chinchar

SCHOOL: Kentwood

SPORT: Track and field

VITALS: Senior distance runner, Arkansas recruit

WHAT HE DID: At arguably the top in-season track and field invitational in America, Chinchar blazed to a time of 4 minutes, 9.67 seconds in winning the mile (1,609 meters) at the 40th Arcadia Invitational in Southern California. Chinchar's time was a head-turner for this early in the season, since breaking the 4:10 barrier in the 1,600 meters is hardly accomplished among Washington distance runners.

HOW HE DID IT: Chinchar, Kentwood's record-holder in the 1,600 and 3,200 -- and now the mile -- finished second in 2006 at the 4A state meet in the 1,600 and third in the 3,200. He credits top-level competition for his success Saturday. "I just wanted to push it and take the pace out," said Chinchar, who ran a blistering 2:04 for the first 800 meters.

OTHERS CONSIDERED: Kumar Caughey, Ingraham (baseball); Brock Gates, Decatur (baseball); Ezra John Griffey, Decatur (track and field); Justin Gunn, Renton (baseball); Stephone Jordan, Garfield (track and field); Joel Schilperoort, Eastside Catholic (soccer); Nicholas Snyder, Archbishop Murphy (track and field).

Elisa Bryant

SCHOOL: Inglemoor

SPORT: Track and field

VITALS: Senior thrower

WHAT SHE DID: Bryant defeated some of the nation's top discus throwers Saturday at the 40th Arcadia Invitational in Southern California with a mark of 150 feet, 3 inches. Bryant, whose mark of 38 feet in the shot put was 13th, has the top reported discus mark in the state this season by more than 15 feet.

HOW SHE DID IT: Since Bryant (third in the discus and fifth in the shot put at the 4A state meet last year) had been out for a week with a shoulder injury, she knew that her pre-competition routine was crucial. "I warmed up really good," said Bryant, who is nearing a verbal commitment to Washington. "Plus, all my coaches really helped me out."

OTHERS CONSIDERED: Jordan Birch, Monroe (fastpitch); Devin Brooks, Holy Names (track and field); Johanna Carr, Issaquah (track and field); Kari Fiske, Shorewood (tennis); Kara Sporrong, Snohomish (track and field); Amanda Stewart, Decatur (track and field); Tiffany Tibbot, Skyline (track and field).

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Tacoma Invite produces strong efforts

ERIC D. WILLIAMS; The News Tribune
Published: April 15th, 2007 01:00 AM



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Lincoln’s Shaquana Logan, center, runs away from Tumwater’s Lindsey Vigil, left, and Janna VanderMuelen of Rogers in the 100 hurdles.

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Mount Tahoma senior Mari Bingham makes one of her attempts in the discus at the Tacoma Invitational. Bingham won the event with a throw of 120 feet, 1 inch.


Never underestimate the allure of a tangy plate of barbecue ribs.
For Lincoln’s Shaquana Logan, the succulent dish provided ample motivation to expand her number of events to include the 300-meter hurdles after Abes’ sprint coach Rodney Stokes offered to treat her to a rib dinner if she competed in the grueling event.

“I love ribs,â€Â

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Tacoma Invitational lures some of state track’s best

THE NEWS TRIBUNE
Published: April 13th, 2007 01:00 AM




Sometimes, with hard work and a little luck grand visions evolve into the stuff of real life.
That’s what Lincoln track and field coach Duane Lee is learning in his effort to create a showcase track event in the South Sound.

And he seems to be on his way to achieving his elusive goal.

Lincoln will play host to the Tacoma Invitational this Saturday at Mount Tahoma Stadium.

Track events begin at 10 a.m. and field events kickoff an hour later.

The list of attendees includes 32 schools, a robust turnout compared to the eight teams that participated in the inaugural event in 1981.

Former Lincoln track coach Dan Watson started the event as the Lincoln Invitational. When Watson retired in 1986, the Tacoma School District took over the event and renamed it the Tacoma Invite, expanding the event into a district-wide meet.

