4A district track recap: Bishop Kelly sprinter dominates after a shoe cost him a title
James Onanubosi ties his track spikes a little tighter now after losing a shoe in an important race his freshman year.
The ill-timed shoe malfunction cost Bishop Kelly a 2019 relay district championship. But Onanubosi provided his opponents no such gift on Saturday.
The Bishop Kelly junior set 4A District Three meet records in sweeping the boys 100 and 200 meters, and he collected two more victories as part of the Knights’ 4x100 and medley relay teams. Onanubosi’s 40-point gold-medal haul paved the way for BK’s sixth consecutive district team championship with 219.5 points, more than 100 points ahead of runner-up Emmett (97.5) and third-place Middleton (84).
“It definitely felt good,” Onanubosi said. “I’ve been training a lot just for this moment, to get those good times in district. And hopefully even better times at state.”
Onanubosi established meet records in Friday’s prelims of the 100 (10.72 seconds) and 200 (21.80), but the 200 record didn’t stand because it was deemed wind-aided. The wind didn’t factor in Saturday, allowing Onanubosi to take his place in history with a winning time in the 200 finals of 21.93. He was the only runner to break the 11-second barrier in the 100 final, clocking a 10.76.
“He’s one of the hardest working kids in the weight room I’ve ever had,” Bishop Kelly coach Jeff Carpenter said. “He just deserves all he earns. I’m just so proud of his performance this weekend, and his leadership skills are growing by the day. We just love having him on the team.”
The BK boys finished first in 11 of the meet’s 18 events, including all four relay races. Four other Knights went home with a trio of gold medals: Cole Miller (long jump, high jump, 4x100), Kevin Corrigan (800, 4x400, medley), Noah Bornes (medley, 4x200, 4x400) and Luke Legarreta (medley, 4x200, 4x400).
The Bishop Kelly girls outdid their male counterparts by winning their ninth straight team title under Carpenter’s watch. The Knights enter next week’s state meet having won five team championships in a row.
“It’s a culture,” Carpenter said. “We work hard. We train hard together, and we’re a family. It takes a lot to start that culture and build it from scratch. But once you get it rolling, the seniors and juniors kind of teach the underclassmen how things are done.”
Despite an ailing left Achilles, Bishop Kelly senior Paige Tekippe won the girls 100 (12.74) and 200 meters (26.17) and the long jump (16-10). She added a second-place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 35-0 on her only attempt. Tekippe’s older sister, Alyson, won three state titles in both 2019 and 2018 for the Knights.
“Track is a really big deal, at least in my family,” Paige Tekippe said. “In my eyes, the most important things during the springtime are track and school and getting the district title and hopefully state title.”
Bishop Kelly’s Jaiden Rodrigues, Brianna Hayhurst, Mallory Knell and Anna Schmautz teamed up to win both the 4x100 and 4x200 relays, and junior Jacoba Luteyn took gold in the shot put with a toss of 39-7.
4A DISTRICT TRACK HIGHLIGHTS
▪ Emmett junior Landon Helms endured two surgeries on his left foot earlier this spring and was only cleared three weeks ago to begin pole vaulting again. Even if he felt rusty, he sure didn’t look it. Helms won the boys pole vault (15-0), 110 hurdles (14.62) and 300 hurdles (40.04) and took fourth in the long jump.
He bested his nearest competitor in the pole vault by 2 feet despite being well shy of his career-best vault of 16-10 set during indoor competition at the National Pole Vault Summit in January of 2020. His 110 hurdles time was just .02 seconds from tying the district meet record, and he picked up the long jump this season for the first time since the seventh grade.
“I’m definitely not conditioned very well,” Helms said. “But I always want to do my best. I never like to give a half effort.”
Helms is being courted by a host of Division I schools and is likely to become a decathlete at the collegiate level.
▪ Nampa senior Cassandra Vasquez swept the girls 1,600 and 3,200 meters in record fashion. She won the 3,200 in 11:00.89 Friday and clocked a 5:06.88 in the 1,600 on Saturday. Both of the previous meet records were set by Bishop Kelly’s Emily Nist in 2012.
