CWAC track and field athletes compete at regional meet
IAN BIVONA | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 5 months AGO
Ephrata senior Tyler Raine, right, passes the baton to fellow Ephrata senior Travis Hendrick, left, during the boys 4x100-meter relay. Ephrata finished second in the relay with a time of 42.69 seconds.
Ian Bivona
Ephrata senior Kyler Black placed fourth in the boys pole vault competition at Friday’s CWAC/GSL Regional Championships.
Ephrata junior Benjamin Belino competes during the wheelchair 400-meter race.
Ephrata senior Tyler Raine finished fourth in the boys 300-meter hurdles in Friday’s CWAC/GSL Regional Championships.
Othello freshman Kimberly Alcaraz runs during the girls 1600-meter event at the CWAC/GSL Regional Championships on Friday.
Ephrata junior Hayden Roberts sprints down the final stretch of the boys 1600-meter run at the CWAC/GSL Regional Championships on Friday.
Ian Bivona serves as the Columbia Basin Herald’s sports reporter and is a graduate of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. He enjoys the behind-the-scenes stories that lead up to the wins and losses of the various sports teams in the Basin. Football is his favorite sport, though he likes them all, and his favorite team is the Jets. He lives in Soap Lake with his cat, Honey. | May 23, 2023 1:20 AM
EPHRATA – Boys and girls track and field teams gathered at Kiwanis Field at Ephrata High School for the Central Washington Athletic Conference/Greater Spokane League Regional Championships on Friday, vying to qualify for the 2A state championships at Mt. Tahoma High School later this week.
See below for results on how Basin athletes fared at last week’s regional meet. Athletes advancing to state are marked with an asterisk.
Ian Bivona can be reached at ibivona@columbiabasinherald.com.
100 Meters
Boys
Ephrata senior Joshua Green - 10.85 seconds, first place*
Ephrata senior Hunter Handy - 11.42 seconds, sixth place
Ephrata sophomore Daniel Villa - 11.44 seconds, seventh place
Girls
Othello sophomore Bella Garza - 13.19 seconds, sixth place
Wheelchair
Ephrata junior Benjamin Belino - 21.4 seconds, first place*
200 Meters
Boys
Green - 21.77 seconds, first place*
Girls
Othello freshman Abigail Douglas - 27.82 seconds, sixth place
400 Meters
Boys
Othello senior Terrill Freeman - 53.39 seconds, fifth place
Girls
Ephrata sophomore Makaena Hudkins - 1:02.4 minute, fifth place
Wheelchair
Belino - 1:17.89 minute, first place*
800 Meters
Boys
Ephrata junior Hayden Roberts - 1:56.53 minute, first place*
Ephrata junior Hayden Malone - 2:02.56 minutes, fifth place
Wheelchair
Belino - 2:41.73 minutes, first place*
1600 Meters
Boys
Roberts - 4:19.56 minutes, first place*
Malone - 4:40.64 minutes, seventh place
Girls
Ephrata senior Alexa Laughlin - 5:53.84 minutes, sixth place
Othello freshman Kimberly Alcaraz - 5:59.25 minutes, eighth place
Wheelchair
Belino - 5:36.23 minutes, first place*
3200 Meters
Girls
Laughlin - 13:32.84 minutes, eighth place
110-Meter Hurdles
Boys
Ephrata senior Travis Hendrick - 15.9 seconds, fourth place
Ephrata senior Tyler Raine - 15.98 seconds, fifth place
100-Meter Hurdles
Girls
Ephrata sophomore Bella Wood - 17.59 seconds, fifth place
Ephrata junior Breanna Roth - 18.23 seconds, eighth place
300-Meter Hurdles
Boys
Raine - 41.51 seconds, fourth place
4x100-Meter Relay
Boys
Ephrata A (Green, Hendrick, Raine and Handy) - 42.69 seconds, second place*
Girls
Ephrata A (Cynthia Villagran Morales, Kadie McMullen, Judkins and Delanie Killinger) - 53.08 seconds, seventh place
4x200-Meter Relay
Girls
Ephrata A (Morales, Killinger, McMullen and Judkins) - 1:52.5 minute, sixth place
4x400-Meter Relay
Boys
Ephrata A (Raine, Hendrick, Roberts and Green) - 3:23.9 minutes, first place*
Girls
Ephrata A (Morales, Taylor Minnick, Kennedy Schafer and Judkins) - 4:24.89 minutes, fifth place
Othello A (Garza, Douglas, Samantha Arreola and Dayanara Medina) - 4:34.68 minutes, eighth place
Shot Put
Boys
Ephrata senior Weslee Kriete - 55 feet, 4.5 inches, first place*
Ephrata junior Jaxon Elliot - 44 feet, 3.75 inches, sixth place
Girls
Ephrata junior Mckenzie Paullin - 36 feet, two inches, first place*
Othello freshman Kiara Haertling - 31 feet, 5.25 feet, fifth place
Othello senior Lacey Garza - 30 feet, seventh place
Discus
Boys
Kriete - 143 feet, 10 inches, fourth place
Girls
Lacey Garza - 101 feet, eighth inches, second place*
Paullin - 98 feet, 4.5 inches, third place*
Haertling - 88 feet, 4.5 inches, eighth place
High Jump
Boys
Othello senior Sonny Asu - five feet, 10 inches, fifth place
Girls
Othello senior Josephine Gentry - four feet, eight inches, sixth place
Pole Vault
Boys
Ephrata senior Kyler Black - 11 feet, six inches, fourth place
Girls
Ephrata sophomore Adelyn Simmons - eight feet, six inches, fourth place
Long Jump
Girls
Bella Garza - 15 feet, 11 inches, fifth place
Triple Jump
Boys
Black - 40 feet, 6.5 inches, sixth place
Girls
McMullen - 32 feet, six inches, sixth place
