AHS athlete Charlene Harber’s shot put mark would have won all state meets last yearSCAPPOOSE – Astoria senior Laura Bobek made history Thursday afternoon at Scappoose.

Competing in the annual Anderson Relays, Bobek had a throw of 162 feet, one inch in the discus competition – the farthest throw ever for an Oregon high school female in 45 years of competition.

Astoria coach Lynn Jackson said the previous mark was just over 158 feet.

Bobek’s first throw was 155-0, which broke the Astoria school record by 10 feet.

Bobek – who will be competing for the University of Oregon next year – also had a toss of 46-71/4 in the shot put.

The Astoria girls scored 112 points to easily win the meet, which is staged in three-person “relays” in each event.

The Lady Fishermen won the javelin with a combined 252 feet (next closest was Seaside at 121-1). Astoria also captured first in the discus at 350-4 (second place was Estacada at 213-11); and won the shot put.

Other throwers in the discus included Clara Weidman (105-8) and Kayce Lilley (84-7). Lilley had the best throw in the javelin at 98-10.

Astoria senior Charlene Harber – competing for the first time ever in the shot put – had the second-best toss in the shot behind Bobek, at 43-71/2. Harber’s mark – on just her second throw – would have won the state meet at any level last year.

The Astoria girls also won the long jump competition (46-6), with Harber soaring 17-11, followed by Katie Leino at 15-0.

The Lady Fishermen won the 60-meter hurdle shuttle (Genevieve Sheridan, Marilyn Brooks, Jordan Crownover).

On the boys’ side, Astoria had the best marks in the shot put (112-5, Trevor Puckett, Brian Van Gundy, Zach Dursse); the javelin (435-8, Puckett, Willie Einerson and Thad Edman); and the sprint medley relay (2:13.97, Justin Gagnon, Alex Eterno, Benjo Musa, Alejandro Lopez).

Jackson said there will be a gathering at the Astoria High School commons area today at 3:30 p.m. in celebration of Bobek’s new state record.

“I wasn’t expecting anything that big,” he said, referring to Bobek’s record. “That was amazing. I tried to enter the mark on athletic.net (a Website for track results), and they wouldn’t accept it as a legitimate mark. You can’t post any mark outside a certain parameter.”