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| Two Loggers qualify for state track championship |
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| Motta and Rachor to represent Mitchell at state meet Saturday, May 17 |
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 | | CONTRIBUTED PHOTO | | Pedro Motta of Mitchell won the 800-meters at the Big Sky District meet on Saturday running a time of 2:12.41. |
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By Lon Austin
Foreign exchange student Pedro Motta had a big day on Saturday.
Motta ran the best time of his career to win the 800-meter race at the Big Sky District Track Championship and qualify for the state championship in Monmouth on Saturday, May 17.
Motta's 2:12.41 time was good enough to outdistance second place Matt Hams of Ione by more than a second.
Senior Neeko Rachor also is going to state for the Loggers. Rachor qualified for state in the maximum four events.
Rachor placed second in the long jump with a leap of 21-04, and second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 24.06.
Rachor finished in fourth in the 200-meter race and fifth in the 100-meter dash, but made the state qualifying time in each event.
Also earning points for the Loggers at district were Andreas Phan who placed seventh in the 1,500-meter run and eighth in the 3,000 meters with times of 5:31.07 and 12:35.82 respectively.
On the girls side, foreign exchange student Anja Hohls led the charge, picking up a fourth place finish in the 400-meters in a time of 1:09.30. Defending state champion Emily Funkhouser of Sherman County won in a blazing time of 58.99.
Hohls also placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 14-03 1/2, and fifth in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 15:58.86.
The only other Logger to place in the meet was freshman Sasha Stepanova who placed sixth in the 800-meters in a time of 3:10.84.
Sherman County's Funkhouser won the race in a time of 2:29.20. Funkhouser was the most valuable athlete at the meet after also winning both the high and intermediate hurdles in 16.00 and 47.28 second respectively.
Head Coach John Misner was not at school on Monday and was unavailable for comment about the district meet.
As of press time team scores were unavailable, but Sherman County won the girls' portion of the meet while Echo won the boys meet. |
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