STATE TRACK AND FIELD: Peters, Miller, Munyer, Kozeluh win on first day of state track and field meets

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MERIDIAN — This time around, Post Falls senior Annastasia Peters’ effort was second to none in the 3,200.

Peters, who has signed with Utah to run track and field and cross country, won the state 5A girls 3,200-meter run in 10 minutes, 42.92 seconds Friday at Mountain View High after finishing runner-up in the event last year.

“I kind of went into it not being too focused on a time outcome and just wanted to have fun and do my best,” said Peters, who won the state 5A cross country girls race in October at Lewiston Orchards. “Being a state champion is just the cherry on top. I just wanted to put my best effort out there, and I think I did that today.”

Peters won the race by almost 11 seconds. She credited her family and teammates for helping her stretch the advantage.

“I knew I had a lead, but not much of one,” Peters said. “At state, anything can happen. I was just trying to keep myself engaged in the race. When everyone is cheering you on, it really pushes you in the last mile of the race. It was great to have so many people here since we’re six hours from home. It definitely helped with a group effort today.”

Peters will try to add a title in the 1,600 today after finishing third last year.

For Post Falls senior Trevor Miller, Friday’s win in the shot put wasn’t unexpected.

In fact …

“I’d worked for it all year,” Miller said. “I just went out and got what I deserved.”

Miller won the state 5A boys shot put title with a throw of 57 feet, 3 ¼ inches.

It was the first time Miller has placed at state in the event.

“This year, coming in knowing I was the No. 1 seed, I just had the mentality and confidence to act like it,” Miller said. “Knowing that really changed my mindset going in.”

Miller will try for a second title for the weekend as he competes in the discus today.

“I’m just looking to make one fly tomorrow,” said Miller, who has committed to play football at Idaho as a preferred walk-on. “There’s definitely some relief by winning the shot, but I’m still hungry for another title.”

Post Falls senior Capri Sims was second in the girls shot put, Coeur d’Alene sophomore Kelsey Carroll fourth. Trojan sophomore Trenton McLean and junior Alex Shields tied for fifth in the boys long jump.

Coeur d’Alene sophomore Max Cervi-Skinner was sixth in the 3,200. The Viking boys 4x800 relay placed third, and the girls 4x800 relay was seventh.

Boise is leading both meets after the first day.

Meets in all five classifications conclude today.

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MERIDIAN — With only one jump left, Lakeland sophomore Ziya Munyer knew what was at stake.

Either be special, or go home with second place.

She was special.

Munyer claimed the state 4A girls triple jump title at 37 feet, 3 ¾ inches, beating Canyon Ridge freshman Hailey Elliott, who was second at 37-1.

“Coming into the meet, I knew the girl that was second was only a couple of inches off my mark,” said Munyer, who was the top seed in the event. “In the finals, I went after her and knew I had to go big.”

Munyer’s dad, Jacob, is her jumps coach.

“When I got out of the sand, my dad knew it was a big jump,” Munyer said. “I knew it was going to be really close and when I found out, I was shocked. It was a really good last jump for me.”

Munyer added the work her and her father put into the event helped as well.

“We map out each of the phases of the jump,” Munyer said. “Once he saw that my second jump was further than my personal best, he knew I had it. He just gave me a look and I knew he was excited.”

As for the final jump …

“We work a lot on the runway and my dad knows I’ve got a lot of power,” Munyer said. “I just needed to pop at the end and was able to do that.”

Ziya’s mom, Berenice, was unable to attend, but knew what had happened with Ziya’s event.

“We’ve got a few trips coming up and she wasn’t able to come this weekend,” Munyer said. “It’s her birthday this weekend and one of my friends had sent her the video. When I got done, she texted me and told me to call her right now.”

Lakeland senior Preston Jeffs was fourth in the discus.

Bishop Kelly (boys) and Pocatello (girls) lead after the first day.

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Coeur d’Alene Charter senior McKenna Kozeluh paced the competition, running to the 3,200 title in 10 minute, 56.73 seconds at Middleton High.

It was the first win in the event for Kozeluh, who finished runner-up in the event as a junior.

Timberlake’s boys sprint medley team finished third, and Coeur d’Alene Charter was sixth.

Bonners Ferry junior Asha Abubakari won the shot put, discus and was runner-up in the long jump, helping guide the Badgers to the first-day lead in the team scoring with 46 points.

Sugar-Salem leads the boys meet with 42 points.

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Aberdeen (boys) and Declo (girls) lead the team scoring after the first day at Middleton High.

