Two more Sandpoint school records fall at Van Kuren Invite

CHENEY — There's no denying it — these four sprinters aren't just etching their names into the record books at Sandpoint High, they're some of the fastest the North Idaho prep scene has ever seen.

Seniors Maverick Gomez, Isaac Schmit, and Kamren Ziarnick, along with junior Trey Blumenberg, broke multiple school, meet and venue records as they claimed gold in both the 4x100 and 4x200 relays at the Van Kuren Invitational held Saturday at Cheney High.

The foursome beat out 15 other top-ranked squads in the 4x200 with a time of 1 minute, 29.98 seconds, a new meet and venue record, and then followed that up by beating out 18 teams in the 4x100 with a time of 42.34 seconds, a new meet, venue, and school record. The previous school record of 42.49 seconds was held by Gomez, Schmit, Ziarnick and Van Lee, set at last year's district championship.

"And they'll keep getting faster the further we get into the season," Sandpoint High head coach Doug Fry said. "Maverick has been dinged up a little bit, but he's back, and running really fast."

Schmit was also fourth out of 60 runners in the 100-meter dash (10.86) and fifth out of 50 runners in the 200-meter dash (22.49 seconds) with a pair of season bests. Blumenberg trailed not too far behind, placing fifth in the 100 (11.05) and eighth in the 200 (22.72) with a couple of personal bests.

Sandpoint High junior Knox Williams was third out of 53 in the 400-meter dash (51.42), senior Paul Kent was third out of 45 in the 3200-meter run (9:42.83) and junior Damian Porter was fourth out of 60 in the discus (141 feet, 4 inches) for the Bulldogs, which placed third out 31 scoring teams.

Sandpoint High's girls were equally as impressive, breaking a school record of their own on the day.

Junior Elizabeth Storms and sophomores Lillian Grant, Ruthie Laughridge and Delaney Barron placed second out of 11 teams in the 4x800 relay with a new school record time of 9 minutes, 51.96 seconds — just .59 seconds behind Gonzaga Prep's gold-medal squad. The previous school record of 10 minutes, 4 seconds was held by YeoWon Yarnell, Kali Scheel, Katherine Kaul and eventual Utah State standout Hannah Davidson, set at the Christina Finney Co-ed Relays in 2017.

"It's really phenomenal, and the kids are embracing it," Coach Fry added about more school records being broken. "They're loving working together and appear to be really settled."

Storms continued a stellar day when she beat out 29 other competitors to win the 800-meter run in a personal best time of 2 minutes, 19.69 seconds, which ranks as No. 4 all-time in school history. Laughridge was fourth in the event with a new personal best time of 2 minutes, 24.52 seconds.

Senior Izzy Davidson was fourth out of 18 in the pole vault (10 feet), senior Jasmin Laing tied for fifth out 41 in the high jump (5 feet), and senior Elia Howard was fifth out of 59 in the 100-meter dash (12.62) and seventh out of 52 in the 200-meter dash (26.16) for the Lady Bulldogs, which placed sixth out of 28 scoring teams.

Sandpoint will split their team between the 25th annual Priest River Invitational and the Legends Twilight Invitational in Walla Walla this coming Saturday.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Hermiston 96. 2, Cheney 84. 3, Sandpoint 63. 4, Moses Lake 58. 5, Lewis and Clark 50. 6, North Central 47. 7, Gonzaga Prep 46. 8, Pullman 33. 9, Freeman 24. 10, Grandview 22. 11, Newport 21. 12, Ferris 20. t-13, Ephrata, Mead 15. 15, Colville 14. 16, Mt. Spokane 13. 17, East Valley (Spokane) 12. 18, Riverside 11. 19, Central Valley 8. t-20, Deer Park; Medical Lake 7. 22, Shadle Park 6. t-23, Chewelah; Rogers (Spokane); Selkirk; Bonners Ferry 5. 27, Waitsburg 3. t-28, Reardan, Timberlake, Ridgeline 2. 31, University 1.

