PREP TRACK & FIELD: Priest River, Clark Fork girls among top two at middle school district championship meet

SPIRIT LAKE — Outside of a contribution from seventh-grader Meredith Raynor in the 4x100 relay, the Clark Fork Middle School eighth grade girls, competing with just three athletes, finished second out of nine scoring teams as they compiled an impressive 78 points at the Middle School District Championship held Friday at Timberlake High.

Gemma Wood was first out of 30 in the 100-meter dash (13.68) and beat out six other competitors in the 100-meter hurdles (17.13) to claim two golds on the day. Kourtney Rogier (2:50.53) added a first-place finish out of 13 in the 800-meter run and was second in both the 400-meter run (1:09.64) and the long jump (13 feet) for a total of three individual medals. Grace Thompson capped off the Lady Cats' all-around performance with three podium finishes of her own, beating out 18 other competitors to win the shot put (35 feet, 6.5 inches) to go along with a second-place finish in the high jump (4 feet, 7 inches) and a third-place finish in the discus (76 feet, 5 inches) to boot. 

Beating out Clark Fork in the eighth grade girls division was Priest River, who was led by Layla Lamanna. Lamanna beat out 13 competitors to win the long jump (13 feet, 0.25 inches) and contributed a third-place finish in the 400-meter run (1:09.92) and a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter dash (30.80). Paisley Maas placed second in the 800-meter run (2:54.75) and was third in the long jump (11 feet, 10.5 inches) while Brady Barton collected a second-place mark in the discus (81 feet, 5 inches) for the Lady Warriors, which scored 80 points in total en route to a district title.

In eighth grade boys action, Priest River's Jaxsen Stark was second in the long jump (17 feet) while Clark Fork's Casey Lane was second in the high jump (4 feet, 10 inches) and fourth in the 110-meter hurdles (18.29).

In the seventh grade girls division, Clark Fork's Raynor beat out 15 other competitors to win the long jump (14 feet, 6.5 inches), was second in the 200-meter dash (28.81) and fourth in the 100-meter dash (14.00) while fellow Lady Cat Rylan Cody recorded a second-place finish in the shot put (26 feet, 2.5 inches). Evana Hinshaw won the shot put for Priest River with a toss of 27 feet, 1.5 inches.

Rounding out the top performances on the day, Clark Fork's Kiptyn Jorissen, competing in the seventh grade boys division, beat out 16 competitors to win the long jump (13 feet, 7.5 inches) and registered a second-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles (20.50) and a third-place finish in the high jump (4 feet, 4 inches). Priest River's Brayden Claar, Torin McLaimtaig, Gunner Filtzer, and Ryan Connelly added a win in the 4x200 relay (2:06.43) in addition to numerous top finishes of their own.

8TH GRADE

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Timberlake 159. 2, Boundary County 150. 3, Wallace 41. 4, Priest River 34. t-5, Clark Fork, St. Maries 17. 7, Coeur d'Alene Tribal 15. 8, Kootenai Classical Academy 13. 9, Kellogg 11. 10, Genesis Preparatory Academy 2.

(winner, top two locals)

100 — 1, Kaisa Maiava, Timberlake, 11.98; 11, Jaxsen Stark, Priest River, 12.94; 19, Nolan Long, Clark Fork, 13.55. 200 — 1, Jackson Chavira, Boundary County, 24.88; 11, Ryder Hillbroom, Clark Fork, 27.57; 14, Seth Paschetag, Priest River, 28.72. 400 — 1, Logan Groth, Wallace, 55.88; 7, Carter Blackburn, Priest River, 1:01.11; 8, Meric Glazier, Priest River, 1:01.38. 800 — 1, Micah Miller, Timberlake, 2:21.30; 5, Seth Paschetag, Priest River, 2:32.97; 13, Andy Hewitt, Clark Fork, 2:51.73. 1600 — 1, Micah Miller, Timberlake, 5:07.06; 4, Seth Paschetag, Priest River, 5:38.34; 8, Andy Hewitt, Clark Fork, 6:25.22.

