MONMOUTH The Warrenton track team had one of its most productive state meets ever, as the Warriors wrapped up competition Saturday in the OSAA Class 3A meet at Western Oregon University.

The bus ride home carried two state champions and nine medals in all, with one meet record and two new school records.

It was one of our better state meets in recent memory, said Warrenton coach Josh Jannusch, the District 1/3A Coach of the Year. We had entries in 10 events, and came out with nine medals. And the only one who didnt medal (Jordan Cain) finished ninth. We were within an eyelash of getting a trophy (the top four teams get a trophy).

Warrentons Emmi Collier finally won that elusive state title, as the Warrior senior clinched a victory in the shot put on Day 2.

Competing on her future home field at WOU, Collier capped her high school career with a winning toss and state meet record of 44 feet, 10 inches in Saturdays shot put final.

And it wasnt even close, as Jo-Anne Jessee of Cascade Christian had the second-place mark of 41-71/4.

Technically, Collier broke the meet record five times, as her first five tosses eclipsed the previous state meet record of 43-01/2 set by Jaclyn Espinoza of Regis in 2006.

It was a very memorable day for Emmi, Jannusch said. She didnt get 45 (feet), but her throws were all good, and I think she was more relaxed, not having to worry about the discus.

Collier also had a lot of fan support, Jannusch said. We had a lot of fans there, and a lot of her friends and family were wearing their Emmi fan club shirts. It was a perfect way to end her high school career.

Meanwhile, senior Nate Ferrell was busy scoring points and setting records for the Warrenton boys by winning the 110-meter hurdles and taking second in the 300-meter hurdles, in addition to earning a medal in the javelin.

The Warrenton boys finished with 34 team points to place sixth in the team standings, behind Nyssa (73), Dayton (63), Westside Christian (48), Pleasant Hill (41) and Valley Catholic (41).

St. Marys captured first place for the girls, with Warrenton 16th, with 16 points.

Ferrell had the second-best time (15.32 seconds) in Fridays preliminaries of the 110 hurdles, but then scorched the track in a Warrenton school record 15.11 to win Saturdays final race.

A little later, Ferrell came back and placed second in the 300 hurdles, finishing in 40.16 (another school record) behind defending state champion Justin Angove of Bandon.

In the 110 hurdles, Nate and (Toledos Leo) Williamson were tied after nine hurdles, and I think Williamson hit the last hurdle a little, and Nate just pulled away, Jannusch said. And in the 300 hurdles, Nate fought back from quite a ways and almost caught (Angove).

Ferrell stood on the victory stand three times Saturday, as he had a throw of 136-11 for eighth in the javelin, just ahead of Cain (ninth, 133-10).

More medals for the Warriors belonged to junior Jordan Hollaway, whose toss of 44-113/4 was good enough for fourth in Fridays shot put final, and his throw of 134-10 earned him fifth place in Saturdays discus event.

Warrior junior Derek Luck also returned with some hardware, jumping 20-111/2 for fifth in Fridays long jump final, then placing seventh in Saturdays triple jump with a best of 41-23/4.

Behind Colliers first place and the first and second for Ferrell, the next highest finish for a Warrior came from junior Courtney Lofton, who cleared a personal best 5-2 in Fridays high jump.

I couldnt be prouder of everybody, Jannusch said. One of the most stressful parts of coaching is getting everybody to peak in their final meet. Emmi and Nate were the only seniors for us, and they both worked so hard.

Nates goal when he was a freshman was to put his name on the school leaderboard, he said, although Ferrell was thinking football, and not track.

And up until winter of her freshman year, Emmi was still thinking about playing softball, Jannusch said. They both put in a lot of time in the weight room, and worked real hard to get here.

In the Class 1A meet, Jewells Blake Ellis finished just out of medal contention in the long jump,