By Randy Parks
Burns Times-Herald

The Burns Hilander track teams competed in the Eastern Oregon League (EOL) Championships on Friday and Saturday, May 14-15, at Riverside High School in Boardman, and seven Hilander competitors qualified for the 3A state meet with their performances.

The 4×400 relay team of Maddye Dinsmore, Brea Ribeiro, Jamie Higle and Jen Higle not only won the race, but also broke the BHS school record again with a time of 4:04.00.

The same four also teamed up for a first-place finish in the 4×100 relay with a time of 50.15.

Dinsmore set a new school record in the 100 meter preliminaries with a time of 12.54, and then broke that record in the finals with a time of 12.43. She also qualified for state in the 200 meters with a winning time of 25.72.

Ja. Higle and Ribeiro will also be competing in four events at the state meet as they placed first in two individual races. Higle won both the 400 meters (58.19) and the 800 meters (2:24.16), and Ribeiro placed first in the 100 meter hurdles (16.83) and the 300 meter hurdles (48.79).

Chelsea Siegner qualified for state with a second-place finish in the discus. She and Anna Clemens will also go to state as alternates for both relay teams.

For the boys team, Carraig Colahan won the discus with a throw of 163’ 3”, and got third in the shot put, but got the automatic distance to go to state.

“Great performances by everybody involved,” Burns coach Eric Nichols said.

Nyssa won the girls meet with 121 points, followed by Burns with 103 points, Vale 83, Grant Union 81, Umatilla 69 and Riverside 65.

Nyssa won the boys meet as well, compiling 161 points. Grant Union finished second with 131 points, followed by Riverside with 113, Vale 33, Umatilla 29 and Burns 25.

The OSAA 3A State Track Meet will be held Friday and Saturday, May 21-22, at Western Oregon University in Monmouth.
Individual results for the Hilanders from the EOL meet are as follows:

Girls
100m — Dinsmore 1st (12.43); Je. Higle 4th (13.36).
200m — Dinsmore 1st (25.72); Je. Higle 4th (27.49); Clemens 5th (29.66).
400m — Ja. Higle 1st (58.19); Clemens 6th (1:09.36).
800m — Ja. Higle 1st (2:24.16).
100m hurdles — Ribeiro 1st (16.83).
300m hurdles — Ribeiro 1st (48.79).
4×100 relay — Burns (Ribeiro, Dinsmore, Je. Higle, Ja. Higle) 1st, 50.15.
4×400 relay — Burns (Ribeiro, Je. Higle, Ja. Higle, Dinsmore) 1st, 4:04.00.
Shot put — Che. Siegner 9th (29’ 1”).
Discus — Che. Siegner 6th (106’ 2”); Charlie Siegner 8th (83’).
Javelin — Siegner 4th (104’ 3”).
High jump — Molly Fitzpatrick 9th (4’ 2”).

Boys
100m — Philip Kness 4th (12.26).
Shot put — Colahan 3rd (47’ 8”); Landon Hanner 7th (42’ 5”).
Discus — Colahan 1st (163’ 3”); Dylan Stanwyck 6th (114’ 8”).
Javelin — Stanwyck 3rd (156’ 7”); Hanner 8th (135’ 11”).
Pole vault — Kness 4th (10’).