110 hurdles — 1, Samuel Jarvis, Timberlake, 17.52; 4, Casey Lane, Clark Fork, 18.29. 4x100 relay — 1, Boundary County (Blake Vincent, Samuel Brown, Jackson Chavira, Luke Scarborough), 47.94; 4, Priest River (Ryan Connelly, Meric Glazier, Carter Blackburn, Jaxsen Stark), 52.30. 4x200 relay — 1, Boundary County (Blake Vincent, Brody Swift, Samuel Brown, Jackson Chavira), 1:40.41; 5, Priest River (Seth Paschetag, Jaxsen Stark, Meric Glazier, Carter Blackburn), 1:50.64.

Shot put — 1, Nathan Stolley, Boundary County, 37-11.5; 6, Nolan Long, Clark Fork, 34-3.5; 8, Joshua McVey, Priest River, 30-4.25. Discus — 1, Micco Balsimo, Timberlake, 122-11; 15, Nolan Long, Clark Fork, 74-2; 16, Mason Bennett, Priest River, 72-2. High jump — 1, Logan Groth, Wallace, 5-0; 2, Casey Lane, Clark Fork, 4-10; t-4, Meric Glazier, Priest River, 4-6. Long jump — 1, Luke Scarborough, Boundary County, 17-11; 2, Jaxsen Stark, Priest River, 17-0.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Priest River 80. 2, Clark Fork 78. 3, Timberlake 69.5. 4, Kellogg 63.5. 5, Boundary County 55. 6, St. Maries 36. 7, Wallace 34. 8, Kootenai 23. 9, Kootenai Classical Academy 11. 10, Genesis Preparatory Academy 4. 11, Coeur D'Alene Tribal 2. 12, Mullan 1.

(winner, top two locals)

100 — 1, Gemma Wood, Clark Fork, 13.68; 5, Brady Barton, Priest River, 14.71; 8, Paisley Maas, Priest River, 15.26. 200 — 1, Bailey Giordano, Wallace, 30.41; 4, Layla Lamanna, Priest River, 30.80; 23, Margaret Lannoo, Priest River, 40.08. 400 — 1, Emma Cook, Kellogg, 1:06.39; 2, Kourtney Rogier, Clark Fork, 1:09.64; 3, Layla Lamanna, Priest River, 1:09.92. 800 — 1, Kourtney Rogier, Clark Fork, 2:50.53; 2, Paisley Maas, Priest River, 2:54.75; 13, Erina Buress, Priest River, 3:33.32. 1600 — 1, Paige Hill, Kellogg, 6:33.30.

100 hurdles — 1, Gemma Wood, Clark Fork, 17.13. 4x100 relay — 1, Kellogg (Lily Acles, Amiah Latessa, Emma Cook, Kymber Mann), 55.30; 2, Clark Fork (Meredith Raynor, Grace Thompson, Kourtney Rogier, Gemma Wood), 56.57. 3, Priest River (Layla Lamanna, Paisley Maas, Avery Kariniemi, Brady Barton), 58.59. 4x200 relay — 1, Wallace (Bailey Giordano, Penny Pehan, Cora Anderson, Braylee Knapp), 2:07.97. 3, Priest River (Alli Thorkelson, Ailish McLaimtaig, Samantha Shaulis, Kylee Bowman), 2:15.93.

Shot put — 1, Grace Thompson, Clark Fork, 35-6.5; 11, Gianna Wirth, Priest River, 22-8.5. Discus — 1, Miya Dittman, Kootenai, 84-8; 2, Brady Barton, Priest River, 81-5; 3, Grace Thompson, Clark Fork, 76-5. High jump — 1, Emma Cook, Kellogg, 4-7; 2, Grace Thompson, Clark Fork, 4-7; 3, Ailish McLaimtaig, Priest River, 4-0. Long jump — 1, Layla Lamanna, Priest River, 13-0.25; 2, Kourtney Rogier, Clark Fork, 13-0; 3, Paisley Maas, Priest River, 11-10.5.

7TH GRADE

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Timberlake 124. 2, Wallace 100. 3, Boundary County 58. t-4, Priest River; Kootenai Classical Academy 44. 6, St. Maries 34. 7, Clark Fork 27. 8, Kellogg 16. 9, Kootenai 7.