▪ Emmett sophomore Tatum Richards took down a nearly 20-year-old meet record in the girls pole vault. Richards cleared 12-8 in the event to surpass the record of 12-7 set by Skyview’s Julene Bailey in 2002. Richards followed up her pole vault title with a victory in the 100 hurdles (16.55).
▪ Caldwell senior Cruz Flores used a powerful kick to overtake teammate Cyress Wilson for a victory in the boys 1,600. Wilson led the four-lap race for all but the final 20 meters. Flores secured the distance double with a win in the 3,200 on Friday.
▪ Columbia’s Sage Myers, Kaitlyn Lundergan, Shayna Williams and Adeline Wimer broke the girls 800 sprint medley relay record by less than two tenths of a second. The Wildcats crossed the finish line in 1:50.69. The previous record was 1:50.86.
4A DISTRICT 3 TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
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*Denotes meet record
GIRLS TEAM SCORES
1, Bishop Kelly, 215. 2, Middleton, 114. 3, Vallivue, 98. 4, Ridgevue, 78.5. 5, Nampa, 73. 6, Emmett, 61.5. 7, Columbia, 29. 8, Caldwell, 16.
GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Top 5 individuals and top 2 relay teams advance to state
100: 1, Paige Tekippe, Bishop Kelly, 12.74. 2, Abbey Clark, Ridgevue, 13.04. 3, Elena Winkel, Middleton, 13.18. 4, Anna Schmautz, Bishop Kelly, 13.22. 5, Kaitlyn Lundergan, Columbia, 13.30. 6, Lindzey Eagy, Middleton, 13.42. 7, Nicole Maus, Vallivue, 13.42. Shayna Williams, Columbia, DNS.
200: 1, Paige Tekippe, Bishop Kelly, 26.17. 2, Jaiden Rodrigues, Bishop Kelly, 26.75. 3, Abbey Clark, Ridgevue, 26.83. 4, Karley Walker, Nampa, 27.18. 5, Anna Schmautz, Bishop Kelly, 27.32. 6, Elena Winkel, Middleton, 27.34. 7, Mallory Knell, Bishop Kelly, 27.78. Shayna Williams, Columbia, DNS.
400: 1, Karley Walker, Nampa, 59.67. 2, Adeline Wimer, Columbia, 1:00.82. 3, Alexis Thrall, Nampa, 1:01.03. 4, Skylie Stump, Vallivue, 1:01.08. 5, Grace Shirley, Bishop Kelly, 1:01.65. 6, Karli Blue, Middleton, 1:02.37. 7, Blair McGee, Bishop Kelly, 1:03.47. 8, Isabella Reyes, Bishop Kelly, 1:07.05.
800: 1, Addi Wyatt, Middleton, 2:20.48. 2, Maggie Avey, Bishop Kelly, 2:20.71. 3, Eva Heffner, Bishop Kelly, 2:23.51. 4, Kayelee Austin, Middleton, 2:23.81. 5, Brianna Castaneda, Vallivue, 2:24.45. 6, Alexia Corona, Ridgevue, 2:28.18. 7, Madalyn Marquette, Columbia, 2:35.94. 8, Faith Saindon, Vallivue, 2:37.84.
1,600: 1, Cassandra Vasquez, Nampa, 5:06.88*. 2, Kayelee Austin, Middleton, 5:12.00*. 3, Alexia Corona, Ridgevue, 5:14.33. 4, Anna Ranieri, Bishop Kelly, 5:17.37. 5, Molly Connor, Bishop Kelly, 5:34.79. 6, Mia Mendieta Williams, Vallivue, 5:41.87. 7, Aubree Adams, Ridgevue, 5:42.19. 8, Lucy Glynn, Bishop Kelly, 5:49.11. 9, Justice Walker, Bishop Kelly, 5:49.94.
3,200: 1, Cassandra Vasquez, Nampa, 11:00.89*. 2, Alexia Corona, Ridgevue, 11:12.55. 3, Kayelee Austin, Middleton, 11:17.51. 4, Anna Ranieri, Bishop Kelly, 11:20.43. 5, Molly Connor, Bishop Kelly, 12:07.03. 6, Aubree Adams, Ridgevue, 12:38.16. 7, Justice Walker, Bishop Kelly, 12:38.91. 8, Mia Mendieta Williams, Vallivue, 12:56.64.
