Saturday, October 5, 2024

Taft boys, girls race past league foes in Dayton

Taft Tigers TrackTaft High won seven events Thursday to capture both the boys and girls competition in the West Valley League’s Dayton Invitational track and field meet.

“I love this program and having the privilege in witnessing growth in our athletes,” Taft Coach Joey Arce-Torres said. “It’s growth that comes directly from discipline, hard work and a tenacious desire to cross the finish line first.”

The Tigers defeated host Dayton 138.5-125.5 to win the boys title, and Perrydale 152-79 to claim the girls crown.

“It was a huge win for the Taft track and field program today,” Arce-Torres said.

The coach’s son, senior Gabe Arce-Torres, won the 100- and 200-meter dashes, senior Preston Nightingale won the 1,500, and junior David Jin won the pole vault.

Juniors Logan Mclendon and Jacob Mayoral teamed with Nightingale and Arce-Torres to win the 4×400 boys relay, with Arce-Torres storming back in the anchor leg to pass Dayton by 1.39 seconds.

Nightingale was second the 800 and junior Micah McLeish second in the 3,000.

Freshman Autumn Ellis won the 3,000, senior Noe Napoleon won the discus, and sophomore Ella Knott won the javelin to lead the Taft girls to a runaway team title.

Knott was second in the 100 and pole vault, and third in the 200, while Ellis was second in the 400 and third in the 1,500.

Senior Margery Price was third in the 400, while freshman Victoria Jin was second in the 3,000. Junior Kayla Brown was third in the pole vault and junior Savanna Russo third in the javelin.

“Overall, I’m very proud of the entire team,” said Arce-Torres, who credited Lon French, Kate Quinn, Kelsey Hart, Jon Nightengale and Josh Vredenburg for their coaching assistance.  “It’s a good group of kids — no drama at practices — and they are steadily improving on a weekly basis.”

Taft, which has yet to bring a full squad to a meet this season, is scheduled to compete at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Mark Dean Tillamook Invitational.

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Boys

1. Taft 138.5
2. Dayton 125.5
3. Horizon Christian 123.5
4. Sheridan 97.5
5. Nestucca 82.5
6. Falls City 41
7. Perrydale 18.5

Girls

1. Taft 152
2. Perrydale 79
3. Dayton 73
4. Horizon Christian 69
5. Nestucca 68
6. Falls City 67
7. Sheridan 55

 

Taft track and field schedule

Class 3A teams and leagues

Jim Fossum
Jim Fossumhttp://SilverandBlackToday.com
Homepage Executive Editor and former longtime Sports Editor of the near-200,000 circulation Las Vegas Review-Journal, Fossum brings 40 years of award-winning experience covering virtually every facet of print and digital journalism to Lincoln City Homepage. The former longtime reporter for the Newport News-Times and Lincoln City News Guard is also Editor-in-Chief and Senior Columnist for SilverandBlackToday.com, which covers the NFL's Oakland (Las Vegas) Raiders.

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