Lambertsen wins 4 times, Eureka wins 7-B boys title

EUREKA — There were quite a few double-winners among the boys and girls at the District 7-B track and field meet Saturday, but just one four-timer: Josh Lambertsen. 

Lambertsen, a senior for the host Eureka Lions, won the pole vault and all three sprints to lead his team to the district title with 146.5 points. 

Thompson Falls (131.5) was second Plains (128) was third at the five-team meet. 

Two girls, Troy’s Aspen Orr and Eureka’s Kricket Bridges won three events Saturday, but it was the Plains Trotters who won the team title with 155 points. Double-winners Kalli Tuma and Annika Ercanbrack led Plains, which also swept the relays and earned 10 more points than second-place Eureka. Thompson Falls was third with 82 points. 

Lambertsen ran a personal record of 11.31 seconds while winning the 100 meters and then won the 400 in 52.75 and the 200 in 22.81. His winning pole vault was 12 feet, 3 inches. He was second in the high jump as well, losing to Mission’s Lex LaFrombois on criteria. Both cleared 6-0. 

LaFrombois also won the long jump Saturday.  

The other double-winner among the boys was Plains junior Matthew Thurston, who swept the hurdles. The Horsemen found plenty of individual glory, like a triple jump win from Cooper Meredith. Thurston (15.78) and Meredith (15.80) ran the seventh and eighth-best times in B in the high hurdles. 

Greg Tatum took the shot put for Plains. John Jermyn ran his PR in the 800, winning in 2:02.62 (ninth in Class B) and freshman Simeon Costner won the 1,600 for the Horsemen. 

Plains also won the short relay while Eureka won the 4-by-400.  

Other winners were Thompson Falls’ Weston Block (3,200) and Brylon VanElswyk (javelin); Mission’s Cage Salmelin won the discus. 

For the Plains girls, Ercanbrack won the 800 and 1,600 and Tuma swept the hurdles races. 

Tuma’s time of 16.39 ranks sixth in Class B in the 100 hurdles. 

Katelyn Subatch won the high jump for the Trotters as well. 

Bridges was a force for the Eureka girls, winning the 100 (a personal record of 13.43 seconds), 200 and pole vault (9-3, a PR and No. 6 in Class B). The Lady Lions also got a win from Gabriele Woods in the shot put. 

Orr won the open 400 along with the long jump and triple jump. 

Thompson Falls’ top performer was junior Addyson Deal, who took the discus and javelin titles. Deal threw 124-0 in the javelin, and that ranks fifth in Class B. 

Mission’s Raileigh McDonald won the 3,200.