The warmup for the big ones

POST FALLS — It is routinely the warmup event for bigger things to come.

Not that Thursday’s District 1 all-star track and field meet at Post Falls High isn’t competitive — far from it — but bigger things are on the horizon next week, and if athletes are lucky enough, in two weeks in the Boise area.

Lake City senior Emily Hernandez took advantage of her opportunity last spring to win her first state 5A shot put title at Dona Larsen Park in Boise.

“It’s very nerve-wracking because everyone expects you to do that again,” Hernandez said. “I’ve just got to remain focused and know that I’ll do well.”

Hernandez entered the shot put with the top distance in the area, throwing 41 feet earlier this year. She is also third in the discus at 121 feet.

“I’ve been training a lot more this year, year-round this year for this,” Hernandez said. “I feel like I’ve gained a lot more muscle this year and am more confident this year than I was last year.”

Hernandez, who has verbally committed to New Mexico State, won the shot put Thursday with a mark of 39 feet, 11 1/2 inches.

“Coach (Robert) McKay — my hammer coach and former college coach — New Mexico State contacted him about me and asked if I could help them,” Hernandez said.

Idaho does not hold the hammer throw at the high school level.

“It’s definitely a different preparation,” Hernandez said. “You’ve got to be a lot more patient with it.”

Hernandez is followed closely behind in the shot put by teammate Keara Simpson. Simpson leads the area in the discus with a throw of 134-6.

“It definitely motivates me to be at my best,” Hernandez said. “We push each other to our limits, and I like that about being her teammate. She’s very supportive, and always pushes me to get better.”

The 5A Region 1 meet begins next Thursday at Coeur d’Alene High with the field events, before moving to Lewiston for the running events Friday. State is May 17-18 at Dona Larsen Park.

“It’s definitely a structure thing for me,” Hernandez said of the all-star meet, regionals and state in consecutive weeks. “It really helps me compete at a high level.”

For Coeur d’Alene High junior Chad Humphreys, his method of running at a high level is staying positive.

“This race, I just treated this kind of as a workout,” said Humphreys, who won the 1,600-meter run in 4 minutes, 39.20 seconds. “I just wanted to come out and have a good performance and feel relaxed. Treat it as a workout going into regionals next week.”

Humphreys also won the 800 and ran the final leg of the Vikings’ winning 4x800 relay.

Unlike most meets this year, weather was not a factor as temperatures remained in the 70s, with a little bit of wind mixed in.

“I really don’t like training in the winter time and training and that stuff,” Humphreys said. “It was pretty windy today, especially for a tall guy like me (6-3). You’ve just got to grind and deal with it.”

Humphreys finished 15th in the 3,200 at state in 2017.

“This season, I’ve just been focusing more on staying positive heading into my races this year,” Humphreys said. “Just keeping a positive mindset has really helped. I’ve had personal records in each meet, and my times keep dropping. Being willing to accept the circumstances and whatever happens, I’ve just been able to push through it.”

Post Falls junior Tyler Trengove set meet records in wins in both the triple jump (43 feet, 10 1/2 inches) and the long jump (22 feet), and also won the high jump. Trengove broke the previous record in the triple jump by 10 1/2 inches.

Sandpoint’s Hannah Davidson won the 800 in a meet record 2:19.43, breaking the previous mark of 2:20.27 set by Emily Callahan of Coeur d’Alene in 2016.

Lakeland’s Jillian Mael (100, 200) and Lake City’s Klaire Mitchell (100 hurdles, 300 hurdles) were multiple winners on the day.

No team scores were kept.

BOYS

100 — 1, Taylor Dawson, Coeur d’Alene, 11.60. 2, Grant Clark, Lake City, 11.64. 3, Jacob Schnatter, Lake City, 11.88. 4, Matt Streeter, Cd’A Charter, 11.95. 5, Kyle Lightner, Post Falls, 12.03. 6, Bryce Davis, Post Falls, 12.06.

