<table bgcolor="#cdecde" border=0 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=4> <tr><td width=700 align=center>2005 Postseason</td></tr> <tr><td width=700> <table border=2 cellspacing=4 cellpadding=4 bgcolor=black color=white> <tr><td> <center><A HREF="http://bruintrack.com/timg/200505/state/Sam.jpg"> <img src="http://bruintrack.com/timg/200505/state/Sam.jpg" width=180 height=261></A> </center> Barlow's State Champion: Sam Michener Barlow superstar Sam Michener swept the sprint races at the OSAA 4A State meet in Eugene May 21 becoming Barlow's first ever state champion in the the 100 meter dash and 200 meter dash. Michener gave fans, teammates and coaches some concern on Friday in the prelims when he came out of the blocks poorly and finished second in a subpar 11.20a. The race was good enough to put him in the finals where he was placed in lane 2. To his right were rival Nathan Ingrao from Sandy in lane 3 and Tualatin's Kevin Dickson, the fastest prelim qualifier (11.02a) in lane 4. In the finals of the 100 Michener again got off to a poor start and was a step behind Dickson, Ingrao and a pair of Summit runners early in the race. Halfway through the race he was gaining but it didn't look like he'd be able to catch the leaders. He continued his drive to the finish line, finally catching Dickson right before the line. His winning time of 10.87a was just .02 ahead of Dickson and all of the top five finishers were within .14 of each other. In the 200 Sam was more in control of the event from the start. He breezed to a 22.15a victory while running in the rain in the prelims, earning him lane 4 for the finals. When the gun went off in the finals he blasted out of the blocks alertly and quickly made up the stagger on Lane 5. Jesuit's Seth Tarver also had a good start but Michener ran past him 2/3rds of the way through the turn, then sped away and won by a comfortable and impressive margin of .37 of a second. His winning time of 21.76a was a lifetime best (and another school record) despite less-than-ideal conditions for running fast. There was no tailwind, very light rain and the temperature was moderate. <A href="/mesd/eg/cgi/dbrec1.pl?action=view&athlete=Michener,Sam&team=BAR">Sam's Performance History</a> <hr> <a HREF="/timg/200505/practice/bj_am_500x375.jpg"> <img src="/timg/200505/practice/bj_am_500x375.jpg" width=175 height=131></A> </center> Barlow's Javelin Stars: Bryce Johnson and Ali Mumford Barlow's two senior javelin stars had great performances at the OSAA 4A State Meet in Eugene with lifetime best performances in their final meet as Bruins. Johnson improved his PR to 181 feet 8 inches and finished in ninth place. His mark puts him at No. 10 on Barlow's all-time record list, but at No. 2 since the javelin specifications were changed to make it a little bit harder to throw far. Ali broke her lifetime best throw with a 131-3 toss on her final throw of the prelims, then improved again on her last throw in the finals let loose with a 131-10 throw. She finished in fourth place despite going into even seeded No. 15. She ends her high school career with the No. 6 throw on Barlow's all-time record list. <a href="http://bruintrack.com/eg/cgi/dbrec1.pl?action=view&athlete=Mumford,Ali&team=BAR">Ali's performance history</a> <a href="http://bruintrack.com/eg/cgi/dbrec1.pl?action=view&athlete=Johnson,Bryce&team=BAR">Bryce's performance history</a> <hr> <TABLE border=1 cellspacing=6 cellpadding=4> <tr valign=top> <td width=650 valign=top bgcolor=#4000ee font face="helvetica" size=2> <table border=2 cellspacing=4 cellpadding=4 bgcolor=#400aaa color=yellow> <tr><td vlink=red link=black> Barlow boys earn fourth place trophy at State Meet Barlow's boys team, led by sprint champion Sam Michener, scored in five events and totaled 40 points, as they took home the fourth place trophy from the OSAA 4A State Meet in Eugene, May 21. Summit was the boys team winner with 56 points, followed by Jesuit with 49 and Benson with 41.3. It was the second year in a row that the Bruin boys have finished in the top four at State. Last season they also scored 40 points and finished third. Marshfield was the girls team winner with 58 points, ahead of Benson with 53, Lakeridge with 33, and Summit with 30, Sandy with 28 and Gresham with 28. The Bruins got half their point total from Michener's fabulous wins in the 100 and 200 meter dashes. They also picked up valuable points in the high jump, triple jump and 4x100 relay. Matt Lariza struggled on the opening day of the meet, failing to score in the long jump and high jump, but recovered strongly on Saturday to finish second in the triple jump with lifetime best jump of 45-04. Jacob Smith also struggled on Friday, having difficulty with his approach, but managed to finish third in the high jump with a 6-6 clearance. Barlow's 4x100 relay also had a very successful weekend. On Friday they finished second in their preliminary heat in a good time of 42.91a -- their fast time of the season. In the finals they were assigned lane 6 and they performed well again, finishing third behind Summit and Tualatin in a very speedy 42.78a -- the second fastest relay of all time by a Barlow team. Even though they didn't score, Barlow's 4x400 relay also ran extremely well, exceeding expectations with a total time of 3 minutes 27.84a seconds. Adjusted split times for the Bruin relay runners were Kevin Cook, 51.94s; Chris Swift, 52.14s; Laroy Heggar, 52.84s, and Maddison Peterson, 51.74s. <hr> <center><A HREF="/timg/200505/jake_matt_400x534.jpg"> <img src="/timg/200505/jake_matt_400x534.jpg" width=176 height=235></A> Jake Smith and Matt Lariza picked up 14 points at State for the Bruins in the jumping events. Smith cleared 6-6 and finished third in the high jump and Lariza tripled jumped 45-4, finishing second. </center> </td></tr></table> Barlow finishes fourth at the 4A State Meet Team Scores: Summit 56, Jesuit 49, Benson 41.3, BARLOW 40, Tualatin 32, Newberg 31, Roseburg 27, Crater 24.5, Beaverton 24, Central Catholic 21, South Eugene 21, St. Helens 18, Tigard 17, Eagle Point 17, Sheldon 17, Sandy 17, Sprague 16, Churchill 14, Grant 13, Clackamas 13, The Dalles-Wahtonka 10. <A HREF="/timg/200505/state/relay1.JPG"> <img src="http://bruintrack.com/timg/200505/state/relay1.JPG" width=300 height=224></a> Senior Maddison Peterson (lane 6) prepares the pass the baton to freshman Eric Capelle in the finals of the boys 4x100 meter relay. Barlow finished third with an excellent time of 42.78a behind Summit and Tualatin. It was the second fastest relay time ever recorded by a Barlow team. The fastest was 42.66 in 1989. <a href="/mesd/eg/tr/res/2005_4abfriresults.htm">OSAA 4A State Meet Friday Results (boys)</a> May 20-21 at Eugene <a href="/mesd/eg/tr/res/2005_4abfinalresults.htm">OSAA 4A State Meet Final Results (boys)</a> May 20-21 at Eugene <a href="/mesd/eg/tr/res/2005_4agfriresults.htm">OSAA 4A State Meet Friday Results (girls)</a> May 20-21 at Eugene <a href="/mesd/eg/tr/res/2005_4agfinalresults.htm">OSAA 4A State Meet Final Results (girls)</a> May 20-21 at Eugene <hr> The Barlow Bruins are the 2005 Boys Mt. Hood Conference Champions Boys Scores: BARLOW 164, Central Catholic 122.5, Sandy 108, Gresham 76, Centennial 71, Reynolds 69.5, David Douglas 48.5, Parkrose 0.5 Girls Scores: Gresham 132, BARLOW 106, St Marys 105, Sandy 86, David Douglas 73, Centennial 49, Central Catholic 49, Reynolds 46, Parkrose 16 <a href="/mesd/eg/tr/res/2005District_EventFinals.htm">MHC District Event Finals</a> <a href="/mesd/eg/tr/res/2005District_DayOneResults.htm">MHC District Day One Results</a> <a href="/mesd/eg/tr/ent/2005MHC_DistrictDayTwo.htm">MHC District Meet Day Two Entries</a> May 11 at MHCC <a href="/mesd/eg/tr/ent/2005MHC_District.htm">MHC District Meet Entries</a> May 10-11 at MHCC <a href="/mesd/eg/tr/res/2005NoviceGirls.htm">Novice Meet Girls Results</a> May 5, 2005 at Reynolds <a href="/mesd/eg/tr/res/2005NoviceBoys.htm">Novice Meet Boys Results</a> May 5, 2005 at Reynolds <A HREF="/timg/200505/state/team_victorystand.jpg"> <img src="http://bruintrack.com/timg/200505/state/team_victorystand.jpg" width=307 height=245></a> Barlow's boys team scored 40 points and came home with the fourth place trophy at the state meet in Eugene May 20-21. Summit finished first with 56 points followed by Jesuit(49), Benson (41.3) and Barlow. It is the third time in the last six years that the Bruins boys have brought home a top four trophy from the state meet. </td></tr></table> </body> </html>