YOUTH SPORTS: Longanecker breaks SMS 400 record at districts
MAX OSWALD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 months, 1 week AGO
I grew up in the small town of Orwigsburg, Pa., where I resided all of my life before moving to Sandpoint. I attended Blue Mountain High School, where I participated in cross country and track and field, a sport that I ended up falling in love with. I went on to attend and run for DeSales University (with other brief stints at Susquehanna University and Elizabethtown College) and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sport communication with a minor in sport management. I remember just how great it made me feel when I was mentioned in my hometown newspaper. I want to be able to give that feeling to every athlete in Bonner County, no matter how big or small their accomplishments are. As an athlete myself, I know how many hours of work are put in on a daily basis, and that hard work deserves to be recognized. It is my goal to cover as much of the Bulldogs, Spartans and Wampus Cats as I can. I want to work with every athlete, parent, coach, administrator and the community to ensure the best stories are published. | May 13, 2024 12:15 PM
RATHDRUM — Sandpoint eighth-grader Pax Longanecker broke the school record and won the boys’ 400 and eighth-grader Liese Reimann won the girls’ high jump to lead the Bullpups at a recent Middle School Track & Field Districts meet held at Lakeland High.
Sandpoint’s Kaiden Alward won the boys’ sixth-seventh grade shot put with a throw of 30 feet and 7 ½ inches. Landon Conner was second in the 400 and third in the discus, Luke Brewer second in the high jump, for the Bullpups.
In the sixth-seventh girls’ division, Paloma Parr-Coffin won the 800 in 2:38.8 and placed second in the 3200. Novea Becker was second in the 100 hurdles, Liesl Heuser third in the 200.
Overall, the Bullpup eighth grade girls won the district championship with 74.5 points. Ruthie Laughridge won the 400 in 1:05.3 and placed second in the 800. Also finishing amongst the top were Temperance Bryan (second in long jump) and Delaney Barron (third in 1600).
BOYS
6TH & 7TH GRADE
TEAM SCORES — 1, Canfield 115.5; 2, Lakeland 94; 3, Post Falls 45; 4, Sandpoint 44.5; 5, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy 32.5; 6, Woodland 29; 7, Lakes 10.5; 8, River City 1.
Winner, top local
100 — 1, Jackson Olson, Post Falls, 12.4; 4, Tristin Hoisington, Sandpoint, 12.9. 200 — 1, Deakon Lukey, Lakeland, 26.1; T4, Tristin Hoisington, Sandpoint, 27.6. 400 —1, Andrew Grady, Canfield, 1:02.4; 2, Landon Conner, Sandpoint, 1:04.1. 800 — 1, Andrew Grady, Canfield, 2:23.2; 9, Landon Conner, Sandpoint, 2:36.2. 1600 — 1, Andrew Grady, Canfield, 5:07.8.
110 hurdles — 1, Marcus Ruggiero, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy, 19.0. 4x100 relay — 1, Lakeland (Braxton Reimche, Deakon Lukey, Bryan Patrick, Madden Young), 53.0; 5, Sandpoint, 57.4. 4x200 relay — 1, Lakeland (Bryan Patrick, Braxton Reimche, Taytum Bligh, Deakon Lukey), 1:46.9; 4, Sandpoint, 1:53.0.
Shot put — 1, Kaiden Alward, Sandpoint, 30-7½. Discus — 1, Holden Vore, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy, 74-1; 3, Landon Conner, Sandpoint, 72-4½. High jump — 1, Deakon Lukey, Lakeland, 5-0; 2, Luke Brewer, Sandpoint, 4-10. Long jump — 1, Levi Nave, Lakeland, 15-0; 14, Andrew Ford, Sandpoint, 13-5.
8TH GRADE
TEAM SCORES — 1, Post Falls 86.5; 2, Canfield 68.5; 3, Lakes 65; 4, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy 54; 5, River City 34; 6, Lakeland 25; 7, Woodland 22; 8, Sandpoint 17.
Winner, top local
100 — 1, Kyle Guan, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy, 11.3; 18, Cash Caprio, Sandpoint, 13.2. 200 — 1, Mac Wellsandt, Canfield, 24.3; 11, Cash Caprio, Sandpoint, 27.3. 400 — 1, Pax Longanecker, Sandpoint, 55.7. 800 — 1, Cashe Nyquest, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy, 2:15.9; 8, Wyatt Lemon, Sandpoint, 2:31.4. 1600 — 1, Blaise Howard, Lakes, 4:58.3; 4, Wyatt Lemon, Sandpoint, 5:15.3.
