Four South Coast athletes won titles in the recent Junior Olympics Northwest Regional track and field championships in Gresham.
Mason Detzler of Myrtle Point, competing unattached, won the men’s (17-18 years old) discus with a throw of 167-11 and shot put with an effort of 57-9.
Marley Petrey of Bandon, also unattached and competing in the same age group, won the 400-meter hurdles in 1 minute and 4.74 seconds.
The other two champions were part of the Prefontaine Track Club. John Parks won the pole vault in the 17-18 age group, clearing 14-11, while Logan Vinyard won the 9-10 high jump, clearing 4-5 ½ and also won the triathlon.
The top five finishers in each age group qualified for the national championships in Texas this week, though some might not make that trip.
The Pre Track Club sent 13 athletes to the regional meet.
Logan Vinyard also was sixth in the shot put (24-7 ¾) and 10th in the long jump (12-4 ½).
His twin brother, Cooper, was fourth in the high jump (3-11 ½), sixth in the long jump (13-4) and ninth in the shot put (21-10). Kaiicen Turner, in the same age group, was third in the long jump (13-9), fourth in the 100 (14.16) and 12th in the 400 (1:13.69).
Sadie Green was third in the 11-12 high jump, clearing 4-6. Paige Johnson was busy in the same age group, finishing eighth in the 80 hurdles (17.55) and ninth in the high jump (4-0) and also competing in the pentathlon. In that event, she was fourth in the long jump (11-9), seventh in the high jump (3-11 ¼), eighth in the 80 hurdles (17.63), ninth in the shot put (18-0 ½) and ninth in the 800 (3:11.40). She finished sixth overall with 3,052 points.
Gavin Simpson was ninth in the 13-14 high jump, clearing 4-8 ¼. He did not clear a height in the pole vault. In the same age group, Angelo Pedrini was 11th in the 3,000 meters (10:29.75).
Quinton Kloster was eighth in the 17-18 pole vault, getting over the bar at 13-5 ¼). Reagan Krantz was eighth for the women in the same division, clearing 10-5 ¼.
Miles Baxter was 13th in the high jump in the same age group (5-8 1/2) and also competed in the decathlon, along with Caden Wirebaugh.
In the decathlon, Baxter was second in the long jump (19-11), third in the high jump (5-10 ¾), fifth in the 400 (55.06), sixth in the javelin (122-8), eighth in the 1,500 (5:42.61) and 110 hurdles (18.68), ninth in the 100 (12.08) and 10th in the pole vault (8-4 ¼), discus (66-9) and shot put (29-6 ¾). His total of 9,246 points was good for eighth place.
Wirebaugh was fifth in the shot put (33-4), eighth in the long jump (18-9 ¼), ninth in the 1,500 (5:52.60), 11th in the 100 (12.23), 110 hurdles (20.19) and 400 (58.84), 12th in the pole vault (7-4 ½), discus (57-6) and high jump (5-1) and 13th in the javelin (78-3). His total of 7,532 points placed him 13th.
In the triathlon for the 9-10 age group, Logan Vinyard was first in the shot put (24-3 ¾), first in the high jump (4-3 ¼) and seventh in the 400 (1:20.33). His point total of 1,168 was good enough to win.
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