100 hurdles: 1, Tatum Richards, Emmett, 16.55. 2, Codi Child, Vallivue, 16.78. 3, Lilly Armuth, Bishop Kelly, 16.86. 4, Chloe Bateman, Bishop Kelly, 17.15. 5, Brooke Lau, Ridgevue, 17.68. 6, Ayame Nakamura, Caldwell, 17.89. 7, Cadence Fehrs, Ridgevue, 18.15. 8, Morgan Sauerwein, Bishop Kelly, 19.07.
300 hurdles: 1, Claudia Dominguez, Middleton, 48.52. 2, Codi Child, Vallivue, 48.64. 3, Jordyn Carnell, Bishop Kelly, 49.62. 4, Chloe Bateman, Bishop Kelly, 51.36. 5, Cadence Fehrs, Ridgevue, 52.23. 6, Brooke Lau, Ridgevue, 52.77. 7, Ayame Nakamura, Caldwell, 53.25. 8, Grace Robinson, Bishop Kelly, 54.17.
4x100: 1, Bishop Kelly, 49.85. 2, Vallivue (Maus, Soto, Stump, Child), 50.54. 3, Ridgevue (Sarver, Fehrs, Clark, Thomas), 51.29. 4, Middleton (Winkel, Foy, Eagy, Nielsen), 51.37. 5, Emmett (Hart, Hemphill, Myers, Richards), 54.74.
4x200: 1, Bishop Kelly, 1:44.81. 2, Middleton (Blue, Winkel, Wyatt, Dominguez), 1:46.49. 3, Nampa (Hartman, Roorda, Madison, Walker), 1:49.68. 4, Ridgevue (Shaw, Marshall, Green, Law), 1:57.20. 5, Emmett (Brennan, Myers, Vaughn, Hart), 1:58.32. 6, Vallivue (Hubler, Ramirez, Castaneda, Saindon), 1:58.38.
4x400: 1, Middleton (Wyatt, Blue, Dominguez, Austin), 4:06.13. 2, Nampa (Madison, Vasquez, Thrall, Walker), 4:10.43. 3, Bishop Kelly, 4:12.90. 4, Columbia (Lundergan, Wimer, Marquette, Myers), 4:26.12. 5, Vallivue (Castaneda, Williamson, Ramirez, Saindon), 4:37.92. 6, Emmett (Hart, Winegar, Contreras, Brennan), 4:43.23.
800 medley relay: 1, Columbia, 1:50.69*. 2, Middleton (Eagy, Kofoed, Wyatt, Dominguez), 1:51.06. 3, Bishop Kelly, 1:52.75. 4, Vallivue (Maus, Erickson, Soto, Stump), 1:55.50. 5, Ridgevue (Green, Law, Marshall, Demesmin), 2:08.76. 6, Emmett (Vaughn, Brennan, Davelaar, Hemphill), 2:12.05.
High Jump: 1J, Allison Hubler, Vallivue, 4’ 11”. 2J, Skylar Erickson, Vallivue, 4’ 11”. 2J, Ella Svangstu, Bishop Kelly, 4’ 11”. 4J, Cassidy Fried, Middleton, 4’ 9”. 5J, Molly O’Sullivan, Bishop Kelly, 4’ 9”. 6, Aspen Hilvers, Bishop Kelly, 4’ 7”. 7, Jennifer Contreras, Emmett, 4’ 5”. 8J, Ayame Nakamura, Caldwell, 4’ 3”.
Pole Vault: 1, Tatum Richards, Emmett, 12’ 8”*. 2, Codi Child, Vallivue, 10’ 0”. 3, Skylie Stump, Vallivue, 9’ 6”. 4J, Leyna Winegar, Emmett, 8’ 6”. 5J, Jordyn Carnell, Bishop Kelly, 8’ 6”. 6J, Janessa Nielsen, Middleton, 7’ 6”. 7J, Samantha Waters, Emmett, 7’ 6”. 8, Mckenzie Nebeker, Emmett, 7’ 0”. 8, Ayden McAlvain, Bishop Kelly, 7’ 0”. Sophia Waters, Emmett, NH.
