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RICHLAND – Dayton senior Kaitlyn Andrews won three of the four events she entered at the Hanford High School Invite held here last week. She missed a sweep by one-half inch in the triple jump.

The Hanford meet featured teams from six southeast Washington schools, including four A-level schools. The only B schools were Dayton and DeSales.

In her specialty, the javelin, Andrews set a new personal record with a throw of 126 feet, 3 inches. Her previous PR was 122'10", which she achieved in her sophomore year. The second-best javelin throw last week's meet was 99'5".

At Hanford, Andrews also won the 100-meter dash, with a time of 13.3 seconds, edging out Lele Williams of Hanford, who recorded the same time. In the long jump, Andrews won easily, with a jump of 16 feet even. Cara Gilmore, from Chiawana, was second with a jump of 15'8.5".

Andrews was second in the triple jump with a 32'7" jump. She was beaten by Richland freshman McCall Redden, who recorded a distance of 32'7.5".

Several other Dayton girls gave strong performances at Hanford, including junior Carissa Price, who was tenth in the 100 meters, with a time of 13.9 seconds, and also tenth in the long jump, with a leap of 13'4". Sophomore Kianna Price was ninth in the 800 meter run, with a time of 2 minutes, 55.5 seconds. Sophomore Angela Mascall was tenth in the 200 meters, with a time 29.4 seconds.

In the 4x100 relay, Dayton's girls placed fourth out of six teams, with a time of 58.5 seconds. The team included Angie Dedloff, Mascall, Price and Alexus Wanlarbkam.

On the boys' side, senior Tyler Cooper had strong performances in the 100 and 200 meter sprints and the shot put. Freshman Hayden Wooldridge led his team in the 400 meter run, 110 meter hurdles, high jump and long jump.

"I didn't have any big expectations, especially for the new folks, but rather emphasizing learning how a meet works, and how to be prepared for events," said Dayton Coach Dan Nechodom. " Even my veterans were instructed to focus more on relaxing and proper technique than on going for some huge PR."

Nechodom said that that a few team members didn't make the trip to Hanford, for various reasons, including a robotics competition on the same day.