The Knappa track team tuned up for the 2016 with their first meet last Saturday, as the Loggers took part in the Tillamook Invitational.

Competing against mostly bigger schools, the results were predictable for the Loggers, who finished eighth out of nine teams on the boys’ side, and ninth on the girls’.

Still, there’s plenty to be encouraged about for Knappa Track, ’16.

Knappa returns three-fourths of its state-qualifying 400-meter relay team, with juniors Chelsea Sapp, Meranda Godwin and Devin Vandergriff.

Vandergriff will be the top returner in the district 200 meters, and she’s in the top two in the 100 and 400 meters.

The Knappa boys lost their state points from Devin Lewis Allen (100-, 200- and 400-meter finalist at state, district champ in all three), but the Loggers return senior Chris Montano (long jump and triple jump), who won the long jump competition in the Tillamook Invitational, beating out Class 4A jumpers from Molalla, Banks, Taft, Astoria and Tillamook, with a leap of 19 feet, one inch. He placed second in the triple jump (39-2 ½).

Girls

Tabitha Adams, Sr.

Meranda Godwin, Jr.

Ressa Inman, So.

Emerald Mason, Fr.

Mikayla Morton, So.

Chelsea Sapp, Jr.

Devin Vandergriff, Jr.

Alyssa White, So.

Boys

Noah Bagnall, Jr.

Levi Christie, So.

Braedon Eltagonde, So.

Josh Fulton, Fr.

Spencer Fulton, So.

Keenan Gebhart, So.

Noah Gothro, Jr.

Cody Hobbs, Jr.

Nathan Hoikka, Fr.

Josh Jones, Fr.

Patrick Maize, Sr.

Chris Montano, Sr.

Elijah Patterson, Sr.

Trentne Smith, Sr.