Lee, with the help of Wilson track coach Sam Ring, hatched a plan to expand the event’s profile a few years ago, creating a showcase event for track athletes west of the Cascades who didn’t want to travel to the other major track event in the state this weekend – the more prestigious Pasco Invitational, where 65 teams will compete.

Lee said part of the motivation to create the event was to avoid travel costs incurred by making the trip across the mountains, particularly because his team would make the same trek six weeks later for the state championships.

“It’s not like I’m trying to take teams away from them or compete with them on any level,â€Â

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Big dreams on fast track

SCOTT FONTAINE; The News Tribune
Published: April 12th, 2007 01:00 AM




In Chanel James’ dream, the crowd is already chanting her name. The arena is dark. The stage is waiting.
When she appears on a stage, a roar fills the Grand Ole Opry or a sold-out open-air stadium or any place big enough to hold the thousands who have come to see Chanel the Rock Star.

A spotlight snaps on and a white light surrounds her. She stands there, soaks in the energy and quiets the crowd.

Sometimes she’ll sing a soulful, stirring slow song, but more often she whips the crowd into a frenzy with a fast-paced performance overflowing with energy, packed with emotion and oozing passion.

Lights in all colors and hues begin flashing across the stage, and thousands will hang on every note, every word, every verse she sings.

And then James snaps back to reality.

She realizes again she’s singing in front of a mirror in her bedroom or looking down at a notebook scribbled with standard deviation formulas.

James, a senior at Wilson High School, admits to filling much of her idle time daydreaming of musical stardom.

And when she’s not fantasizing about life as an international star, she thinks of her other true passion: track and field.

Her hopes?

“I want to win an NCAA (title), go the Olympics and get an album out,â€Â

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A pair of local distance runners won events at the Pasco Invitational on Saturday.

Bellingham High’s Chris Kwiatkowski won the boys’ 3,200-meter run in a time of 9 minutes, 12.97 seconds. The time was close to his personal best of 9:12.50, set last year at the state meet, a race in which he was disqualified.

Squalicum junior Bronwyn Crossman won the girls’ 1,600- meter run in a school-record time of 5:02.51. She won the race by around 40 yards, according to Squalicum coach Tim Irvin. Crossman won the Class 3A individual cross country championship in the fall and also helped her team to the title.

Members of that team helped Squalicum to a second-place finish in the distance medley relay. Gylany Crossman, Sophie Curl, Tia Herdman and Emily Schick combined for a time of 12:40.51.

Squalicum’s Ryan Brown also finished second in the pole vault with a personal-best height of 14 feet, 6 inches.

For Bellingham, Logan Darling placed second in the boys’ 300-meter hurdles in 39.36 and Becca Friday was second in the girls’ 800 in 2:17.45.

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Notebook: Pasco's Anyiri gets another year

This story was published Thursday, April 12th, 2007

By Rene Ferran, Herald staff writer

Pasco junior Josephine Anyiri got some welcome news just before the start of track season.

Anyiri, a 20-year-old Sudanese refugee, had her appeal for an extra year of eligibility granted by the YVIAA District 5 eligibility committee during the second week of practice.

Anyiri, a state placer in the javelin a year ago, had some precedent on her side -- her older brother also was granted an extra year when he played soccer for the Bulldogs several years ago.

Still, said Bulldogs throws coach Natalie Kinion, "we were kind of uneasy. We weren't sure if it would happen, so we were excited when we heard it was upheld."




Anyiri, who has a best throw of 126 feet, 6 inches this season, has been taking extra courses in order to graduate in June. She hopes to study nursing or social services in college, and getting an extra year to compete at Pasco could help her cause.

"She was determined to go on to college, and now this gives her an opportunity at a scholarship somewhere," Kinion said.

-- Othello sophomore Allison Walker, the area leader in the high jump at 5-5, will miss Saturday's Pasco Invitational to attend a basketball tournament in Virginia with her select team.

