Cascade track finishes third in CTL championships

It is a remarkable feat when an athlete breaks a school record in one season, but it takes an extraordinary athlete to break a record twice, especially in one season.

Less than a month after claiming the Cascade High School pole vault record, Julia Armstrong broke it once more with a mark of 11-06.5 feet at the May 8 Caribou Trail League championships. Her mark is ranked No. 1 in the 1A Classification rankings.

Armstrong was not the only Kodiak girl who came away with a first-place finish. The Kodiak girls took the top two spots in the women’s 800 meters. Kascia Muscutt won the event in 2 minutes and 22.84 seconds while Lauren Muscutt came in less than a second behind her, finishing with 2:22.92. Both girls achieved personal records with their times. Kascia Muscutt’s time is now ranked fourth in the 1A rankings while Lauren Muscutt’s mark is fifth.

"One of the highlights for me as a coach was the girl's 800," Head Coach Bill Davies said. "We knew both Lauren Muscutt and her sister Kascia could run a good 800, so we put them in the race together. It was a photo finish with Kascia just winning by a tenth of a second. The girls talked with each other throughout the race and encouraged each other as well. There were big smiles and hugs from both girls at the end. Both ran a state qualifying time and hopefully they will repeat the performance at districts."  

Kascia Muscutt also won the high jump with a PR of 4-08.

Josie Brenan recorded a PR of 5:33.06 to finish third in the 1,600 meters. Zoe McDevitt finished third in the 100 meter hurdles after clocking in a PR of 17.19 and Madeline Gillespie finished fourth in 17.75.

Gillespie (49.23) and McDevitt (49.36) captured a 2-3 finish in the 300 meter hurdles.

Avery McKenney took fourth in the 400 meters with a PR of 1:05.90.

Victoria Driscoll was seventh in the 200 meters with a time of 29.20 and 10th in the 100 meters in 14.04.

In relay events, the team of the team of Julia Armstrong, McDevitt and Lauren Muscutt and Kascia Muscutt won the 4x400 relay in 4:08.94. The time bumped the four to No. 1 in the 1A rankings.

Driscoll, Armstrong, Kascia Muscutt and Lauren Muscutt took second in the 4x200 relay in 1:51.30.

Gillespie, McKenney, Porter Rayne and Alexa Rodgers took fourth in the 4x100 in 1:01.83.

Katie Boyd finished seventh in the javelin with a throw of 38-09.

Rodgers (28-08) and Lauren Muscutt recorded a 6-7 finish in the triple jump. Rayne finished 10th in the long jump with a PR of 12-06.

Other finishers for the Kodiak girls include Boyd (discus, 12th, 41-00; shot put, 13th, 15-05 PR).

On the boys' side, Jace Seely won the 400 meters with a PR of 52.10.

Landon Davies clinched the top spot in the 3,200 meters with a time of 10:14.67. Fourth-place Jacob Redman finished fourth in 11:20.26. Davies also finished second in the 1,600 meters with a PR of 4:27.79 and seventh-place Jacob Redman achieved a PR of 4:54.70.

Stephen Tveten took second in the 110 hurdles with a time of 16.44 and the 300 meter hurdles with a PR of 41.64. Isaac Tveten’s PR of 44.72 earned him fourth in the 300 meter hurdles. Seely was fourth in the 200 meters with 24.21 and James Young finished eighth with a PR of 24.77. Seely also took sixth in the 100 meters with a time of 11.96 and Leo Garcia was ninth in the 800 meters in 2:35.35.

The team of Young, Seely, Stephen Tveten and Isaac Tveten won the 4x400 in 3:32.86.

Stephen Tveten won the pole vault with a PR of 11-06 and Issac Tveten was third with a PR of 10-00.

Issac Tveten was seventh in the triple jump with a PR of 37-00.50.

Florian Joa took sixth in the javelin with a PR of 112-08.Andrew Magnaghi took seventh in the shot put with a throw of 36-00.

Other finishers for the Cascade boys include Young (100 meters, 14th, 12.58), Joa (100 meters, 18th, 12.97; shot put, 17th, 28-08), Parker Nunnaly (100 meters, 18th, 12.97), Luis Garcia (200 meters, 13th, 25.48 PR), Duncan Allen (400 meters, 14th, 1:02.62; discus, 18th, 47-00 PR); Magnaghi (discus, 11th, 89-10), Alex Sanchez (discus, 16th, 76-01),

The Kodiaks girls and boys finished third in team scores with 68 points and 60 points, respectively.

Both Cascade teams return to action on May 16 at the District 6 championships in Cashmere.