Bozeman Senior Runs US#4 Time In 3,000 In Spokane; Dominick Corley, James Bauman Both Run Top 5 National Times In 60 Dash

By Keenan Gray of DyeStat

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Nathan Neil’s ability to outsprint his opponents is what makes him such a dangerous competitor. 

Many have tried to counter his moves at the end of races, but Saturday’s 3,000-meter event at the STCU West Coast Championships was, for everybody else, just another failed attempt to match him.

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The Bozeman MT senior threw down a 28.97-second last 200 split to pull away by 14 seconds in the end to win the boys race in a US#4 time of 8 minutes, 13.50 seconds on day one of the two-day meet at The Podium in Spokane.

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Ocean Athletics’ Yemane Mulugeta, from Canada, finished second in 8:27.77, hung tough with Neil through two kilometers of the race but began to fall back when Neil ramped up the pace two laps into the final kilometer.

Hayden Boaz of Summit OR earned third overall in 8:36.03, with Great Falls MT’s Ryan Harrington, representing Electric City, finishing fourth in 8:46.24. 

Spokane Speed Academy’s Dominick Corley continued his dominance in the boys 60, running his third sub-6.7 second performance of the season in the final in 6.66. 

The Mead WA standout held off Lake Oswego OR’s James Bauman, representing Ultimate Speed Athletics, running 6.69. Bauman has made vast improvement over the past few months and moved to US#4. 

Bear Creek WA’s Findlay Hartshorn, representing Bolt Track and Field, cruised to a personal best 1:55.50 to win the boys 800.

Charlotte Cullen of Mead WA won the girls 800 in 2:16.42

Cameron Gatlin and Rachel Hardy of The Inner Circle went 1-2 in the girls 60 hurdles final, with Gatlin, representing Jesuit OR, winning in 9.15 and Hardy, representing Adrienne Nelson OR, running 9.19. Both runs are personal best performances.

Gatlin contributed to The Inner Circle’s girls winning 4x200 relay team, with Maddie Berger, Emerson Ruppe and Tilda Hathaway as they ran 1:44.87. 

The Inner Circle also had a 1-2 finish in the girls high jump with Tualatin OR’s Kyra Bakke finishing first at 5-5.25 (1.66m) and Mountainside OR’s Catherine Phillips finishing second, also at 5-5.25.

Liberty (Issaquah) WA’s Sutton Flint, representing GLS Speed, crossed the tape first in the boys 60 hurdles final, running a personal best 8.05.

Journey Cole of GLS Speed cruised to victory in the girls 60 in 7.51 over Braelyn Baker, representing Redmond Sprint Club and Bear Creek WA, in 7.57. Baker won the girls long jump with a mark of 18 feet, 3.75 inches (5.58m).

Freshman Clara Adams from Salinas, Calif. hung on to win the girls 400 over Ready-Set-Go Sprinters’ Jayda Darroch by a margin of 57.39 to 57.83.

East Valley (Yakima) WA’s Isaac Ford, representing GLS Speed, ran a personal best 48.84 en route to winning the boys 400.

Lake Oswego OR’s Ana Peters, representing Ultimate Speed Athletics, held off Bozeman Track Club’s Claire Rutherford’s late charge to win by three seconds in the girls 3,000 in 10:24.35.

GLS Speed’s 4x200 relay team of Mason Davis, Dallas Miller, Dean James and Max Streufert ran 1:29.62 to place first in the boys race. 

Tomeko Cates won a pair of field events in the boys high jump and long jump. The USATF Junior Olympic decathlon runner-up for 17-18 year olds jumped 21-10.25 (6.66m) in long jump, then followed with a high jump clearance of 6-7.5 (2.02m).

Victoria Spitzley of NW Pole Vault cleared a personal best 12 feet, 10.25 inches (3.92m) in the girls pole vault for the win. 

Evan O’Toole soared over 15-5 (4.70m) to capture the boys pole vault title.

Gallatin MT’s Jack Murray and Tesse Kamps, both representing Bozeman Track Club, completed a sweep of the girls shot put. Murray threw 51-5 (15.67m) to win the boys title and Kamps threw a high school facility record 41-5.25 (12.63m) to claim the girls title.