Lanning Wins TJ at Pendleton Meet

PENDLETON – WP senior Owen Lanning had a stellar day at the Buck Track Classic meet in Pendleton last week, taking first place in the triple jump and second in the long jump and 300 meter hurdles. Lanning was also fourth in the 110 meter hurdles.

The large meet here included teams from fifteen northeast Oregon schools, from 1A to 5A, as well as three 2B schools (WP, College Place and Walla Walla Valley Academy), and one 1A school (Columbia-Burbank) from Washington.

Lanning's winning triple jump of 41 feet, 6.5 inches, was nearly three feet longer than the second-place finisher, and about six inches shy of his personal record. In the long jump, Lanning's leap of 19'5", was a personal best, and was eight inches short of the winning jump by Tyler McCabe, of Hermiston.

In the 300 meter hurdles, Lanning's time of 44.77 seconds was bested only by a stellar performance by Tristin Warne, of Mac-Hi, of 41.94 seconds. Lanning's 110 meter time was 18.11 seconds in a race also won by Warne in 15.43 seconds. WP's TJ Morrison finished sixth in that event, with a time of 19.83 seconds.

On the girls' side, sophomore Emily Adams finished in the top eight in all four of her events, including fourth in the triple jump and fifth in the 1500 meter run. She was also eighth in the 200 meters and the long jump.

"Owen and Emily will be forces in our league," said WP coach Jeff Bartlow.  "[Lanning] is in fine form and worked in the offseason very hard.  And, so did Emily."

The Cardinal boys also got strong performances from sophomore sprinter Travis Crockett, who finished fifth in both the 100 meter and 200 meter sprints. Crockett also finished fifth in the high jump, with a leap of 5 feet, six inches.

Also in the high jump, WP's Landon Callas and Andre Potts also put in strong performances, tying for seventh with jumps of 5'4".

In throwing events, juniors Mark Montgomery and Zion Branson got top-ten finishes in both the shot put and discus. Junior Brandon Penner was tenth in the javelin, and Tyler Shafer was 12th.

Bartlow said he is optimistic about Adams' prospects for the year. "Emily has the endurance and the speed to mix a lot of events together in a meet.  She got a school record in the 1500 and will end up with some other school records here this year.  Right now she has her sights set on the 800 and trying to qualify for the Pasco Invite."