State track and field at a glance
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 4 years, 4 months AGO
STATE TRACK AND FIELD AT A GLANCE
5A
At Dona Larsen Park, Boise
2021 champions: Rocky Mountain (boys), Boise (girls).
Friday events begin at 8:30 a.m.; throwing events at 9 a.m.; Saturday’s events begin at 8 a.m., running events at noon.
Notes: Post Falls senior Sammie Wood holds the top time in the state in the 1,600 (4 minutes, 53 seconds) set at last week’s 5A Region 1 meet in Lewiston on Friday, as well as the 3,200 (10:37.42) ... Wood was fourth in the 1,600 last May ... Lake City’s girls 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams won state titles last year, and return junior Keturah Vogel-Greenwood, junior Georgia Whitehead and senior Hailey Jo Parks in the event ... the team is seeded second in both events this year ... Rocky Mountain has won nine of the last 10 boys state championships dating back to 2011.
4A
At Dona Larsen Park, Boise
2021 champions: Bishop Kelly (boys and girls)
Friday events begin at 8:30 a.m.; throwing events at 9 a.m.; Saturday’s events begin at 8 a.m., running events at noon.
Notes: Lakeland’s boys relay team of junior John Cornish, senior Richie Thomas, freshman Weston Saputski and junior Terry Edwards holds the second best time in the state in the 4x200 at 1:31.57 ... Bishop Kelly’s boys have won four of the last five team titles ... The Knights of Boise have won the last six girls titles.
3A
At Middleton High
2021 champions: Kimberly (boys), Sugar-Salem (girls).
Friday events begin at 8 a.m.; running events at 8:30 a.m.; Saturday’s events begin at 8 a.m., running events at 11:30 a.m.
Notes: Timberlake’s girls sprint medley relay team of senior Parker Wall, sophomore Nacree Kyllonen, senior Reese Yerian and senior Saige Gervais holds the top mark in the state at 1 minute, 53.78 seconds ... Yerian was runner-up in the 200 last year to teammate Jeana Craven, who is now at Lewis-Clark State ... Coeur d’Alene Charter junior McKenna Kozeluh leads in the 1,600 (5:21.16) and is second in the 3,200 (11:16.75) ... Kimberly’s boys ended a run of three straight titles by Sugar-Salem last May.
2A
At Middleton High
2021 champions: Salmon (boys), Melba (girls).
Friday events begin at 8 a.m.; running events at 8:30 a.m.; Saturday’s events begin at 8 a.m., running events at 11:30 a.m.
Notes: Salmon’s boys won the state title last May for the first time since winning the 2003 title as a 3A program.
1A
At Middleton High
2021 champions: Carey (boys), Raft River (girls).
Friday events begin at 8 a.m.; running events at 8:30 a.m.; Saturday’s events begin at 8 a.m., running events at 11:30 a.m.
Notes: Carey’s boys won their first 1A title last May, snapping a run of three-straight by Valley in 2017, 2018 and 2019 ... Raft River has won the last three girls state titles dating back to 2018.