By Debbie Raney
Burns Times-Herald

Eighteen Crane Mustang athletes will end the 2010 track and field season with the ultimate opportunity — competing at the OSAA 1A state championship meet.

The Mustangs qualified seven girls and 11 boys at the District 4-1 meet in Baker City. The top two finishers in each event at the district level qualified for advancement to the state meet. Crane took the championship in nine boys events and seven girls events, and placed second in five boys events and four girls events.

In addition, the Mustang boys earned the district team championship by racking up 186.5 team points. Second place in the boys meet was Imbler with 97. Crane’s girls team finished the meet in second place with 144 points, behind Imbler with 181.5.

The Mustangs who will be competing this weekend in Monmouth at Western Oregon University are Emilee O’Toole (3 events), September O’Crowley (4 events), Natalie Bentz (4 events), Beth Milburn (2 events), Nicole Bentz, Hannah Steeves, Alycia Jenkins  (2 events), Levi Miller (2 events), Tanner Titus, Dan O’Crowley, Jeran Conaway (2 events), Gus Titus, Lewis Whiting, Lance Moser (2 events), Blake Steeves (4 events), TJ Potter (3 events), Wilson Witzel and Milton Merritt (2 events).

Results from the District 4 meet follow:

Boys
100 meters — 8-Lance Moser, 12.72.
200m — 3-Jeran Conaway, 24.58; 6-Milton Merritt, 25.50.
400m — 3-Merritt, 57.89; 4-Levi Miller, 58.54; 10-Blaise Schulz, 1:06.04.
800m — 2-Miller, 2:15.34; 4-Tanner Titus, 2:20.85; 11-Schulz.
1,500m — 1-T. Titus, 4:39.04; 2-Dan O’Crowley, 4:40.99.
3,000m — 1-Gus Titus, 10:03.23; 2-Lewis Whiting, 10:12.61; 3-O’Crowley, 11:50.51.
110m hurdles — 1-Blake Steeves, 16.44; 3-Wilson Witzel, 19.35.
300m hurdles — 1-TJ Potter, 43.21; 2-Witzel, 45.37.
4×100 relay — 1-Merritt, Potter, Moser, Miller, 47.41.
4×400 relay — Steeves, Moser, Potter, Merritt, 3:44.37.
Javelin — 3-Conaway, 160.00; 4-Witzel, 132.2.5.
High jump — 2-Conaway, 6-01; 9-Moser, 5-02.
Pole vault — 1-Conaway, 12-0; 4 tie-Zach Cody, 9-0.
Long jump — 1-Steeves, 20-04.5.
Triple jump — 1-Steeves, 44-06.25; 6-Cody, 34-11.5.

Girls
100 meters — 2-Emilee O’Toole, 13.34; 6-Bethany Milburn, 13.94; 9 tie-Janessa Fowles, 14.84.
200m — 2-O’Toole, 28.23; 4-Nicole Bentz, 30.64; 7-Savannah Duff, 32.11; 11-Fowles, 33.15.
400m — 1-September O’Crowley, 1:00.44; 2-Natalie Bentz, 1:03.45.
800m — 2-Alycia Jenkins, 2:33.51.
1,500m — 1-Alycia Jenkins, 5:18.36; 5-Delilas Korth, 5:54.61; 8-Iris Gunkel, 6:23.63.
3,000m — 3-Korth, 12:29.14; 4-Gunkel, 12:48.98.
100m hurdles — 5-Milburn, 18.443; 7-Duff, 19.06.
300m hurdles — 1-O’Crowley, 46.27.
4×100 relay — 1-O’Toole, Milburn, Na. Bentz, Ni. Bentz, 53.23.
4×400 relay — 1-Hannah Steeves, Na. Bentz, Milburn, O’Crowley, 4:22.34.
Shot put — 9-Shayla Lundy, 24-08.5.
Discus — 4-Steeves, 78-02.
Javelin — 8-Lundy, 77-0.
High jump — 1-Na. Bentz, 5-04; 8-Lundy, 4-06.
Pole vault — 1-O’Crowley, 9-06.
Long jump — 9-Duff, 13-10.75.
Triple jump — 6-Ni. Bentz, 29-01.5.