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Steinberger clears the bar at 8-foot-6 in boys pole vault.
Lind-Ritzville freshman Clair Wellsandt runs side-by-side with Noemie Appel of Garfield-Palouse in the girls 100-meter race.
John Stromberger competes in javelin.
Carson Qubik runs the 100-meter-high hurdles in a time of 23.28 seconds.
RITZVILLE – More than 500 athletes from 28 schools converged on Ritzville, on a cool gray Saturday, April 29, with occasional drizzle, for the annual Undeberg Invitational Track Meet.
The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna boys finished 15th overall with a team score of 15.5 points. Meanwhile, the girls wrapped up the meet in 20th place with 9.5 points.
The nearby St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagle boys were 12th with 24.2 team points; Okanogan won with 157.
The Eagle girls were third overall with 47 team points; Jenkins (Chewelah) won with 81.25 points.
Among the best local athletes are:
Girls
• Syney Kinch, who won the long jump with a leap of 15-04. Kinch placed fourth in pole vault clearing 7-00.00. Sophie Larsen of St. John-Endicott/Lacrosse won the event clearing 7-06.00.
• Myra Miller placed eighth in shot put with a throw of 28-08.00. Lexi Lafferty of Okanogan won the event with a toss of 34-09.50.
Boys
• Shawn Steinberger placed sixth in the boys 400 meters with a personal best time of 56.07 seconds. Lucas Paul of Liberty (Spangle) won the event in 52.55.
• Brock Kinch placed fifth in the long jump with a personal best leap of 17-00.50. Steinberger was seventh jumping 16-08.00. Colin Hughes of Wellpinit won the event with a jump of 19-06.00.
Here are the remaining individual results for the Broncos:
Boys
100 – Brock Kinch, 9th, 12.34 seconds; Blake Earle, 25th, 13.35 seconds; and Zac Moore, 27th, 13.42.
200 – Brock Kinch, 13th, 25.71 seconds; Blake Earle, 18th, 26.39
400 – Shawn Steinberger, 6th, 56.07 seconds
800 – J.P. McAnally, 11th, 2:28.49
1,600 – Eli Michels, 11th, 5:09.72; J.P. McAnally, 20th, 5:29.34; and Caleb Heater, 24th, 5:43.85
110-meter high hurdles – Carson Kubik, 17th, 23.28 seconds
4X100 relay – Shawn Steinberger, Blake Earle, Zac Moore and Brock Kinch, 9th, 49.07
Shot put – Carson Kubik, 48th, 24-11.75
Discus – Caron Kubik, 36th, 57-00
Javelin – John Stromberger, 9th, 124-05.50 (personal record); and Caleb Heater, 31st, 91-04 (personal record)
High jump – Zac Moore, 9th, 5-04
Pole vault – Shawn Steinberger, 10th, 8-06; and Carson Kubik, 14th, 7-00
Long jump – Brock Kinch, 5th, 17-00.50 (personal record); and Shawn Steinberger, 7th, 16-08
Triple jump – J.P. McAnally, 12th, 13-03.50
Girls
100 – Claire Wellsandt, 12th, 14.56
200 – Claire Wellsandt, 14th, 30.44 (personal record)
400 – Emmy Klewin, 16th, 1:20.06
4X100 relay – Myra Miller, Savannah Carruth, Claire Wellsandt and Sydney Kinch, 9th, 58.55
Shot put – Myra Miller, 8th(tie) 28-08.00
Javelin – Danika Cox, 27th, 58-07; Emmy Klewin, 30th, 52-03
Pole vault – Sydney Kinch, 4th, 7-00
Long jump – Sydney Kinch, 1st, 15-04; Danika Cox, 23rd, 9-10.50
Triple jump – Danika Cox, 13th, 24-03.25 (personal record).
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