Chapman, Lake City relay girls shine

EAGLE — Angelyca Chapman is a star ahead of her time.

The Lake City sophomore won the 400 meters and was part of two winning relay teams while shining at the 5A and 4A state track and field meets on Saturday at Eagle High.

Chapman also finished second in the 5A 200 meters as she was overtaken near the finish. She ran the anchor legs on the winning 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams — both of which set school records.

“I didn’t expect to do this well until my senior year,” Chapman said. “Since I’m doing this well now, I’m excited to see what the next few years will bring.”

Also winning state titles were Coeur d’Alene senior Nate Burch (110 hurdles, 14.19 seconds) and Post Falls senior Tyler Trengove (high jump, 6 feet 8 inches).

Chapman’s win in the 400 in 57.39 seconds was one of the highlights of the meet and helped Lake City (54 points) finish in a tie for fourth in the 5A girls team competition. Eagle won with 123 points.

Chapman was in the midst of a strong finishing kick and had just squeaked past sophomore Brooke Roldan from Timberline of Boise when Roldan tripped and fell to the ground less than 10 feet from the finish line.

Chapman crossed the line first and was one of the runners who checked on Roldan.

“I actually felt incredibly bad when she fell at that last moment,” Chapman said.

Chapman was unable to tell that she had moved into first place. She didn’t know she was in the lead at the time of Roldan’s tumble until people told her after the race.

“I hadn’t known I passed her, to be honest,” Chapman said. “To me, right there, it was still free game on who was in first.”

Post Falls junior Bailey Shanahan finished fourth in the 400 at 1:00.08.

In the 200, Chapman’s time was 25.14 seconds. Jasmine Devers from Mountain View of Meridian won in 24.87 seconds after making a late dash.

“It took me a little bit by surprise,” Chapman said. “I didn’t expect her to explode past me. I didn’t expect to get first. I was gunning for second.”

Rocky Mountain of Meridian won the 5A boys team crown with 98 points. Coeur d’Alene (24) finished 11th, Lake City (23) placed 12th and Post Falls (18) was 13th. Bishop Kelly (153) of Boise won the 4A boys title while Skyline (68) of Idaho Falls won the 4A girls crown, edging Bishop Kelly (66) and Pocatello (62).

Meanwhile, Burch was the favorite in the 110 hurdles after posting the top prelims time (14.13 seconds) on Friday.

Just shy of the midway point in the finals Burch began to separate from Meridian senior Josiah Seward (14.68) and could sense the race was his.

“I felt it at the halfway,” Burch said. “I saw JoJo on my right. I knew I had him — because we’ve been going at it this whole season.”

Winning a state title was a nice capper to his high school career in the eyes of Burch.

“This means so much to me. It is such a blessing,” Burch said. “It’s great to finally get that — senior year, last high school race, to finally get that state championship.”

Saturday might turn out to be the last competition for Trengove, who isn’t going to school next season as he weighs his future.

If so, he finishes with three career state titles. He won the high jump for the second straight year on Saturday and also won the long jump last year.

“I was just happy to end up first in high jump two years in a row because that is my favorite event,” Trengove said. “That is the one that got me into doing track.”

Trengove, who also finished third in the triple jump (45 feet, 1 1/2 inches) said the moment was hitting him just minutes after completing the high jump.

“Pretty emotional,” Trengove said. “Earlier today, I was like ‘Wow, this is the last two times I am jumping ever.’ ... I am tearing up right now just talking about it. This is my sixth year. I started track in seventh grade.”

As for Chapman, she was joined by senior Bridget Rieken, sophomore Lilith Tweedy and senior McKenzie Fletcher on the winning 4x200 relay team that posted a time of 1:42.51.

“Honestly, I didn’t think we were going to get first,” Fletcher said. “I’m blown away.”

The victory came into focus when Chapman received a clean handoff on the last leg while other teams struggled with it. Chapman exploded into the lead and finished strong to give Lake City the victory.

“That stagger was really big because you don’t know who is going to win it,” Fletcher said. “We have to try and get that one correct because if not it can mess things up.”

Post Falls finished sixth at 1:46.77.

In the 4x400, the same quartet participated in the relay and Lake City opened up a big lead before the third lap was complete. Chapman was handed the baton and expanded the lead at the onset of the final lap and never came close to being threatened as the Timberwolves finished in 3:56.67.

Post Falls again finished sixth in 4:07.13.

Rigby senior Mateya Mobley won the girls 5A discus with a toss of 132 feet, seven inches with locals claiming the next four places.

Lake City junior Lizzy Wensley (127-8) was second, followed by the Coeur d’Alene trio of juniors Emily Bronson (127-7) and Kaitlyn Ward (124-11) and senior Carmen Breen (118-10).

Other medalists ...

5A girls

Breen finished fourth in the shot put at 36-6 1/2 inches.

In the 4x100 relay, Lake City (50.10 seconds) finished fifth and Coeur d’Alene (50.34) placed sixth.

Coeur d’Alene sophomore Lauren Forster placed sixth in the 1,600 with a time of 5:05.23.

Fletcher placed sixth in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 47.88 seconds.

4A girls

Lakeland senior Emily Grove placed sixth in the discus at 110-7.

5A boys

Coeur d’Alene senior Travis Kerr placed fourth in the shot put at 51-11.

Coeur d’Alene senior Nick Ancker finished fourth in the pole vault at 14 feet.

In the 4x100 relay, Lake City (44.07) finished fourth and Coeur d’Alene (44.23) placed fifth.

Lake City senior Jacob Smith (154-8) finished sixth in the discus.

Among 4A boys

Sandpoint sophomore Braden Kappen finished third in the long jump at 20-10 1/2.

Sandpoint junior Seth Graham placed fifth in the 800 with a time of 1:59.09.

One other feat: Mountain View (Meridian) junior Lexy Halladay won the 5A girls 1600 in 4:43.74, the fastest time in the nation this season.