4A district track: Heritage runner wins four titles, Skyview takes team honors

For Spiller, the race had begun long before the starting gun fired. It involved a week of healthful eating, hydration and sleep.

“I did everything I could to get better,” Spiller said. “The day before the district meet, I finally felt better.”

There were also dramatics in the girls team competition. Skyview won the team title on the final event when 1600 relay anchor Chisom Eke crossed the finish one second ahead of Camas star Alexa Efraimson, who nearly eclipsed a sizable Skyview lead.

Skyview finished with 147.8 points, while Camas had 145. Skyview’s boys also won the team title, 21 points ahead of Heritage.

Efraimson showed her dominating kick in winning the 1600. She stayed with the pack until 600 meters were left, then turned on the jets. With 400 meters left, she had a 35-meter lead and won in 4:54.72, the best time in Class 4A statewide this season.

“My coach and I wanted to work more on the later part of the race,” Efraimson said. “At state I’ll go all out or close to it, get those marks and then improve off of that.”

Efraimson won the 1600 state title last year in a record time of 4:39.25.

Bailey King was among other athletes winning multiple district titles. One day after winning the shot put, the Union sophomore won discus.

Devin Murphy of Heritage added a long jump title to the triple jump he won Wednesday.

Ryan Gunther of Camas added a 110 hurdles title a day after winning the 300 hurdles.

Aubrey Ward-El of Skyview won the shot put a day after claiming the javelin.

Camas hurdler Jordan Davis won the 110 hurdles, adding to her 300 hurdle win Wednesday.

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

4A DISTRICT MEET

Team scores – Skyview 131, Heritage 110, Camas 103, Union 74, Evergreen 70, Battle Ground 37.

Bi-district qualifiers (top 3)

200 – 1, Kelsey Gardner (BG) 22.88; 2, E’Lon Mack (H) 22.89; 3, Kobey Eaton (E) 23.09.

1600 – 1, Keaton Spiller (H) 4:27.30; 2, Jordan Moore (U) 4:27.78; 3, Quinn Nelson (BG) 4:29.65.

110 hurdles – 1, Ryan Gunther (C) 15.23; 2, Austin King Elliott (BG) 15.63; 3, Aaron Yewman (S) 15.86.

1600 relay – 1, Heritage 3:27.49; 2, Camas 3:28.03; 3, Skyview 3:28.83.

Javelin – 1, Alex Berfanger (U) 173-7; 2, Costal David (E) 168-9; 3, Victor Duran (H) 162-4.

Discus – 1, Bailey King (U) 160-0; 2, Brody Bagnall (E) 144-11; 3, Conner Jensen (S) 128-10.

Long jump – 1, Devin Murphy (H) 21-7.5; 2, Eric Trimble (S) 20-9; 3, Alec Dronen (S) 20-7.

High jump – 1, Tupre Wickliff (E) 6-3; 2, Peyton Fredrickson (S) 6-3; 3, Aaron Yewman (S) 6-3.

Corrected Wednesday result

300 hurdles – 1, Ryan Gunther (C) 41.08; 2, Adam Peterson (C) 42.42; 3, Marquis Sampson (E) 43.00.

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD

4A DISTRICT MEET

Team scores – Skyview 147.8, Camas 145, Evergreen 93.5, Union 92.8, Battle Ground 54.33, Heritage 33.

Bi-district qualifiers (top 3)

200 – 1, Dai’Lyn Merriweather (E) 25.52; 2, Jai’Lyn Merriweather (E) 25.94; 3, Rachel Shirley (S) 26.17.

1600 – 1, Alexa Efraimson (C) 4:54.72; 2, Alexis Fuller (U) 5:06.21; 3, Alissa Pudlitzke (C) 5:10.07.

100 hurdles – 1, Jordan Davis (C) 15.23; 2, Nattali Baiar (BG) 15.76; 3, Tamaki Murata (C) 15.91.

800 relay – 1, Evergreen 1:45.89; 2, Camas 1:45.96; 3, Skyview 1:46.09.

1600 relay – 1, Skyview 4:02.66; 2, Camas 4:03.71; 3, Union 4:11.88.

Shot put – 1, Aubrey Ward-El (S) 44-10; 2, Jossilyn Blackman (BG) 40-10; 3, Nicole Corbett (C) 37-2.

Long jump – 1, Tayler Troupe (U) 16-6.5; 2, Savanna Joyce (C) 16-4.75; 3, Mikila Horsley (E) 16-3.5.

High jump – 1, Kameron Schalk (U) 4-11; 2, Madison Lord (S) 4-11; 3, Hannah Shirley (S) 4-9.

Pole vault – 1, Caleigh Lofstead (C) 11-9; 2, Laura Shannon (BG) 9-7; 3, Jacinda Rose (S) 9-1.

200 wheelchair – 1, Yen Hoang (E) 41.06.

800 wheelchair – 1, Yen Hoang (E) 2:54.24.

Corrected Wednesday result

3200 – 1, Alissa Pudlitzke (C) 11:21.46; 2, Grace Eversaul (S) 11.24.98; 3, Marley LeFore (C) 11:43