Long Jump: 1, Paige Tekippe, Bishop Kelly, 16’ 10”. 2, Danika Hartman, Nampa, 16’ 9”. 3, Skylar Erickson, Vallivue, 16’ 5.25”. 4, Cassidy Fried, Middleton, 16’ 0.50”. 5, Lizbeth Soto, Vallivue, 15’ 11.25”. 6, Ella Svangstu, Bishop Kelly, 15’ 9.75”. 7, Jacquelyn Kofoed, Middleton, 15’ 7.25”. 8, Molly O’Sullivan, Bishop Kelly, 15’ 5.50”.
Triple Jump: 1, Danika Hartman, Nampa, 36’ 1”. 2, Paige Tekippe, Bishop Kelly, 35’ 0”. 3, Cassidy Fried, Middleton, 34’ 6.50”. 4, Skylar Erickson, Vallivue, 33’ 9”. 5, Jocelyn Bautista, Caldwell, 33’ 1”. 6, Jacquelyn Kofoed, Middleton, 32’ 5.50”. 7, Molly O’Sullivan, Bishop Kelly, 31’ 9.50”. 8, Sophia Bain, Bishop Kelly, 31’ 4.50”.
Shot Put: 1, Jacoba Luteyn, Bishop Kelly, 39’ 7”. 2, Lacy Yates, Emmett, 35’ 7”. 3, Isabella Keefe, Bishop Kelly, 32’ 9”. 4, Kendall Green, Caldwell, 32’ 8”. 5, Grete Tanberg, Ridgevue, 31’ 8”. 5, Hailey Chapman, Bishop Kelly, 31’ 8”. 7, Breeann Wuest, Ridgevue, 30’ 6”. 8, Kaylee Wuest, Ridgevue, 30’ 5.50”.
Discus: 1, Lacy Yates, Emmett, 143’ 10”. 2, Jacoba Luteyn, Bishop Kelly, 135’ 9”. 3, Kaylee Wuest, Ridgevue, 114’ 4”. 4, Noelyn Shriver, Middleton, 109’ 2”. 5, Isabella Keefe, Bishop Kelly, 108’ 10”. 6, Hailey Chapman, Bishop Kelly, 106’ 1”. 7, Grete Tanberg, Ridgevue, 102’ 1”. 8, Leslie Kinder, Caldwell, 98’ 4”. 9, Kathriene Jones, Nampa, 96’ 11”.
BOYS TEAM SCORES
1, Bishop Kelly, 219.5. 2, Emmett, 97.5. 3, Middleton, 84. 4, Columbia, 71. 5, Caldwell, 68. 5, Ridgevue, 68. 7, Nampa, 51. 8, Vallivue, 35.
BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Top 5 individuals and top 2 relay teams advance to state
100: 1, James Onanubosi, Bishop Kelly, 10.76. 2, Trevion Walker, Caldwell, 11.08. 3, Alex Sato, Bishop Kelly, 11.50. 4, Trais Higgins, Nampa, 11.55. 5, Baylor Harrison, Bishop Kelly, 11.70. 6, Isaac Phillips, Columbia, 11.70. 7, Gabe Lamey, Bishop Kelly, 11.86. 8, Cam Davis, Bishop Kelly, 11.88.
200: 1, James Onanubosi, Bishop Kelly, 21.93*. 2, Trevion Walker, Caldwell, 22.67. 3, Isaac Phillips, Columbia, 23.42. 4, Baylor Harrison, Bishop Kelly, 23.53. 5, Jamen Storrs-Kiehne, Nampa, 23.70. 6, Joshua Stewart, Middleton, 23.94. 7, Cam Davis, Bishop Kelly, 24.00. 8, Shawn Cabus, Bishop Kelly, 24.67.
400: 1, Trenton Johnson, Columbia, 51.55. 2, Noah Bornes, Bishop Kelly, 51.77. 3, Luke Legarreta, Bishop Kelly, 52.30. 4, Silas Massey, Emmett, 52.40. 5, Joshua Stewart, Middleton, 52.48. 6, Riley Belnap, Vallivue, 52.79. 7, David Bratcher, Emmett, 53.34. 7, Shawn Cabus, Bishop Kelly, 53.34.
