MILTON-FREEWATER — Personal bests were being set on the track and in the field events Friday at the 90th annual Carnival of Speed, but only one meet record fell at Shockman Field.

In the 45th year of the girls meet, the 4×100 relay record of 51.20 seconds, set by Walla Walla in 1999, was beaten by two teams — Enterprise and Pendleton, but it will be the Outlaws who will move into the record book.

Enterprise’s team of McKenzie Harguess, Mercy Peters, Owyhee Harguess and Kherington Pace ran a 51.11 to break the record. 

Pendleton’s quartet of Citlalli Garcia, Hazel Case, Landrie Davis and Genevieve Christiansen turned in a PR of 51.19 to finish second.

“That was our plan,” Case said of breaking the meet record. “We executed well. We both ran fantastic races, 51.11 is really fast. We ran a 51.62 earlier in the year. We were a half-second faster today.”

Pendleton coach Andrew Sneed said it’s nice to have senior leadership on the relay team.

“We have a couple of seniors on there and they are good leaders,” he said of the relay team. “Good for them to light that fire. We had three of them place in the 100. It’s nice to see their hard work and everything come together.”

Case had an impressive day for the Bucks, winning the 100 in a time of 12.77, winning the long jump with a leap of 16-2 and finishing second in the 200 (27.03). In the long jump, Case fouled her first two jumps before hitting the winning mark on her final attempt.

“I had a great meet today,” Case said. “It’s fun to race against people we don’t see very often. I was a little concerned in the long jump. My run-throughs were fine, then I scratched. I was talking to my coach (Bill Aney) and he said to get it even if I was a couple of inches off the board.”

Case, who was named the girls’ MVP of the meet, helped the Bucks to second place with 78.67 points behind champion Joseph (94.33).

Davis also finished third in the 200 with a PR of 27.39, and was sixth in the 100 (13.49), while Christiansen was sixth in 200 (27.76), eighth in the 400 (1:05.21) and ran on the 4×400 relay team with Evelyn Hayes, Brielle Bonzani and Ava Jackson that finished eighth in a time of 4:51.02.
Jackson added a sixth-place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 30-10 1/2. 

The Bucks got valuable points in the javelin as Braelyn Gunter (100-10) and McKinley Lieuallen (98-7) placed fifth and sixth.

In the high jump, Paisley McLaughlin and Presley Greenwalt tied for second at 4-8, and Kenedee Parsons was fifth in the pole vault at 7-0.

Union finished fourth in the team standings with 53 points, while Weston-McEwen was fifth (49), Elgin seventh (34), Griswold and Umatilla tied for ninth (32), Echo was 11th (27), Mac-Hi 13th (23), Heppner 14th (19), Irrigon and Stanfield tied for 18th (4) and Riverside was 21st (1).

Addy Hall had a big day for the TigerScots, placing second in the 100 hurdles (16.81) and third in the 100 (12.97). She also ran on the 4×100 relay team with Brooklyn Parker, Charlotte Hansell and Bree Perkins that finished third (52.32).

Hansell also was fourth in the 300 hurdles (51.75), sixth in the long jump (15-1 1/2), while Perkins was eighth in the high jump (4-6).

Weston-McEwen picked up a handful of points in the throwing events, as Sydney Carey was second in the shot put (33-2), with Mylie Garrett (29-1) and Elsie Sprenger (28-8) seventh and eighth.

In the boys’ meet, Pendleton’s John Thatcher and Weston-McEwen’s Wyatt Parsons entertained the crowd in the sprints.

Parson won the 100 in a personal best time of 10.74 — just shy of the meet record of 10.71. Thatcher was second with a PR of 10.91 — the first time he’s run under 11 seconds.

“To see him get under 11 and get that goal is good to see,” Sneed said. “He and Weston-McEwen kid battling back and forth is a lot of fun.”

In 200, Thatcher ran a PR of 22.15, while Parsons was second with a 22.26.

“Wyatt is really fast, but I played to my strength in the 200,” Thatcher said. “I can never get him in the 100, but the longer I run, I can get him.”

The two were back at it again in the 4×100 relay, with both running the anchor leg.

Weston-McEwen’s team of Tristan Weseman, Logan Ray, Colby Perkins and Parsons reached the finish line first with a time of 44 seconds.

Pendleton’s Quinn Kennedy, Adam Urbina, Gabe DeGrofft and Thatcher clocked a 44.31.

The Bucks’ season best is 43.07, which they are hoping to lower this coming week at Hermiston’s Kiwanis Invite, and go after the school record of 42.98, set last year at state.

“With Hermiston’s tailwind, it will be good,” Thatcher said. “We get Ben (Hopkins) back and we are that much faster.” 

Parsons, who also won the long jump (19-9 1/2), helped Weston-McEwen to the team title with 107 points, while the Bucks were right behind with 92. Umatilla finished fourth (56),  with Union fifth (55), Riverside seventh (39), Heppner eighth (38.5), Ione 10th (26), Griswold 11th (19), Stanfield 13th (15.5), Elgin and Mac-Hi 15th (10), Irrigon 18th (6) and Echo 24th (1). 

“It’s really good to see,” Sneed said of both of his teams placing second. “We are still trying to put all the pieces in the right place. In the next month, we will iron out the kinks before district.”

Union’s Jackson Davenport, who won the 110 hurdles with a PR of 15.40, and the 300 hurdles with a PR of 41.03, and was second in the pole vault (12-0) and third in the 100 with a PR of 11.15, was named the boys’ MVP of the meet.

Weseman was second in the long jump (19-7) and the high jump (5-10), and fourth in the 200 (23.02) for the TigerScots, while Jace Dunlap won the shot put (47-7) and was seventh in the discus (113-10) and javelin (141-2).

Perkins added a fourth-place finish in the long jump (19-1) and was eighth in the pole vault (10-0), while Logan Ray was third in the triple jump (38-8 1/2). 

Dayton Monaco was fourth in the high jump (5-8), sixth in the 300 hurdles (44.99) and eighth in the triple jump (37-8).

Arden Shaul picked up big points in the distance races, placing third in the 1,500 (4:14.03) and fourth in the 3,000 (9:38.69), while Michael White placed seventh in the 400 (56.30).

For Pendleton, Thatcher finished his day in the 4×400 relay, teaming up with Adam Urbina, Kellen Villers and Wyatt Taylor to place second behind Enterprise with a time of 3:35.60.

Jack Reynolds added a second-place finish in the 3,000 (3:34.14) for the Bucks, while Eagle Edmiston was sixth in the 3,000 (10:00.93), Ryan Simpson was seventh in the 300 hurdles (45.59), and DeGrofft was sixth in the 200 (23.84) and seventh in the 100 (11.70).

In the javelin, Jaren Yoshioka was second with a toss of 162-1, while Jubal Hoisington was third with a mark of 156-5, and freshman Brance McKay was sixth with a PR of 142-1. McKay ranks second among 4A freshmen.

In the vertical jumps, William Michael was third in the pole vault (12-0), while Zaland Garland was fourth (11-0), and Kennedy was fifth in the high jump (5-8). Grayson Mead finished off the scoring with a second-place finish in the triple jump at 39-7 1/2.