McKenzie Sports Report – April 17
McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week
The McKenzie Varsity Track and Field teams travel to LaPine on Saturday, April 19, to participate in the LaPine Invitational. Field events will start at 10:00 am and track events start at 12:00 pm.
McKenzie’s Aytan Brown Sprints To Two Victories
At Small Schools Invitational
Myra Dion, Zyla Drake, Claire Weiss Notch Wins
Senior Aytan Brown led his Eagle teammates at the Small Schools Invitational track meet hosted by Thurston High School, last Saturday, April 12. Brown won the 100 meters in a Personal Record time of 11.56 seconds and added a PR win in the 200 meters with a time of 23.81 seconds. Nine teams competed at the Small Schools Invitational, Alsea, Crow, Lowell, North Douglas, Thurston, Yoncalla, Mannahouse Academy (Eugene), Mohawk and McKenzie.
Brown’s teammates, Auden Vailes and Owen Young placed 13th and 14th respectively in the 100 meters, timed out at 13.89 sec and 14.78 sec, both PR times. Eagle William Valtinson set a PR 3rd place time in the 200 meters at 58.36 sec and Young set a new PR time of 1:09.72 min, good for 8th place.
The McKenzie 4×100 Relay team of Hayden Harbick, Rhys Hamlow, Elijah Walline, and Brown took 2nd in the event with a time of 48.03 sec. Mohawk won the 4×100 Relay in 47.77 sec.
Eagle freshman TJ Doolin set a PR distance mark in the shot put, 37 ft. 3 in., and earned second behind event winner Cayden Hernandez of Crow, who threw the shot 41 ft. 9.5 in. Doolin’s teammates Noah Borden finished 8th with a mark of 29 ft. 6 in., Jacob Peek finished tied for 10th at 29 ft. 1.5 in., and Hayden Kumle took 16th at 23 ft. 9.5 in. Peek’s 2nd place discus toss of 99 ft. 9 in earned him a new PR. Hernandez won the discus with his own PR of 126 ft. 3 in. Doolin took 5th with a PR mark of 94 ft. 4 in and Borden’s throw of 75 ft. 10 in, a PR, finished him in 8th place. Gabriel Rosen of Yoncalla won the javelin with a throw of 122 ft. 10 in. McKenzie freshman Jacob Norlund finished 5th with a toss of 104 ft. 5 in. Kumle threw a PR mark of 96 ft. 11 in, 8th place, and Young finished 10th at 87 ft. 1 in.
Eagle Auden Vailes set his PR mark in the long jump, leaping 15 ft. 7 in. Teammate Walline jumped 15 ft. 1.5 in for a 10th place finish and Young finished 16th at 13 ft. 3.5 in. Jax Norcutt of Lowell won the long jump with a PR mark of 19 ft. 6 in.
Other boys event winners were: 1500 meters: Callum Plahn, Lowell, 5:07.10 minutes. 3000 meters: Colton Nevins, Crow, 10:53.19 minutes. 110M Hurdles, Julien Mull, North Douglas, 18.40 seconds. 300m Hurdles: Tyler Raven, Thurston, 41.10 seconds. High jump: Jayden Churchwell, Yoncalla, 6 ft. 6 in. Pole Vault: Nate Waters, Lowell, 8 ft. 6 in. Triple jump: Jax Norcutt, Lowell, 38 ft. 3 in.
Personal Records were in bloom on the girl’s side of the Track last Saturday as well. Eagle junior Myra Dion won her 3000 meters race in a PR time of 13:19.37 minutes. Freshman Claire Weiss’ time of 1:06.54 minutes in the 400 meters was a Personal Record and 1st place time and the Eagle won the high jump, clearing the bar at 4 ft. 4 in. And freshman Zyla Drake won the 1500 meters in a new PR time of 6:11.19 minutes. Dion set a second PR in the 800 meters with a 2nd place finish timed in 2:58.95 minutes and, not to be outdone, Drake added her second PR with and 3rd place finish in 3:04.14 minutes. Paisley Jacobsen of Alsea won the 800 meters in 2:58.25 minutes.
Eagle Linn Goette took 2nd place in the shot put with a Personal Record toss of 21 ft. 1.75 in. Mohawk’s Bailey Fields won the event with a PR 28 ft. 7 in. mark. Goette threw the javelin, 69 ft. 8 in., a PR, which earned her 5th place. Dion finished the javelin in 7th place with a throw of 67 ft. 1 in. And Goette took 6th place in the discus with another PR mark of 52 ft. 3 in. Teammate Beckah Short finished right behind in 7th place with a toss of 50 ft. 0 in. Feirin McConnell of Crow won the discus event with a PR mark of 95 ft. 0 in and the Cougar senior also took home top honors in the javelin with a good throw of 110 ft. 9 inches.
The McKenzie 4×100 Relay team consisting of Imani Hagins, Liliana Jones, Short, and Weiss finished 2nd with a time of 1:01.17 minutes and that event was won by Lowell in 57.24 seconds. The Eagle foursome of Dion, Drake, Short, and Weiss did win the 4×400 Relay with a time of 5:34.85 minutes. Jones finished 4th in the 100m Hurdles with a PR time of 22.19 seconds. Isabella Peterson of Lowell won that event in 19.26 seconds and the Red Devil senior also won the 300m Hurdles with a time of 56.34 seconds.
Eagle Jones placed 5th in the long jump with a leap marked at 12 ft. 8 in. Hagins, PR’d in 11th place with a jump of 10 ft. 3.5 in and Courtney Garrelts finished 15th at 7 ft. 0 in. The long jump was won by Alsea’s Tamarra O’Brien with a mark of 13 ft. 10.5 in. Dilila Peralta of Yoncalla won the triple jump at 28 ft. 85 in. Aniah Watson of Lowell won the 200 meters race in a time of 29.14 seconds.