Astoria Vikings score big in state meet

Published 11:36 am Thursday, June 8, 2017

Astoria's Sophie Long and Kelsey Fausett greet each other at the finish line after battling for first place.

La PINE — The Astoria High girls track dynasty appears to be set for years to come, following the performance of athletes from Astoria Middle School at the recent middle school state championships in La Pine.

Astoria athletes won two individual events on the girls’ side, with six other top-five placers.

Eighth-grader Sophie Long highlighted her meet with a win in the 800 meters, finishing in a time of 2 minutes, 38.27 seconds to edge Myrtle Point’s Sarah Nicholson (2:38.55).

The other win came from Astoria’s foursome of Lillian Randall, Emma Roe, Kelsey Fausett and Long, who teamed up to win the 1,600-meter relay in 4:41.81, well ahead of Roosevelt’s 4:48.94. The same four placed fourth in the 400-meter relay (53.69).

Fausett, an eighth-grader, took second in the 400-meter final in a personal best time of 1:06.75. She added a third-place showing in the javelin, with a career-best toss of 84 feet, 4 inches.

In the 1,500 meters, Astoria sixth-grader Hannah Groncki was fourth (5:58.08) and eighth-grader Abby Groncki placed fifth (6:01.96).

In the 100-meter hurdle final, Astoria eighth-grader Isabella Clement took third in 16.76, and seventh-grader Maddie Sisley was close behind in fifth (17.43).

Clement and Sisley placed sixth and seventh, respectively, out of 34 competitors in the long jump.

The Astoria boys had one individual event winner, as eighth-grader Josh Condit scored a victory in the javelin with a personal best throw of 117-1.

Teammates Nathan Pacheco Moulin and Daniel Garcia Camacho placed fourth and fifth, respectively.

Elsewhere, Jeremy Owen, Zachary Schauermann, Axil Pineda and Condit teamed for a second-place finish (4:21.26) in the 1,600 relay, and the foursome of Condit, Moulin, Stanley Wozniak and Thomas Colvin placed fourth in the 400 relay.

Colvin was fifth in the 200; Daniel Messing cleared 5-0 for fifth in the high jump; Condit was sixth and Ronan Linnett place sixth and seventh in the 400; and Rocky Rub was seventh in the 110-meter hurdles.

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