Full recap from the 2023 Pasco Invitational at Edgar Brown Memorial Stadium in Pasco.
PASCO - Athletes remember what was a cold and miserable Pasco Invitational last season that featured unique weather, containing sideways rain, hail and a bit of snow with 20 mile per hour winds.
When returning teams looked at this last weekend's weather report, things were starting to look up for one of Washington's longest running meets in 2023, putting last year's treacherous meet aside.
Athletes, like Mead's Dominick Corley and Walla Walla's Jake Hisaw, were ready to bring better results.
Corley and Hisaw produced state-leading times in their respective events at the 60th annual Pasco Invitational, with Corley running the boys 100 meter in a personal best time of 10.45 seconds and Hisaw running the boys 300 hurdles in a personal best 38.79 on Saturday at Edgar Brown Memorial Stadium in Pasco.
Corley opened up in the preliminary section with a 10.6 effort before advancing to the afternoon's final, where he would match up with other sprint standouts in Richland's Lex Luthor, Mt. Si's Jacob Hall and West Valley-Yakima's Benjamin Pupplo.
Corley had a much better block start in the final and was able to withstand his competitors, winning by .31 tenths of a second over Pupplo in 10.76 for second.
“I was really excited,” Corley said. “It was hot, some good competition. I was like, ‘This is the meet to throw down.’”
Hall was third in 10.76, while Southridge's Lucien Cone finished fourth in 10.82 and Luther was fifth in 10.85.
Zoe Gonzales ran a season best 12.40 to win the girls 100 final, beating Kamiakin's Adelyn Mitchell (12.44, 2nd) and Richland's Naly Khamlue-Pratt (12.50, 3rd).
Hisaw went wire-to-wire with Sandpoint ID's Rusty Lee in the faster section of the 300 hurdle final, winning by a margin of 38.79-39.01.
Hisaw, a University of Idaho signee, lowered his personal best time by almost two seconds from his season opener when he ran 40.40 at the Big 5 Invite on his home track in Walla Walla.
"Now that I know I can run this fast and I kind of know where I should be at, it's going to make training a lot easier and racing a lot easier," Hisaw said.
Ellensburg's Joshua Boast produced a personal best time with a 40.06 effort to finish third. Kennewick's Jackson Burns was fifth in a personal best 40.72, and earlier finished second in the 110 hurdles, running 14.59.
Elloise Bolles of Wenatchee won the girls 300 hurdles in 47.91, surging past Lewiston ID's Damaris Stuffle in 48.33 for second. Kamiakin's Louesa Gledhill and Hannah Kennell finished fourth and fifth, respectively, running lifetime best times of 48.86 and 49.25.
Both Corley and Hisaw are set to compete next weekend at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon's campus for the Oregon Relays.
Sophomore rising star Addy MacArthur of University eclipsed the 40-foot barrier in shot put for the first in her career, throwing 42 feet, 8.5 inches to win the girls competition.
MacArthur set herself up for finals after throw a bit over 40 feet in prelims and then would throw her farthest mark of the day on her first attempt in finals.
“I really worked hard at practice and getting my foot underneath me, like technique, hit well,” said MacArthur.
The latest mark not only moves MacArthur to third in the state, but she also has the fifth best mark in the nation for all sophomores.
Medical Lake's Chiche Okemgbo threw a personal best 37-11.75 to finish fifth.
Ephrata's Weslee Kriete threw a personal best throw of 53-08 to win the boys shot put. Connell's Cade Clyde was fourth with a personal best throw of 51-11.75 and Central Valley's Rodney Minette took fifth, throwing 50-08.
Lake Stevens' Grant Buckmiller ran a personal best 47.10, winning the boys 400 by over a second past Lake City's Trevor Cogley in 48.54 for second. Mt. Spokane's Boden Gardner produced a personal best 49.24 to finish third, with Moses Lake's Ty Rimple following in fourth in a personal best 50.14.