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Victory Charter (boys) and Raft River (girls) lead the team scoring after the first day at Middleton High.

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BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Boise 51. 2, Rocky Mountain 50. 3, Eagle 19.25. 4, Post Falls 17. 5 (tie), Centennial, Timberline 15. 7, Rigby 13.25. 8, Coeur d’Alene 10.25. 9 (tie), Meridian, Mountain View 10. 11, Kuna 7. 12, Nampa 6. 13, Lewiston 5. 14, Middleton 3. 15, Thunder Ridge 2. 16, Madison 0.25.

(Winners, locals in top 8)

3,200 — 1, Landon Heemeyer, Rocky Mountain, 9:10.76. 6, Max Cervi-Skinner, Coeur d’Alene, 9:34.16.

Shot put — 1, Trevor Miller, Post Falls, 57-3 ¼.

High jump — 1, Alex Lowe, Timberline, 6-4. 5 (tie), Trenton McLean, Post Falls, Alex Shields, Post Falls, 6-2. 8, Jack Kliewer, Coeur d’Alene, 6-0.

Long jump — 1, Tyson Acree, Meridian, 22-10 ¼. 8, Blair Crane, Post Falls, 20-11 ½.

4x800 relay — 1, Rocky Mountain (Jensen, Reed, Heemeyer, Sainsbury), 7:48.22. 3, Coeur d’Alene (Max Cervi-Skinner, Lachlan May, Kyle Rohlinger, Jacob King), 8:03.77.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES (After four events) — 1, Boise 29. 2, Mountain View 19. 3, Post Falls 18. 4, Rocky Mountain 11. 5, Lewiston 10. 6 (tie), Rigby, Timberline 9. 8, Highland 8. 9 (tie), Borah, Coeur d’Alene 7. 11 (tie), Thunder Ridge, Centennial 6. 13 (tie), Middleton, Meridian 5. 15, Owyhee 4. 16, Eagle 3.

(Winners, locals in top 8)

3,200 — 1, Annastasia Peters, Post Falls, 10:42.92.

Discus — 1, Zoie Kessinger, Lewiston, 136-0. 2, Capri Sims, Post Falls, 119-4. 4, Kelsey Carroll, Coeur d’Alene, 117-8.

Long jump — 1, Autumn Shomaker, Boise, 18-6 ¾.

4x800 relay — 1, Boise (Nance, Orme, Terry, Bruce), 9:15.21. 7, Coeur d’Alene (Anna Marie Dance, Chloe Frank, Elliana Rietze, Olivia May), 10:08.62.

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TEAM SCORES (After four events) — 1, Bishop Kelly 49. 2, Vallivue 18. 3, Twin Falls 11. 4 (tie), Idaho Falls, Pocatello 9. 6 (tie), Jerome, Ridgevue 8. 8, Mountain Home 7. 9 (tie), Blackfoot, Minico 6. 11 (tie), Canyon Ridge, Lakeland, Sandpoint 5. 14, Moscow 4. 15, Shelley 3. 16, Skyline 2. 17, Wood River 1.

(Winners, locals in top 8)

3,200 — 1, Stockton Stevens, Twin Falls, 9:17.56.

Discus — 1, Rakeem Johnson, Bishop Kelly, 175-5. 4, Preston Jeffs, Lakeland, 144-11.

Triple jump — 1, Cole Miller, Bishop Kelly, 46-2.

Sprint medley — 1, Bishop Kelly, 3:30.85. 4, Sandpoint (Ryder Haynes, Isaac Schmit, Rusty Lee, Nathan Roche), 3:37.79.

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TEAM SCORES (After six events) — 1, Pocatello 27. 2, Skyline 25. 3, Sandpoint 22. 4, Preston 20. 5, Emmett 16.5. 6, Lakeland 13.5. 7 (tie), Canyon Ridge, Century 12. 9, Skyview 10. 10, Blackfoot 9.5. 11 (tie), Idaho Falls, Hillcrest, Mountain Home, Bonneville 8. 15, Twin Falls 7. 16 (tie), Burley, Caldwell 6. 18, Columbia 5.5. 19, Bishop Kelly 5. 20, Shelley 3. 21, Wood River 2.

(Winners, locals in top 8)

3,200 — 1, Nelah Roberts, Skyline, 10:55.67.

Shot put — 1, Ivy Smith, Sandpoint, 40-0.

