Philomath ends 12-year title drought, claims first-place team trophy at Oregon 4A girls track and field championships
By René Ferrán | Photo by Taylor Balkom
The Philomath girls track and field team ended a 12-year title drought Saturday at the OSAA state championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, scoring points in 11 of 17 events and amassing 87 points to defeat Marist Catholic for the Class 4A championship.
Senior Sage Kramer, who led the Warriors to a state basketball title in March, added a title in the shot put Saturday to the javelin she won Friday, and freshman Janice Hellesto led a 1-2 finish in the 400 meters and anchored the victorious 4x400 relay.
The Spartans won the 4x100 and senior Jennifer Tsai avenged an earlier loss in the 1,500 to Baker’s Emma Baeth by passing the Bulldogs senior in the homestretch to win the 800.
Cascade senior Emma Gates, headed to the University of Arizona in the fall, won the high jump Friday and the 100 Saturday to lead the Cougars to the third-place trophy.
North Valley senior Karlee Touey denied Gates a third title by edging her by four-hundredths of a second in the 200 final. Touey also won the 300 hurdles to help the Vikings to a fourth-place finish.
Molalla senior Elizabeth Grandle won athlete of the meet honors, earning titles in the long jump Friday and the 100 hurdles Saturday and placing in four events.
Marshfield’s Daphne Scriven (discus) and Cascade’s Anna Wilson (pole vault) were Saturday’s other winners.
Team scores
Top 10
Philomath 87, Marist Catholic 69, Cascade 57, North Valley 44, Astoria 39, Molalla 35, Baker 34.5, La Grande 32, Henley 30, Phoenix 24
State champions
4x100 Meters
Marist Catholic, 50.48 seconds
4x400
Philomath, 4:03.64
100
Emma Gates, Cascade, 12.37
100 Hurdles
Elizabeth Grandle, Molalla, 15.68
200
Karlee Touey, North Valley, 25.17
300 Hurdles
Karlee Touey, North Valley, 46.19
400
Janice Hellesto, Philomath, 58.83
800
Jennifer Tsai, Marist Catholic, 2:21.71
1500
Emma Baeth, Baker, 4:45.56
3000
Sophia Stubblefield, Phoenix, 10:31.00
Discus
Daphne Scriven, Marshfield, 110 feet, 11 inches
High Jump
Emma Gates, Cascade, 5-11
Javelin
Sage Kramer, Philomath, 120-7
Long Jump
Elizabeth Grandle, Molalla, 17-3 1/2
Pole Vault
Anna Wilson, Cascade, 10-0
Shot Put
Sage Kramer, Philomath, 35-7
Triple Jump
Lanie Cox, Henley, 35-1 3/4
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