200 — 1, Grant Clark, Lake City, 22.65. 2, Nate Burch, Coeur d’Alene, 22.96. 3, Matt Streeter, Cd’A Charter, 23.42. 4, Taylor Dawson, Coeur d’Alene, 23.44. 5, Colton Garayalde, Lakeland, 24.10. 6, Bryce Davis, Post Falls, 24.12. 400 — 1, Carter Gordon, Lake City, 51.37. 2, Chase Gardom, Timberlake, 51.61. 3, Hayden Addams, Lake City, 52.54. 4, Matt Streeter, Cd’A Charter, 53.46. 5, Michael Cheyne, Lake City, 53.65. 6, Kyle Almeida, Sandpoint, 53.76.

800 — 1, Chad Humphreys, Coeur d’Alene, 2:01.36. 2, Matthew Caldwell, Post Falls, 2:05.36. 3, Travis Plunkett, Timberlake, 2:07.77. 4, Seth Graham, Sandpoint, 2:08.07. 5, Robert Parker, Post Falls, 2:08.22. 6, Daniel Pahl, Timberlake, 2:10.70.

1,600 — Chad Humphreys, Coeur d’Alene, 4:39.20. 2, Hunter Johnson, Post Falls, 4:46.53. 3, Gabriel Merithew, Sandpoint, 4:49.18. 4, Travis Plunkett, Timberlake, 4:49.62. 5, Cameron Dance, Coeur d’Alene, 4:50.47. 6, Braden Dance, Coeur d’Alene, 4:56.41.

3,200 — 1, Nikolai Braedt, Sandpoint, 10:30.15. 2, Cameron Parks, Priest River, 10:43.68. 3, Brady Nelsen, Sandpoint, 10:46.45. 4, Kieran Wilder, Sandpoint, 10:49.53. 5, Hunter Smith, Bonners Ferry, 10:52.47. 6, James Magill, Post Falls, 10:59.05.

110 hurdles — 1, Nate Burch, Coeur d’Alene, 15.55. 2, T.J. Davis, Sandpoint, 15.74. 3, Nick Felix, Lake City, 16.47. 4, Jack Reynolds, Post Falls, 17.66. 5, Andrew Whipple, Kootenai, 17.73. 6, Matthew Womelduff, Cd’A Charter, 18.09.

300 hurdles — 1, Jordan Hardy, Timberlake, 41.08. 2, T.J. Davis, Sandpoint, 41.36. 3, Teagun Holycross, Priest River, 42.78. 4, Nick Felix, Lake City, 43.78. 5, Konner Durham, Priest River, 44.31. 6, Joey Follini, Timberlake, 44.39.

4x100 relay — 1, Coeur d’Alene (Connor McMurray, Nate Burch, Ryan Linehan, Taylor Dawson), 44.45. 2, Lake City, 44.59. 3, Post Falls, 45.06.

4x200 relay — 1, Lake City (Nick Felix, Michael Cheyne, Hayden Addams, Grant Clark), 1:31.82. 2, Post Falls, 1:33.51. 3, Lakeland, 1:35.17.

4x400 relay — 1, Lake City (Hayden Addams, Travis Clark, Michael Cheyne, Carter Gordon), 3:30.95. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 3:31.01. 3, Timberlake, 3:31.26.

4x800 relay — 1, Coeur d’Alene (Carson Peach, Zack Bullock, Dawson Gilbert, Chad Humphreys), 8:33.78. 2, Post Falls, 8:42.60. 3, Priest River, 9:08.79.

Sprint medley — 1, Kellogg (Wolfgang Beier, Kale Blalack, Weston Stevenson, Garrett Miller), 3:50.43. 2, Timberlake, 3:53.26. 3, Lakeland, 3:53.79.

Shot put — 1, Jacob Hammerberg, Kellogg, 49-2 1/2. 2, Matt Ward, Coeur d’Alene, 46-4 1/2. 3, Zane Lettau, Lake City, 43-10. 4, Colby Poe, Priest River, 43-7. 5, Nathaneal Dansereau, Lakeland, 43-0 1/2. 6, Travis Kerr, Coeur d’Alene, 42-0.

Discus — 1, Jacob Smith, Lake City, 149-9. 2, Colby Poe, Priest River, 143-10. 3, Adam Connery, Post Falls, 141-0. 4, Jeremy McLemore, Timberlake, 129-5. 5, Seth Hagel, Coeur d’Alene, 118-5. 6, Justin Wild, Lakeland, 117-11.