Gonzaga Prep's Rhyan Madden earned a runner-up finish in the girls 400, running a lifetime best 58.85 to finish behind Rocky Mountain ID's Ciara Brown in 58.46. Garfield-Palouse's Kennedy Cook took third in 59.29.
Richland completed a sweep in the boys and girls 200 with wins coming from Keenan Kuntz and Alyssa Marsh.
Kuntz won on the boys sides with a personal best run of 21.62, moving him to third in the state this season. Seattle Academy's Reggie Witherspoon III finished second in a personal best 21.82, with Cone following in third in a personal best 22.13.
Marsh out leaned Mt. Si's Hailey Weir in the girls race, winning by a margin of 25.44-25.54. Tumwater's Ava Jones was third in a personal best 25.72.
Chiawana's Kade Smith swept the boys long and triple jump, going 22-02.5 and 45-04.5. Kuntz was second in long jump with a mark of 21-07 and Abdelrahim Abdelrahim of Southridge was second in triple jump with a mark of 43-11.
Karissa Linder from Mt. Spokane jumped a personal best 17-08.50, winning the girls long jump by a near foot. Aubrey Herrin of Kamikain also jumped a personal best 37-09.25, winning by over two feet in girls triple jump.
Walla Walla's Brody Hartley ran a tactical 1:57.86 to win the boys 800. Mt. Spokane's Ben Sonneland was fourth in 1:58.06, followed by Liberty-Issaquah's Ben Archer in fifth at 1:58.91.
St. George's Josie McLaughlin won the girls 800 in a lifetime best 2:17.32, beating Rocky Mountain ID's Brighton Heywood in 2:18.64. Mead's Teryn Gardner ran a season best 2:19.59 to finish third.
DeSales' Morgan Thomas was within three feet of her personal best throw to win the girls discus with a mark of 131-09. MacArthur finished second with a personal best throw of 127-06.
River View's Cody Brown threw a state-leading 163-03 to finish third in boys discus, with Southridge's Jackson Darling right behind him in fourth at 154-09. Post Falls ID's Trevor Miller won with a throw of 168-06.
Kennedy Catholic's Geron White cleared a personal best 6-06 to win the boys high jump, with Tumwater's Jayden Thomas also clearing a personal best 6-04 to take second.
Freeman's Stephanie Chadduck won the girls competition with a clearance of 5-02, beating Walla Walla's Jailyn Davenport's 5-02 on attempts made.
Mead's Kadmiel Lopez cleared a personal best 14-06 to win the boys pole vault over Richland's Elijah Lynch (14-06) on attempts, while teammate Even Berg prevailed in the boys javelin with a throw of 173-10 over Connell's Kellen Riner in 171-11 for second. and Canyon Smith of Central Valley in 161-09 for third.
Nicole Bissell of Cental Valley outkicked Coeur D'Alene ID's Olivia May for the win in the girls 1,600, running 5:00.25. Mead's Charlotte Cullen dipped up 5:10 to run a personal best 5:08.75, with Inglemoor's Maggie Cowan finishing in fifth in a personal best 5:10.92.
Medical Lake's Reid Headrick and Sonneland were the top competitors in the boys race, with Headrick running a new personal best of 4:18.82 to finish fourth and Sonneland running himself a personal best of 4:19.40 to finish fifth. Rocky Mountain ID's Tyler Sainsbury ran a U.S. #1 4:04.91 for the win.
Parker Westermann and Charlotte Pedersen of Mt. Spokane earned second-place finishes in their respective 3,200 races, with Westermann running a personal best 9:31.10 in the boys race and Pedersen running a personal best 11:04.97 in the girls race.
Rocky Mountain ID's Landon Heemeyer won the boys race in 9:17.04, and Post Falls ID's Annastasia Peters won the girls race in 10:36.
Selah's Eric Swedin took third in 9:31.38 and Walla Walla's Ian Lash was fifth in 9:34.14 in the boys field, while Mead's Reagan Borg ran a personal best 11:16.09 to finish third and North Central's Kendall Carter ran 11:23.74 to place fifth in the girls race.
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