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Nichell Sauls Joins Liberty Lake PD as office adds Crime Analyst Position
By Nina Culver Splash Contributor
As a law enforcement crime analyst, Nichell Sauls spends her days searching databases for distinctive tattoos seen on suspects in surveillance videos or combing through cell phone tower data looking for clues she can use to identify criminals.
Sauls started work with the Liberty Lake Police Department last month and is the first analyst the department has hired. “Really at the core of it, it’s a research job,” she said. “There’s a lot of different software out there to figure out who is who.”
Becoming a crime analyst wasn’t on Sauls’ radar when she was growing up in Sonora, California. A year-long study abroad program in Thailand when she was in high school sparked a desire to travel and see the world, so she joined the U.S. Army. But even then she had different plans.
“I had wanted to be an interpreter,” she said. “I wanted to go to language school, but I didn’t qualify.”
Instead, she was presented with a list of other options. “When they were talking about intelligence work, I thought that sounded like the next best thing,” she said.
She served in the Army for eight and a half years as an intelligence analyst. She spent much of that time stationed in Texas, with two deployments to Iraq. She served in Italy the last three years of her military service.
She left the Army in January of 2014. Initially she considered continuing to work as an analyst in the F.B.I. or other government agency, but she had no desire to live on the east coast. Instead, she pivoted and got a degree in exercise
science and sports and wellness from American Military University.
She was living with her sister and her family in California, looking for work in spots around the country where she had Army buddies. Her brother-in-law suggested she check out Idaho, specifically Coeur d’Alene. “One day I got in my truck and came up here,” she said.
While on that impromptu trip, Sauls interviewed for the position as the manager of a new Anytime Fitness location that was almost ready to open in Coeur d’Alene. She got the job and moved to the area
two months later.
Sauls said she liked the challenge of setting up a brand new gym and getting it running smoothly, but by the summer of 2017 she was ready for something different. She heard about a crime analyst position open at the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office and applied.
“Really I was just looking for a higher paying job,” she said. “But really I was bored.”
Since then she’s spent her days pulling at threads, reading reports in an effort to find similarities in crimes that may have been committed by the same person or persons. She’s been sifting through information in attempts to identify a person or a car in an effort to identify suspects and help detectives solve crimes. At the Sheriff’s Office, she was one
of 9 analysts and her focus was on property crimes.
“Here I’ll get a wider breadth of things,” she said.
Liberty Lake Police Chief Damon Simmons said that after some restructuring in how his officers patrol, it’s easier to collect the data that a crime analyst needs. The number of calls the department responds to each year has been rising steadily and Simmons believes an analyst will help the detectives solve crimes.
“We want to make sure we’re taking an evidence-based approach,” he said.
In addition to helping solve crimes, an analyst can help identify when and where crimes are occurring, which lets officers know if they need to change or increase their patrols in certain areas, Simmons said. “It’s a great program,” he said. “Internally it allows us to create an intelligence network.”
Though Sauls hasn’t been there long, Simmons said she’s already making a difference. “It’s working already,” he said. “It’s given our officers much more information for our officers to work off of.”
A case Sauls has been working on since starting work in Liberty Lake is working to identify a smash and grab crew who targeted cars at parks, daycares and trailheads, smashing out car windows and stealing valuables. It’s believed that the same crew targeted Liberty Lake, Spokane Valley and Spokane as well as locations in Idaho, Sauls said.
“They hit all three cities in a matter of hours over a weekend,” she said.
Sauls identified the date, time and location of each incident and requested data from cell phone towers in the area so she could sift through and hopefully find one or more phone numbers that were at all the different locations at the time of the crimes. There are also photos of some of the cars believed to be
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Photo by Nina Culver Liberty Lake adds new Crime Analyst Position hiring Nichell Sauls who joined the department back in March.
State Begins Speed Camera Pilot along I90 in Liberty Lake
By Nina Culver Splash contributor
Frequent drivers of eastbound Interstate 90 between the Harvard Road exit and State Line have likely noticed two cameras perched on bright orange stands on the edge of the road. The cameras are part of a speed camera pilot project to identify speeders on the busy stretch of roadway.
Washington State Department of Transportation assistant communications manager Amy Moreno said the pilot project was requested by the Washington State Legislature as they looked for ways to reduce serious crashes caused by speeding. “In recent years we have seen an increasing number of speed related crashes,” she said. “This was their proviso. This was not requested by WSDOT.”