800: 1, Kevin Corrigan, Bishop Kelly, 2:01.01. 2, Trenton Johnson, Columbia, 2:01.45. 3, Tyler Stoker, Bishop Kelly, 2:01.59. 4, Brody Kemble, Middleton, 2:02.32. 5, Cyress Wilson, Caldwell, 2:02.54. 6, Austin Clough, Bishop Kelly, 2:03.35. 7, Jamar Gowen, Vallivue, 2:04.37. 8, Tyler Mesaros, Bishop Kelly, 2:04.58.
1,600: 1, Cruz Flores, Caldwell, 4:26.31. 2, Cyress Wilson, Caldwell, 4:26.76. 3, Parker Wade, Ridgevue, 4:29.37. 4, Austin Clough, Bishop Kelly, 4:30.10. 5, Kevin Corrigan, Bishop Kelly, 4:31.18. 6, Tyler Stoker, Bishop Kelly, 4:33.12. 7, Samuel Fish, Vallivue, 4:36.26. 8, Tyler Mesaros, Bishop Kelly, 4:37.64. 9, Charlie Goss, Bishop Kelly, 4:38.23.
3,200: 1, Cruz Flores, Caldwell, 9:34.52. 2, Cyress Wilson, Caldwell, 9:41.85. 3, Parker Wade, Ridgevue, 9:42.97. 4, Tyler Mesaros, Bishop Kelly, 9:44.89. 5, Samuel Fish, Vallivue, 9:46.74. 6, Brody Kemble, Middleton, 9:49.10. 7, Tyler Stoker, Bishop Kelly, 10:02.47. 8, Austin Clough, Bishop Kelly, 10:11.86.
110 hurdles: 1, Landon Helms, Emmett, 14.62. 2, Mason Nichols, Middleton, 15.11. 3, Sebastian Kou, Bishop Kelly, 15.73. 4, Augustas Haynes, Ridgevue, 16.01. 5, Emmitt Scheffler, Ridgevue, 16.69. 6, Spencer Drake, Vallivue, 16.87. 7, Mathew Vialet, Caldwell, 16.95. 8, Jacob Folwell, Ridgevue, 17.46.
300 hurdles: 1, Landon Helms, Emmett, 40.04. 2, Mason Nichols, Middleton, 40.88. 3, Augustas Haynes, Ridgevue, 42.56. 4, Sebastian Kou, Bishop Kelly, 42.77. 5, Caden Young, Emmett, 43.31. 6, Mathew Vialet, Caldwell, 44.84. 7, Javier Sanchez, Caldwell, 45.48. 8, Nicholas Schmidt, Bishop Kelly, 46.67.
4x100: 1, Bishop Kelly, 43.13. 2, Nampa (Higgins, Emerson, Peterson, Butler), 43.96. 3, Ridgevue (Mallard, Warren, Bauscher, Ortega), 44.98. 4, Caldwell (Leyba, Hoefer, Vialet, Walker), 45.18. 5, Middleton (Brooks, Dunbar, Stewart, Sibert), 45.87. 6, Emmett (Lockett, Clayton, Owens, Massey), 46.16. 7, Columbia (Knapp, Michael, Tackett, Flowers), 47.86.
4x200: 1, Bishop Kelly, 1:30.38. 2, Ridgevue (Gomez Chavez, Washington, Warren, Bauscher), 1:33.18. 3, Middleton (Nichols, Wright, Stewart, Sibert), 1:34.20. 4, Emmett (Clayton, Young, Briscoe, Smith), 1:37.21. 5, Vallivue (Gonzalez, Martin, Belnap, Olvera), 1:37.82. 6, Columbia (Flowers, Knapp, Tackett, Michael), 1:40.28.
4x400: 1, Bishop Kelly, 3:29.57. 2, Columbia (Phillips, Johnson, Myers, Peterson), 3:31.74. 3, Nampa (Seable, Storrs-Kiehne, Peterson, Butler), 3:33.52. 4, Ridgevue (Bauscher, Haynes, Scheffler, Shaw), 3:35.81. 5, Emmett (Buck, Smallwood, Bratcher, Massey), 3:43.21. 6, Vallivue (Gowen, Long, Grimaldo, Drake), 3:56.66.
