PREP TRACK AND FIELD: Back on better footing ... Lakeland's Carrel bouncing back after injury ended basketball season early

• TRACK AND FIELD

By JASON ELLIOTT

Sports writer

COEUR d’ALENE — It wasn’t the best ending to the boys basketball season for Lakeland senior Brayden Carrel.  

But he’s sure made up for lost time this spring. 

During practice in January, Carrel came down a little awkwardly and missed the rest of the basketball season after breaking the left metatarsal bone in his left foot. 

“It’s right in the middle of the foot,” Carrel said. “It’s a pretty hard bone to break. It was too bad, but what can you do?” 

Carrel, a thrower for the Lakeland track and field team, won for the eighth straight time this season, finishing with a toss of 52 feet, 6 inches to win the boys shot put at the Rasmussen Invitational on Friday at Coeur d’Alene High. 

As for any lingering effects to his foot injury, Carrel noted he’s almost fully recovered. 

“I’m pretty much healed,” Carrel said. “I can do most of the stuff that I’ve been doing in the throws.” 

Carrel, who is 6-foot-8, 250 pounds, received interest to play basketball from Northwest Athletic Conference programs Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Wash., Spokane Colleges and Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton, Ore. 

“I was thinking about it, but started thinking about my future,” Carrel said. “I decided not to go to college and go into the workforce. I want to get into doing fencing and doing construction.” 

Carrel threw a season-high of 53 feet at last week’s Kootenai County Challenge at Timberlake High in Spirit Lake. 

“It’s been great,” said Carrel, who was fifth at state in the shot last year, and is ranked second in 5A this year. “I’ve been improving so much in the last few weeks. I just hope to continue to get better.” 

Coeur d’Alene finished with 136.5 points to claim the boys team title.

"Our boys had another great meet, scoring in a lot of events," Coeur d'Alene coach Shawn Amos said. "To win our Rasmussen Invitational is a big deal."

Moscow ran away with the girls team title, finishing with 205 points. 

BOYS 

TEAM SCORES — 1, Coeur d’Alene 136.5. 2, Moscow 114. 3, Lewiston 89. 4, Post Falls 80. 5, Lakeland 76. 6, Lake City 60. 7, Bonners Ferry 54.5. 8, Sandpoint 54. 9, Timberlake 28. 10, Valley Christian 23. 11, Priest River 18. 12, Alberton 4. 

100 — 1, Caleb Heywood, Moscow, 10.69. 2, Maverick Gomez, Sandpoint, 10.70. 3, Caden Tony, Lake City, 11.07. 200 — 1, Caleb Heywood, Moscow, 21.43. 2, Maverick Gomez, Sandpoint, 22.01. 3, Caden Tony, Lake City, 22.61. 400 — 1, Connor Horne, Moscow, 51.62. 2, Mitchell Rietze, Coeur d’Alene, 52.91. 3, Emmett McLachlan, Coeur d’Alene, 53.61. 800 — 1, Cruz Andrich, Post Falls, 2:02.40. 2, John Dyer, Moscow, 2:02.86. 3, Trenton Stypa, Moscow, 2:04.18. 1,600 — 1, Orion McClory, Moscow, 4:39.29. 2, Frank McCarthy, Lakeland, 4:39.63. 3, John Dyer, Moscow, 4:42.96. 3,200 — 1, Orion McClory, Moscow, 10:04.26. 2, Jacob Sateren, Timberlake, 10:09.86. 3, Joseph Sateren, Timberlake, 10:20.59. 

110 hurdles — 1, Camden Johnson, Coeur d’Alene, 15.07. 2, Trip Eckert, Lewiston, 15.35. 3, Griffin Carpenter, Post Falls, 15.36. 300 hurdles — 1, Camden Johnson, Coeur d’Alene, 40.72. 2, Bryce Sifers, Lewiston, 41.16. 3, Wyatt Kuklinski, Coeur d’Alene, 41.48. 4x100 relay — 1, Moscow (Owen Lassen, Izan Garcia, George Stott, Caleb Heywood), 43.45. 2, Lake City, 43.54. 3, Post Falls, 45.73. 4x200 relay — 1, Coeur d’Alene (Peyton Pool, Judah Lawhead, Abraham Gallegos, Mac Wellsandt), 1:32.74. 2, Lewiston, 1:33.41. 3, Post Falls, 1:34.07. 4x400 relay — 1, Moscow (Owen Lassen, Trenton Stypa, George Stott, Caleb Heywood), 3:28.14. 2, Lewiston, 3:28.64. 3, Post Falls, 3:32.93. 4x800 relay — 1, Post Falls (Cole Holley, Daniel Fuqua, David McKinney, Cruz Andrich), 8:34.12. 2, Sandpoint, 8:58.45. 3, Lake City, 9:04.50.  

Shot put — 1, Brayden Carrel, Lakeland, 52-6. 2, Parker Bagley, Lewiston, 49-3 ½. 3, Riley Bontrager, Moscow, 47-3 ¾. Discus — 1, Niki Porinchok, Priest River, 157-11. 2, Gabriel Kessinger, Lewiston, 144-9. 3, Damian Porter, Sandpoint, 140-3. Javelin — 1, Landon Goodwin, Post Falls, 165-8. 2, Peter Rehwaldt, Valley Christian, 152-11. 3, Peyton Hillman, Lakeland, 141-10. High jump — 1, Logan Archibald, Bonners Ferry, 6-0. 2, Reid Krahn, Lewiston, 5-10. 3, Mitchell Rietze, Coeur d’Alene, 5-8. Pole vault — 1, George Mitchell, Coeur d’Alene, 13-0. 2, Logan Archibald, Bonners Ferry, 12-6. 3, Cameron Fairbanks, Moscow, 12-6. Long jump — 1, Gibson Comstock, Coeur d’Alene, 21-6 ½. 2, Riley Beggerly, Bonners Ferry, 21-6. 3, Wyatt Hutchins, Lake City, 20-10 ½. Triple jump — 1, Brodie Nokes, Coeur d’Alene, 41-3 ½. 2, Jace Plummer, Lake City, 39-11. 3, Trip Eckert, Lewiston, 39-1 ½.  