The Washington Department of Transportation has been working with the Washington State Patrol and the Washington Traffic Safety Commission to reduce the number of speed-related crashes in the state.
The pilot program is unique in that it requires two cameras spaced three miles apart. The cameras record the speed of each vehicle as it passes by and tracks the time it takes each vehicle to travel the distance between the two cameras, creating an average rate of speed. If a vehicle’s average speed is too high, the cameras will take a picture of the vehicle’s license plate.
The average speed method is much different than the usual method of using a camera to measure speed at a single point. “This is the first time this particular method has been used on a state highway,” Moreno said. “It’s heavily used in Europe.”
The section of I-90 near Liberty Lake was selected because it had at least two but no more than three lanes of traffic, had enough space between on and off ramps to get accurate data and had a history
of high-speed crashes that caused serious injury or death, Moreno said. “It’s by no means saying this is the worst spot in the state,” she said.
There were 48,121 crashes reported on state highways in 2023, according to WSDOT data. Of those, 346 fatal collisions involved the death of 392 people.
The site near Liberty Lake is one of only two in the state that are part of the pilot program, with the other being on Interstate 5 between Cook and Bow Hill roads in Skagit County. Signs warning drivers about the speed cameras have been posted at each location. The Legislature specified that it wanted a location on the east side of the state and one on the west side for the pilot project, Moreno said.
The cameras only take a picture of a vehicle’s license plate, not the driver, Moreno said. A warning letter will be sent to the registered owner of the car notifying them of the speed violation and how much a ticket could have cost them. There will be no fines issued during the pilot program, Moreno said.
“It’s not a ticket,” she said. “It’s just a courtesy.”
The warning letters will not be sent to owners of cars registered in a different state. “It will only go to Washington residents,” she said. “It’s just a safety program.”
Residents are being asked to give the state feedback about the pilot program by visiting engage.wsdot. wa.gov/highway-speed-cameras. Those comments, plus the data collected by the speed cameras, will be presented to legislators.
The Legislature hopes the program will encourage drivers to slow down and reduce the number of collisions, Moreno said. “Hopefully this will save lives,” she said.
The state allocated $2 million for the pilot program to pay for purchasing the cameras, setting them up and postage to mail the warning letters. If a vehicle is photographed multiple times speeding through the pilot project area, only one letter will be sent, Moreno said. “We have a very limited budget,” she said.
Though the first camera near the Harvard Road exit is within the Liberty Lake city limits, neither the mayor nor the police chief was
notified in advance that it was being installed, said Police Chief Damon Simmons. No one has called the department to complain, but Simmons said he did get a call from someone asking what the camera was for.
There currently are not any speed cameras in the city of Liberty Lake, but Simmons said he is considering asking the City Council to install traditional speed cameras in school zones and near parks. However, the council needs to approve a city ordinance allowing the cameras first, he said.
The speed cameras on I-90 will be removed in late June, Moreno said. It will be up to state legislators to decide if they want to continue the program in some form, she said, whether that is an expansion of the pilot project, advancing to issuing tickets or not continuing the program at all.
“That’s really going to be their decision,” she said. “The future of the program is up to the Legislature. I think a lot will have to do with what the data shows.”
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Apart of a State pilot program, a traffic speed camera has been deployed on west bound Interstate 90 just passed the Harvard Road Bridge. While no tickets will be issued, letters will be sent to Washington Residents who are found speeding through the corridor. The pilot program runs through late June.
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Significant Cases
2025-88003748 / 2025-88003749 / 2025-88003752: VEHICLE PROWLS
On 3/29/2025, two smash and grab vehicle prowls were reported at Rocky Hill Park and Orchard Park. Another attempted smash and grab occurred at Pavillion Park the same day. However, the suspects were unable to break the vehicle’s window and left. The suspects were driving a 2024-2025 gray Dodge Durango and a 2024-2025 silver Honda Pilot. The same vehicles were involved in similar incidents in Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls.