High jump — 1, Tyler Trengove, Post Falls, 6-2. 2, Chase Gardom, Timberlake, 6-0. 3, Tristan Carman, Kellogg, 6-0. 4, Wesley Rice, St. Maries, 5-6. 5, Ammon Oilerton, Sandpoint, 5-6. 6 (tie), Joshua Roggenbuck, Post Falls, Carter Bailey, Wallace, Connor Moreno, Sandpoint, Garrett Moody, Cd’A Charter, Chase Simon, Lakeland, Jalen Skalskiy, Lakeland, Tyler Dodd, Coeur d’Alene, 5-4.

Pole vault — 1, Elias Wing, Lake City, 13-0. 2, Ben Zubaly, Lakeland, 13-0. 3, Nikolous Bertling, Bonners Ferry, 12-6. 4, Carson Jacobsen, Post Falls, 12-6. 5, Nick Ancker, Coeur d’Alene, 12-6. 6 (tie), Cody Barber, Post Falls, Noah Throm, Coeur d’Alene, 12-0.

Long jump — 1, Tyler Trengove, Post Falls, 22-0. 2, Joseph Swanson, Bonners Ferry, 19-6. 3, Logan Jeanselme, Lake City, 18-7 1/2. 4, Kolby Lewis, Coeur d’Alene, 18-4 1/4. 5, Garrett Chandler, Sandpoint, 18-4. 6, Walker Hermann, Sandpoint, 18-2 3/4.

Triple jump — 1, Tyler Trengove, Post Falls, 43-10 1/2. 2, Chase Gardom, Timberlake, 42-1 1/2. 3, Cameron Parks, Priest River, 40-5. 4, Tristan Carman, Kellogg, 39-1 1/2. 5, Ammon Munyer, Lakeland, 38-8. 6, Jalen Skalskiy, Lakeland, 38-3 1/2.

GIRLS

100 — 1, Jillian Mael, Lakeland, 13.10. 2, Kacy Johnston, Post Falls, 13.16. 3, Jazmin Stockton, Sandpoint, 13.54. 4, Talia Kane, Post Falls, 13.61. 5, Niki Hare, Coeur d’Alene, 13.62. 6, Kali McKellips, Lake City, 13.65.

200 — 1, Jillian Mael, Lakeland, 26.24. 2, Angelyca Chapman, Lake City, 26.72. 3, Kacy Johnston, Post Falls, 27.10. 4, Bridget Rieken, Lake City, 27.35. 5, Jazmin Stockton, Sandpoint, 27.42. 6, Sage Bryant, Kellogg, 27.80.

400 — 1, Angelyca Chapman, Lake City, 1:00.51. 2, Rylee Brown, Coeur d’Alene, 1:00.72. 3, Bridget Rieken, Lake City, 1:01.66. 4, Tyler McCliment-Call, Post Falls, 1:02.88. 5, Ciera Bailey, Sandpoint, 1:03.49. 6, Dylan Lovett, Post Falls, 1:04.40.

800 — 1, Hannah Davidson, Sandpoint, 2:19.43. 2, Lauren Forster, Coeur d’Alene, 2:22.81. 3, Bailey Shanahan, Post Falls, 2:25.48. 4, Sydnee Hostetler, Lakeland, 2:26.32. 5, Rylee Brown, Coeur d’Alene, 2:29.09 6, Anayah Brown, Post Falls, 2:29.19.

1,600 — 1, Lauren Forster, Coeur d’Alene, 5:16.85. 2, Niah Brass, Sandpoint, 5:32.33. 3, Abigail Peightal, Timberlake, 5:34.24. 4, Sydnee Hostetler, Lakeland, 5;37.05. 5, Brooklyn Shell, Coeur d’Alene, 5:38.85. 6, Jordan Young, Bonners Ferry, 5:41.22.

3,200 — 1, Sydney Shanahan, Post Falls, 12:06.33. 2, Brooklyn Shell, Coeur d’Alene, 12:28.16. 3, Abigail Gorton, Timberlake, 12:30.13. 4, Annika Rantala, Priest River, 13:29.32. 5, Megan Hatrock, Timberlake, 13:35.56. 6, McKenna Fuhlendorf, Post Falls, 13:44.05.

