10 Vikings spring into the top 10 at the break


State 800-meter champion Hannah Rannow has the second-best 4A girls 1,500 time and anchors the Vikings' 4x400 relay team.

The high school track and field season is young, but the Siuslaw Vikings already are making their marks.

Seven Vikings girls and three boys are in the Class 4A top 10 as schools head into spring break.

Siuslaw's athletes return to the field April 2 with a Sky-Em League junior varsity meet at Junction City and April 6 with the Marist Track Classic in Eugene.

Lady Vikings sophomores Brea Blankenship (800 meters) and Gracie Freudenthal (300 meters) hold the top times in 4A as of Sunday, March 24.

Freudenthal also has the second-fastest time in the 100 hurdles.

Junior Hannah Rannow, state champion in the 800 meters in 2018, is second in the 1,500.

Sophomore Andrea Osbon is fifth in both the shot put and the discus, while freshman Rylee Colton is fifth and junior Chloe Madden sixth in the 3,000.

Senior Naomi Shoji is No. 8 in the 800.

For the boys, junior Kiger Johnson is sixth in the 800, junior Brendon Jensen ninth in the 1,500 and sophomore Ryan Jennings ninth in the 400.

NOTES

Ten schools have signed up for the Marist meet, including Sky-Em schools Cottage Grove, Marist, Marshfield and Siuslaw … 6A Jesuit and 5A Churchill also are entered. …

Both the Vikings boys and girls 4x400 relay teams are in the 4A top 10, the boys at No. 7 and girls at No. 2. …

A full list of the boys and girls top 10 is online at https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/Division/Top.aspx?DivID=99993

Boys in top 10

  • 400 — 9, Ryan Jennings, PR 54.88 (1, Hagan Stephenson, Marist Catholic, 53.60)
  • 800 — 6, Kiger Johnson, 2:12.94 (1, Jack Crowell, Marist Catholic, 2:02.84)
  • 1,500 — 9, Brendon Jensen, 4:28.98 (1, Leo Johns, Newport, 4:18.01)
  • 4x400 relay — 7, Ryan Jennings, Kiger Johnson, Aedan Lawrence, Brendon Jensen, 3:45.49 (1, Gladstone, 3:39.99)

Girls in top 10

  • 800 — 1, Brea Blankenship, 2:28.80. 8, Naomi Shoji, 2:40.55 (2, Emma Baeth, Baker, 2:32.97)
  • 1.500 — 2, Hannah Rannow, 5:03.13 (1, Anika Thompson, Junction City, 4:59.50)
  • 3,000 — 5, Rylee Colton, PR 11.59.44. 6, Chloe Madden, 12:20.79 (1, Anika Thompson, Junction City, 10:33.79)
  • 100 hurdles — 2, Gracie Freudenthal, 16.35 (1, Sienna Bauer, Phoenix, 15.75)
  • 300 hurdles — 1, Gracie Freudenthal, 48.42 (2, Karlee Touey, North Valley, 50.22)
  • 4x400 — 2, Brea Blankenship, Naomi Shoji, Gracie Freudenthal, Hannah Rannow, 4:21.72 (1, North Valley, 4:16.94)
  • Shot put — 5, Andrea Osbon, 35-4 (1, Gretchen Hoekstre, Seaside, 42-2)
  • Discus — 5, Andrea Osbon, PR 106-2.25 (1, Gretchen Hoekstre, Seaside, 144-2.5)