Vikings' Rylee Colton runs off with 3,000 title


Siuslaw junior Rylee Colton. (Cameron Jagoe photo)

Siuslaw junior Rylee Colton ran a personal-record time of 11 minutes, 15.84a seconds Friday to capture the 3,000-meter run at the Central Coast Invitational at Hans Petersen Field.

It was the 18th-fasted 3,000 time for a Lady Viking in school history.

Lady Vikings senior Andrea Osbon won the discus and shot put and finished third in the javelin in the seven-school field.

Osbon went 103-7 in the discus, 35-10 in the shot and 97-1 in the javelin.

Siuslaw sophomore Samuel Ulrich and senior Jaxson Jensen finished 1-2 in the boys 800.

Ulrich clocked a PR 2:03.38a and Jensen a PR 2:07.80a.

Other top Vikings finishes included:

  • Boys
  • Junior James Smith, second in the 400 in a PR 55.65a.
  • Junior Chad Hughes, second in the 3,000 in a PR 9:33.10a.
  • Junior Avery Hart, second in the shot put in 38-10, and sophomore Jonathan Rose, fourth in a PR 37-8.
  • Senior Skyler Loomis, second in the discus at 121-5 and third in javelin at 152-7.
  • Sophomore Hunter Petterson, third in the 200 in a PR 24.48a.
  • Senior Liam McClellan, fourth in discus at 115-1.
  • Junior Rhys Fleming, fourth in javelin in a PR 150-11.
  • Junior Camp Lacouture, fourth in long jump at 18-3.25.
  • Girls
  • Senior Brea Blankenship, second in 800 in 2:24.92a.
  • Junior Adrianna Brown, fourth in 100 in PR 14.60a.
  • Sophomore Jasmine Bledsoe, fourth in the shot put in PR 27-6.

North Bend won the boys title with 156 points, followed by Siuslaw with 129, Newport 108, Philomath 97, Bandon 64, Sutherlin 32 and Douglas 29.

Philomath won the girls title with 116.5 points, followed by Newport with 94.4, Sutherlin 91, Bandon 85.5, North Bend 85, Siuslaw 68.5 and Douglas 41.

SCHEDULE
Tuesday, April 27 — Sky-Em League JV Meet, Cottage Grove
Friday, April 30 — Sky-Em League Showcase, Hans Petersen Field, 4 p.m.
Friday, May 7 — Wally Ciochetti Invitational. Cottage Grove, 2 p.m., 11 a.m.
Friday-Saturday, May 14-15 — Sky-Em League Championships, Hans Petersen Field, 11 a.m.
May 17-23 — State championships, Siuslaw or Stayton

ROSTER
Boys
Freshmen
Samuel Castle
Owen Garneau
Dylan Jensen
Brayden Linton
Talin Loomis
Hunter Pimlott
Talan Ross
David Sassone
Landon Severy
Cort Waggoner
Sophomores
Jacob Blankenship
Ben Bomberger
Alex Goss
Kyle Hughes
Carson McGinley
Lucian Murphy
Hunter Petterson
Jonathan Rose
Samuel Ulrich
Juniors
Rhys Fleming
Dante Gali
JC Gentry
Avery Hart
Joshua Heckathorn
Chad Hughes
Camp Lacouture
Daniel Paasch
Joseph Slaughter
James Smith
Seniors
Ryan Jennings
Jaxson Jensen
Skyler Loomis
Liam McClellan
Christian Newlan

Girls
Freshmen
Madison Carnahan
Makayla Freeman
Corduroy Holbrook
Jane Lacouture
Daelyn McGee
Mya Smith
Sophomores
Zoe Alberty
Jasmine Bledsoe
Juniors
Arrianna Brown
Rylee Colton
Seniors
Brea Blankenship
Gracie Freudenthal
Molly McGinley
Andrea Osbon