100 hurdles — 1, Klaire Mitchell, Lake City, 16.39. 2, Talia Kane, Post Falls, 17.13. 3, McKenzie Fletcher, Lake City, 17.14. 4, Kinsey Freeman, Lake City, 17.53. 5, Summer Kastning, Lakeland, 17.75. 6, Taylor Elpers, Lakeland, 18.22.

300 hurdles — 1, Klaire Mitchell, Lake City, 46.03. 2, Brooke McClurkin, Coeur d’Alene, 46.26. 3, Lauren Baldeck, Coeur d’Alene, 49.20. 4, McKenzie Fletcher, Lake City, 50.43. 5, Taylor Elpers, Lakeland, 50.65. 6, Paige Davidson, Sandpoint, 50.69.

4x100 relay — 1, Lake City (Bridget Rieken, Angelyca Chapman, Kinsey Freeman, Klaire Mitchell), 50.72. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 51.02. 3, Post Falls, 52.39.

4x200 relay — 1, Lake City (Bridget Rieken, Angelyca Chapman, Lillith Tweedy, Klaire Mitchell), 1:47.09. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 1:48.29. 3, Post Falls, 1:50.32.

4x400 relay — 1, Coeur d’Alene (Rylee Brown, Lauren Forster, Brooke McClurkin, Niki Hare), 4:05.65. 2, Post Falls, 4:13.21. 3, Sandpoint, 4:14.02.

4x800 relay — 1, Post Falls (Jenna Gardiner, Anayah Brown, Leah Holding, Sydney Shanahan), 10:08.54. 2, Lakeland, 10:25.99. 3, Priest River, 11:46.41.

Sprint medley — 1, Cd’A Charter (Sarah Hines, Maddy Klein, Kiley Cutler, Josie Yovichin), 1:59.01. 2, Wallace, 2:00.14. 3, Lakeland, 2:01.70.

Shot put — 1, Emily Hernandez, Lake City, 39-11 1/2. 2, Keara Simpson, Lake City, 39-2 1/2. 3, Victoria Rae, Bonners Ferry, 38-9. 4, Carmen Breen, Coeur d’Alene, 36-3. 5, Blayre Jeffs, Timberlake, 34-4. 6, Emily Grove, Coeur d’Alene, 33-6 1/2.

Discus — 1, Keara Simpson, Lake City, 136-1. 2, Lizzy Wensley, Lake City, 120-4. 3, Emily Bronson, Coeur d’Alene, 119-9. 4, Sierra Parson, Lake City, 115-7. 5, Kaitlyn Ward, Coeur d’Alene, 109-1. 6, Savannah Seaman, Coeur d’Alene, 106-1.

High jump — 1, Melody Kempton, Post Falls, 5-4. 2, Summer Kastning, Lakeland, 4-10. 3, Jerzie Pluid, Bonners Ferry, 4-10. 4, Karmyn DeHart, Kellogg, 4-10. 5 (tie), Sara Muehlhausen, Lake City, Kaytlin Ferreira, Kellogg, 4-8. 6 (tie), Emma Rammage, Coeur d’Alene, Elaine Huang, Sandpoint, 4-6.

Pole vault — 1, Hannah Davidson, Sandpoint, 9-0. 2, Paige Davidson, Sandpoint, 8-6. 3, Bethan Suchoski, St. Maries, 8-0. 4, Madison Napierala, Kootenai, 8-0. 5, Hailey Spooner, Post Falls, 8-0. 6 (tie), Angel Beier, Kellogg, Quinn Hooper, Sandpoint, Abigail Hunter, Coeur d’Alene, 7-6.

Long jump — 1, Maddie Morgan, Sandpoint, 15-8 3/4. 2, Janna Oelke, St. Maries, 15-0 3/4. 3, Jessica Schell, Timberlake, 14-10 3/4. 4, Arlaina Stephenson, Lake City, 14-8. 5, Dylan Lovett, Post Falls, 14-5. 6, Cassidy Prudek, Priest River, 13-7 1/2.

Triple jump — 1, Arlaina Stephenson, Lake City, 33-7. 2, Maddie Morgan, Sandpoint, 33-6. 3, Sara Muehlhausen, Lake City, 32-3 1/2. 4, Samantha McNulty, St. Maries, 30-8. 5, Madeline Kile, Coeur d’Alene, 30-3. 6, Catie Sheppard, Wallace, 30-0.