(winner, locals in top 10/top local)

100 — 1, Adie Wright, North Central, 10.59; 4, Isaac Schmit, Sandpoint, 10.86; 5, Trey Blumenberg, Sandpoint, 11.05. 200 — 1, Adie Wright, North Central, 21.59; 5, Isaac Schmit, Sandpoint, 22.49; 8, Trey Blumenberg, Sandpoint, 22.72. 400 — 1, Jacob Gering, Lewis and Clark, 50.08; 3, Knox Williams, Sandpoint, 51.42. 800 — 1, Brendan Kramer, Grandview, 1:56.16; 8, Kai Budensiek, Sandpoint, 2:04.90. 1600 — 1, Leroy Lozano Mejia, Hermiston, 4:18.99; 17, Landon Conner, Sandpoint, 4:48.06. 3200 — 1, Miguel Fuentes, Hermiston, 9:41.12; 3, Paul Kent, Sandpoint, 9:42.83.

110 hurdles — 1, Colton Hallett, Cheney, 14.51; 21, Kelton Vasile, Sandpoint, 18.01. 300 hurdles — 1, Colton Hallett, Cheney, 39.23; 22, Kelton Vasile, Sandpoint, 45.61. 4x100 relay — 1, Sandpoint (Trey Blumenberg, Maverick Gomez, Kamren Ziarnick, Isaac Schmit), 42.34. 4x200 relay — 1, Sandpoint (Trey Blumenberg, Kamren Ziarnick, Maverick Gomez, Isaac Schmit), 1:29.98. 4x800 relay — 1, Cheney (Miles Moseley, Ethan Martin, Carter Ward, Andrew Ward), 8:14.08; 6, Sandpoint (Julian Knight, Kai Budensiek, Hobbes Conley, Jaggar Lindgren), 8:41.73.

Shot put — 1, Maxem Shilhanek, Hermiston, 54-4; 14, Damian Porter, Sandpoint, 41-9.5. Discus — 1, Angel Ordaz Garcia, Hermiston, 155-2; 4, Damian Porter, Sandpoint, 141-4; 6, Matthew Kunde, Sandpoint, 138-11. Javelin — 1, Jackson Randall, Cheney, 184-8; 7, Hayden Peterson, Sandpoint, 153-2. Pole vault — 1, Lucas Croswhite, Newport, 14-0; 6, Wyatt Neal, Sandpoint, 12-0. High jump — 1, Trenton Sandborn, Freeman, 6-8. Long jump — 1, Lewis Eckenberg, Moses Lake, 21-2; 9, Clayton Ernst, Sandpoint, 19-6.5. Triple jump — 1, Feso Ogbozor, Gonzaga Prep, 46-4; 12, Clayton Ernst, Sandpoint, 38-6.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Cheney 94.5. 2, Ridgeline 86. 3, East Valley (Spokane) 51. 4, Lewis and Clark 49.5. 5, Freeman 43. 6, Sandpoint 37.5. 7, Moses Lake 37. t-8, Ferris; Bonners Ferry 34. 10, Gonzaga Prep 30. t-11, Riverside; North Central 28. 13, Pullman 26. 14, Deer Park 24. t-15, Hermiston, Central Valley 20. 17, Medical Lake 14. 18, Mead 10. 19, Newport 8. 20, Timberlake 7. 21, Grandview 6. 22, Rogers (Spokane) 5. 23, Mt. Spokane 4. 24, Reardan 1.5. t-25, Ephrata; West Valley (Spokane); Shadle Park; University 1.

(winner, locals in top 10/top local)

100 — 1, Charlotte Dix, Lewis and Clark, 12.30; 5, Elia Howard, Sandpoint, 12.62. 200 — 1, Ashlynn Deaton, East Valley (Spokane), 25.18; 7, Elia Howard, Sandpoint, 26.16. 400 — 1, Kali Rothrock, Ridgeline, 57.17; 25, Siena Todd-Murray, Sandpoint, 1:08.65. 800 — 1, Elizabeth Storms, Sandpoint, 2:19.69; 4, Ruthie Laughridge, Sandpoint, 2:24.52. 1600 — 1, Kalia Blanchard, Ridgeline, 5:17.71; 14, Delaney Barron, Sandpoint, 5:48.50. 3200 — 1, Aubrey Harvey, Central Valley, 11:29.17; 10, Sophia Brubaker, Sandpoint, 12:44.20.

