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Competitions begin Thursday in Yakima
Bronco runner Damon Schilling races toward the finish line in the boys 100-meter days during the regional track meet.
Senior exchange student Cindy Julien took sixth in shot put at regionals with a throw of 30-03.75.
Northwest Christian's Natalie Barker, Lind-Ritzville's Lexi Hernandez, center, and Colfax's Adisyn Ring, right, break out of the blocks side-by-side in the girls 100 meter at the regional meet at Jimmie Snider Field..
Broncos relay teams compete in the regional meet last week at Jimmie Snider Field. Relay teams for both the boys and girls will compete this week in the state meet in Zaepfel Stadium in Yakima.
Broncos relay teams compete in the regional meet last week at Jimmie Snider Field. Relay teams for both the boys and girls will compete this week in the state meet in Zaepfel Stadium in Yakima.
YAKIMA - Several Broncos are headed to the state track meet this coming weekend following a solid performance in the regional championships May 18 on Jimmie Snider Field.
Zach Klein, Brody Boness, Shawn Steinberger, Brock Kinch, Damon Schilling and Bridger Moore will represent the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague boys at the state meet Thursday through Saturday, May 23-25, at Eisenhower High School's Zaepfel Stadium, located at the intersection of South 40th Avenue and Tieton Drive.
For the Bronco girls, Zoe Galbreath, Saige Galbreath, Allesandra Mendez and Claire Wellsandt will be competing. Lexi Hernandez and Addy Colbert are alternates for the girls 4X400 relay team.
In individual events, Klein qualified for the 200-meter and the 400-meter, and Boness qualified in shot put. Zoe Galbreath qualified in pole vault and Saige Galbreath in discus.
Klein, Steinberger, Kinch and Schilling combined to qualify in the boys 4X100 relay. Steinberger, Klein, Schilling and Moore qualified in the boys 4X400 relay.
In the girls 4X400 relay, Saige Galbreath, Zoe Galbreath, Mendez and Wellsandt qualified to compete, with Hernandez and Colbert standing by should an alternate runner be needed.
State competition begins at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 23; opening ceremonies take place at 3:40. Competition on Friday begins at 9:45 a.m. and Saturday at 9:30 a.m.
The Bronco tracksters qualified for a trip to state during the District 7 regional championships.
As a team, the Lind-Ritzville boys finished seventh overall with 56.5 points; St. George's dominated the field, amassing 116 team points for first.
In girls team scoring, St. George's edged Davenport, 138 points to 130, to finish one-two, respectively. The Bronco girls were seventh with 44.
In finals results from regionals:
Boys
100-meter - Kinch, 4th, 11.96
200-meter - Klein, 3rd, 23.76; and Kinch, 4th, 24.22
400-meter - Klein, 5th, 52.22; and Schilling, 7th, 54.04.
1,600-meter - Brix Curtis, 11th, 4:57.75; Moore, 13th, 4:58.80; and Caleb Heater, 16th, 5:38.26.
300-meter Hurdles - Heater, 6th, 47.95; and Fredy Granados-Lopez, 7th, 53.71.
4X100 Relay - Ritzville, 3rd, 44.75.
4X400 Relay - Ritzville, 3rd, 3:35.40.
Shot Put - Boness, 1st, 44-09.5.
Discus - Aidan Miller, 7th, 111-09; Boness, 14th, 95-02.5; and Cameron Boness, 15th, 89-00.
Javelin - Heater, 9th, 117-10; and John Stromberger, 14th, 101.5.
Pole Vault - Carson Kubik, 4th, 10-00.
Long Jump - Brett Cresse, 8th (tie), 17-09.
Girls
100-meter - Hernandez, 6th, 14.28.
400-meter - Wellsandt, 4th, 1:06.30.
4X100 Relay - Lind-Ritzville, 4th, 53.79.
4X200 Relay - Lind-Ritzville, 4th, 1:56.32.
4X400 Relay - Lind-Ritzville, 3rd, 4:29.38.
Shot Put - Cindy Julien, 6th, 30-03.75.
Discus - Saige Galbreath, 3rd, 95-02.5.
Javelin - Temple Gefre, 6th, 90-08.75; and Julien, 11th, 66-11.25.
Pole Vault - Zoe Galbreath, 2nd, 8-06.
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