by Randy Parks and Lindy Williams
Burns Times-Herald

The Burns track teams not only hosted the Burns Lions/Arlie Oster Memorial Track Meet on Saturday, April 15, they also won both the girls and boys team titles.

The Burns girls claimed the top spot with 177 points. Grant Union was second with 154 points, followed by Ontario with 88, Adrian 65, Modoc, Calif. 45, Vale 44, Harper 10, Powder Valley 7, Dayville 6, Crane 4, and McDermitt, Nev. 4.

The Lady Hilanders swept the top four places in the 400 meters, led by Carli Feist with a time of 1:02.79.

Also finishing first in their events were McKenzi Hoyt in the 800 and 1,500; Mary Letham in the 3,000; and Nicol Gahley in the pole vault.

The Burns boys team compiled 182 points to easily out-distance Ontario with 146.5 for the top spot. Crane came in third with 83 points, followed by Adrian with 68, Vale 61.5, Powder Valley 51, Grant Union 40, Harper 15, Burnt River 5, Prairie City 4, and Dayville 4.

The Hilanders’ Jake Blackburn took first in both the shot put and discus and placed second in the javelin to help lead the Hilanders to the win.

Also finishing first for Burns were Scott Davies in the 800; Emmett Klus in the 1,500; Dallon Higgins in the pole vault, Hyrum Paramore in the triple jump; Calvin Bates in the 3,000; and the 4×400 relay team of Evan Gunderson, Brett Friedrichsen, Higgins and Davies.

The Crane Mustangs were led by David Steeves with first place finishes in the 110 meter hurdles and the high jump, and Jay Jay Balowski, who won the long jump.

Placers (top eight) for Burns (B) and Crane (C) are as follows:

Girls

100m — Gahley (B) 2nd, 13.35; Catherine Clemens (B) 4th, 13.67.

200m — Gahley (B) 2nd, 27.84; Clemens (B) 3rd, 28.44; Sayge Root  (B) 8th, 29.90.

400m — Feist (B) 1st, 1:02.79; Clemens (B) 2nd, 1:06.05; Hoyt (B) 3rd, 1:07.30; Letham (B) 4th, 1:10.10; Risa Thompson (C) 7th, 1:12.00.

800m — Hoyt (B) 1st, 2:36.07; Sierra Anderson (B) 5th, 3:03.78; Kristen DesIlets (B) 8th, 3:32.74.

1500m — Hoyt (B) 1st, 5:21.16; Letham (B) 2nd, 5:40.23.

3000m — Letham (B) 1st, 12:41.05.

100m hurdles — Annabelle Johnson (B) 2nd, 17.65; Alexis Dickie (B) 7th, 21.27.

300m hurdles — Feist (B) 2nd, 49.30; Johnson (B) 4th, 52.59; Parker Landon (B) 5th, 53.54.

4×100 relay — Burns (Root, Johnson, Anderson, DesIlets) 3rd, 59.17.

4×400 relay — Burns (Landon, Johnson, Hoyt, Root) 2nd, 4:37.61.

Discus — Gahley (B) 5th, 88-02.

High jump — Clemens (B) 4th, 4-10.00.

Pole vault — Gahley (B) 1st, 7-06.00.

Long jump — Feist (B) 4th, 14-11.00; Savannah Maupin (C) 7th, 13-11.75; Landon (B) 8th, 13-11.00.

Triple jump — Feist (B) 3rd, 31-09.25; Landon (B) 4th, 30-05.00

Boys

100m — Higgins (B) 2nd, 12.03; Balowski (C) 3rd, 12.05; Bryce Otley (C) 8th, 12.59.

200m — Otley (C) 4th, 24.94; B. Friedrichsen (B) 5th, 24.96; Paramore (B) 7th, 25.34.

400m — Davies (B) 2nd, 52.44; E. Gunderson (B) 4th, 53.00; Klus (B) 5th, 55.00; B. Friedrichsen (B) 7th, 56.55.

800m — Davies (B) 1st, 2:06.65; Klus (B) 3rd, 2:08.20; JP Friedrichsen (B) 7th, 2:24.03; Rixon Doman (C) 8th, 2:28.15.

1500m — Klus (B) 1st, 4:23.21; Bates (B) 5th, 5:01.87; JP Friedrichsen (B) 6th, 5:08.44.

3000m — Bates (B) 1st, 10:46.57; Chris Boyd (B) 4th, 11:43.49.

110m hurdles — Steeves (C) 1st, 17.35; Tyler Singhose (B) 3rd, 18.18; Rhett Landon (C) 4th, 20.23.

