Shirey sets pole vault record as White River boys defeat Sumner Spartans

The White River High boys were victorious Thursday but the Hornet girls fell short during double-dual track and field competition against the Sumner Spartans.

The White River High boys were victorious Thursday but the Hornet girls fell short during double-dual track and field competition against the Sumner Spartans.

The meet was staged at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner.

White River’s boys emerged with a 101-40 win while the girls lost 86-64.

The Hornet boys were led by three-time winner Anthony Dove. The senior was first in the 100 meters with a time of 11.67 seconds, tops in the 200 meters with a time of 22.80 and then captured the 400 in 53.93.

Winning two events each were Marcus Dickson and Devin Liebel. Dickson took the 800-meter run in 2:03.94 and won the 1,600 in 4:45.86. Liebel won both hurdle races, taking the 110 meters in 16.57 and the 300 meters in 43.81.

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Other individual winners for the Hornet boys were Kody Gould, who was first in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 10:21.28; Blake Maresh, shot put, 47 feet, 5.25 inches; and Austin Shirey, who established a school record in the pole vault by clearing 13-9.

The Hornet boys also won both hurdle races.

For the  Hornet girls, Alysa Aashiem was a winning machine, taking top honors in four events. She won the 100 meters in 13.20, took the 200 in 28.27, won the 300-meter hurdles in 50.94 and unleashed a winning throw of 87-07 in the javelin.

Lauryn Wate was a double winner, taking the 800-meter title in 2:29.01 and the 1,600 meters in 5:38.17.

Jade Crawford also captured a pair of events, winning the 100-meter hurdles in 16.88 and clearing 4-6 to win the high jump.

A small handful of Hornets scattered Saturday for invitational meets. Dickson had the top performance on the day, winning the 800 meters at the Shoreline Invitational.