DISTRICT 1 ALL-STAR MEET: Keeping up with Callahan

POST FALLS — Chances are, if you can catch up with Coeur d’Alene High senior Emily Callahan — whether that’s on the track or the golf course — you’re doing something special.

Callahan, a senior who also competes on the Vikings’ golf team, recently verbally committed to the University of Idaho track program.

“I really like the campus and my teammates,” Callahan said. “Some of my former teammates are down there and run, and they said they love it. The coaches are super nice, and I really like the campus as well.

Kara Story, Krista Story, Victoria Goetz are in their freshman year competing at Idaho.

Callahan is also preparing for the 5A Region 1 golf tournament on Monday at The Links in Post Falls.

“I’ve always loved golf and running,” Callahan said. “I’ve also loved running cross country as well, and I just liked to do both. I also wanted to be the first person to letter in 16 varsity sports from my freshman to senior year.”

Callahan is a four-year member of the Viking basketball, track and field, golf and cross country team. She missed her entire junior season in cross country due to injury.

“It’s pretty crazy,” Callahan said of earning 16 varsity letters. “It’s pretty cool to accomplish something like that.”

Idaho was the only school that showed genuine interest in Callahan to run at the next level.

“I really didn’t talk to that many schools,” Callahan said.

During Thursday’s District 1 All-Star meet, the Coeur d’Alene girls won the 4x200 relay in 1:44.42, with Callahan in the anchor leg.

“I love my teammates,” said Callahan, who also runs the event with Carmen Duffy, Taryn Horvath and Josette McArthur. “Our goal is to beat the record of last year’s team and get the school record.”

Callahan also won the 800 — breaking the meet record of Steffie Pavey of Priest River in a time of 2:19.74 — and 4x400 relay for Coeur d’Alene. Pavey’s record was 2:20.27, set in 2013.

Entering Thursday, the record was 1:44.15 set by this year’s group at the Strandberg Invitational at Central Valley High in Spokane. They’ve already improved on last year’s finish by .78 seconds. The team finished second at state last year.

“All of us just need to keep running our hardest,” Callahan said of a possible state title. “If we can continue to do that, we should be able to get it.”

At Idaho, Callahan intends to just focus on track — for now.

“I think I’ll get a lot better just focusing on one (sport) next year,” Callahan said. “I’ll finally just be able to focus on one (sport). I might think about cross country again after my freshman year, just to see how hard I’ve got to work.”

The shift to Division I is something that first-year Coeur d’Alene coach Justin Aguilar believes that Callahan will handle without issue.

“She’s been phenomenal to coach this year,” Aguilar said. “She’s been easy to coach and an outstanding athlete in everything she does. Anything I’ve asked her to do, she’s done and willing to do it. She’ll fit in great at Idaho. I can’t say enough good things about her. She’s got some unbelievable natural talent and continues to work hard. And she’ll put it all together with the right coaching down there. They’re great coaches and they’ll bring the best out of her next year.”

As for other meet records, Coeur d’Alene junior Zac Magee won the 400-meter dash in a record 49.22 seconds, clipping the record set by Timberlake’s Nick Puckett (49.29) in 2008.

Coeur d’Alene junior Caitlin Conway set a meet record in the 1,600, finishing in 5:16.75, breaking the record of former Coeur d’Alene High standout Kinsey Gomez (5:17.03) set in 2011.

Lakeland sophomore Whitnee Skalskiy won the triple jump with a record 36-5 1/2, breaking the previous mark set by Coeur d’Alene Charter’s Sabrina Ewing (36-2) in 2009.

BOYS

100 — 1, Thomas Redal, Lake City, 11.28. 2, Randy Duclos, Timberlake, 11.39. 3, Grant Clark, Lake City, 11.62. 200 — 1, Zac Magee, Coeur d’Alene, 22.88. 2, Thomas Redal, Lake City, 23.33. 3, Grant Clark, Lake City, 23.36. 400 — 1, Zac Magee, Coeur d’Alene, 49.22. 2, Parker Walton, Post Falls, 51.32. 3, John Weber, Lake City, 53.33. 800 — 1, Mark Kennaly, Sandpoint, 2:00.50. 2, Nick Eldridge, Post Falls, 2:00.52. 3, Alex Walde, Coeur d’Alene, 2:01.45. 1,600 — 1, Finan Lund-Anderson, Sandpoint, 4:31.18. 2, Landon Chang, Coeur d’Alene, 4:32.52. 3, Cooper Haney, Lakeland, 4:34.19. 3,200 — 1, Jacob Graham, Sandpoint, 9:58.81. 2, Brayden Menti, Timberlake, 10:11.53. 3, Landon Davis, Timberlake, 10:12.27.

110 hurdles — 1, T.J. Davis, Sandpoint, 16.56. 2, Joe Peavy, Lakeland, 17.15. 3, Landon Trom, Post Falls, 17.42. 300 hurdles — 1, Alex Ayers, Lake City, 42.30. 2, Jordan Hardy, Timberlake, 43.09. 3, Joe Peavy, Lakeland, 43.24. 4x100 relay — 1, Lake City, 43.06. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 43.74. 3, Sandpoint, 44.07. 4x200 relay — 1, Post Falls (Kaden Nelson, Matthew Mills, Jayden Gering, Parker Walton), 1:32.01. 2, Lake City, 1:32.54. 3, Sandpoint, 1:34.67. 4x400 relay — 1, Lake City, 3:31.85. 2, Timberlake, 3:39.93. 3, Kootenai, 3:42.30. 4x800 relay — 1, Lake City, 8:32.19. 2, Post Falls, 9:17.65. 3, Priest River, 9:38.34. Sprint medley — 1, Lakeland (Forest Zubaly, Holden Ray, Shaun Bailes, Cooper Haney), 3:49.19. 2, Kootenai, 3:53.04. 3, Priest River, 3:59.71.