300m hurdles — William Johnson (C) 3rd, 46.86; Singhose (B) 4th, 47.67; Landon (C) 6th, 51.35.

4×100 relay — Crane (Otley, Warren Johnson, Steeves, Balowski) 3rd, 46.78; Burns (E. Gunderson, B. Friedrichsen, Davies, Higgins) 5th, 47.44; Crane (Wi. Johnson, Benjamin Miller, Cache Campbell, Sam Williams) 7th.

4×400 relay — Burns (E. Gunderson, B. Friedrichsen, Higgins, Davies) 1st, 3:38.99; Crane (Otley, Doman, Wi. Johnson, Wa. Johnson) 4th, 3:59.52; Burns (Klus, Josh Reagle, Blackburn, Harlen Gunderson) 5th, 3:59.98.

Shot put — Blackburn (B) 1st, 45-06.25; Williams (C) 7th, 36-05.50; Dillin Holtby (B) 8th, 36-05.00.

Discus — Blackburn (B) 1st, 133-05; Steeves (C) 4th, 116-05.

Javelin — Blackburn (B) 2nd, 155-11; Miles Maupin (C) 3rd, 146-03; Reagle (B) 6th, 130-03.

High jump — Steeves (C) 1st, 6-02.00; Paramore (B) 3rd, 6-00.00.

Pole vault — Higgins (B) 1st, 12-00.00; E. Gunderson (B) 3rd, 10-06.00.

Long jump — Balowski (C) 1st, 21-03.00; Paramore (B) 4th, 17-08.50; Klayton Nutter (B) 8th, 17-00.00.

Triple jump — Paramore (B) 1st, 40-05.00.

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The Crane Union High School track teams competed in their home meet, the Ranchers Invitational, on Friday, April 14.

The boys placed first in the meet with 125.5 points, followed by Adrian with 122.5, Mitchell-Spray 62.83, Condon/Wheeler 50, Long Creek 42.6, Monument 30, Lakeview 28, McDermitt 27.5, Harper 27, Jordan Valley 11, and Prairie City 11.

The girls placed fourth on their side of the competition with 48.5 points. Adrian placed first with 149.5 points, followed distantly by Monument with 68 points, Condon/Wheeler 57, Crane 48.5, Mitchell-Spray 43.5, Lakeview 42, Harper 36.5, Huntington 16, Jordan Valley 16, McDermitt 5, Prairie City 5, Long Creek 3.

Individual results (top eight places) are as follows:

Girls

100m –– Elizabeth Jenkins 5th, 15.10; Savannah Maupin 8th, 15.43.

800m –– Risa Thompson 2nd, 3:13.5.

Shot put –– Katie Burns 5th, 27-05.00.

Discus –– Burns 3rd, 83-06.

Javelin –– Morgan Cronin 6th, 71-07; Burns 7th, 70-09.

High Jump –– Maupin 7th (tie), 4-00.00.

Long Jump –– Maupin 3rd, 13-06.50; Thompson 4th, 13-01.00.

Triple Jump –– Jenkins 2nd, 29-10.50.

Boys

100m –– Jay Jay Balowski 3rd (tie), 12.20; Miles Maupin 5th, 12.53; Bryce Otley 6th, 12.54.

200m –– Warren Johnson 4th, 25.46.

800m –– Peyton Krueger 8th, 2:50.04.

110m hurdles –– David Steeves 1st, 17.02; Otley 2nd, 19.36; Rhett Landon 4th, 20.59.

300m hurdles –– Landon 1st, 51.26.

4x100m relay –– Crane (William Johnson, Rixon Doman, Landon, Brian Clark) 3rd, 52.19.

Shot put –– Sam Williams 7th, 36-03.75.

Discus –– Steeves 3rd, 111-01.

Javelin –– Maupin, 1st, 151-06; Wa. Johnson 5th, 116-08; Clark 6th, 116-00; Williams 8th, 114-01.

Pole Vault –– Imani Schaefer 1st, 7-06.00;  Krueger 2nd, 6-00.00.

Long Jump –– Glenn Starbuck 5th, 15-07.00; Benjamin Miller 7th, 14-10.00.

Triple Jump –– Steeves 1st, 36-09.00; Starbuck 6th, 31-11.00; Landon 8th, 30-09.00.

Saturday, April 15, the Mustangs competed in the Burns Lions Oster Invitational.

Tuesday, April 18, they traveled to John Day to compete in the Grant Union Small Schools Meet. Results were unavailable at press time.

On Saturday, April 22, the Mustangs will travel to the 11th Annual Pepsi Invitational in Union. The first events will begin at 11 a.m.