By Debbie Raney
Burns Times-Herald

Eighteen Crane Mustang  track team members came away from the District 4-1A meet in Baker City last week with a ticket to the OSAA state 1A meet to be held this weekend.

Eleven Mustang boys qualified for the state meet, placing either first or second in individual events, with seven girls earning the trip. In addition, the Mustang boys team won the district championship, racking up 194.5 points. The Joseph Eagles were the closest competitors to the Crane boys, scoring 133 points. The Crane girls finished in second place at the district meet, scoring 154 points behind Imbler’s 169.

The Mustangs had numerous district champions, including September O’Crowley who left the meet with four gold medals. O’Crowley took first place in the pole vault and the 400-meter, as well as running in the championship 4×100-meter and the 4×400-meter relays.

Lindy Steeves and Jordan Conaway finished the district meet with three championships apiece. Steeves was also a member of the two relay teams and took first in the 200-meter run. Conaway earned gold in the long jump, pole vault and the 110-meter hurdles.

Natalie Bentz, Alex Borelli, TJ Potter, Emilee O’Toole, Bethany Milburn, Lewis Whiting and Dallen Davies round out the list of Mustang champions. Bentz took first in the high jump and ran on the 4×400 relay team. She will also compete at the state meet in the 800-meter run, having placed second at district.

Borelli ran in both the first-place 4×100 and 4×400 relays, and her time in the 100-meter was also state qualifying.

Potter won gold at the district meet in the 300-meter hurdles. He will also compete at state in the 4×100 and 4×400 relays, which both finished in second place at district.

O’Toole ran on the championship 4×100 relay team, and also qualified for the state meet by placing second in the 100-meter run and the 200-meter run.

Milburn finished the 300-meter hurdles in first for gold, earning the chance to compete at state.

Whiting took first at the district meet with a championship run in the 3,000-meters.

Davies picked up two gold medals with first-place finishes in the 100- and 200-meter runs. He will also be competing in the 4×100 relay.

The remainder of the Mustangs qualifying for state include Gus Titus, second in the 3,000-meter; Blake Steeves, second in both the triple jump and the 4×100 relay, plus a qualifying distance in the long jump; Jeran Conaway, second in the pole vault as well as a qualifying height in high jump; Raymond Thompson, second in the 4×100 relay; Greg Thompson, second in the 4×40 relay; Delilas Korth, second in the 3,000-meter run; and Cole Maupin, second in the 4×400 relay.

The state meet will be held at Western Oregon University in Monmouth on Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16. The first preliminary events will begin at 11 a.m.  Friday. Saturday’s finals will start at noon.

Individual top 10 results from the district meet for the Mustangs are as follows.

Boys
100m — 1-Dallen Davies, 11.44.
200m — 1-Davies, 23.46; 7-Cole Maupin, 25.15.
400m — 10-Milton Merritt, 59.29.
800m — 4-Josh Williams, 2:24.90; 5-Tanner Titus, 2:25.91; 6-Levi Miller, 2:26.06.
1,500m —- 3-T. Titus, 4:41.45; 4-Miller, 5:01.27; 5-Matt Bunch, 5:09.92.
3,000m — 1-Lewis Whiting, 10:13.85; 2-Gus Titus, 10:14.22; 3-Dan O’Crowley, 10:48.19.
110 hurdles — 1-Jordan Conaway, 15.87; 3-Wilson Witzel, 20.08.
300 hurdles — 1-TJ Potter, 43.18; 3-Jeran Conaway, 47.45; 5-Witzel, 49.65.
4×100 relay — 2-Davies, Potter, Raymond Thompson, Blake Steeves, 46.63.
4×400 relay — 2-Maupin, Potter, Steeves, Greg Thompson, 3:47.10.
Discus — 3-R. Thompson, 118-03.
Javelin — 3-R. Thompson, 151-08; 4-Je. Conaway, 134-04.
High jump — 4-Je. Conaway, 5-09.
Pole vault — 1-Jo. Conaway, 12-06; 2-Je. Conaway, 11-06; 5-Kenny Haworth, 9-0.
Long jump — 1-Jo. Conaway, 21-10; 4-Steeves, 20.02.5.
Triple jump — 2-Steeves, 41-10.25.

Girls
100m — 2-Emilee O’Toole, 13.06; 3-Alex Borelli, 13.13.
200m — 1-Lindy Steeves, 27.07; 2-O’Toole, 27.71.
400m — 1-September O’Crowley, 1:01.92.
800m — 2-Natalie Bentz, 2:41.68; 6-Savannah Duff, 3:01.44; 7-Shayla Lundy, 3:04.21.
1,500m — 4-Delilas Korth, 5:40.10; 6-Iris Gunkel, 6:24.74; 7-Jessica Cronin, 6:44.90.
3,000m — 2-Korth, 12:38.36; 5-Gunkel, 14:14.69.
100m hurdles — 4-Bethany Milburn, 18:16; Duff, 19.69.
300m hurdles — 1-Milburn, 50.64; 7-Duff, 57.45; 9-Lily Valentine, 1:01.77.
4×100 relay — 1-Steeves, O’Toole, O’Crowley, Borelli, 51.00.
4×400 relay — 1-Steeves, Borelli, Bentz, O’Crowley, 4:10.89.
Shot put — 8-Cronin, 24-01.
Javelin — 4-Valentine, 106-03; 7-Cassidy Corrigan, 85-09.
High jump — 1-Bentz, 5-04.
Pole vault — 1-O’Crowley, 9-0.
Long jump — 4-Steeves, 15-02.25; 7-Duff, 13-11.; 8-Nichole Bentz, 13-08.25.
Triple jump — 8-Ni. Bentz, 26.08.