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Odessa Track & Field
Ashlyn Neilsen clears the bar in the high jump to take first place in that event. Her season record of 5'3" put her in first place in the OHS athletic records.
Elizabeth Floch, daughter of Clay and Jewel Floch formerly of Odessa, competes in the wheelchair competition for Valley Christian High School.
Hayden Schuh clears a hurdle in last Saturday's District 7/9 Championship meet held in Ritzville, placing second in the 100m hurdles and first in the 300m hurdles.
Pilot Weishaar placed second in the pole vault in blustery conditions that stymied his attempts to set a new school record. However, he did nail 13'6" earlier in the season to put him in second place behind Brian Neale (13'7") in the OHS record book.
Anthony Elder competed only in the shot put in Saturday's meet. He placed seventh.
Ashlyn Neilsen clears the bar in the high jump to take first place in that event. Her season record of 5'3" put her in first place in the OHS athletic records.
Elizabeth Floch, daughter of Clay and Jewel Floch formerly of Odessa, competes in the wheelchair competition for Valley Christian High School.
Hayden Schuh clears a hurdle in last Saturday's District 7/9 Championship meet held in Ritzville, placing second in the 100m hurdles and first in the 300m hurdles.
Pilot Weishaar placed second in the pole vault in blustery conditions that stymied his attempts to set a new school record. However, he did nail 13'6" earlier in the season to put him in second place behind Brian Neale (13'7") in the OHS record book.
Anthony Elder competed only in the shot put in Saturday's meet. He placed seventh.
ODESSA – The weather in Ritzville was certainly a factor at Saturday's District 7 & 9 track and field championships for eastern Washington 1B schools. Schools participating were Columbia (Hunters), Curlew, DeSales, Garfield-Palouse, Harrington, Inchelium, Mary Walker (Springdale), Oakesdale, Odessa, Pomeroy, Prescott, Republic, Selkirk (Ione), St. John-Endicott-Lacrosse, Tekoa-Rosalia, Valley Christian (Spokane), Wellpinit, Wilbur-Creston and Yakama Nation Tribal.
"Even though the weather was not very good, with 30 to 40 mph winds, the kids came out and competed very well," said head coach Travis Schuh. A couple of injuries hindered the Odessa boys, with Anthony Elder participating in the shot put but unable to take part in any other events and David Hayashi not participating at all, although he was present to support the team. Elder managed a 7th place in the shot put with a throw of 35-07.00. Pilot Weishaar competed in the 100 meters, coming in sixth in 12.63 seconds and placed second in the pole vault at 13 feet.
For the girls, Ashlyn Neilsen placed third in the 400 meters in 1:12.06, first in the high jump at five feet and second in the triple jump at 31-09.00 (a personal record). Hayden Schuh took second in the 100m hurdles at 17.31 seconds and first in the 300m hurdles in 49.14 seconds. Mya Ford placed 17th in the javelin at 46-06 and 18th in the shot put at 19-01.
"Pilot Weishaar and Hayden Schuh were both looking to hopefully break a school record, but a terrible tailwind in the pole vault for Pilot and a horrible headwind (in) that last hundred meters for both of Hayden's races (held them back). Hayden and Ashlyn, between the two of them, scored 42 points and got sixth place out of 19 teams. Just looking to next year, hopefully it will be a normal season and we'll be able to compete at the state competition," said Coach Schuh.
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