High jump — 1, Amy Baczuk, Skyline, 5-4. 7, Landree Simon, Lakeland, 5-0.

Pole vault — 1, Tatum Richards, Emmett, 11-6. 2, Devin McDaniel, Sandpoint, 11-0. 7, Alanna Hinkle, Lakeland, 9-0.

Triple jump — 1, Ziya Munyer, Lakeland, 37-3 ¼.

Sprint medley — 1, Pocatello (Masak, Pool, Renzello, Tensel), 1:51.36. 5, Sandpoint (Aliya Strock, Noah Roark, Anna Reinink, Maren Davidson), 1:52.80.

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BOYS

TEAM SCORES (Through six events) — 1, Sugar-Salem 42. 2, Fruitland 30. 3, Buhl 25. 4, Kimberly 22. 5, McCall-Donnelly 21. 6 (tie), Teton, Timberlake 15. 8, South Fremont 11. 9 (tie), Payette, Marsh Valley 10. 11, Gooding 9. 12, Parma 8. 13 (tie), Bonners Ferry, Snake River 5. 15 (tie), Filer, American Falls 3.

(Winners, locals in top 8)

3,200 — 1, Grayden DeVries, Kimberly, 9:37.73. 4, Jacob Barnhart, Timberlake, 9:58.77.

Shot put — 1, Ryan Bingham, Sugar-Salem, 54-2.

High jump — 1, Noah Tanner, South Fremont, 6-2.

Pole vault — 1, Adam McCoy, Sugar-Salem, 14-0. 5, Jacob Yetter, Timberlake, 12-6.

Triple jump — 1, Porter Sutton, Marsh Valley, 47-2. 5, Riley Petesch, Bonners Ferry, 41-1 ½.

Sprint medley — 1, Sugar-Salem (Do, Kinghorn, Gordon, Holt), 3:37.55. 3, Timberlake (Jacob Yetter, Austin Wilson, Karson Vordahl, Jacob Barnhart), 3:44.21. 6, Cd’A Charter (Micheal Bell III, Dzuy Hoang, Bridger Ricks, Nathan Russell), 3:49.22.

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TEAM SCORES (Through seven events) — 1, Bonners Ferry 46. 2, Sugar-Salem 24. 3 (tie), American Falls, Weiser, Snake River 20. 6, Marsh Valley 18. 7, Fruitland 17. 8, Coeur d’Alene Charter 16. 9, Gooding 14. 10, Kimberly 13. 11 (tie), Homedale, Teton 12. 13, Timberlake 10. 14, Filer 9. 15, McCall-Donnelly 8. 16, South Fremont 5. 17, Parma 4. 18, Buhl 3. 19, Payette 2.

(Winners, locals in top 8)

3,200 — 1, McKenna Kozeluh, Cd’A Charter, 10:56.73# (new classification record, previous; Ellen Lyons, Bishop Kelly, 10:56.80). 3, Vanessa McLachlan, Timberlake, 12:19.88.

Shot put — 1, Asha Abubakari, Bonners Ferry, 42-1 ½. 2, Helene Rae, Bonners Ferry, 39-9. 4, Hallie Hartman, Bonners Ferry, 35-6 ½.

Discus — 1, Asha Abubakari, Bonners Ferry, 132-3. 4, Helene Rae, Bonners Ferry, 108-9.

High jump — 1, Lydia Townsend, Marsh Valley, 5-0. 6 (tie), Diana Nelson, Timberlake, 4-10.

Pole vault — 1, Izzie Stockham, Gooding, 11-0. 7, Charis Giesbrecht, Timberlake, 8-6.

Long jump — 1, Lydia Lindsey, Fruitland, 17-4 ½. 2, Asha Abubakari, Bonners Ferry, 15-11.

Sprint medley — 1, Weiser (Christopherson, Wilkins, Davies, Quinton), 1:53.67. 3, Coeur d’Alene Charter (Cass Bouvet, Emily Russell, Alexa Sheppard, Annabelle Carr), 1:55.30.

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BOYS

TEAM SCORES (Through six events) — 1, Aberdeen 37. 2, North Fremont 29. 3, Nampa Christian 28. 4, Cole Valley Christian 21. 5 (tie), Bear Lake, Priest River 13. 7 (tie), Melba, Soda Springs 12. 9, Malad 11. 10 (tie), West Side, Ririe 10. 12, Firth 8. 13, Wendell 7. 14, Declo 5. 16, St. Maries 4. 17 (tie), Kellogg, New Plymouth 3. 19 (tie), North Star Charter, West Jefferson 1.