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Lessons Learned

This story was published Saturday, April 14th, 2007

By Rene Ferran, Herald staff writer

BENTON CITY -- As a freshman a year ago, Whitney Leavitt anticipated her first appearance at the Pasco Invitational like a trip to the dentist for a root canal.

The Kiona-Benton sprinter had never been to a big meet before, and she was dreading the experience.

"I didn't want to walk into the stadium, I was so nervous," Leavitt recalled on a sunny Thursday afternoon. "It was not a good day."

Today, when Leavitt enters Edgar Brown Stadium for the 46th annual Invite, she does so with a year of experience under her belt. A year of maturity. And, oh yes, two state championships.




She's still nervous about the big stage, but she thinks the lessons of last year's Invite will pay dividends.

"I learned I need to have more confidence in myself and not worry so much," said Leavitt, who is No. 2 in the state in the 100 meters (12.42 seconds) and No. 7 in the 200 (25.99). "If you lose, it's not that big a deal."

Of course, Leavitt hasn't had to deal with losing much in her career to date. Other than last year's Invite, in which she just missed making the finals in the 100 (by two-hundredths of a second) and 200, her only other taste of defeat came to Richland's Kayla McKeirnan in the 100 at the Prosser Invite the following week.

At that meet, Leavitt suffered a high groin pull and missed the next two weeks. The injury, though, may have been a blessing in disguise. "It was a good break for my shins because I have shin splints," said the slender 5-foot-9 sophomore.

When she returned, she blitzed through the competition at subdistricts, districts and the 2A state meet in Cheney. She won the state titles in the 100 and 200 in personal-best times of 12.65 and 25.52 seconds, respectively.

"By the end of the year, she was coming on like gangbusters," said Ki-Be coach Jim Perry. "She shocked a lot of people, but it didn't shock us."

Perhaps that's because Leavitt is only carrying on a family tradition. She is the fourth Leavitt to star for the Ki-Be track program and the third state champion.

The oldest, Devin, placed in the 400 at state as a senior. Barry, now a sophomore at WSU following a two-year Mormon mission, twice won the 110 hurdles title and set the all-time area record in the event.

Holden, who swept the hurdles titles as a junior, graduated last June and is now serving his mission in Guadalajara, Mexico.

"I had a lot of pressure on me since my brothers were really good," Whitney said. "I was afraid when I got to high school, I'd finish in last place, that I would let people down. But it turned out pretty good."

Of the three, Whitney most is like Barry in her mannerisms and her demeanor (both are reserved, unlike Holden, who raced all last season with a mohawk).

But Perry sees something in Whitney that already surpasses her brothers.

"At her age, she is the most self-assured of all the Leavitts," he said. "But she doesn't talk trash or say anything to bring attention on herself. If anyone says anything about her, it's me."

Leavitt also competes in the 400 and high jump during the season, but her favorite race by far is the 100.

"I like the closeness of the 100, how you can hear everyone breathing all around you. It makes you go faster," Leavitt said. "The 200 takes more work. It's longer, more tiring."

At this point, Perry is walking along the track, cleaning up after practice, when he hears Leavitt's comment and the reply that it almost makes her sound lazy.

He lets out a hearty laugh and bellows, "You see!"

This is a running joke between them, how she hates the longer races. But Perry also talks about her work ethic and how her example helps make the program strong.

"The other kids see her out there and say, 'OK, that's how it's done,' " Perry said. "This year, she's more mature, stronger, more confident. She took Coach (Cliff) Sandberg's weight training class, and you can see the power this year. Her start still isn't all that great, but if we

didn't have something to work on, it wouldn't be a lot of fun."

A win today in the 100, though -- that would be fun.

"I think Pasco is harder than the state meet," Leavitt said. "It's bigger than state, even. If I just keep my cool and run my race, do well here, I'd be very confident for state."

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Pasco Invite: What to watch

This story was published Saturday, April 14th, 2007

By Rene Ferran, Herald staff writer

The action will be fast and furious at Edgar Brown. Here's a guide to some of today's top events:

-- Girls

100 Five of the state's six fastest runners this season are entered along with Benson (Portland) sophomore Kayla Smith, who's gone 12.43 already.

