Vikings Reavis, Bingham qualify for state


Sophomore Trent Reavis (left) and freshman Murray Bingham (right) will represent Siuslaw in the state championships.

Siuslaw's Trent Reavis and Murray Bingham will be carrying the Vikings' colors to the state 4A track and field championships Friday and Saturday, May 20 and 21, at Hayward Field in Eugene.

Reavis won the shot put at 48 feet, 3 inches and Bingham finished second in the 1,500 meters in 4 minutes, 16.19a seconds Saturday at the Far West League district championships at Douglas High School in Winston.

Reavis will head to state as district champion in both the shot put and the discus. The sophomore won the discus Friday with a throw of 138-8.

Bingham, a freshman, finished second by less than half a second in both the 1,500 and the 3,000 to North Bend junior Michael Brown.

Marshfield won the boys team title with a score of 224.5 points. North Bend was second with 202.

OSAA 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, Hayward Field, Eugene
Friday, May 20
Boys 3,000-meter final, 10:15 a.m. (Bingham)
Boys discus, 9 a.m. (Reavis)
Boys shot put, 11:45 a.m., East pit (Reavis)
Saturday, May 21
Boys 1,500-meter final, 1:39 p.m. (Bingham)

Siuslaw finished third with 71 points, followed by Douglas with 52, Brookings-Harbor with 47 and South Umpqua with 45.5.

Complete district results are available online at Athletic.net at:

http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=251561#183

NOTES

Sophomore Trent Reavis and freshman Murray Bingham are the only Vikings boys in the 4A top 10 heading to state. ...

Reavis is No. 3 in the shot put and No. 4 in the discus. ...

Bingham is No. 6 in the 3,000 and no. 8 in the 1,500. ...

Reavis had 23 points in the meet with two first places (10 points each) and a sixth place (3 points) in the javelin. ...

Bingham had 16 points with his two second-place finishes. ... He also ran a leg of the 4x400 relay team that finished fourth. ...

Junior Jack Pickell had 10 points with a third place (6 points)  in the 3,000 and a fifth place (4) in the 800. ...

Also scoring for the Vikings were senior Tyler Williams with 6, senior Marshall Teter with 4, sophomore Isaac Grifes with 3 and senior Dylan Jennings and sophomore Lucas Menez with 2 each. ...

The Vikings 4x400 relay team of Williams, Menez, Kyle King and Bingham scored 5 points. ...

High temperature Friday in Winston was 80, and sunny. High Saturday was 58, and overcast. ...