GIRLS 

TEAM SCORES — 1, Moscow 205. 2, Lakeland 114. 3, Coeur d’Alene 113. 4, Post Falls 72. 5, Lewiston 59. 6, Bonners Ferry 46. 7, Lake City 39. 8, Valley Christian 31. 9, Sandpoint 22. 10, Timberlake 15. 11, Oakesdale 9. 12, St. Regis 2. 

100 — 1, Jasmine Carr, Moscow, 12.24. 2, Ashlyn Fakhouri, Moscow, 12.61. 3, Addie Lassen, Moscow, 12.85. 200 — 1, Jasmine Carr, Moscow, 25.26. 2, Ruby Kindy, Lakeland, 27.47. 3, Brooklyn Becker, Moscow, 27.63. 400 — 1, Reagan Hutchinson, Post Falls, 59.91. 2, Olivia May, Coeur d’Alene, 1:02.17. 3, Victoria Howard, Coeur d’Alene, 1:02.28. 800 — 1, Ainsley Parker, Post Falls, 2:31.03. 2, Gracie McVey, Coeur d’Alene, 2:31.97. 3, Emmalyn Sorensen, Post Falls, 2:33.37. 1,600 — 1, Cora Crawford, Moscow, 5:34.39. 2, Ainsley Parker, Post Falls, 5:36.66. 3, Madeleine Shutts, Valley Christian, 5:37.91. 3,200 — 1, Cora Crawford, Moscow, 11:54.79. 2, Lola Eggleston, Timberlake, 12:09.82. 3, Olivia Meredith, Lakeland, 12:21.83.  

100 hurdles — 1, Mattea Nuhn, Moscow, 14.23. 2, Jessa Skinner, Moscow, 15.49. 3, Alexis Hoss, Coeur d’Alene, 15.61. 300 hurdles — 1, Mattea Nuhn, Moscow, 44.85. 2, Karstyn Kiefer, Lakeland, 46.74. 3, Alexis Hoss, Coeur d’Alene, 47.14. 4x100 relay — 1, Moscow (Ella Julye, Addie Lassen, Ashlyn Fakhouri, Jasmine Carr), 49.66. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 52.31. 3, Lakeland, 53.30. 4x200 relay — 1, Lakeland (Ashlyn Karle, Casey Foster, Ruby Kindy, Tessa Lovell), 1:46.66. 2, Moscow, 1:46.98. 3, Lewiston, 1:50.75. 4x400 relay — 1, Moscow (Addie Lassen, Izzabel Fender, Ashlyn Fakhouri, Jasmine Carr), 4:10.82. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 4:12.56. 3, Post Falls, 4:19.80. 4x800 relay — 1, Lake City (Kyliegh Chapman, Taylon Lund, Bridget Hunter, Keyleigh Anaya), 10:39.61. 2, Valley Christian, 11:04.72. 3, Sandpoint, 11:17.94. 

Shot put — 1, Hallie Hartman, Bonners Ferry, 42-9 ½. 2, Hana Hartman, Bonners Ferry, 40-3 ½. 3, Jackie Robbins, Lakeland, 38-1 ½. Discus — 1, Jackie Robbins, Lakeland, 126-7. 2, Kimber Luke, Lewiston, 119-3. 3, Savannah Tidd, Coeur d’Alene, 118-11. Javelin — 1, Rylie Gump, Post Falls, 101-4. 2, Anabella Palaniuk, Lakeland, 100-0. 3, Molly Carroll, Coeur d’Alene, 98-8. High jump — 1, Mattea Nuhn, Moscow, 5-6. 2, Saskia Hohenlohe, Moscow, 5-4. 3, Izzabel Fender, Moscow, 5-0. Pole vault — 1, Alyssa Hinkle, Lakeland, 9-6. 2, Annaliese Reimann, Sandpoint, 9-6. 3, Madison Whipp, Coeur d’Alene, 9-0. Long jump — 1, Mattea Nuhn, Moscow, 18-11 ½. 2, Izzabel Fender, Moscow, 16-5. 3, Jessa Skinner, Moscow, 16-4 ½. Triple jump — 1, Saskia Hohenlohe, Moscow, 36-1 ½. 2, Ella Julye, Moscow, 34-4 ½. 3, Jessa Skinner, Moscow, 34-2 ½.  

Harju wins at 

Pocatello meet

POCATELLO — Kellogg junior Devin Harju was first out of 43 competitors in the boys high jump, winning with a mark of 6 feet, 4 inches at the DirectCom Invitational at Davis Field on the campus of Idaho State University. 

Kellogg junior Porter Lewis was sixth out of 67 competitors in the boys javelin with a throw of 138 feet, 9 inches. 

The meet concludes today. 

    JASON ELLIOTT/Press Coeur d'Alene senior Abraham Gallegos takes the lead on Lewiston's DJ Wilkerson during the boys 4x200 relay at the Rasmussen Invitational at Coeur d'Alene High on Friday.