2025-88003563: ASSAULT 2D
On 3/25/2025, LLPD officers responded to an assault between juvenile brothers on N Eagle Rd. Upon arrival, the responding officer saw one brother strangling the other. The officer gave several verbal commands to stop, which were ignored. When the officer attempted to take the aggressor into custody, he lunged toward the officer and appeared to reach for the officer’s firearm. The juvenile male was taken into custody for Assault 2nd and 3rd and transported to the Spokane County Juvenile Detention Center.
2025-88003644 / 2025-88003156: MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
On 3/17/2025 and 3/27/2025, property was damaged at Orchard Park. These cases are pending review of video footage to attempt to identify any suspects.
The Liberty Lake Police Department would like to remind everyone to keep their valuable belongings out of their vehicles at night and keep their vehicles and homes secure. As the weather gets warmer, stay aware of walkers and cyclists as you approach intersections. Remember that you must be 16 years of age and possess a valid driver's license to operate a Golf Cart within the city. You can register your cart at the Police Department and receive a copy of all the rules. Stay safe and take care of one another.
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Kennedy, who made the motion to change the 2023 rule, noted the booth had been run for years without incident only to have one incident create the issue. Kurtz said nothing had changed since 2023, and that if a charge of improper campaigning occurred, the individual could file a complaint with the state Public Disclosure Commission.
Cargill, who brought the issue up at the April 15 meeting, agreed, “But that’s the point.” He said it was not members of the council who were the issue but others staffing the booth.
“And that’s the problem I have,” he added.
In 2023, Spencer, Dunne, Van Orman, Kurtz and former Councilman Tom Sahlberg voted in favor of the prohibition rule. Cargill and former Mayor Pro-Tem Phil Folyer were opposed.
Capital Investment Advisory Board
Council held the first reading at the April 15 meeting of an ordinance creating a Capital Investment
Advisory Board. The board will “partner with city staff to form a steering committee for developing the City's Capital Facilities Plan and recommending an annual capital budget to the City Council.”
The proposed board would consist of five members, one each from planning, parks and arts, community engagement commissions and the library board and an “at-large” member from the community appointed by the mayor. The proposal from the board stemmed from a March 25 council workshop on identifying funding sources and strategies as well as how best to prioritize and deliver city capital projects.
The workshop was held to explore options on producing a “more deliberate capital investment strategy to plan, fund and deliver capital improvements” between 20262040. City staff also presented for council review some improvements staff has made and are utilizing to enhance project identification and prioritization, scheduling and oversight designed to “promote efficiency, stewardship, resiliency and transparency.”
COVER STORY
Spring and Summer Events return to Liberty Lake
By Ben Wick Splash Publisher
We typically think about and give more promotion to the traditional summer events but there
are a number of events that often times get overlooked. Here is a look ahead at some of the annual events in Liberty Lake that you can be apart of which are just around the corner.
Liberty Lake Farmers Market
Beginning May 17th, the market will be open Saturdays from 9am1pm in Town Square Park (1421 N. Meadowood Lane).
With the vision of connecting the area community with local farmers and each other The Liberty Lake Farmers market recognizes that in order to continue to be successful it will need to grow and adapt as times
change. According to their website, “As we do grow, it will be slow and steady. Our goal remains to be focused on ‘Quality’ vendors that help create and sustain the unique feel of the Liberty Lake Farmers Market. We are also committed to keeping a proper balance between farm vendors and all others. First and foremost, we are a ‘farmers’ market.”
The Liberty Lake Farmers Market was founded in 2002 by brother and sister Jim Frank and Susan Parker. With the help of a handful of volunteers and some dedicated farmers, Eight vendors began selling their goods in the parking lot of the Liberty Square building. Today, the Liberty lake Farmers Market averages 40 to 50 vendors each Saturday. It is full of wonderful produce, baked goods, eggs, meats, fish and specialty items from all around the Northwest.
Memorial Day in Liberty Lake
Organized by the Liberty Lake Centennial Rotary Club, Memorial Day Celebration will take place in Pavillion Park throughout Memorial Day weekend which is May 23rd through 26th. This years activities include: The Luminary tribute display in the park starting Friday and going through Monday. Saturday May 24th will be an informal tribute walk, bike, run event along the Fallen Heroes Circuit Course which begins and ends at Pavillion Park. The full course is 5.75 miles and includes 5 separate stations.
The Memorial Day pancake breakfast is Monday May 26th from 8:30am to 10:30am with a program featuring a keynote speaker of Congressman Michael Baumgartner of the 5th Congressional District. Proceeds from this event benefit Inland Northwest Honor Flight.
