EPHRATA — Anthony Evans did a little Deion Dance at the finish line after running a personal best (50.00 seconds) to win the 400 meters.

The Ephrata senior was golden in his effort at Thursday’s Central Washington Athletic Conference track and field meet at Kiwanis Stadium, also winning the 200 and running a leg on both the winning relays. The Tigers won 10 of 17 events.

Tiger senior McCall DeChenne was equally as impressive in the girls meet and actually ran a faster time than six of the nine competitors in the boys race, running away with the win in the 300-meter hurdles (46.42 seconds). DeChenne, who was fifth at the Pasco Invite last week, also won the 100 hurdles (15.42), the 100 meters (13.17) and ran a leg on the second-place 4x200 relay.

“What makes me the happiest about the 400 is that when I finished and still had something left in me,” said Evans. “I felt like I ran smooth and had a good time. Seventy five percent of the last 150 meters is definitely about getting your arms into it. The best thing you could ever tell me is that I kept my form through the entire race and I felt like I did that today.”

DeChenne is the defending 2A state 100-meter hurdle champion and held her own in the elite field at Pasco last weekend. Her biggest challenge is making sure her race is against herself and not the field in meets like this. Where 15.42 was fifth at Pasco, it was good enough to win the CWAC race running away.

“I went into Pasco with the idea of doing better than the year before and I ended up running way better (15.42),” she said. “It wasn’t quite as good as I wanted, so it’s motivation to start improving ever race.” DeChenne’s time in the 300 intermediates was a showcase of endurance and talent.

“I don’t know if anybody really likes the 300s, but once you finish you feel like you’ve accomplished something. I think I like the 300s better because of that.”

Boys meet

The Tigers 4x100 relay put together a solid loop, winning in 44.88. That team consists of Aaron Evans, Anthony Evans, Carter Cox and Gabriel Green.

“I run the lead-off and hand-off to my brother on the first exchange. It went pretty good today, but the Prosser guy out really fast, but Anthony was able to catch him (on the back straight),” Aaron Evans said. “Carter took the lead on the curve and Gabriel closed it off. I think we can go faster by improving our handoffs, like it’s all one person.”

Kolby Tune won the 3,200 (11 minutes, 0.53 seconds) and finished second in the 1,600. Even though he finished second, the 1,600 was one of the most competitive races of the day. He went shoulder-to-shoulder into the bell lap with Lorenzo Alvarado (4:53.06) of Wapato and nearly chased him down in the end, clocking 4:53.58.

“I ran a PR today, so that was good. I tried to pass him going into the final curve so I could start my kick,” Tune said. “We were right there shoulder-to-shoulder. It felt really good and ran faster than my previous PR (4:58.00).”

Senior Brad Flanigan (16.2) won the 110-high hurdles. Hunter James won both the shot put (42-feet, 3 ½ inches) and the javelin (156-3). Gavan Allen won the discus (120-3) and sophomore Carter Cox (19.5 ¾) won the long jump.

Girls meet

The Tiger girls also won 10 events with a dominating showing both on and track and in the field. Senior Karen Billingsley (12:47.11) won the 3,200 and finished second in the 1,600. Mya Spencer won the 400 (1:00.50) and placed second in the 200.

“My goal at this point is to try and win every race,” said Spencer. “I liked the challenge at Pasco last week and it gave me motivation to finish (the CWAC season) strong and qualify for state again.”