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Whidbey native Adrienne Lyle competes in the Olympic dressage Thursday and Friday.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 • Whidbey News-Times
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Wicker grabs 2 top-10 finishes in national Jr. Olympics
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Christina Wicker places seventh in the 3,000 meters at the Junior Olympics in Baltimore.
Christina Wicker’s two top10 finishes highlighted the Running Unlimited Fitness Club’s effort at the United States Track and Field Junior Olympics at Morgan State University in Baltimore last week. Three other RUFIT athletes competed in the meet which was held in 90-degree weather with a heat index over 100. Kaitlyn Chelberg placed 43rd in the 200 hurdles in 33.12 in the youth girls (13/14) division preliminaries Wednesday. Alexis Pierre-Antoine of Illinois led qualifiers with a 28.33. Jonaylnn Horn finished 26th in the intermediate girls (15/16) 3,000 meters in 12:38.12 Saturday after placing 40th in the 1,500 semifinals in 5:32.69 Thursday. Katie Lamb of New York won the 3,000 (10:11.84) and Kaley Ciluffo of Mississippi had the top semifinal time in the 1,500 (4:45.31). Michael Fisken, competing with the midget boys (11/12), was 27th in the discus in 68-07 Saturday. Eric Werner of California won in 106-04. Wicker placed sixth in the young women’s (17/18)
sports in brief Whidbey Island native competes in Olympics Adrienne Lyle, who was born in Coupeville and raised on South Whidbey, competes with the USA Olympic equestrian team in the individual dressage Thursday and Friday. Lyle and Wizard, 13, are one of four USA rider-horse combinations who will be competing in the dressage beginning at 3 a.m. PDT Thursday. Lyle and Wizard won three Grand Prix victories in 2011. Lyle, 27 and a Bellevue High School graduate, currently lives in Ketchum, Idaho, where she works full time training horses and teaching riding.
Leete, Brown place in state junior golf Oak Harbor’s Annie Leete placed 13th and Haven Brown 23rd in the Washington Junior Golf Association State Tournament in Kent July 25 and 26. Leete, the District 1 champion
in the girls 14-15 division, shot rounds of 89 and 94 for a two-day total of 183. She failed to make the cut of 170 for the third day of competition. Lauryn Keating of Elma won the division with a 234 (77, 79, 78). Brown, playing in the boys 8-11 group, carded a 46 and a 45 for a two-round total of 91; 81 was the cut for the final day. Ian Siebers took the 8-11 group with nine-hole rounds of 39 and 37 the first two days, then shot a 77 in the 18-hole final for a 153. Meridian Valley Country Club hosted the event with the help of two other Kent courses.
CW Sportsmen offer hunter safety classes The Central Whidbey Sportsman’s Association is offering four hunter education classes. The classes will meet Aug. 8 to 11, Aug. 22 to 25, Sept. 5 to 8 and Sept. 12 to 15. Course times are available at www.cwsaonline.org; click the calendar link. For more information or to pre-
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Michael Fisken hurls the discus at the national Junior Olympic meet. 2,000-meter steeplechase in 7:58.40 Thursday and seventh in the 3,000 in 11:19.18 Saturday. Julianna Vanderhout of Arizona was the steeplechase champion
register, call the hunter education course instructors, Sam Weatherford at 360-914-0354 or John Boling at 360-969-2440. Online registration for these classes is also required by the state of Washington at http:// wdfw.wa.gov/hunting. All sessions will be held at the CWSA clubhouse and range located 2.5 miles south of Coupeville on Safari Street, which is just south of Highway 20 and Morris Road and just north of the Outlying Field.
Rendezvous returns to Central Whidbey Bring the whole family and step back in American history with the Central Whidbey Sportmen’s Association and buckskinners from far and wide for the annual Rendezvous Days Aug. 17 to 19 depicting the life and times of pre1840s America. Mountainmen, buckskinners and fur trappers will trek the Coupeville plains and meet at the Central Whidbey Sportman’s Association clubhouse and shooting range located 2.5 miles south of Coupeville on Safari Lane off Highway 20 across from Morris Road and just north of the Outlying Field. Look for the signs.
(7:31.82) and Carravita PapeCalabrese of Maryland took the 3,000 (11:00.8). RUFIT’s John Rodeheffer (intermediate boys) and the youth girls 4x400 relay
The event is free and open to the public Friday, Aug. 17, and Saturday, Aug. 18, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 19, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Check out the flyer at the club website, www.cwsaonline.org; click on the Rendezvous button. For more information call Chris Eliasson at 675-7122.
Vanderzicht Pool slates final Fling Join the John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool staff for the final Float and Fling from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24. Bring your own floatation device -- almost anything goes. The fee is $6.75 per family. Call 675-7665 for more information.
NW Running Club hosts summer games Oak Harbor will have its own little Olympics when the North Whidbey Running Club, sponsored by the NWPRD, hosts the Oak Harbor Summer Games at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 31, at North Whidbey Middle School. The games are open to kids 4 to 16 and “some brave adults,”
team of Laura Rodeheffer, Chelberg, Mallorie Mitchem and Carolynn Wicker also qualified for the national meet but chose not to make the cross-country trip.
according to the news release for the games. Athletes can check in at 8:30 a.m. Events include the 100, 400 and 800 meters; one mile; javelin toss; long jump; parent-child 400 relay; and many other games. The fee is $5, and it covers all events. Refreshments and prizes will be provided. Participants can signup at www. oakharborpool.com or at the front desk of John Vanderzicht Pool. For more information, contact Curtis Vieke at curtvieke@yahoo. com or Megan Hall at wirchall@ gmail.com.
Signups continue for NWLL fall ball North Whidbey Little League fall ball sign-ups are still underway. Forms are available at the NWLL website (http://www. eteamz.com/NWLLOH/index.cfm) and Big 5, and the cost is $50 per player. The season starts Aug. 18 and runs through late October. Baseball divisions are ages 6 to 8, 9 to 11 and 12 to 14. Softball divisions are ages 9 to 11 and 12 to 14. Call 679-1522 for more information.