100 hurdles — 1, Weather Salinas-Taylor, East Valley (Spokane), 15.02. 300 hurdles — 1, Aniyah Hagan, Cheney, 47.55. 4x100 relay — 1, East Valley (Spokane) (Harlee Prize, Weather Salinas-Taylor, Aniya Shaw, Ashlynn Deaton), 48.73. 4x200 relay — 1, Lewis and Clark (Mae McLachlan, Teagan Enser, Anya Parekh, Charlotte Dix), 1:45.60. 4x800 relay — 1, Gonzaga Prep (Erin McMahon, Lucia Ladum, Claire Gee, Bella Buckner), 9:51.37; 2, Sandpoint (Lillian Grant, Delaney Barron, Ruthie Laughridge, Elizabeth Storms), 9:51.96.

Shot put — 1, Hallie Hartman, Bonners Ferry, 40-7; 2, Hana Hartman, Bonners Ferry, 39-3. Discus — 1, Hallie Hartman, Bonners Ferry, 122-6; 3, Hana Hartman, Bonners Ferry, 116-7. Javelin — 1, Allie Saccomanno, Cheney, 119-10. Pole vault — 1, Charlize Hall, North Central, 11-6; 4, Izzy Davidson, Sandpoint, 10-0. High jump — t-1, Alyssa Riek, Riverside; Logan Pecht, Freeman, 5-4; t-5, Jasmin Laing, Sandpoint, 5-0. Long jump — 1, Jacey Boesel, Deer Park, 16-8.75; 15, Jasmin Laing, Sandpoint, 14-1.75. Triple jump — 1, April Passey, Cheney, 33-10.25; 16, Vivian Haag, Sandpoint, 30-2.25.

MIXED

4x400 relay — 1, Pullman (Randi Mattix, Cade Udy, Ada Harris, Israel Manfreda), 3:48.19; 4, Sandpoint (Ruthie Laughridge, Deacon Schicker, Elizabeth Storms, Knox Williams), 3:53.54.

    Back row, Sandpoint's Trey Blumenberg and Isaac Schmit, and front row, Kamren Ziarnick and Maverick Gomez stand atop the podium after winning both the 4x100 and 4x200 relays at the Van Kuren Invitational held Saturday at Cheney High.

Priest River's Porinchok breaks discus record again at Pasco Invite

PASCO — Niki Porinchok continues to show why he's one of the best throwers this region has to offer.

The standout senior finished third out of 47 competitors in the discus with a new school record toss of 168 feet, 9 inches — over six feet ahead of his previous school record — as he led the Spartans at the Pasco Invite held Saturday at Edgar Brown Stadium.

Porinchok's throw in the event now ranks as fifth in the entire state and is the best throw in Bonner County history, beating out Jason Duchow's throw of 168 feet, 4 inches for Sandpoint High at the A1 State Track & Field Championships in 1992.

Porinchok was also 18th out of 48 in the shot put with a mark of 46 feet, 1.5 inches and senior Ian Lamanna cleared 13 feet, 6 inches to finish seventh out of 31 competitors in the pole vault for Priest River, which competed against some of the best athletes across 78 schools from the Pacific Northwest at the event.

Priest River hosts Bonners Ferry and Troy (Mont.) on Monday for a non-league double dual.

Clark Fork's Hudson posts a pair of personal bests at Libby Invite

LIBBY — Kingston Hudson is starting to make a name for himself.

The standout freshman was third out of 15 competitors in the triple jump with a new personal best of 37 feet, 11.5 inches and placed sixth out of 21 competitors in the long jump with a leap of 18 feet, 5 inches — also a personal best — as he helped the Wampus Cats to a 10th-place finish out of 11 teams at the Libby Invite held Saturday at Logger Stadium.

Senior Westin Caven was third in the 300-meter hurdles (43.87) and fourth in the 110-meter hurdles (17.58) for Clark Fork, which was the only non-Montana school in attendance. 

In girls' action, Vanessa Rogier pieced together some more strong showings for the Lady Cats. The standout freshman was second out of 16 in the long jump (14 feet, 10.5 inches), seventh out of 15 in the triple jump (30 feet, 1.25 inches), and eighth out of 15 in the 200-meter dash (30.42) as she compiled all eight points for Clark Fork.

The Wampus Cats will be back in action this Friday for the Timberlake Invitational.

    Sandpoint High senior Isaac Schmit, who anchored both the 4x100 and 4x200 relays on Saturday in Cheney, hustles down the final stretch to give the Bulldogs another gold medal.