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Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 5 years, 8 months AGO
| May 2, 2019 1:00 AM

Annual Meet of Champions

set for today in Post Falls

The top 16 athletes in District 1 track and field as well as the top eight relays will compete in the 19th annual Meet of Champions today beginning at 2:30 p.m. at Post Falls High.

Four 2018 state champions will compete today, with Tyler Trengove of Post Falls (5A high jump, long jump), Chase Gardom of Timberlake (3A triple jump) and Victoria Rae of Bonners Ferry (3A shot put) slated to compete.

At 4 p.m., Breanna Sande of Lake City, Forest Braden of Bonners Ferry and former Post Falls coach Dan Nipp will be inducted to the District 1 Track and Field Hall of Fame.

“We’re way behind on inducting athletes,” said Post Falls coach Wade Quesnell, who organizes the meet. “In the future, it’s going to be really easy to pick really good athletes. Both Forest and Breana, when looking back, their bios is pretty impressive.”

Sande is a former state champion in the 800 (2004 and 2005), 1,600 (four-time champion from 2002-2005) and 3,200 (2002, 2004) and continued her career at Boise State following graduation.

Braden still holds state 3A records in the 1,600 (4:18.59 in 2002) and 3,200 (9:15.63 in 2002).

Nipp coached and taught at Post Falls High from 1976-2006. He was assistant football coach and head track coach for 23 years before becoming an assistant track coach, working with the throwers for seven years. He coached 13 state champions — seven in the discus, six in the shot put. From 1992 to ’97, he coached a state champion in either the discus or the shot each year. Among others, he coached former Trojan throwing great Ian Waltz.

Returning winners include: Carter Gordon of Lake City (400), Nikolai Braedt of Sandpoint (3,200), Nate Burch of Coeur d’Alene (110 hurdles), Jacob Smith of Lake City (discus), Trengove (high jump, triple jump, long jump), Angelyca Chapman of Lake City (400), Lauren Forster of Coeur d’Alene (1,600), Sydney Shanahan of Post Falls (3,200) and Maddie Morgan of Sandpoint (long jump).

“It should be competitive in the jumps with Gardom, Tyler (Trengove) and (Lake City’s) Jacob Schnatter,” Quesnell said. “They’re three really good jumpers. It should be a really good event to watch.”

Quesnell added the girls 1,600 and 3,200 — with Forster, Shanahan and Post Falls freshman Sammie Wood — should also be good to watch. Timberlake’s Logan Hunt is the top seed in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200.

“The whole idea, no matter what level you’re at, it gives those smaller schools a chance to compete against those at a higher level,” Quesnell said. “It’s our 16 best, no matter the event, they get to run in the same event. Normally, we have some real competitive races. There’s some potential state champions in this group. I think it’s a good warmup meet for the state meet, and good competition for the kids right before regionals and going right into state.”

No team scores are kept.

NIC coach Grove wraps up play

at PGA Professional Championship

BLUFFTON, S.C. — North Idaho College men’s and women’s golf coach Russell Grove finished with a 72-76-73-76—297 — 4-over par — to finish tied for 71st in the 52nd PGA Professional Championship on Wednesday.

Grove, who shot a 73 in the third round to advance to the tournament’s final day to avoid the cut.

Alex Beach won the tournament with a 67-68-73-69—277.

The top 20 finishers qualify for the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black in two weeks.

Huskies QB Sirmon removes name from transfer portal, but Yankoff still in

University of Washington quarterback Jacob Sirmon has removed his name from the NCAA transfer portal, according to The Seattle Times.

Sirmon, along with Coeur d’Alene High product Colson Yankoff, announced Monday they were putting their names in the portal to gauge transfer possibilities.

Sirmon and Yankoff are redshirt freshmen. They are among five quarterbacks on the Huskies roster.

A source told the Times that Washington coach Chris Petersen and offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Bush Hamdan met with Sirmon to attempt to keep him at the school.

Yankoff has not announced his future plans.

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