Shot put — 1, Grady Leonard, Coeur d’Alene, 54-8 1/2. 2, Nate DeGraw, Post Falls, 46-4. 3, Devin Ekness, Post Falls, 45-4. Discus — 1, Grady Leonard, Coeur d’Alene, 152-0. 2, Jaxon Fleshman, Coeur d’Alene, 145-3. 3, Donavin Rottini, St. Maries, 143-0. High jump — 1, Brian Skinner, Coeur d’Alene, 6-0. 2, Tyler Trengrove, Post Falls, 5-10. 3, Holden Ray, Lakeland, 5-8. Pole vault — 1, Cole Hooper, Sandpoint, 12-6. 2, Bannock Pointer, Lakeland, 12-6. 3, Cody Barber, Post Falls, 12-6. Long jump — 1, Gunnar Sciortino, Post Falls, 20-6 1/2. 2, Jestin Hofer, Timberlake, 20-1. 3, Gage Ficklin, Post Falls, 19-2 1/2. Triple jump — 1, Spencer Bassett, Sandpoint, 39-2. 2, Gage Ficklin, Post Falls, 37-6 1/2. 3, Jacob Sieler, St. Maries, 37-5 1/2.

GIRLS

100 — Brooklyn Cunningham, Cd’A Charter, 13.14. 2, Taryn Horvath, Coeur d’Alene, 13.22. 3, Maddie Morris, Coeur d’Alene, 13.35. 200 — 1, Jillian Mael, Lakeland, 26.70. 2, Taryn Horvath, Coeur d’Alene, 26.75. 3, Josette McArthur, Coeur d’Alene, 27.02. 400 — 1, Josette McArthur, Coeur d’Alene, 59.91. 2, Carmen Duffy, Coeur d’Alene, 1:00.55. 3, Bridget Rieken, Lake City, 1:00.79. 800 — 1, Emily Callahan, Coeur d’Alene, 2:19.74. 2, Hannah Davidson, Sandpoint, 2:19.78. 3, Jordan Young, Bonners Ferry, 2:27.78. 1,600 — 1, Caitlin Conway, Coeur d’Alene, 5:16.75. 2, Jazzmin Kernodle, Post Falls, 5:30.60. 3, Corinne McClelland, Sandpoint, 5:32.99. 3,200 — 1, Caitlin Conway, Coeur d’Alene, 11:34.17. 2, Jamey Weishaar, Timberlake, 12:28.11. 3, Rylee Brown, Coeur d’Alene, 12:30.61.

100 hurdles — 1, Klaire Mitchell, Lake City, 16.51. 2, Kinsey Freeman, Lake City, 16.86. 3, Alex Shuman, Lakeland, 17.49. 300 hurdles — 1, Klaire Mitchell, Lake City, 47.75. 2, Kinsey Freeman, Lake City, 48.90. 3, Tauna Kirk, Lakeland, 49.47. 4x100 relay — 1, Coeur d’Alene (Harli Mills, Megan Drake, Maddie Morris, Taryn Horvath), 50.01. 2, Lake City, 51.30. 3, Timberlake, 52.12. 4x200 relay — 1, Coeur d’Alene (Josette McArthur, Carmen Duffy, Taryn Horvath, Emily Callahan), 1:44.42. 2, Lake City, 1:47.25. 2, Lakeland, 1:48.47. 4x400 relay — 1, Coeur d’Alene (Josette McArthur, Megan Drake, Carmen Duffy, Emily Callahan), 4:05.59. 2, Lake City, 4:10.86. 3, Timberlake, 4:21.10. 4x800 relay — 1, Post Falls (Bayley Brennan, Ida Mae Brooks, Aidian Dunn, Jenna Gardiner), 10:47.75. 2, Lake City, 10:52.48. 3, Lakeland, 11:35.16.

Shot put — 1, Josie Osika, Lake City, 37-6 1/2. 2, Kayla Miller-Graybill, Kellogg, 36-6 1/2. 3, Katelyn Conery, Coeur d’Alene, 36-0 1/2. Discus — 1, Jocie Osika, Lake City, 124-2. 2, Keara Simpson, Lake City, 117-8. 3, Kayla Miller-Graybill, Kellogg, 117-7. High jump — 1, Melody Kempton, Post Falls, 5-2. 2, Jasmine James, Kellogg, 5-0. 3, Hailey Haakenson, Coeur d’Alene, 4-10. Pole vault — 1, Amber Mallet, Coeur d’Alene, 10-6. 2, Amanda Deegan, Coeur d’Alene, 10-6. 3, Allison Kirby, Timberlake, 9-6. Long jump — 1, Hailey Haakenson, Coeur d’Alene, 16-9 1/2. 2, Kara Steele, Kellogg, 16-6 3/4. 3, Mackenzie Morris, Post Falls, 16-5 1/2. Triple jump — 1, Whitnee Skalskiy, Lakeland, 36-5 1/2. 2, Hailey Haakenson, Coeur d’Alene, 35-0. 3, Jasmine James, Kellogg, 33-8 1/2.