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PREP TRACK: Nearly 40 area thinclads qualify for state meets from Class 4A and smaller

mike tupa, bartlesville examiner-enterprise
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Nearly 40 athletes representing seven area high schools are scheduled to to be counted among the best of the best when next weekend’s Class A, 2A and 4A state meets get underway.

The local thinclads each earned their state berth by qualifying at this past weekend’s regionals.

The top three finishers per regional event, plus a handful of the other top performers from 4th-through-7th earned a state berth.

The area breakdown is: Dewey (4A), Caney Valley (2A), Pawhuska (2A), Oklahoma Union (2A), Nowata (2A), Wesleyan Christian (A) and Barnsdall (A).

Two of the area warrior brought home regional gold medals — Oklahoma Union’s Raven Estes (girls 300m hurdles) and Caney Valley’s Jayden Allen (boys shot put).

Oklahoma Union’s Lauryn Jackson qualified with regional silver medals in two individual events — the girls 1600m and 3200m runs.

Dewey’s Braden Garrison popped a career-best throw in the boys shot put (55-2.5) to finish second in the regional. He was one of only two boys in all the 4A state regionals to throw better than 55 feet. Garrison also qualified in the discus.

Of the area teams, Pawhuska qualified the most athletes with 12, followed by Oklahoma Union with nine.

Caney Valley is set to send six to state, followed by Dewey with five.

Nowata qualified three, followed by two for Barnsdall and one for Wesleyan Christian.

All four Pawhuska girls’ relay teams rocketed into state.

Pole vaulter Cooper Fogle is a returning top-three finisher from last year’s state meet.

Several other area athletes came close to making the state grade but barely missed out by a place or two.

Following is a breakdown of state qualifiers per team. State seed for each athlete is included.

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DEWEY STATE QUALIFIERS (4A)

  • Boys: BRADEN GARRISON (jr., shot put, 2nd; discus); KEIDON HOLT (fr., 110m high hurdles).

  • Girls: KAYAH WEATHERS (sr., girls 100m hurdles), KYLA OVERTON (9th, girls shot put), KATIE WRIGHT (sr., girls shot put),

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CANEY VALLEY STATE QUALIFIERS (2A)

  • Boys: JAYDEN ALLEN (sr., discus, 12th; shot put, 7th); COOPER FOGLE (jr., pole vault, 3rd); QUAID JONES (sr., 200m dash, 5th); ETHAN GAILEY (jr., pole vault, 12th).

  • Girls: SAMMI GILBREATH (sr., high jump, 4th); MCKENZIE McCABE (fr., pole vault, 12th).

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NOWATA STATE QUALIFIERS (2A)

  • Boys: CHELO PRINCE (soph., 100m dash, 14th).

  • Girls: NADEAN STAMPS (fr., high jump, 4th); TIA TANNER (soph., pole vault, 17th).

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OKLAHOMA UNION QUALIFIERS (2A)

  • Boys: WAYLON MINER (soph., 100m dash, 7th); NICOLAS JACKSON (12th, 3200m run, 16th).

  • Girls: ASHLAND LAFALIER (fr., discus, 8th); RAVEN ESTES (sr., 100m hurdles, 2nd; 300m hurdles, 3rd); LAURYN JACKSON (fr., 1600m run, 15th; 3200m run, 10th); CAMREN LANEY (sr., long jump, 15th)

  • Girls 4x800m relay: 14th (KAITLYN BRACKETT, SAMI SHEAFFER, McKENNA GOEMMER, JACKSON).

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PAWHUSKA STATE QUALIFIERS (2A)

  • Girls: MIYA CURRY (sr., 400m dash, 8th); PARI HARPER (soph., long jump, 10th); CAROLINE PERRIER (jr., 200m dash, 9th), RILEY NEEL (soph., 100m hurdles, 16th); MADISON MARTIN (jr., shot put, 6th)

  • Boys: NOAH WILSON (jr., discus, 7th)

  • Girls 4x100m relay: 5th (HARPER, HANNAH REYNOLDS, PERRIER, VASHAE HOUSLEY)

  • Girls 4x200m relay: 8th (HARPER, CURRY, PERRIER, REYNOLDS)

  • Girls 4x 400m relay: 8th (HARPER, KAYDEN CHEVES, CURRY, REYNOLDS).

  • Girls 4x800m relay: 12th (ZOWIE MILES, CADENCE DEWITT, CHEVES, MICAH MCNEIL).

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WESLEYAN CHRISTIAN STATE QUALIFIERS (A)

  • Boys: TREY WHITE (soph., 3200m run, 9th).

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BARNSDALL STATE QUALIFIERS (A)

  • Boys: BRAYDEN ALLEN (sr., high jump, 13th); BRADEN BYERS (soph., high jump, 13th).

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Following is how many area thinclads fared at the regionals:

REGIONAL FIRST PLACE

  • Raven Estes (Oklahoma Union, girls 300m hurdles, :48,21)

  • Jayden Allen (Caney Valley, boys shot put, 1st, 46-6.5),

REGIONAL SECOND PLACE

  • Lauryn Jackson (Oklahoma Union, girls 1600m run, 6:09.13)

  • Lauryn Jackson (Oklahoma Union, girls 3200m run, 13:28.92)

  • Braden Garrison (Dewey, boys shot put, 55-2.5)

  • Cooper Fogle (Caney Valley, boys pole vault, 12-6)

  • Raven Estes (Oklahoma Union, girls 100m hurdles, :16.01)

  • Miya Curry (Pawhuska, girls 400m dash, 1:03.34)

  • McKenzie McCabe (Caney Valley, girls pole vault, 7-6)

  • Noah Wilson (Pawhuska, boys discus, 129-9)

REGIONAL THIRD PLACE

  • Kayah Weathers (Dewey, girls 100m hurdles, :17.48)

  • Kyla Overton (Dewey, girls shot put, 34-7.75)

  • Keidon Holt (Dewey, boys 110m high hurdles, :16.12)

  • Quaid Jones (Caney Valley, boys 200m dash, :23.59)

  • Nicolas Jackson (Oklahoma Union, boys 3200m run, 11:42.53)

  • Madison Martin (Pawhuska, girls shot put, 33-9)

  • Ashland Lafalier (Oklahoma Union, girls discus, 95-9)

  • Tia Tanner (Caney Valley, girls pole vault, 7-0)

  • Ethan Gailey (Caney Valley, boys pole vault, 9-6)

  • Jayden Allen (Caney Valley, boys discus, 126-4)

  • Pawhuska girls 4x200m relay (Pari Harper, Miya Curry, Caroline Perrier, Hannah Reynolds)

  • Pawhuska girls 4x400m relay (Pari Harper, Kayden Cheves, Curry, Reynolds)

  • Pawhuska girls 4x800m relay (Zowie Miles, Cadence Dewitt, Cheves, Micah McNeil)

This article originally appeared on Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: More than 35 area prep tracksters qualify for state meets