CHENEY — Jordan Spradlin closed out a magnificent high school careers in style. Seth Bridge perpetuated a family tradition.

Karlee Freeman easily passed a state gut check. And Devin Merksick and Sean Sath registered dramatic victories.

That Twin Harbors quintet captured titles on the final day of the State 1A/2B/1B Track & Field Championships on Saturday at Eastern Washington University in Cheney.

Montesano senior Spradlin added a third state girls 1A discus championship to a similar feat in the shot put.

One day after winning the boys 2B shot put, North Beach senior Bridge successfully defended his state discus title.

Raymond’s Freeman fought through an injury to capture the girls 2B shot put. The multi-talented junior had won her second discus title one day earlier.

Hoquiam senior Merksick took the Class 1A boys high jump. Raymond senior Sath blazed to a state title in the boys 2B 110-meter hurdles.

Aberdeen’s Bryan Sidor came within an eyelash of adding to the Twin Harbors state title harvest. He was an agonizingly close second in the boys 400 meters at the state 2A meet at Tacoma’s Mount Tahoma High School.

Class 1A

Spradlin concluded her high school career with a sixth state title. The University of Arizona-bound senior’s winning discus throw of 139-3 (on her second attempt of the day) was five feet better than her victorious mark of a year ago and seven feet more than her previous season best (although well short of her PR in that event).

Colville’s Josie Cox was second at 120-9 and Okanogan’s Jill Townsend, the state leader entering the meet, placed third at 120-6.

“Jordan threw really well today,” Monte girls coach Doug Schupbach said. “I think she had (three) throws over 130.”

The state leader in the boys high jump entering state, Hoquiam’s Merksick survived a tense three-man duel also involving Stevenson’s Lincoln Krog and Zillah’s Ryan Slack.

All three cleared 6-4 but missed their first two attempts at 6-6. Krog and Slack also failed on their third tries. Had Merksick (going last) followed suit, a jump-off beginning at 6-4 would have been necessary.

The HHS senior transfer from Nebraska, however, made his third try to win the event. He then soared over the bar at 6-8 before missing at 6-10 1/4, which would have broken Cole Smith’s school record.

“He cleared (6-8) by two, probably three inches,” Grizzly coach Tim Pelan reported.

Hoquiam’s boys had a productive meet, placing sixth overall.

“Like I’ve said all year, we’re built for a meet like this, because we have so many high-level kids,” Pelan said. “Every boy who came over medaled.”

Hoquiam senior Anthony Nash ran fourth in the boys 200 meters, with a time of 22.42, and was sixth in the 100 (11.49). He also anchored a 4×100 relay team (which also included Chris Smith, Artimus Johnson and Jonah Doll) that finished fifth in 43.88.

Elma freshman Jillian Bieker was fifth in the girls 300 hurdles (47.04). Elma’s Brandon Butcher was eighth in the boys 400 meters (51.85).

2B

North Beach senior Bridge made it four straight state discus titles for members of his family. It was the second consecutive crown in that event for Seth. His older brother Caleb, the meet record-holder at 185-7, had won the previous two.

Including Seth’s victory in Friday’s shot put, North Beach throwers have captured seven state titles since 2014.

Seth Bridge’s throw of 173-2 on Saturday, only three inches off his personal best, topped Asotin’s Cody Whitmore by some six feet. Raymond’s Luke Hamilton took seventh at 139-9.

After throwing from a standing position to protect her injured knee in winning the girls discus the previous day, Raymond’s Freeman had intended to use a shuffle step in Saturday’s shot put. But she wound up using the standard glide on her first throw.

“It felt pretty good and she kept gliding the whole time,” Raymond coach Mike Tully reported.

Freeman’s first throw, 37-10, would have actually been sufficient to win the event. But she later uncorked a personal-best toss of 40-6 1/4 to win handily. La Conner’s Sarah Hastings was second at 36-11 and North Beach’s Natasha Fruh fifth at 35-8 3/4.

