River’s Edge Track Meet

by ALICIA WALTER

     The River’s Edge Track and Field Meet was held in Umatilla on Friday April 8th, 2016. The Umatilla meet is geared towards Varsity Athletes, so they only take the top three people from each school for each event. 
     Our school was allowed five girls into the Javelin event because our top five girls all have thrown over 90 ft. This is an exceptional feat, considering most schools only have one girl who can throw in the 90’s. Most schools range in the 80’s. 
     Mike Odman placed 5th in the Triple Jump with a jump of 37-03 ft. Landon Warne took 1sr place in Discus with a throw of 138-10 ft.  Donald Clark placed 4th in Discus with a throw of 119-02 ft. Donald Clark also placed 6th in Shot Put with a throw of 38-08.50 ft. Mike Odman also placed 8th in the 100 Meter Dash with a time of 12.07 seconds. 
     Delaney Karrels placed 7th in Triple Jump, with a jump of 26-06 ft. Alicia Walter (yours truly) placed 5th in Pole Vaulting with a height of 7-00 ft. Delaney Karrels also placed 6th in High Jump with a height of 4-04 ft. Amber Wells placed 7th in Javelin with a throw of 99-08 ft. She also took 1st place in Shot Put and Discus. In Discus, she throw 104-09 ft, and  32-11.50 ft in Shot Put. 
     The Girls 4x400 Relay placed 5th with a time of 5:01.54 minutes. The girls who ran it were Cynthia Flores, Bianca Garcia, and Kaitlynne Jensen, and Celeste Moreno. The girls 4x100 placed 5th with a time of 56.63 seconds. The girls who ran it were Londin Warne, Cynthia Flores, Bianca Garcia, and Kiara Brinkley. Elise Griffith in both the 3000 Meter run, and the 1500 Meter run. Her time in the 3000 was 12:39.20 minutes, and her time in the 1500 was 5:43.02 minutes. Kiara Brinkley placed 3rd in the 200 Meter Dash with a time of 28.89 seconds. 
     Keep in mind, there were lots of other athletes that placed in their events, or made a seasonal personal record. These were only athletes that were made the top eight. 19 schools attended the meet, and provided great competition for our Mac-Hi Pioneers.   

Annual Carnival of Speed Track and Field Meet

by ALICIA WALTER

    On April 1st, Mac-Hi held its annual Carnival of Speed meet. No, it wasn’t a joke. Our Pioneers strived to make new personal records, and score higher than the other 26 teams from Oregon and Washington that were in attendance. While we only compete at Districts with Ontario, LaGrande, and Baker, it’s great to have some competition that you don’t always see.

    As always, teams are praying for good weather, and like every other year, the temperature rose to the high 70’s. It was a beautiful day that allowed the athletes to perform well, and compete at their best.  

    Athletes want to strive to make the top eight in each event. Making the top eight means you receive points. Getting ten points in a season means you automatically make varsity, and we had quite of few athletes either making that mark on the second meet of the season, or getting really close to it.  

    We’ve had multiple athletes from our Track and Field program who placed in their events. Michael Odman placed second in triple jump, with a distance of 38-01.50 ft. Cole Skramstad placed third in Javelin with a throw of 148-10 ft. Landon Warne placed 1st in Discus with a throw of 136-7 ft. Donald Clark placed 3rd in discus with a throw of 123-06 ft. Landon Warne placed 6th in Shot put with a throw of 39-07 ft. Austin Leonetti placed in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 48.95 seconds. Those were all the boys who placed in the top 8 in a meet with 26 attending schools.

    For the girls, Delaney Karrels placed 8th in High Jump with a height of 4.02 ft. Amber wells placed 1st in Javelin, with a throw of 109-08 ft. Alicia Walter (yours truly), placed 5th in Javelin with a throw of 96 ft. Mindy Harmon, placed 7th in Javelin with a throw of 94-10 ft. Amber Wells placed 5th in Shot Put with a throw of 31-01.25 ft. The girls 4x400 relay girls placed 8th with a time of 4:58.96 seconds. The girls who ran it were Cynthia Flores, Bianca Garcia, Brianna Hernandez, and Celeste Moreno. Candelaria Maguregui placed 6th in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 54.96 seconds. She also placed 6th in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 19.05 seconds.

    Mac-Hi has a strong athletic department for all sports, not just Track and Field. We lost a lot of senior boys last year, so if you are a guy and are interested in Track, you should come out next year. More girls are welcome too. It’s a great place to make new friends, and push yourself to the limits.