Liberty Lake 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament
The 4th annual Liberty Lake 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament is Saturday May 31st in the STCU Corporate Parking Lot. This event is hosted by Legacy Church. The vision began in the heart of a Central Valley High School Student who wanted to create a local basketball event for students who are ready to kick off the summer in high gear!
Done in partnership with Hoopfest, Tournament Director Tyrel Derrick describes the event as a Hoopfest ‘warm up’ tournament. “We want everyone to have fun”
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Student of the Month
Making his third appearance at the state level, Ridgeline senior Krew Akins is trying something new this year. Krew has been apart of the Future Business Leaders of America Program at Ridgeline qualifying for state in graphic design category, however this year he is also pursuing the area of personal finance. Akins also branched out this year and joined the school Drama program and had roles in the recent play ‘The Plot Like Gravy Thickens’ as well as the upcoming musical ‘Cinderella’ which premiers May 1st and has shows through May 9th. Akins is also a part of the National Honor Society (NHS) and volunteers with Lifeline Children’s services an organization that helps foster kids as well as with the youth group at One Church where he attends. Getting hooked digital art after taking a graphics arts class at Ridgeline, Akins
Athlete of the Month
Ridgeline senior Lilley Tripplet strives to make a positive impact on younger girls and the Ridgeline program. Tripplet has played softball for nine years, most recently as an outfielder or center field to be more exact. She is also on the team leadership team serving as the team coordinator or director. While the team is 7 and 6 for the season so far, Tripplet says that this is the best season she has played “We are having so much fun and really bonding as a team” added Tripplet. Tripplet is ranked #1 in the Greater Spokane League in Batting Average, with an average of .659. After graduation Tripplet hopes to take softball to the next level and
Citizen of the Month
While in his inaugural year as Director of the Liberty Lake 3 on 3 Tournament, Tyrel Derrick is no stranger on or off the court. Tyrel, played basketball on the Lakeland High School team in Rathdrum then went on to play college basketball at Wheaton College before settling back home in the local area of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho. His experience as a second generation head coach at Lakeland High School, and as a director of an area teams AAU program has helped him endeavor into this new adventure. Tyrel attends Legacy Church with his wife Jaclyn and has a passion for community.
“This is more than basketball—it’s
By John McCallum Splash contributor Baseball
Falcon spring teams zero in on post seasons
The Falcons are in sixth place in the Greater Spokane League’s 3A/4A division, but with seven games remaining. Ridgeline is 5-6 in the GSL — tied with Shadle Park — and 5-9 overall, but with key games against fourth-place University (8-3, 9-4) and second-place Gonzaga Prep (8-2, 10-3) remaining.
The Falcons return six letter winners and five starters from last year’s team that won the program’s first ever GSL regular season title but fell two playoff wins shy of a state appearance. Key for the team are a pair of 1st Team All-GSL juniors: Caden Andreas and Ben Wartinger.
Andreas starts at shortstop and “sets the tone for us” at the plate, head coach Jeramie Maupin said. Wartinger is a key in the Falcons starting mound rotation as well as being “a pure hitter.”
Also returning are three more juniors: Mikey Macall (third base, pitcher), Charlie Lyon (pitcher, outfielder) and Nolan Wohl (catcher, third base) who is coming off of shoulder surgery at the beginning of the season.
“Coming off of our first GSL title there are a lot of expectations but also a lot of key positions to fill,” Maupin said. “We have a very talented junior class with a few seniors and underclassmen mixed in and we can do a lot of good things this year as long as we can put everything together.”
Ridgeline has posted some big wins this season, including a 7-2 win over U-Hi on April 18 and a 7-1 win over third-place Mt. Spokane (8-3, 11-3) on April 3. They’ve also been on the bottom of the rollercoaster
Fastpitch softball
by losing both games against Shadle and two to league-leading Central Valley.
“We've had some really good wins (Mt. Spokane and University) but then dropped a few that we should have been able to win,” Maupin said. “We have seven games left and it's going to be a fight and I have a feeling it'll come down to the day of the regular season.”
The Falcons sit in fourth place in the GSL at 7-5, 7-6, third among 3A schools, just two games behind last year’s third-place 3A state placer University.
