STATE TRACK AND FIELD AT A GLANCE
5A
At Mountain View High, Meridian
2023 champions: Boise girls, Rocky Mountain boys.
Friday’s events begin at 8:30 a.m. PDT; throwing events at 9 a.m.; Saturday’s events begin at 8 a.m.; running events at noon.
NOTES: Post Falls junior Cobe Cameron is currently ranked second in the 400-meter dash (49.08) according to Athletic.Net … Coeur d’Alene junior Max Cervi-Skinner is third in the 1,600 (4:11.95) … The Post Falls 4x400 relay team of Trenton McLean, Tallan McCracken, Dylan Wolfe and Cameron is second (3:24.37) … The Coeur d’Alene 4x800 team of Max Cervi-Skinner, Jacob King, Zack Cervi-Skinner and Lachlan May holds the top time in the state (7:49.96), set at regionals last week … McLean, a junior, holds the top mark in the high jump (6 feet, 6 inches) for Post Falls … Trojan senior Alex Shields is third (6-4) … The Post Falls girls sprint medley relay team of Chloe Van Volkinburg, Trinity Byrne, Millie Cosper and Reagan Hutchison leads the state with a time of (1:53.47) … Coeur d’Alene junior Kelsey Carroll is third in the shot put (40 feet, 1 inch) … Coeur d’Alene junior Kimberlee Priebe is tied with three others for second in the high jump (5-4) … Coeur d’Alene sophom*ore Evey McGraw is second in the triple jump (37-2) … since 2011, the Rocky Mountain boys have won 11 of 12 team titles, with Capital claiming the title in 2015 … Boise has won the last three state girls team titles. ... Post Falls boys hope to contend for a trophy (top-four finish).
4A
At Mountain View High, Meridian
2023 champions: Skyline girls, Bishop Kelly boys.
Friday’s events begin at 8:30 a.m. PDT; throwing events at 9 a.m.; Saturday’s events begin at 8 a.m.; running events at noon.
NOTES: Lakeland freshman Sapphire Ruelle is seeded fourth in the 200 (26.00) … The school’s 4x200 relay team of Regan Wright, Melia Gilbert, Karstyn Kiefer and Ruelle is second (49.52) … Lakeland junior Ziya Munyer, the defending triple jump champion, is third (34-11 ½.) … Skyline of Idaho Falls won the girls team title last year, the program’s first since 1993 when the Grizzlies were in 5A … Bishop Kelly has won three straight boys titles, and six of seven since 2016.
3A
At Middleton High
2023 champions: Weiser girls, Sugar-Salem boys.
Friday’s events begin at 8:30 a.m. PDT; throwing events at 9 a.m.; Saturday’s events begin at 8 a.m.; running events at noon.
NOTES: Coeur d’Alene Charter senior Nathan Russell leads the 3A boys 1,600 at 1:54.64, set at the District 1 All-Star Meet at Post Falls High on May 2 … Timberlake senior Jacob Barnhart is seeded second in the 1,600 (1:57.88), with Charter senior Nolan Oyler third (1:58.33) … Russell is also second in the 3,200 (4:22.19) and Barnhart third (4:24.44) … Timberlake senior Caius Tebbe is second in the 110 hurdles (15.24) and leads in the 300 hurdles (40.61) … The Charter boys sprint medley team of Micheal Bell III, Bridger Ricks, Oyler and Russell leads the state (3:38.32) … Charter sophom*ore Annabelle Carr leads in the 400 (57.60), 800 (2:13.85) and 1,600 (5:03.24) …. Carr won the 800 as a freshman and was second in the 1,600 … teammate Helen Oyler is second in the 800 (2:22.10) … Timberlake sophom*ore Vanessa McLachlan is second in the 3,200 (11:41.32) … The Charter 4x400 relay team of Emily Russell, Reagan Meine, Oyler and Carr lead the state (4:08.02) … Timberlake’s 4x800 team of Malia Miller, McLachlan, Lola Eggleston and Addisen Berg are also the fastest time (10:39.15) … The Charter sprint medley team of Alexa Sheppard, Meine, Sofia Peppin and Carr are second (1:52.07) … Timberlake junior Diana Nelson is third in the high jump (5-2) … Sugar-Salem has won two straight boys team titles and five of the past six.
2A
At Middleton High
2023 champions: Melba girls, Aberdeen boys.
Friday’s events begin at 8:30 a.m. PDT; throwing events at 9 a.m.; Saturday’s events begin at 8 a.m.; running events at noon.
NOTES: St. Maries senior Alexzander Lambson, who has signed with at NAIA Lewis-Clark State, leads the state in 2A in the discus (164 feet, 11 inches) … Lumberjack freshman Raevyn Yearout is seeded fourth in the 100 (12.75 seconds) and fourth in the 400 (1:01.46) … St. Maries senior Jacklin Linnemeyer, also signed with Lewis-Clark State, is third in the shot put (36-1) and second in the discus (123-3) … Kellogg freshman Trieste Marek and St. Maries senior Jamie Mueller are tied for second in the high jump (5-0) … Melba has won the previous five girls team titles.
1A
At Middleton High
2023 champions: Raft River girls, Victory Charter boys.
Friday’s events begin at 8:30 a.m. PDT; throwing events at 9 a.m.; Saturday’s events begin at 8 a.m.; running events at noon.
NOTES: Raft River won its fifth straight girls team title last year, matching Kootenai’s streak of five straight from 2002 to 2006 … Kootenai freshman Tyla Dittman is seeded fourth in the girls pole vault with a mark of 9 feet, 8 inches, set May 10 at the District 1-2 meet in Lapwai.