110 hurdles — 1, Griffin R. Carpenter, Post Falls, 16.3. 4x100 relay — 1, Lakes (Logan Melville, Brody Reaves, Asynn Gentry, Enzo Attali), 48.0. 4x200 relay — 1, River City (names not available), 1:41.9; 8, Sandpoint (names not available), 1:55.
Shot put — 1, Griffin R. Carpenter, Post Falls, 41-5; 5, Sean Ketchum, Sandpoint, 36-5. Discus — 1, Knowlton Nelson, Canfield, 116-7; 6, Lou Foust, Sandpoint, 87-3. High jump — T1, Terry Canoy, Lakeland; Asynn Gentry, Lakes; Griffin R. Carpenter, Post Falls, 5-4; T11, Rhiley Morris, Sandpoint, 4-8. Long jump — 1, Damien LaFountain, Post Falls, 16-11½; 31, Lou Foust, Sandpoint, 12-6.
GIRLS
6TH & 7TH GRADE
TEAM SCORES — 1, Lakeland 132; 2, Woodland 57; 3, River City 48; 4, Sandpoint 47; T5, Canfield, Post Falls 28; 7, Lakes 24; 8, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy 7.
Winner, top local
100 — 1, Ashlyn Karle, Lakeland, 13.4; 6, Liesl Heuser, Sandpoint, 14.1. 200 — 1, Tessa Lovell, Lakeland, 28.5; 3, Liesl Heuser, Sandpoint, 28.8. 400 — 1, Tessa Lovell, Lakeland, 1:03.7; 7, Vivian Schuck, Sandpoint, 1:12.4. 800 — 1, Paloma Parr-Coffin, Sandpoint, 2:38.8. 1600 — 1, Victoria Howard, Lakes, 5:35.8; 2, Paloma Parr-Coffin, Sandpoint, 5:36.9.
100 hurdles — 1, Alexis Hoss, Canfield, 18.1; 2, Novea Becker, Sandpoint, 18.8. 4x100 relay —1, Lakeland (Bailey Haag, Alexis Parks, Tessa Lovell, Ashlyn Karle), 55.2; 5, Sandpoint (names not available), 59.0. 4x200 relay — 1, Lakeland (Ashlyn Karle, Paige Carey, Olivia Meredith, Tessa Lovell), 1:54.3; 4, Sandpoint (names not available), 2:03.3.
Shot put — 1, Jaidynn Huber, Lakeland, 28-5; 8, Zayda Ambauen, Sandpoint, 23-2½. Discus — 1, Evalyn Grandstaff, Post Falls, 77-6. High jump — 1, Emmy Parris, Lakes, 4-6. Long jump —1, Paige Carey, Lakeland, 13-7¼.
8TH GRADE
TEAM SCORES — 1, Sandpoint 74.5; 2, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy 67; 3, Canfield 54.33; 4, Lakeland 43; 5, Lakes 42.67; 6, Post Falls 41; 7, River City 35.5; 8, Woodland 14.
Winner, top local
100 — 1, Emmaline Carr, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy, 12.7; 9, Mei Viloria, Sandpoint, 13.8. 200 — 1, Emmaline Carr, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy, 27.0; 5, Raelyn Olsen, Sandpoint, 29.5 400 — 1, Ruthie Laughridge, Sandpoint, 1:05.3. 800 — 1, Anna Katherine Christman, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy, 2:21.0; 2, Ruthie Laughridge, Sandpoint, 2:36.1. 1600 — 1, Grier Scott, Lakes, 5:46.0; 3, Delaney Barron, Sandpoint, 5:57.3.
100 hurdles — 1, Annabelle Tucker, Post Falls, 16.0. 10, Anna Jordon, Sandpoint, 20.6. 4x100 relay — 1, Lakeland (Cadyn Leonard, Jordin Cysewski, Casey Foster, Kapree Kiefer), 54.2; 6, Sandpoint (Elliana Blumenberg, Caelin Varcoe, Liese Reimann, Taylor Bannick), 57.5. 4x200 relay — 1, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy (Emmaline Carr, Aubrey Voorhees, Taryn Young, Avery Van Linge), 1:54.8; 3, Sandpoint (Leah Kerfoot, Taylor Bannick, Raelyn Olsen, Carlee Klippel), 1:56.1.
Shot put — 1, Bree Anderson, River City, 34-2; 11, Caelin Varcoe, Sandpoint, 25-8. Discus — 1, Savannah Tidd, Canfield, 84-8; 5, Keira Strock, Sandpoint, 66-5. High jump — 1, Liese Reimann, Sandpoint, 4-6. Long jump — 1, Emmaline Carr, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy, 15-3½; 2, Temprance Bryan, Sandpoint, 13-4½ .
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