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Klus, Hueckman, Davis win state titles

Emmett Klus

The Burns Hilanders’ Emmett Klus was a repeat champion in both the 800  meters and the 1500 meters races to lead the Burns boys track team to a fourth-place finish at the OSAA 3A Track & Field State Championships held May 17-18 at Mount Hood Community College in Gresham.

Burns placed fourth with 45 points, just four points behind first-place St. Mary’s.

Klus won the 800 with a time of 1:59.45, and the 1500 in 4:12.89. The Hilanders’ JP Friedrichsen was second in the 1500m with a time of 4:15.44.

Klayton Nutter of Burns raced to a third-place finish in the 200 meters (23.05), and finished sixth in the 400 meters (53.07), and Calvin Bates was fourth in the 3000 meters (9:22.89).

The 4×400 relay team of Bates, Nutter, Friedrichsen, and Klus placed sixth (3:34.13).

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Allie Hueckman

Allie Hueckman, a sophomore at Burns High School, is the state champion in the high jump for the second year in row. Hueckman cleared 5 feet, 4 inches to win the title at the OSAA 3A Track & Field State Championships held May 17-18 at Mount Hood Community College in Gresham.

Hueckman’s title helped the Burns girls track team earn a sixth-place finish at the meet with 45 points. St. Mary’s won the team title with 79 points.

Hueckman also placed sixth in the javelin (116-03) and 10th in the long jump (14-06).

The Hilanders’ McKenzi Hoyt finished second in the 3000 meters (10:48.59) and third in the 1500 meters (4:54.44). Olivia Winn finished sixth in the 3000 (11:17.69) and 10th in the 1500 (5:18.01). In the 800 meters, Kaitlyn Wright was third (2:23.51), Riley Morris ninth (2:29.93), and Sarah Letham 10th (2:31.97). Annabelle Johnson picked up points for the Hilanders with a fourth-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles (48.92) and fifth place in the 100-meter hurdles (17.22). Morris also placed ninth in the 3000 meters (11:26.18), Kaiden Raif was 11th in the triple jump (30-06.50), and the 4×400 relay team of Sayge Root, Hoyt, Johnson and Wright finished ninth (4:19.64).

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Riley Davis

Riley Davis won the 1A state shot put championship and the Crane girls track team tied for seventh at the OSAA 1A Track & Field State Championships held May 17-18 at Western Oregon University in Monmouth.

Davis’ winning throw of 37 feet, nine inches, was more than a foot better than the second-place finisher. Crane’s Kathryn Burns came in fourth in the shot put (33-08.75).

Laurel Witzel of Crane placed second in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.02. Shelie Doman was fifth in the discus (102-06), and Burns placed 7th (99-03), and Kelsie Siegner placed fifth in the 300-meter hurdles (50.36), seventh in the 400 meters (1:05.27), and ninth in the triple jump (31-02.50).

The Lady Mustangs finished with 35 points at the meet, tying Damascus Christian for seventh place. Adrian won the state title with 57 points, three points ahead of St. Paul.

Randy Parks
Editor Randy was born in Iowa, and spent most of his life growing up in the Hawkeye State. After a few years in college, he settled in Idaho for a decade, skiing, golfing, and working at Sun Valley Resort. He married in 1985, completed broadcast school, and moved to Harney County in 1989 to work for KZZR. After 16 years of on-air work, he left the radio station and went to work for the Burns Times-Herald.

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