Oliver, Precht triumph at Grants Pass invite


Siuslaw juniors Carissa Oliver and Annmarie Precht each won an event with a personal best Saturday to lead the Vikings girls to a third-place finish among 31 schools in the 67th annual Grants Pass Rotary Invitational.

Oliver won the discus with a throw of 125 feet, 9 inches and Precht took the long jump at 17-00.5 as Siuslaw scored 53 points to finish behind only host Grants Pass (88) and North Medford (59).

In the separate freshman-sophomore team event, sophomore Trent Reavis and freshman Murray Bingham led the Vikings to a tie for fourth among 28 schools, while sophomore Kaylee Graham helped the Siuslaw girls place 12th among 27 schools.

In Vikings varsity girls highlights:

  • Oliver was first in a field of 24 in the discus and third in a field of 23 in the shot put at 37-10, setting personal records in each event.
  • Precht was first in a field of 16 in the long jump and sixth in the 200 meters at 26.81a.
  • Junior Celie Mans was third in the 1,500 with a personal-record 4:50.30a.
  • Junior Morgan Bingham was seventh in the 800 in a personal-record 2:24.84a.
  • Senior Mikaela Siegel was sixth in the 300 hurdles in a personal-record 48.08a, fourth in the 100 hurdles in 16.29a and ninth in the triple jump at 36-00.5.
  • Junior Destinie Tatum was seventh in the 400 in 1:02.13a and 10th in the long jump at 4-8.

Siuslaw entered only two athletes in varsity boys, and neither placed.

In Vikings frosh-soph highlights:

  • Reavis won the boys shot put at 47-5.25 and the discus in a personal-record 147-9 and placed second in the javelin with a personal-record 144-7.
  • Bingham won the boys 1,500 in a personal-record 4:12.31a and finished sixth in the 800 in 2:07.25a.
  • Sophomore Kaylee Graham set personal records in winning the girls 100 hurdles in 17.02a and finishing second in the 300 hurdles in 49.60a.
  • Freshman Annabel Tupua was sixth in the girls shot put at 32-1.

Complete results are online at Athletic.net at:

http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=254975#183

The Vikings have a Far West League junior varsity meet on Tuesday, May 3, at the Prefontaine Track in Coos Bay.

Siuslaw is entered in the Wally Ciochetti Invitational in Cottage Grove on Friday, May 6.

The district championships are May 13-14 at Douglas High School in Winston.

The Oregon School Activities Association state championships are May 20-21 at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene.