Spartans runners-up at 3A state meet

Last season, Moapa Valley claimed the 3A boys state championship with 116 points — Spring Creek finishing second with a total of 95 points.

On Saturday, the Spartans trimmed the gap — scoring 119.5 points — but the Pirates slipped away with the state championship with a total of 123 points.

Sparks finished third with 68 points, and Elko came in fourth with 49 points.

Individual State Champions

Locally, a number of athletes locked down state titles.

In the triple jump, Spring Creek junior Michael Dorame broke his own school record — spanning a total of 44-feet-6-inches.

Fellow junior Jon Crawford-Wadley neared the school record of 6-feet-5-inches in the high jump, winning the event with a career-best leap over the bar at 6-feet-4-inches.

The Spartans’ third individual champion came in the form of senior Tarron Metz, who pole vaulted 13-feet on his first attempt.

For Elko, junior Braylon Baggett turned in a great final lap in the 3200 meters — winning the event with a two-mile time of 9:42.20 for a personal record.

Runner-Up Finishes

In the pole vault, Spring Creek went one-two.

Senior Jake Bradford, like Metz, cleared the bar at 13-feet as well — needing two tries to achieve the height.

In the 800 meters, junior Nathan Morrill posted a personal record for a time of 2:00.68 for second place.

Senior teammate Joel Herman — who battled through an ankle injury in his events — ran second in the 1600 meters with a two-mile jaunt of 4:29.94.

Third-Place Finishers

Dorame — after his victory in the triple jump — came in third in the long jump with a mark at 21-feet-10-1/4-inches, breaking another of his school records.

Herman crossed third in the 800 meters with a half-lap time of 2:00.89.

Behind Crawford-Wadley’s win in the high jump, Howard gave the Spartans two medalists in the event — clearing the bar at 5-feet-10-inches and ranking third.

In another field event, Elko senior Liam Moore threw his way to third in the discus — launching the disc a total of 140-feet-5-inches.

Fourth-Place Finishers

For the Indians, Baggett claimed the fourth and final medal in the 1600 meters with a one-mile run of 4:33.71 and a career best.

Elko senior Caden Wallace placed fourth in the 800 meters — crossing behind Morrill and Herman — finishing in 2:01.11 for a personal record.

In the 300-meter hurdles, Spring Creek senior Dane Adams notched a time of 42.64 seconds for fourth place.

Fifth-Place Finishers

A quartet of local athletes were one spot away from a state medal.

Baggett set another personal record for a fifth-place finish in the 800 meters — giving Elko County four runners in the top-five — crossing behind Morrill, Herman and Wallace in 2:02.41.

Morrill was the third local in the top-five in the 1600 meters, running a mile in 4:36.08.

In the shot put, Spring Creek junior Cody Acord tossed his way to fifth with a throw of 129-feet-3-inches.

Elko junior Tyler Wiseman dashed to fifth in the 100 meters with a time of 11.50 seconds.

Sixth-Place Finishers

A pair of Spartans posted sixth-place performances.

Herman was sixth with a two-mile time of 10:17.37 in the 3200 meters.

In the 110-meter hurdles, Adams crossed the line in 17.36 seconds.

Eighth-Place Finishers

Wiseman — in his second individual event — was eighth in the 200 meters with a time of 23.36 seconds.

In the triple jump, Spring Creek senior Chace Valtierra finished eighth with a total distance of 37-feet-10-1/4-inches.

After an unfortunate fall in the 300-meter hurdles, Elko freshman Octaviann Cordova got up and posted a time of 45.20 seconds for eighth place.

Relays

The Spartans — senior Liam Hamilton, junior Nathan Thomas, Morrill and Herman — won the 4x800 relay with a time of 8:10.09.

Elko — Baggett, senior Landon Lenz, sophomore Dexter Wallace and Caden Wallace — finished in 8:29.53 for third place.

In the 4x100, the Spartans (junior Austin Reasbeck, junior Christian Dorame, Michael Dorame and Valtierra) ran second and crossed the line in 44.85 seconds.

The Indians — junior Eli Finlayson, Wiseman, junior Nico Avila and Cordova — were fourth with a time of 45.22 seconds.

Spring Creek — Valtierra, Christian Dorame, Adams and Michael Dorame — took fourth place in the 4x200 with a time of 1:34.13.

Elko’s 4x200 squad — Finlayson, senior Chris Amaya, Avila and freshman Zuriel Mildren — crossed seventh in 1:34.89.

In the 4x400, the Spartans — senior Michael Schafer, senior Caiden Cunningham, Morrill and Bradford — also ran fourth with a time of 3:33.20.

Congratulations

Congratulations to the Spring Creek boys on their runner-up team finish, individual champions Michael Dorame, Jon Crawford-Wadley, Tarron Metz and Braylon Baggett and to all medalists and qualifiers of the Division 3A Nevada State Track and Field Championships.