Ridgeline is led offensively by seniors Lilley Triplett (batting .675 with eight home runs and 28 RBIs), Dani Phillips (hitting .444) and Lily Lander (.400). Also contributing are junior Quincy Coder (.452), sophomores Ada Case (.455) and Persais Triplett (.412) and freshmen Colbie Hallett (.429) and Gianna Haiar (.483).
Head coach Alyssa Rasmussen said pitchers Elli Thompson (senior) and Persais Triplett (sophomore) have been solid in the circle.
“They have really stepped up and held some of the biggest hitters
in the league to basic hits,” she added.
The Falcons have also received good defensive work in the outfield from Persais Triplett, Lilley Triplett, Thompson and Coder, showing range and making “outstanding catches.”
With six games remaining, Ridgeline has the opportunity to move upwards in the standings with games against U-Hi and 4A Mead. They will also be challenged by several teams chasing them such as Ferris (5-7, 6-9), Central Valley (57, 5-9) and Shadle Park (5-8).
“Truly a team with heart and grit,” Rasmussen said. “If we continue to work hard and stay focused, we could really go far this season.”
Golf
The Falcon girls are currently in third place in the GSL standings, one point behind 4A Lewis and Clark and five points behind leagueleader Gonzaga Prep, also 4A classification. In the three league matches, Ridgeline has earned 25 points with one second-place finish and two third-place finishes.
“Two matches to go,” head coach Danny White said. “G-Prep will win
the GSL, and the battle is for second against LC.”
The Falcons have been playing well outside of league. At the Wine Valley Invitational in Walla Walla on March 10, Ridgeline placed third, with senior Carolyn Rose fourth as an individual.
Ridgeline was fifth overall at the Walla Walla Invitational the next day, with Rose placing fifth. At the Gamble Sands Invitational in Brewster on April 10, Ridgeline and Rose both placed second, with Rose also winning the Long Drive competition. Senior Reagon Rothley tied for fourth individually, shooting a new personal record round of 84.
Ridgeline captured the team championship at the Eileen Northcutt Invitational on April 18 at Wandermere Golf Course, besting 26 other teams with a combined score of 239. Rose was individual champion, shooting a PR round of 72, while sophomore Chloe Hamilton tied for fourth with a PR round of 81 and senior Kate Mulligan shot a seasonbest round of 86 for ninth.
The Falcons have two GSL matches remaining, competing at Qualchan Golf Course on April 28 and at Wandermere on May 5.
“We are the clearly best 3A team in the area, I believe, including the Tri-Cities teams,” White said.
Soccer
The Falcons (4-0 GSL, 6-4-1 overall) are tied with Central Valley (4-1, 6-3) for second in the GSL with 13 points each. They will meet on April 30 when Ridgeline travels the four miles down Country Vista to Sprague to Sullivan to face the Bears.
Before that, Ridgeline faces Ferris (0-5, 1-7) on April 23, Mead (2-3, 3-6) on April 25, and wraps up the season against GSL-leader, 4A Lewis and Clark (5-0, 10-0-1) in the home finale May 2.
The Falcons opened the season with a 2-1 in over G-Prep before losing their next three games, including a 2-0 non-league matchup
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Photo by John McCallum
The Ridgeline High School varsity girls golf teams is pictured above, left to right: Kate Mulligan, Chloe Hamilton, Reagan Rothley, Carolyn Rose, Morgan Quesnell and Sawyer Anderson.
Liberty Lake’s rich produce history features unique roots
By Ross Schneidmiller Liberty Lake Historical Society
The Liberty Lake Farmers Market opens its 2025 season this month. Our community looks forward to when the region’s farmers bring their produce to the market. The Liberty Lake area has a rich history when it comes to fresh produce and markets. However, it started with growers first.
In the fall of 1880, Stephen Liberty sold produce at the Spokane Market including cabbage, squash and apples. It had been grown here on the westside of the lake that bore his name. The Spokane Times reported the several bushels of apples he brought to market were “the prettiest apples we have seen this year.”
One of Liberty’s cabbages weighed in at 17 pounds. This was
large yet considerably smaller than the over 40-pound one he sold the year before. Reporting these growing feats was more than “believe it or not” journalism. They gave proof that the sandy soils of the Spokane area were capable of producing successful crops, thus promoting the Inland Northwest.