(winner, top two locals)

100 — 1, Mack Renner, St. Maries, 12.62; 4, Ryan Connelly, Priest River, 13.23; 5, Brayden Claar, Priest River, 13.89. 200 — 1, Mack Renner, St. Maries, 26.13; 3, Ryan Connelly, Priest River, 27.43; 20, Zaden Sevy, Priest River, 33.29. 400 — 1, Trenton Miller, Boundary County, 1:04.23. 800 — 1, Weston MacArthur, Timberlake, 2:35.44. 1600 — 1, Weston MacArthur, Timberlake, 5:41.50.

110 hurdles — 1, Weston MacArthur, Timberlake, 19.88; 2, Kiptyn Jorissen, Clark Fork, 20.50; 3, Zaden Sevy, Priest River, 21.41. 4x100 relay — 1, Wallace (Clyde Lee, Cy Miller, Hunter Rohwer, Carter Hone), 55.81; 4, Priest River (Brayden Claar, Torin McLaimtaig, Gunner Filtzer, Zaden Sevy ), 1:01.39. 4x200 relay — 1, Priest River (Brayden Claar, Torin McLaimtaig, Gunner Filtzer, Ryan Connelly), 2:06.43.

Shot put — 1, Talon Higgins, Timberlake, 34-3; 5, Chayse Simpkins, Priest River, 27-0; 25, Carson Rutter-Lara, Clark Fork, 16-10.25. Discus — 1, Wesley Hornstein, Timberlake, 101-11; 6, Chayse Simpkins, Priest River, 74-10; 9, Gabe Allen, Clark Fork, 62-2. High jump — 1, Talon Higgins, Timberlake, 4-6; 3, Kiptyn Jorissen, Clark Fork, 4-4; 6, Gabe Allen, Clark Fork, 4-2. Long jump — 1, Kiptyn Jorissen, Clark Fork, 13-7.5; 8, Torin McLaimtaig, Priest River, 11-11; 10, Jeffrey Raynor, Clark Fork, 11-5.5.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Kootenai Classical Academy 75. 2, Boundary County 70. t-3, Kellogg; Timberlake 66. 5, Clark Fork 31. 6, St. Maries 23. 7, Wallace 22. 8, Priest River 18. 9, Kootenai 14. 10, Genesis Preparatory Academy 12. 11, Coeur D'Alene Tribal 11.

(winner, top two locals)

100 — 1, Juliet Claridge, Kootenai Classical Academy, 13.16; 4, Meredith Raynor, Clark Fork, 14.00; 17, Avery Kariniemi, Priest River, 15.25. 200 — 1, Juliet Claridge, Kootenai Classical Academy, 27.78; 2, Meredith Raynor, Clark Fork, 28.81; 8, Avery Kariniemi, Priest River, 31.15. 400 — 1, Avalee Heydon, Timberlake, 1:08.62; 8, Kylee Bowman, Priest River, 1:16.32. 800 — 1, Rhider Oertli, Kellogg, 2:48.60; 14, Rylan Cody, Clark Fork, 3:29.76. 1600 — 1, Rhider Oertli, Kellogg, 5:57.51.

100 hurdles — 1, Kiara Dittman, Kootenai, 18.05; 14, Kayleigh Brumley, Clark Fork, 22.77. 4x100 relay — 1, Timberlake (Avalee Heydon, Savannah Augusto, Charlee Illian, Violet Tessendorf), 59.37; 3, Priest River (Averie Hart, Samantha Shaulis, Joan Dailey, Kylee Bowman), 1:04.65. 4x200 relay — 1, Kootenai Classical Academy (Zoey Brown, Braylee Dippolito, Ellie Espinoza, Juliet Claridge), 2:06.75.

Shot put — 1, Evana Hinshaw, Priest River, 27-1.5; 2, Rylan Cody, Clark Fork, 26-2.5; 24, Amy Lamb, Priest River, 15-9.5. Discus — 1, Christie Sotin, St. Maries, 61-6. High jump — 1, Josie Bauer, Wallace, 3-8. Long jump — 1, Meredith Raynor, Clark Fork, 14-6.5; 10, Avery Kariniemi, Priest River, 11-6.25; 15, Averie Hart, Priest River, 9-10.