Raymond senior Sath finally got the better of Pe Ell’s Tyler Justice to take the boys short hurdles. Fatigue and a slight head-wind slowed times for all competitors, but Sath’s mark of 15.46 edged Justice by .14 and was a full second in front of the third-place finisher.

Hard work in practice to overcome the slow starts that had plagued Sath in previous meetings was the key to this triumph, according to Tully.

“They’ve probably raced a half-dozen times this year and Justice has gotten him every single time until today,” the Raymond coach observed. Justice later won the 300 hurdles.

Sath also joined Marcus Anderson, McCartney Maden and Jace Duckworth on a 4×100-meter relay team that took fifth (45.91). Anderson barely missed a state medal by taking ninth in the boys triple jump.

The reigning state champion, Duckworth settled for fourth in the boys pole vault. He cleared 13 feet, but Kittitas’ Jared McIrvin, the state leader entering the meet, won it at 15-1.

North Beach’s Brenden Chaney, the Pacific League champion, was unable to compete in the pole vault after aggravating a hamstring injury.

Ocosta’s Matthew Hart, eighth in the pole vault at 11-6, surpassed his PR by some nine feet in placing third in the javelin at 167-6.

Wildcat senior Kathryn Anderson added a fourth-place finish in the girls 800 meters (2:25.99) to her previous fifth in the 1,600.

The North Beach quartet of Reilly Moore, Tawni Blankenship, Brooklyn Neal and Lorin Cox were third in the girls 4×100 relay at 51.45. Cox and Moore joined Mariah Vogler and Kaytlynn Corey to place eighth in the mile relay.

Impressive freshman Cox ran fifth in the girls 100 meters (13.2) and sixth in the 200 (27.07). Blankenship, who won the girls pole vault Friday, was eighth in the long jump (16-2 1/2).

“We’re coming home with 18 medals,” Hyak assistant coach Todd Bridge observed.

South Bend senior A.J. Sanchez was fourth in the boys 300 hurdles in 42.5. Teammate Ben Byington was sixth in the 110 hurdles (16.9).

“It was a great learning experience for some of our younger kids,” South Bend coach Steve Lazelle said. Lazelle also paid tribute to Sanchez for his career accomplishments.

Willapa Valley’s Brooke Friese (16.61) and Hannah Cook (16.69) were fifth and sixth, respectively, in the girls 100 hurdles.

2A

Aberdeen’s Sidor easily earned the day’s heartbreak award for Twin Harbors tracksters.

The AHS junior had continued a remarkable late-season surge by leading the qualifiers into the boys 400 meter finals. He and Sedro Woolley’s Davis Mihelich ran neck-and-neck for the final 200 meters on Saturday, but Mihelich literally dove across the finish line to nip Sidor at the tape. Mihelich was clocked in 50.2 and Sidor in 50.28.

Sidor also ran fifth in the boys 200 with a personal-best 22.19.

Aberdeen’s Faith Cardenas ran fourth in the girls 400 — a major upgrade from her 16th-place finish a year ago — in 58.35.

“On such a hot day, I was very pleased with both of their performances,” AHS coach April Meissner noted.

1B

Mary M. Knight’s Kaylee Sowle added to her state title collection by triple jumping 35 feet.

Otherwise it was a rather lean day for area competitors in this classification.

Taholah’s Celisha Ralston was sixth in the girls discus at 101-2. Taholah’s Levi Jackson, the boys javelin champion, barely fell short of a state medal in the shot put with a ninth-place finish.

North River’s Forrest Carbaugh was ninth in the boys 1,600.

Wishkah coach Bob Eager noted a number of near-misses on the part of his troops, including Brooke Haskey’s ninth-place finish in Friday’s girls 100 meters.

Kaitlyn Ferry, who registered a two-foot PR in the girls triple jump, and Will Fultz drew Eager’s praise.

“We’re quite a young group,” Eager noted. “I was pleased with their efforts and happy for their year.”