Colfax rolls 19 to state track

Colfax junior Piper Cai wins the girls’ pole vault at 9-3, her best mark for the season.

Nineteen Colfax track team members qualified at the 12-team regional event at Central Valley Friday and Saturday and will compete in the three-day state finals which starts today at Roos Field in Cheney.

The Bulldogs qualified by placing in the top four in the events at the regional.

Colfax will have two of its regional winners, Ben Ahmann and Parker Warwick, on the line today for the prelims in the 300 hurdles.

Ahmann won both hurdle events at the regional, and Piper Cai and Warwick booked wins and second-place finishes to top Colfax tracksters at the regional meet at Central Valley.

A junior, Ahmann won the 110 hurdles at 17.63 and the 300 at 42.36.

Warwick, a senior, won the 300 hurdles by a margin of close to four seconds and placed second in the 100 hurdles.

She also ran a leg in the 4x100 relay team which won with Kaitlin Cornish, Josie Riebold and Alexie Smith also on the team.

Cai won the pole vault at 9-3, a season best for her, and she placed second in the high jump at 4-11.

Colfax girls team placed third with 106 points behind the 127 win rolled up by Asotin.

Bulldog boys placed fourth with 63 points behind a dominating 161-point win stacked by Northwest Christian.

Colfax had two qualifiers in the pole vault with Caleb Brown second at 10-6 and Carson Cloaninger third at 10-0.

GIRLS EVENTS Winners and county finishers 100–1.

Ashley Sande-St. George's 12.85, 4.

Kaitlyn Cornish-Cx 3.46 8.

Sarah Whelchel-Cx 14.02.

200–1.

Sande 25.83, 5.

Cornish 27.4.

400–1.

Adrienne Washington-Asotin 1:01.

800–1.

Madison Ward-St. George's 2:19.2.

1600–1.

Ward 5:19.37, 9.

Rebekah Huber-Cx 6:27.62, 10.

Tayma Vanek-Cx 6:39.4, 11.

Abigail Huber-Cx 7:23.6.

3200–1.

Carmen Eggleston-Asotin 11:55.2, 8.

R. Huber 14:33.4, 9.

Mya Ensley 14:59.83.

100 hurdles–1.

Karlee Maloho-Wilbur/Creston 16.34, 2.

Parker Warwick-Cx 16.96, 7.

Nora Burrill-Cx 18.79, 8.

Averi Mackleit-Cx 19.02.

300 hurdles–1.

Warwick 46.91, 6.

Burrill 54.75, 7.

Mackleit 54.79, 8.

Mackleit 54.79.

4x100 relay–1.

Colfax (Cornish, Warwick, Josie Riebold, Alexie Smith) 51.65.

4x200 relay–1.

Wilbur/Creston 1:49.83, 2.

Colfax (Taylre Sakamoto-Howell, Sara Kraut, Warwick, Smith) 1:51.6.1.

4x400 relay–1.

St. George's 4:12.82, 4.

Colfax (Skylre Sakamoto-Howell, T. Sakamoto-Howell, Piper Cai, Kraut) 4:27.08.

Shotput–1.

Abby Karlis-Liberty 34-2.5, 5.

Emily Leighton-Tekoa/Rosalia 31-10.5, 9.

Makenna Roberts-Cx 30-1.

Discus–1.

AaLea Kolb-Asotin 116-11.

Javelin–1.

Lainy Jacobsen-Davenport 104-7, 2.

Smith 103-7, 6.

Leighton 88-9.

High jump–1.

Alyssa Oates-Wilbur/Creston 5-1, 2.

Cai 4-11.

Pole vault–1.

Cai 9-3, 6.

Riebold 7-0.

Long jump–1.

Sande 16-7, 3.

Cornish 15-8, 6.

Whelchel 14-11, 12.

Casey Fulfs-Cx 12-3.5.

Triple jump–1.

Aleena Cook-Liberty 33-6, 6.

Whelchel 29-11, 10.

Fulfs 28-6.

BOYS EVENTS Winners and county finishers 100–1.

Caleb Meyer-NWC 11.47.

200–1.

Meyer 22.51, 8.

Mathew Neu-Cx 24.28.

400–1.

Jack Ammon-NWC 50.07.

800–1.

Ammon 2:00.38.5, 5.

Ryley Griffiths 2:05.63, 8.

Chase Baerlocher-Cx 2:18.96.

1600–1.

Thomas Weakland-Asotin 4:25.44, 8.

Gavin Merritt-TR 4:56.38, 10.

Baerlocher 4:59.93.

3200–1.

Tyler Shea-NWC 9:59.58, 3.

Merritt 10:41.17.

110 hurdles–1.

Ben Ahmann-Cx 17.63.

300 hurdles–1.

Ahmann 42.36.

4x100 relay–1.

Northwest Christian 43.74, 3.

Colfax (Ahmann, Caleb Brown, Griffiths, Neu) 45.9.

4x400 relay–1.

Northwest Christian 3:30.63, 3.

Colfax (Ahmann, Brown, Griffiths, Neu) 3:37.31.

Shotput–1.

Cody Whitmore-Asotin 53-8, 6.

Jared Kneale-Cx 41-9.

Discus–1.

Whitmore 165-9.

Javelin–1.

Whitmore 159-10.

High jump–1.

Casey Hamilton-Kettle Falls 6-2, 4.

Caleb Brown 6-0, 6.

Garrett Naught TR 6-0.

Pole vault–1.

Yang Xu-NWC 12-7, 2.

Brown 10-6, 3.

Carson Cloaninger-Cx 10-0, 7.

Cole Baerlocher-8-0.

Long jump–1.

Thomas Martin-Asotin 21-0.5, 9.

Gabe Ahmann-Cx 18-7.75, 10.

Dane Hall 17-8.25, 11.

Naught 17-4.75.

Triple jump–1.

McKay Knowlton-KF 42-5, 11.

Jasper Norwood-TR 28-8.

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