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April has arrived, and Idaho high school track athletes are already recording impressive times and marks.
Athletes from Coeur d'Alene, Coeur d'Alene Charter, Mountain View, Vallivue, Bonners Ferry and Ridgevue competed at the two-day Oregon Relays over the weekend at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., a meet which drew teams from Oregon, Colorado, Washington, California, Utah, Nevada, Illinois and Canada.
Mountain View senior Joseph Miraya won the varsity boys shot put title with a mark of 60 feet, 1.25 inches and also placed sixth in varsity boys discus (165-2) and seventh in varsity boys hammer throw (156-11). Miraya's teammate Quincy Keller placed fifth in the varsity girls 200 in 24.73 and was also part of Mountain View's fifth place finish in the varsity girls 4x100 with Addie Lee, Talia Johnson and Taysia Johnson in 48.39. Mountain View's boys 4x800 team of Austin Riley, Benjamin Jensen, Alden Chamberlain and Koda VanDahlen placed fourth in 8:01.05 and the boys 4x100 team of Cashton Gennette, Jacob Allen, Catcher Gennette and Beau Stewart placed seventh in 42.79.
Additionally, Mountain View also earned medals in girls field events with junior Kami Clayton placing fourth in varsity girls shot put with 39-9.75, senior Madilyn McCarty placing fourth in varsity girls discus with 127-6 and junior Kristin Geiser placing fifth in varsity girls high jump upon clearing 5-1. Mountain View's Behr Scott placed fourth in the freshman boys 100 final in 11.38 and he joined Omar Osman, Beau Stewart and Keoni Valko to place fifth in the boys 800 sprint medley relay in 1:36.65.
Coeur d'Alene twin brothers Zackery and Max Cervi-Skinner, both seniors, placed second and third, respectively, in the varsity boys 2-mile with times of 9:01.26 and 9:01.35. Those time are also the No. 2 and No. 3 fastest times in the U.S. so far this season in the boys 2-mile, per athletic.net as of April 6. Converted to 3,200 meters, Zackery Cervi-Skinner's time is 8:58.33 and Max's is 8:58.50, which puts them at No. 14 and No. 16 in the U.S. this season in the boys 3,200 as of April 6 per athletic.net and also No. 5 and No. 6 all-time on record in Idaho for the event. Their teammate, senior Kyle Rohlinger, placed eighth in the boys 2k steeplechase finals in 6:18.67, putting him at No. 17 in the U.S. this season as of April 6 per athletic.net. The Cervi-Skinner twins along with sophomore Wyatt Carr and junior Mitchell Rietze placed fifth in the boys distance medley relay in 10:12.09.
Coeur d'Alene Charter junior Annabelle Carr placed seventh in varsity girls 800 finals in 2:14.99 and Bonners Ferry junior Hallie Hartman placed fifth in varsity girls shot put with a mark of 39-2.25.
Vallivue's boys 4x400 relay team of Dawson Mann, Jarrett Adams, Jakobe Davis and David Gummersall placed second in 3:23.17 and the boys 1,600 sprint medley relay team of Austin Belnap, Dylan Sterk, Jackson McDonald and Braxton Hofhines placed sixth in 3:38.03.
At the Highland Gold Baton Relays in Pocatello, Highland junior Spencer Van Orden nearly matched his No. 1 all-time Idaho best 300 hurdles time from last season by winning Saturday's boys 300 hurdles finals in 37.19, which puts him at No. 16 in the U.S. in the event as of April 6 per athletic.net.
Fast times and big marks occurred at the Boise Relays at Dona Larsen Park on Saturday.
In boys 300 hurdles finals, Nampa senior Tegon Lords won in a personal best 37.21 while Boise senior Chase Lawyer was second in a personal best 37.23. Those times put Lords and Lawyer at No. 2 and No. 3 all-time on record in Idaho in the event behind Highland's Van Orden, as these three boys are the only ones on record in Idaho to break 37.30 in the event. Additionally, those times put Lords and Lawyer at No. 17 and No. 18 in the U.S. in the event as of April 6 per athletic.net.
Boise senior Jens Knutsen won the boys 2k steeplechase in 6:14.42, putting him at No. 11 in the U.S. this season in the event as of April 6 per athletic.net. Rocky Mountain junior Hallie Heemeyer and Meridian senior Paisley Taylor became the first girls in Idaho this season to break five minutes for the 1,600, as Heemeyer won Saturday's finals in a personal best 4:56.14 and Taylor was close behind in second in 4:56.84.
Burley senior Alex Rushton cleared 6-10 for the first time in an outdoor season to win boys high jump. Capital junior Christine Huckins ran a personal best 24.15 to win girls 200 and lower her No. 1 all-time best Idaho time in the event. She also became the first girl in Idaho this season to break 12 seconds for the 100 upon winning Saturday's Boise Relays girls 100 finals in 11.74. Kimberly junior Isabella Burnett won the girls 400 in a personal best 56.69, the first sub-57 girls 400 time so far this season in Idaho and her first sub-57 time of her career.
Up north at the Kamiah Invite, Deary junior Kaylee Wood won girls javelin with 119-4, the best mark so far in Idaho this season in the event, which will be the newest event in next month's Idaho state championships. Capital sophomore Elliot Schrack won boys javelin at Friday's Capital tri-meet with Mountain View and Timberline with a mark of 151-6, which leads the Idaho boys so far this season.
On The Horizon
As of April 5, athletes from Boise, Capital, Coeur d'Alene, Coeur d'Alene Charter, Eagle, Fruitland and Vallivue are registered for the annual Arcadia Invitational scheduled for Friday and Saturday in Arcadia, Calif.
Numerous Idaho small schools are registered for the Dave Mangum Invite, scheduled for Friday in Melba with 14 teams registered as of April 5. The annual Patriot Invite takes place Saturday at Centennial. As of April 5, 22 teams are registered.
Up north, the Leah Swanson Memorial/Deary High School Invite takes place Saturday in Lapwai. As of April 5, 17 teams are registered.
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