The judges for the Spokane Fruit Fair of 1895 awarded Roderick Mackenzie, Liberty Lake’s first hotel proprietor, second place for his Northern Spy Apple plate exhibit.
The Mackenzie Hotel, like most of Liberty Lakes first resorts, raised most of the food they served in their restaurant. Providing a true farm-totable experience for their customers.
Jennings B. Cox took a lease on the secondary property at MacKenzie Bay on Liberty Lake’s eastside. From the 1930s into the 1950s, he raised fruits and vegetables, supplying several of the produce stands that operated along Sprague Avenue, the main business corridor running through Spokane and Spokane Valley.
Longtime Liberty Lake resident
Ron Knudsen started working for Jennings when he was around 13 years old. He recalls pulling lots of weeds for the affable man who went by his initials “J.B.” The crew spent substantial time tying cauliflower and cabbage as well as digging potatoes. Most of the fruit trees were located on the hillside east of the road. Knudsen said apples, cherries and some peaches were grown.
Surface irrigation was used to water the produce and orchards.
Spring water was collected in cisterns, piped to the different locations, then gravity fed into furrows between the rows of vegetables and around trees. In addition to his wholesale business J.B. sold to the public. He did not have a stand at the farm, but customers could place an order for pick up.
Growing up at Liberty Lake in the 1960s we did not have this convenience. I remember going weekly with my mother to Renfro’s in the Spokane Valley for fruits and vegetables. Going in their walk-in coolers for a flat of berries was a respite from the hot weather. Our
next stop would often be Rice’s Meat Packing near Shelly Lake. I usually enjoyed a free sample of their cured meats.
Scotty Renfro and the Rice brothers were very friendly and offered a great selection of quality products. Today’s Liberty Lake Farmers Market offers the same plus for many of us in the community who appreciate the convenience of walking or biking to the venue and visiting with our friends.
Did you know?
• At a certain point in growing his cauliflower and cabbage crop, J.B. Cox would tie the outer leaves up and over the head of the vegetable. Doing this shading helped achieve the desired color for the produce.
• The Northern Spy Apple was discovered around 1800 in New York state. It became very popular for its juicy tart flavor and reputation as the best apple for making pies but has since fallen out of commercial favor due to its tendency to bruise easily, disease susceptibility and irregular shape.
Image courtesy of Liberty Lake Historical Society
The MacKenzie Hotel orchards and fields on the westside of Liberty Lake, circa 1907. The apple overlay is the Northern Spy variety.
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with CV. They broke that streak with a 2-0 win over Cheney, and have won four of their last six games, the only blemishes being a 3-0 loss to 2A West Valley and tie April 19 to G-Prep.
Track and Field
As the weather begins to heat up, so does the track and field season. For Ridgeline’s boys and girls, that was heralded by the opening of GSL competition on April 17, followed by the Van Kuren Invitational on April 19 in Cheney.
The Falcons played host to University and Central Valley, losing to both schools, with the girls 80-68 loss to CV the closest of the day.
Senior Daden Lewis notched the Falcon boys lone first-place finish, winning the shot put with a toss of 49 feet, 10.75 inches. Second-place finishes went to senior Tanner Hamblin in the 200, sophomore Keenan Huntsinger in the 800, junior Jackson Huettl in the javelin and freshman Gavin O’Connell in the high jump.
Kali Rothrock highlighted the girls’ afternoon, winning the 400-meter dash in 1 minute, 1.08 seconds — a new personal record for the junior — finishing second in the 200 in 27.66, also a new PR and winning the long jump with another PR of 16-6.75. Senior Paige Huntsinger captured the 3,200 in 12:08.29 while junior Millie Bruck won the high jump at 4-10.
At the Van Kuren, the Falcon boys placed 16th while the girls were 18th. Lewis was second in the discus and third in the shot put, setting a PR in the former of 170-01 and a season record 50-6 in the latter.
“Senior Daden Lewis is our most accomplished male thrower, and he had an outstanding day at the Van Kuren Invitational, besting his discus PR by a whopping 10 feet,” head coach Brian Spraggins said. “Currently, he is the seventh ranked discus thrower in the state and the second ranked discus thrower in 3A.”
Bruck finished third in the high jump for the girls.
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