Bingham, Mans run PRs at Centennial invite


Celie Mans and Morgan Bingham at 2016 Siuslaw Icebreaker. Kelly Potter photo

Siuslaw juniors Morgan Bingham and Celie Mans both set personal records with high finishes Saturday in the 52nd Centennial Invitational in Gresham.

They also moved up the state 4A girls top-10 lists, Morgan to No. 5 at 1,500 meters and Mans to No. 2 at 3,000.

Bingham was eighth among 54 runners in 4 minutes, 54.64a seconds, trimming her prior personal best of 4:58.3ha set April 9 at the Jim Robinson Bigfoot Pepsi's Twilight Invitational at Roseburg.

Bingham currently stands No. 6 in the state among 4A girls at 800 meters (2:24.90a) and No. 5 at 3,000 (10:45.36a).

Mans was seventh among 40 runners in 10:27.52a, shaving more than seven seconds off her previous best of 10:34.81a set at the 2015 state 4A championships.

Mans currently is No. 7 in the state among 4A girls at 800 meters (2:25.16) and No. 3 at 1,500 (4:52.25).

Yamhill-Carlton senior Perrin Xthona won the 1,500 at the 52nd Centennial Invitational in 4:38.27a, the best time this spring among 4A girls.

Xthona also has the best girls 4A time this spring at 3,000 meters, a 10:26.13a she ran April 16 at the Wilsonville Invitational.

Xthona was third last fall in 4A state cross country championships in Eugene, where the Vikings won the team title and Mans the individual title at 5,000 meters.

Bingham was the second-highest placing Viking and 19th overall in that event.

The Vikings will be at the 67th annual Grants Pass Rotary meet Saturday and the Wally Ciochetti Invitational at Cottage Grove High School on Friday, May 6.

The Far West League championships are May 13-14 at Douglas High School in Winston.

The Oregon School Activities Association 4A state championships are May 20-21 at Hayward Field in Eugene.

Complete results of the 52nd Centennial Invitational are online at Athletic.net at:

http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=254125#183