1,600 medley relay: 1, Bishop Kelly, 3:38.18. 2, Columbia (Phillips, Myers, Peterson, Johnson), 3:39.45. 3, Middleton (Sibert, Wright, Stewart, Kemble), 3:45.02. 4, Vallivue (Gonzalez, Martin, Belnap, Gowen), 3:52.48. 5, Ridgevue (Mallard, Gomez Chavez, Shaw, Wade), 3:52.60. 6, Emmett (Smith, Smallwood, Snow, Bratcher), 3:54.54. 7, Nampa (Frickey, Ruiz, Emerson, Weatherston), 3:56.14.
High Jump: 1, Cole Miller, Bishop Kelly, 6’ 3”. 2J, Colton Seable, Nampa, 6’ 1”. 2J, Casey Wright, Middleton, 6’ 1”. 4J, Courage Seable, Nampa, 6’ 1”. 5J, Patrick Monahan, Bishop Kelly, 5’ 11”. 6J, Alex Sato, Bishop Kelly, 5’ 11”. 7J, Tye DeSouza, Ridgevue, 5’ 11”. 8, David Ruiz, Nampa, 5’ 9”.
Pole Vault: 1, Landon Helms, Emmett, 15’ 0”. 2, Ethan Hammer, Columbia, 13’ 0”. 3J, Carson Fox, Vallivue, 11’ 6”. 4J, Jacob Folwell, Ridgevue, 11’ 6”. 5J, Jonah Rau, Ridgevue, 11’ 0”. 6J, Logan Brooks, Middleton, 11’ 0”. 7J, Tucker Welling, Emmett, 10’ 0”. 8J, Paul Boicourt, Bishop Kelly, 10’ 0”. 8J, Jacob Holm, Bishop Kelly, 10’ 0”.
Long Jump: 1, Cole Miller, Bishop Kelly, 21’ 7.50”. 2, Keegan Croteau, Bishop Kelly, 21’ 5.75”. 3, Jacob Butler, Nampa, 21’ 0.75”. 4, Landon Helms, Emmett, 20’ 10.25”. 5, Trais Higgins, Nampa, 20’ 8.50”. 6, Andres Gonzalez, Vallivue, 20’ 1.50”. 7, Mason Nichols, Middleton, 19’ 11.50”. 8, Patrick Monahan, Bishop Kelly, 19’ 7”.
Triple Jump: 1, Patrick Monahan, Bishop Kelly, 43’ 0.50”. 2, Casey Wright, Middleton, 42’ 10.25”. 3, Caleb Washington, Ridgevue, 42’ 8.50”. 4, Cole Miller, Bishop Kelly, 39’ 10”. 5, Raymond Steele, Middleton, 39’ 9”. 6, Logan Brooks, Middleton, 39’ 8.50”. 7, Micah Kessinger, Nampa, 38’ 8.50”. 8, Conner Emerson, Nampa, 38’ 5.75”.
Shot Put: 1, Corbin Baker, Columbia, 53’ 9”. 2, Axel Sanchez, Emmett, 52’ 11”. 3, Beauhunter Brown, Emmett, 47’ 1.50”. 4, Tyler Barry, Emmett, 47’ 0”. 5, Manu Lete, Bishop Kelly, 46’ 2.50”. 6, Nick Smith, Bishop Kelly, 45’ 1.50”. 7, Hunter Enick, Emmett, 44’ 6”. 8, Seth Knothe, Bishop Kelly, 44’ 1”.
Discus: 1J, Drew Martin, Bishop Kelly, 136’ 2”. 2J, Patxi Franks, Middleton, 135’ 0”. 3J, Hunter Enick, Emmett, 135’ 0”. 4, Tyler Barry, Emmett, 131’ 9”. 5, Corbin Baker, Columbia, 130’ 4”. 6, Beauhunter Brown, Emmett, 128’ 10”. 7, Isaiah Pearson, Middleton, 120’ 9”. 8, Jake Gilbert, Columbia, 118’ 5”.
This story was originally published May 15, 2021 at 9:44 PM.
