Bounce back: Riverside Christian’s Van Tuinen flying high after 2011 injury
May 23, 2012 by Scott Spruill
YAKIMA, Wash. — Nate Van Tuinen had himself a plan a year ago and a history of hitting the mark each time.Riverside Christian’s three-sport standout was going to duel teammate Kyle Gartrell for a state title in the triple jump — he expected to beat his friend, truth be told — and he was going [...]
West Valley vaulter escapes serious injury, returns to action
May 23, 2012 by The Seattle Times
YAKIMA, Wash. — One second Zane Irvine was skying toward victory and a possible career pole-vault best in Friday’s regional meet, and the next he was just praying his season wasn’t over. And hopeful his head would stop bleeding. Irvine, a senior at West Valley, was leading the 3A event in Richland at 14 feet, [...]
Local Track and Field State Qualifiers
May 23, 2012 by YH-R Sports
Class 4A, 3A, 2A Where: Mount Tahoma High School, Tacoma. Schedule — Today: Session 1, 4:30 p.m. Friday: Session 2, 9:30 a.m. Session 3, 2:30 p.m. Saturday: Session 4, 10 a.m. Tickets: All tournament, $18 adults, $14 students, senior. LOCAL 4A ENTRIES Eisenhower — Boys: Drew Schreiber, so. (800); Santos Vargas, sr. (1600, 3200). Girls: [...]
Valley track and field leaders through 5/22
May 22, 2012 by Scott Spruill
Rankings reflect the top eight per event through all state-qualifying meets. Sprint events (100, 200, 300 meters) are all based on automatic timing with notable hand times appended. If anything looks amiss, contact me at sspruill@yakimaherald.com BOYS100: Herman Herrera (Grandview) 11.13, Sterling Clark (Prosser) 11.25, Austin Wagner (Davis) 11.26, Nate Van Tuinen (Riverside Christian) 11.35, [...]
Eisenhower distance runner Vargas commits to Idaho
May 21, 2012 by YH-R Sports
YAKIMA, Wash. — Eisenhower senior distance runner Santos Vargas has given an oral commitment to attend the University of Idaho next fall. Vargas just ran the best distance double in Valley track and field history last week, qualifying for the Class 4A state meet in the 1,600 (4:12.87) and 3,200 (9:01.82). His 1,600 personal best [...]
Track: Ike’s Vargas, Chavez go the distance
May 20, 2012 by Scott Spruill
RICHLAND, Wash. — Between the cool of Friday evening to the heat of Saturday afternoon, Eisenhower distance runners Santos Vargas and Mayra Chavez found just enough recuperation to double their plans for state next week. After both finished second in the 3,200-meter races on Friday, Vargas and Chavez made a quick return to Fran Rish [...]
Track: Sunnyside, WV make their mark in javelin
May 20, 2012 by YH-R Sports
RICHLAND, Wash. — State berths were brutally hard to come by for West Valley and Sunnyside athletes during Saturday’s finals of the CBBN-GSL 3A regional track and field meet. Until a trio of boys javelin throwers came along and swept all three Tacoma-bound spots at Fran Rish Stadium. Sunnyside’s Eric Amaro and Miguel Guzman punched [...]
Track and field: Vargas sets Valley record in 3,200
May 19, 2012 by YH-R Sports
Eisenhower’s Brown captures javelin || RICHLAND, Wash. — Santos Vargas may have just barely missed the victory, but did he ever get the time. Eisenhower’s senior distance ace finished second by an eye lash in one of the fastest Class 4A regional 3,200-meter races ever, clocking a Valley record 9 minutes, 1.82 seconds Friday night [...]
Preps: Rodriguez helps Zillah boys to 3 wins
May 18, 2012 by YH-R Sports
BENTON CITY, Wash. — Zillah senior Angel Rodriguez won the 200- and 400-meter dashes and anchored the winning 4×400 relay at Thursday’s SCAC district track and field meet at Kiona-Benton High School. Rodriguez clocked 22.91 seconds in the 200 and 50.78 in the 400 and helped the Leopards finish the relay in 3:34.24. The top [...]
Toppenish’s one-year turnaround
May 18, 2012 by Scott Spruill
YAKIMA, Wash. — With every leap forward Toppenish’s boys soccer team has taken this season, Uriel Gonzalez will always remember the first step his Wildcats took that started it all. “Last year, honestly, we didn’t have a very good season even though we were young. We barely made it to district and lost at Ellensburg,” [...]