100 hurdles: Again, one of Oregon's best -- Benson's Jewel Martin (14.4) -- challenges a strong field that includes 3A state champion Angela Jensen of Fife.




High jump: Ferris junior Kelly McNamee returns to defend her title against a trio of jumpers who have cleared at least 5-5 this year.

Javelin: State leader Courtney Kirkwood of Othello's career-best 156-3 throw is only 9 inches off the Mid-Columbia record. Six of the top 10 throwers in the state are in the field.

-- Boys

200: Evergreen (Vancouver) senior Ryan Hamilton is back to defend his title against a field that includes Ferris' Andre Jennings, the state leader who's back after a hamstring injury sidelined him all of the 2006 season.

800: State leader Nectaly Barbosa of Prosser faces a field that includes Seattle Prep's Max O'Donoghue-McDonald and Nathan Hale's Abdi Hassan.

1600: Barbosa decided to double and joins a loaded field that includes Lake Stevens' Joey Bywater, Ellensburg's Isak Berg-man and Richland's Tyler Noland.

Discus: Of the top names in the field, only state leader Matt Gill of West Valley (Yakima) has shown top form this year. Is this the day the likes of Evergreen's Alex Nelson and South Kitsap's Renard Williams break out?

Javelin: Any of the top three throwers -- DeSales' Nick Lyons, Renton's Jason Harris and University's Wes Nolen -- is capable of throwing 200 feet if the weather cooperates.

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Invite notebook: Fewer schools, athletes this year

This story was published Saturday, April 14th, 2007

By Rene Ferran, Herald staff writer

There are 107 schools and 1,375 athletes taking part in the Pasco Invite this season -- down five schools and more than 200 athletes from a year ago.

Meet director John Crawford said he tightened the standards in some events in order to reduce the number of athletes taking part in what's billed as the nation's largest one-day high school track meet.

"It was getting to be too long a day," Crawford said.

Another factor was the elimination of the 4x200 from the meet schedule -- a move Crawford has advocated for several years at the state level.




-- Benson Tech and Jesuit, both Portland schools, are back after one-year absences.

Benson's boys won the 2001 and 2004 titles, while the girls won the championship in 2002, 2004 and 2005.

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Pasco Invite predictions

This story was published Saturday, April 14th, 2007

By Rene Ferran, Herald staff writer

Here are my predictions for the Pasco Invitational, based on confirmed entries as of Friday morning.

Girls

100 Prelims 11:15 a.m. Finals 1:20 p.m.

Favorite Chanel James, Wilson. Contenders Morgan Clem, Eastmont; Whitney Leavitt, Kiona-Benton; Angela Jensen, Fife; Kayla Smith, Benson. Darkhorse Charnay Combs, Rainier Beach.




200 Prelims 11:55 a.m. Finals 5:15 p.m.

Favorite Smith. Contenders Combs; Clem; Jordan Carlson, Shadle Park; Kayla McKeirnan, Richland. Darkhorse Leavitt.

400 3 p.m. (5 heats)

Favorite Dyneeca Adams, Rainier Beach. Contenders McKeirnan; Sophie Curl, Squalicum; Amber Finley, Tacoma Baptist; Eleanor Siler, Lewis & Clark. Darkhorse Brianne Brown, Shadle Park.

800 4:40 p.m. (3 heats)

Favorite Nikki Codd, Mead. Contenders Becca Friday, Bellingham; Lisa Olander, West Valley (Yakima); Chelsie Jorgensen, Puyallup. Darkhorse Curl.

1600 1:45 p.m.

Favorite Bronwyn Crossman, Squalicum. Contenders Adrienne McGuirk, Jesuit; Mary Graesser, North Central; Melissa Conlin, Hazen; Hannah Jensen, Bellingham. Darkhorse Chelsie Jorgensen, Puyallup.

3200 5:40 p.m.

