POMEROY––Pirate junior pole vaulter Colton Slaybaugh vaulted into first place with a 13-6 effort at the first meet of the covid track and field season held here March 31. Slaybaugh's mark put him first in state rankings among 1B schools and in second place behind a three-way tie of vaulters from west-side 4A schools.

The next meet was Wednesday, April 14 at Pomeroy followed by a District 9 1B-school meet at Colfax on Saturday, April 17. The meet returns to Pomeroy on Wednesday, April 21.

The Pirate women finished fourth with 52½ points behind SJEL, Gar-Pal, Oakesdale and Odessa. Pirate boys were third, trailing first-place SJEL and Tekoa-Rosalia.

In state standings, Logan Ledgerwood is behind Slaybaugh with a second-place standing in the pole vault with his 12-0 effort.

The boys 4X400 Relay also finished in first with a time of 4:44:04 for the team of Josh Kepner, Jayden Slusser, Nicholas Vendeland and Trevin Walton.

A trio of Pirate girls captured second-place finishes.

Haliee Brewer took second in the 100 m. dash with a time of 14.95, Katie Boyer was second in pole vault at 6-6 and Raelin Borley finished second in javelin with a throw of 81-7.

Brewer was third in the high jump at 4-4 and Borley third in shot put at 31-3½. Boyer finished fifth in the 100 m. dash.

Brewer was also sixth in the long jump (11-8), Boyer seventh in the long jump (11-4) and Borley eighth in the discus at 68-2.

For the boys, Troy Steele stood out with third-place finishes in the discus and javelin. The discus mark was 93-8 and the javelin throw 116-1. He was fourth in the shot put at 36-7½.

Team Scores

Girls: 1-SJEL 126, Gar-Pal 96, Oakesdale 80, Odessa 57, Pomeroy 52.5, Yakama Nation 52, DeSales 31, Prescott 11.5, Tekoa-Rosalia 9.

Boys: 1-SJEL 100, Tekoa-Rosalia 85.5, Pomeroy 78.5, Oakesdale 58, DeSales 53, Gar-Pal 51

Men

Place Yr Name Mark

100 Meters

4. 12 Nicholas Vendeland 13.15aPR

6. 11 Josh Kepner 13.71aPR

7. 10 Trevin Walton 13.72aPR

17. 10 Jayden Slusser 15.24aPR

200 Meters

4. 11 Josh Kepner 28.32aPR

8. 10 Jayden Slusser 33.32aPR

4x400 Relay

1. Josh Kepner, Jayden Slusser, Nicholas Vendeland, Trevin Walton 4:44.04a

Shot Put

4. 11 Troy Steele 36-07.50PR

11. 9 David Trejo 24-05.00PR

Discus

3. 11 Troy Steele 93-08PR

9. 9 David Trejo 71-00PR

Javelin

3. 11 Troy Steele 116-01SR

High Jump

4. 12 Nicholas Vendeland 4-10.00SR

Pole Vault

1. 11 Colton Slaybaugh 13-06.00PR

2. 12 Logan Ledgerwood 12-00.00SR

4. 10 Braedon Fruh 10-06.00PR

7. 10 Tyler Bagby 9-00.00PR

7. 9 Tyler Slaybaugh 9-00.00PR

10. 11 Kyler Denny 7-06.00PR

Long Jump

5. 11 Josh Kepner 13-01.50PR

7. 10 Trevin Walton 12-09.00PR

Women

100 Meters

2. 9 Haliee Brewer 14.95aPR

5. 10 Katie Boyer 15.73aSR

12. 9 Natalia Larios 17.73aPR

Shot Put

3. 11 Raelin Borley 31-03.50SR

8. 9 Stacia Bowen 21-11.50PR

Discus

4. 10 Jadence Gingerich 80-04PR

8. 11 Raelin Borley 68-02SR

18. 9 Laynee Herres 49-07.50PR

19. 9 Stacia Bowen 44-09.50PR

21. 9 Ashlee Pemberton 33-03PR

Javelin

2. 11 Raelin Borley 81-07SR

-East Washingtonian photo by Dotty Van Vogt

Jayden Slusser ran the second leg of the 4X400 Relay for Pomeroy, part of a team which finished first with a 4:44.04 time. Josh Kepner started, with Nicholas Vendeland running the third leg and Trevin Walton anchoring the winning effort.

8. 10 Jadence Gingerich 60-05PR

15. 9 Laynee Herres 48-07PR

High Jump

2. 9 Haliee Brewer 4-04.00PR

Pole Vault

2. 10 Katie Boyer 6-06.00SR

Long Jump

6. 9 Haliee Brewer 11-08.00PR

7. 10 Katie Boyer 11-04.00SR