(Winners, locals in top 8)

3,200 — 1, Corbin Johnston, North Fremont, 9:44.42. 6, Makai Peak, Kellogg, 10:19.94.

Discus — 1, Cale Adamson, Aberdeen, 162-4. 2, Matyus McLain, Priest River, 157-11. 5, Alexzander Lambson, St. Maries, 148-8.

High jump — 1, Seth Hall, Aberdeen, 6-4.

Long jump — 1, Ryan Golenor, Cole Valley Christian, 21-7 ½. 4, Carter Korff, Priest River, 20-3.

Sprint medley — 1, North Fremont (Romero, Allen, Johnson, Johnston), 3:36.41.

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TEAM SCORES (After seven events) — 1, Melba 40. 2, Soda Springs 33.5. 3, Salmon 33. 4, Cole Valley Christian 25. 5, Wendell 18. 6, Firth 17.5. 7, Declo 17. 8, Orofino 16. 9, Malad 11. 10, West Side 10. 11, North Fremont 9. 12 (tie), Ririe, St. Maries 8. 14, Kellogg 7. 15 (tie), Aberdeen, Marsing 5. 17 (tie), Nampa Christian, Priest River 4. 19, Bear Lake 2.

(Winners, locals in top 8)

3,200 — 1, Jessica Duran, Wendell, 11:28.66. 8, Lacey Medina, Kellogg, 12:17.20.

Shot put — 1, Izzy Shelton, Soda Springs, 38-9. 3, Haylee Potts, Kellogg, 35-9 ¾.

Discus — 1, Lindi Kessinger, Orofino, 140-6. 2, Jacklin Linnemeyer, St. Maries, 112-6.

Pole vault — 1, Macie Kern, Cole Valley Christian, 10-0.

Long jump — 1, Meya Young, Melba, 18-7 ¼.

Triple jump — 1, Kendall Clark, Melba, 38-0 ¾.

Sprint medley — 1, Cole Valley Christian (Kranz, Dillman, Dotson, Clark), 1:52.36. 5, Priest River (Deem, Davis, Archer, Dickinson), 1:57.49.

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BOYS

TEAM SCORES (Through seven events) — 1, Victory Charter 32. 2, Valley 27. 3, Hansen 26. 4, Idaho City 22. 5, Rockland 21.5. 6, Butte County 20.5. 7, Timberline 20. 8, Notus 19. 9, Kamiah 17. 10, Murtaugh 11.5. 11, Logos 9. 12, Tri-Valley 8. 13 (tie), Meadows Valley, Liberty Charter 6. 16, Oakley 4.5. 17 (tie), Challis, Grace 4. 19, Prairie 3. 20 (tie), Richfield, Troy, Council 2.

(Winners, locals in top 8)

3,200 — 1, Luke Stockett, Victory Charter, 9:39.84.

Shot put — 1, James Kersey, Hansen, 52-3.

Discus — 1, Brody Backus, Idaho City, 161-8.

High jump — 1, Brady Cox, Kamiah, 6-2.

Long jump — 1, Kyle Christensen, Valley, 22-5 ¾.

Triple jump — 1, Carter Woodland, Notus, 45-1.

Sprint medley — 1, Rockland (Lower, Matthews, Hendrickson, Hubbard), 3:37.91.

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TEAM SCORES (Through seven events) — 1, Raft River 45.5. 2, Tri-Valley 23. 3 (tie), Valley, Oakley 20. 5, Murtaugh 18. 6 (tie), Prairie, Rockland 17. 8, Mackay 15. 9, Carey 10. 10, Liberty Charter 9. 11 (tie), Victory Charter, Potlatch 8. 13 (tie), Logos, Council 7. 15 (tie), Challis, Leadore 6. 18, Kamiah 5.5. 19, Wallace 5. 20 (tie), Lapwai, Lighthouse Christian 4. 22 (tie), Garden Valley, Idaho City, Deary 3. 25, Kendrick 2. 26, Highland 1.

(Winners, locals in top 8)

3,200 — 1, Allie Black, Raft River, 11:51.35.

Shot put — 1, Megan Moore, Mackay, 41-0.

Discus — 1, Sage Elven, Prairie, 129-3.

High jump — 1, Shayi Smith, Carey, 5-2.

Long jump — Lexi Huettig, Valley, 18-4 ¼.

Sprint medley — 1, Raft River (Durfee, Knudsen, Boden, Harper), 1:49.50.