Favorite Noelle VanRysselberghe, Jesuit. Contenders Crossman; Katie Sullivan, Jesuit; Sarah Lord, Redmond; Sandra Martinez, Davis. Darkhorse Andrea Nelson, Shadle Park.

100H Prelims 11:15 a.m. Finals 1:05 p.m.

Favorite Jensen. Contenders Kayla Standish, Ellensburg; Jewel Martin, Benson; Caroline Hedel, Richland; Brynn DeLong, Shadle Park. Darkhorse Galia Deitz, Richland.

300H 3:50 p.m. (5 heats)

Favorite Olivia Johnston, Kamiakin. Contenders Jensen; Clem; Martin; Hedel. Darkhorse Courtney Hutchins, Selah.

4x100 2:20 p.m. (5 heats)

Favorite Benson. Contenders Rainier Beach; Evergreen (Vancouver); Shadle Park; Mead. Darkhorse Richland.

4x400 6 p.m. (4 heats)

Favorite Shadle Park. Contenders Mead; Richland; Kamiakin; Skyview. Darkhorse Bellingham.

Distance medley 10:10 a.m. (2 heats)

Favorite Jesuit. Contenders Squalicum; Mount Spokane; Richland; Lewis & Clark. Darkhorse Walla Walla.

Long jump 10 a.m. (6 flights)

Favorite Smith. Contenders James; Candace Missouri, Evergreen (Vancou-ver); Eleaya Schuerch, East Valley (Spo-kane); Amanda Alvarez, Columbia River. Darkhorse Cora Speidel, Shorecrest.

Triple jump 1:45 p.m. (6 flights)

Favorite Jessica Yates, Snohomish. Contenders Alvarez; Schuerch; Missouri; Lindsey Fleishman, Kentridge. Darkhorse Standish.

High jump 10 a.m.

Favorite Kelly McNamee, Ferris. Contenders Kristie Moss, Riverside Christian; Alyssa Wold, West Valley (Spokane); Brittany Aanstad, Lake Stevens; Kelsey Adams, Ferris.

Darkhorse Taymussa Miller, Hanford.

Pole vault 11 a.m.

Favorite Jordan Roskelly, Mount Spokane. Contenders Alexa Huestis, W.F. West (Chehalis); Hilary Moore, Prosser; Michayla Mueller, Ferris; Courtney Bratrude, Wenatchee. Darkhorse Brenna Lawson, Lake City.

Shot put 1:45 p.m. (6 flights)

Favorite Anna Albrecht, Pullman. Contenders Ashley Hutchinson, Mead; Tonya Romanchuk, Ferris; Kjirsten Jensen, Arlington; Jordan Stueckle, Selah. Darkhorse Coriann Wood, Connell.

Discus 10 a.m. (6 flights)

Favorite Ashley Kenney, West Valley (Spokane). Contenders Hutchinson; Albrecht; Jensen; Sam Damiano, Mount Spokane. Darkhorse Wood.

Javelin 1:45 p.m. (8 flights)

Favorite Courtney Kirkwood, Othello. Contenders Aanstad; Rebecca Lee, Connell; Josephine Anyiri, Pasco; Anna Banks, Mount Spokane. Darkhorse Lindsey Snyder, Mount Spokane.

Boys

100 Prelims 11:15 a.m. Finals 1:15 p.m.

Favorite Ryan Hamilton, Evergreen (Vancouver). Contenders Cedric Carter, South Kitsap; Andre Jennings, Ferris; Morrey Brown, Kentridge; Jamaine Olson, Jesuit. Darkhorse Cade Wandling, Prosser.

200 Prelims 12:20 p.m. Finals 5:05 p.m.

Favorite Jennings. Contenders Hamilton; Aaron Wafer, Moses Lake; Dominic Schmidt, Lewiston; Alex Cassis, North Central. Darkhorse Andrew Battenberg, Walla Walla.

