Sammy Curtis led off the winning 4x200M relay team, which also included Ali Palm, Sally Thornton-White and Chloe Sprauer.
Teams qualify 15 for state meet in Cheney
The Liberty Bell High School girls ran away with their third consecutive team title at the District 5/6 track meet in Quincy last weekend, and qualified 10 competitors for the state 2B meet at Eastern Washington University in Cheney starting on Friday (May 24).
Meanwhile, the Liberty Bell boys qualified five for the state meet, finishing ninth out of 16 teams represented at the district meet.
The girls’ results included four first-place finishes, highlighted by a 1-2-3 sweep in the 1,600-meter run won by sophomore Keeley Brooks, who edged senior Icel Sukovaty by 8/100ths of a second as freshman Maisy Shaw claimed third place. Sukovaty returned for a victory in the 3,200M with sophomore Lena Nelson in a qualifying fourth-place finish.
The relay team of sophomore Sammy Curtis, junior Ali Palm, senior Sally Thornton-White and freshman Chloe Sprauer took first place in both the 4x100M and 4x200M relays. The 4x200M time was second-fastest in school history, 11/100ths of a second behind the all-time best set in 2007. The 4x400M relay team of Brooks, Shaw, Thornton-White and senior Ava Mott qualified for state with a third-place finish.
Curtis took a break from the running events to win the long jump with a big personal record of 15 feet, 7 ½ inches — 7 inches beyond her previous best, and good for fourth-place in the Liberty Bell all-time record books. Mott also had a PR in the long jump, spanning 14 feet, 10 ¼ inches for fourth place and a trip to state in that event, along with 10th-best in the Liberty Bell annals. Palm took third place in the triple jump and will compete in that event at Cheney.
Thornton-White captured third place in the 400M and a trip to state in that event. The Lady Lions also scored big points in the 800M run, where Brooks took second, Mott third and Shaw fourth place.
Curtis just missed qualifying in the 100M dash in fifth place, and freshman Caitlyn Cooley finished a non-qualifying fifth in the shot put.
Accompanying the team as an alternate in the relays will be freshman Megan Voigt. Curtis, Thornton-White, Palm, Sukovaty and Brooks competed at state last year.
Liberty Bell took the team title with 124.5 points, with DeSales in second with 99 points.
For the boys, senior Brayden White notched another win in the 300M hurdles, earning a trip to state. Also qualifying were senior Emerson Worrell, second in the 800M, and junior Magnus Treise with a third-place finish in the high jump.
The 4x400M relay team of Brayden White, senior Tanner White, Treise and Worrell took third place and will compete at Cheney. Sophomore Bodie Paul will go along as a relay team alternate. Brayden White, Worrell, Paul and Treise competed at state last year.
Manson took the team title, edging Oroville by less than a point.
Liberty Bell coach Rocky Kulsrud said “the competition level looks to be very formidable, but hopefully we will peak at state.” Last year, the Liberty Bell girls scored 17 points at state, and tied for 15th place. The boys scored three points, finishing 35th.
District 5/6 State Qualifier Quincy, May 17
Girls’ results
100M
5. Sammy Curtis 13.74
400M
3. Sally Thornton-White 1:03.43
800M
2. Keeley Brooks 2:39.08
3. Ava Mott 2:41.39
4. Maisy Shaw 2:44.54
1,600M
1. Keeley Brooks 5:45.37
2. Icel Sukovaty 5:45.45
3. Maisy Shaw 6:06.24
6. Lena Nelson 6:23.55
3,200M
1.Icel Sukovaty 12:27.06
4. Lena Nelson 13:29.63
4x100M relay
1. Sammy Curtis, Ali Palm, Sally Thornton-White, Chloe Sprauer 53.11
4x200M relay
1. Sammy Curtis, Sally Thornton-White, Ali Palm, Chloe Sprauer 1:50.11
4x400M relay
3. Keeley Brooks, Sally Thornton-White, Ava Mott, Maisy Shaw 4:33.55
Shot put
5. Caitlyn Cooley 29-07.75
Discus
6. Ali Palm 84-05
Long jump
1. Sammy Curtis 15-07.50*
4. Ava Mott 14-10.25*
Triple jump
3. Ali Palm 30-09.75
Boys’ results
800M
2. Emerson Worrell 2:04.46
300M hurdles
1.Brayden White 42.49
4x400M relay
3. Brayden White, Tanner White, Magnus Treise, Emerson Worrell 3:40.89
Javelin
6. Magnus Treise 134-04.50
High jump
3. Magnus Treise 5-06.00
Triple jump
8. Magnus Treise 35-04.75
*=personal best
Team scores
Boys
1. Manson 95.5
2. Oroville 94.83
3. Brewster 89.33
4. Kittitas 45
5. Bridgeport 44.5
6. Lyle/Wishram 43.5
7. Tonasket 41
8. Walla Walla Valley 38
9. Liberty Bell 34.33
10. Lake Roosevelt 34
10. De Sales 34
12. White Swan 18
14. Soap Lake 6
14. Waterville 6
16. Dayton-Waitsburg 3
Girls
1.Liberty Bell 124.5
2. DeSales 99
3. Tonasket 86.5
4. Bridgeport 58
5. White Swan 48
6. Kittitas 44.5
7. Brewster 37
8. Manson 36
9. Soap Lake 29.5
10. Waterville 28
11. Mabton 21
12. Columbia (Burbank) 18
13. Dayton-Waitsburg 17
14. Oroville 14
15. Lake Roosevelt 7
16. Lyle/Wishram 1
