Top track and field athletes compete at the 3A meet at WOU May 15-16

By Randy Parks
Burns Times-Herald

Six members of the Burns girls track team and one from the boys team qualified for the 3A state meet to be held this Friday and Saturday, May 15-16, at Western Oregon University in Monmouth.

From the Hilanders’ girls team, Maddye Dinsmore, Jamie Higle and Chelsea Siegner all qualified in individual events by placing in the top two at the district meet held May 8-9 in Nyssa.

Dinsmore won both the 100- and 200-meter races, Siegner finished first in the discus and Higle placed second in the 800 meters.
Both of Burns’ relay teams also qualified for the state meet. The 4×100 team of Dinsmore, Anna Clemens, Higle and Brea Ribeiro raced to a first-place finish, and the 4×400 team comprised of Clemens, Dinsmore, Jen Higle and Ja. Higle placed second.

Carraig Colahan from the Burns’ boys team will make the trip to the state meet after finishing second in the discus.

In the team standings, Nyssa won the boys meet with 193 points. Grant Union placed second with 178, followed by Umatilla with 97, Riverside 69, Vale 60 and Burns 38.

Vale claimed the top spot in the girls meet with 183.5 points, followed by Grant Union with 131, Nyssa 121.5, Umatilla 79, Burns 76 and Riverside 55.

Individual results for the Hilanders are as follows:

Girls
100m — Dinsmore 1st (12.83), Je. Higle 6th (13.96).
200m — Dinsmore 1st (26.44), Je. Higle 6th (29.04).
400m — Clemens 4th (1:07.03).
800m — Ja. Higle 2nd (2:20.90).
4×100 — Burns 1st (Dinsmore, Clemens, Ja. Higle, Ribeiro 51.12).
4×400 — Burns 2nd (Clemens, Dinsmore, Je. Higle, Ja. Higle 4:12.36).
Shot put — Siegner 7th (28’ 1 1/4”).
Discus — Siegner 1st (99’ 5”).
Javelin — Siegner 5th (97’), Natalie Wassom 10th (69’ 4”).
Long jump — Clemens 6th (13’ 8”), Dominique Orr 12th (12’ 7 1/4”).

Boys
200m — Michael Martin 8th (26.03).
800m — Ralph Caldwell 8th (2:17.06).
1,500m — Caldwell 5th (4:41.16), Truman Mallon 12th (5:32.40).
3,000m — Anthony Frail 6th (11:30.65), Mallon 12th (12:54.71).
4×400 relay — Burns 4th (Philip Kness, Frail, Chanse Pierce, Dylan Stanwyck 4:02.73).
Shot put — Colahan 10th (36’ 8 1/2”).
Discus — Colahan 2nd (140’ 9”).
Javelin — Martin 3rd (158’ 7”), Stanwyck 7th (135’ 7”), Pierce 15th (95’ 6”).
High jump — Stanwyck 5th (5’ 6”).
Pole vault — Kness 4th (9’ 6”).
Long jump — Martin 10th (15’ 9 3/4”).
Triple jump — Stanwyck 9th (36’ 8”).