400 2:40 p.m. (4 heats)

Favorite Isak Bergman, Ellensburg. Contenders Wafer; Schmidt; Jasen Meyers, Renton; Isaac Molstre, Lake Stevens. Darkhorse Isaiah Jones, Benson.

800 4:15 p.m. (3 heats)

Favorite Nectaly Barbosa, Prosser. Contenders Abdi Hassan, Nathan Hale; Max O'Donaghue-McDonald, Seattle Prep; David Hickerson, Ferris. Darkhorse Chris Stone, Renton.

1600 1:30 p.m.

Favorite Joey Bywater, Lake Stevens. Contenders Bergman; Barbosa; Dylan Hatcher, Mead; Tyler Noland, Richland. Darkhorse Axel Stanovsky, Everett.

3200 5:25 p.m.

Favorite Ryan Prentice, Mount Rainier. Contenders Chris Kwiatkowski, Bellingham; Doug Holt, Woodinville; Dak Riek, Mariner; Brian Manning, Jesuit. Darkhorse Peter Miller, Shadle Park.

110H Prelims 10:50 a.m. Finals 1 p.m.

Favorite Tim Armstrong, East Valley (Spokane). Contenders Adam Walden, Newport; Eric Bailey, Benson; Isaac Butts, Richland; Tyler Cope, Jesuit. Darkhorse Scottie Duclos, Kamiakin.

300H 3:25 p.m. (4 heats)

Favorite Bailey. Contenders Cope; Duclos; Blake Caddy, Riverside; Logan Darling, Bellingham. Darkhorse Brad Reynolds, Post Falls.

4x100 2 p.m. (4 heats)

Favorite Evergreen (Vancouver). Contenders Jesuit, North Central, Prosser, Richland. Darkhorse Benson.

4x400 6:20 p.m. (4 heats)

Favorite Benson. Contenders Renton, Ferris, Central Valley. Darkhorse Prosser.

Distance medley 9:30 a.m. (2 heats)

Favorite Mead. Contenders Ferris, Central Valley, Lake Stevens, North Central. Darkhorse Richland.

Long jump 10 a.m. (6 flights)

Favorite Jameson Hawk, Washougal. Contenders Wafer; Jamarian Malley, Benson; Vonzell McDowell, Rainier Beach; Scott Bunkelman, East Valley (Spokane). Darkhorse James Monk, Evergreen (Vancouver).

Triple jump 1:45 p.m. (6 flights)

Favorite Jonathon Miller, Richland. Contenders Rendel Jones, Everett;

K.B. Burns, Liberty (Issaquah); Keefe Brockman, Hanford; William Davis, Central Valley. Darkhorse Kyle Cho, Kamiak.

High jump 1:45 p.m.

Favorite Brockman. Contenders Eric Greenwood, Edmonds-Woodway; Adam Stewart, Davis; Jarin Price, Connell; Cody McCargar, Richland. Darkhorse Brayton Dekoning, Ellensburg.

Pole vault 11 a.m.

Favorite Sam Sampson, Squalicum. Contenders Sean Beighton, Kamiak; Ryan Brown, Squalicum; Daniel Thompson, Camas; Levi Hill, Eisenhower. Darkhorse Luke Hattrup, Mead.

Shot put 10 a.m. (6 flights)

Favorite Renard Williams, South Kitsap. Contenders Mike McGee, Mead; Alameeda Taamu, Rainier Beach; Matt Gill, West Valley; Andrew Matschiner, Jesuit. Darkhorse Cory Cummings, Highland.

Discus 1:45 p.m. (6 flights)

Favorite Gill. Contenders Logwone Mitz, Redmond; Todd Loncasty, Mead; Alex Nelson, Evergreen (Vancouver); Ben Black, Capital (Boise). Darkhorse Billy Matthews, Moses Lake.

Javelin 10 a.m. (6 flights)

Favorite Nick Lyons, DeSales. Contenders Jason Harris, Renton; Wes Nolen, University; Tyler Nanny, Lewis & Clark; Aaron Mettler, Walla Walla. Darkhorse Justin Graff, Mead.