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4A state track: Roseburg soph vaults to title


Clearing hurdles: Roseburg's Ben Sharp knocks down the final hurdle en route to a third-place finish in the 4A boys 300 hurdles Saturday in Eugene. Sharp finished third in the event.
ANDY BRONSON / N-R staff photo


JON MITCHELL, jmitchell@newsreview.info
May 22, 2005

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EUGENE -- Adam Brink kept his goals modest.

The Roseburg High sophomore wasn't worried about the big crowds at Hayward Field, the extra competition or the added pressure of winning a state championship.

And when it came to competing in the pole vault on Friday, it showed.

Brink became the first Roseburg High track and field athlete to come away with a state title in the pole vault, winning the event convincingly with an effort of 15-feet even. That highlighted the efforts of the Indians boys and girls at the 4A state track and field championship meet at the historic University of Oregon track.

"All I wanted to do was place and do my best," Brink said. "I didn't even think about winning a state title at first."

The effort by Brink was the only state title for the Indians, who managed a seventh-place finish in the boys team standings. They met their goal coming into the meet of beating Crater, scoring 27 points to the 24.5 put up by the Comets. Summit, one of the top competitors at the Roseburg Twilight meet earlier this year, won the team title with 56 points, followed by Jesuit (49), Benson (41.33) and Sam Barlow (40).

Marshfield won the girls meet with 58 points, snapping a state-record run of six consecutive team titles by Benson. The Techsters finished second with 53 points, followed by Lakeridge (33) and Summit (30).

Roseburg's girls team failed to score during the meet.

Brink and five other competitors were left when the bar reached 14 feet. But everyone else in the field started dropping off after that, leaving Brink and Brian Singhai of David Douglas in the competition.

Brink went on to clear the bar at 14-6 on his second try. Singhai couldn't match it.

"The next thing we knew, there were two guys left," said Roseburg coach Jim Moyer, who specializes in coaching the Indians vaulters. "The other guy, his PR was at 14 feet. At that point, I knew we had it."

Never in Oregon's recorded track and field history dating back to 1927 had a Roseburg athlete won the pole vault, according to the Oregon School Activities Association. His height was the lowest needed to win the event since Justin Thompson of South Medford did it in 15-0 at the 1993 meet, but he was also one of only two individual stante champions from the Southern Oregon Conference. The other was Katelyn Van Brunt of Grants Pass, who won the 800-meter dash in 2 minutes, 14.64 seconds.

Two other Roseburg High athletes managed third-place finishes.

Ben Sharp was oh-so close to winning the 300 hurdles but fell short at the end. The Roseburg senior led the event up until the last hurdle, when he studder stepped and hit the hurdle on his way over.

That brief pause opened the door for Tyler McBee of Beaverton, who won the event in 39.14, and second-place Joe Herrle of Jesuit (39.34). Sharp was third in 39.48.

"On that last hurdle, I made a mistake and it cost me," said Sharp, who had posted a time off 39.10 earlier this season. "I was hoping to win because I came into the meet with the fastest time here. I guess it just wasn't my day today."

Roseburg senior Isaiah Smith almost managed a second-place finish in the triple jump. His jump of 44 feet, 2 inches was the second-best jump of the preliminaries, and he improved on that with a leap of 45-1 1/4 to stay in second. But Matt Lariza of Barlow overcame him in the final, moving into second behind winner Jordan Brown of Tigard (46-9) with a jump of 45-4 3/4.

Still, the placing is better than last year's 10th-place finish for Smith.

"Last year I had a lot of injuries that held me back," said Smith, who will play football at Western Oregon University in the fall. "This year, I've been trying to keep healthy. That definitely made a difference today."

In the girls meet, Katie Wilton finished 12th in the 1,500 in 4:54.04 after coming back from behind the entire field. Hayley Buckbee's put of 32-8 1/4 was good for 16th place, and Val Groshong took 16th in the discus (106-9) and 17th in the javelin (105-4).



BOYS

TEAM RESULTS-- 1. Summit 56; 2. Jesuit 49; 3. Benson 41.33; 4. Barlow 40; 5. Tualatin 32; 6. Newberg 31; 7. Roseburg 27; 8. Crater 24.50; 9. Beaverton 24; 10. Central Catholic, South Eugene 21; 12. St. Helens, 18; 13. Tigard, Eagle Point, Sheldon, Sandy, 17. Sprague 16; 18. Churchill 13, Grant, Clackamas 13; 21. The DallesWahtonka 10; 22. Wilson 9.50; 23. Sunset 9; 24.Cleveland, Corvallis, Mountain View, Grants Pass, David Douglas, Lake Oswego, 8; 30. Centennial 7.33; 31. Pendleton 7; 32. Ashland, South Salem 6, 34. Milwaukie, McKay, Hermiston 5; 37. Southridge, Westview, Lincoln, Putnam, 4; 41. Dallas, Marshfield, West Salem, 3; 44. Gresham, North Eugene, Bend, Century, 2; 48. McMinnville, North Medford, Springfield, 1; 51. Crescent Valley 0.33.

100 -- 1, Sam Michener, Barlow, 10.87. 2, Kevin Dickson, Tualatin, 10.89. 3, John Torsey, Summit, 10.97. 4, Aaron Campbell, Summit, 10.99. 5, Nathan Ingrao, Sandy, 11.01. 6, Seth Tarver, Jesuit, 11.10. 7, Ryan Fitzgerald, Westview, 11.18. 8, Wesley Keller, Tualatin, 11.19. 200 -- 1, Sam Michener, Barlow, 21.76. 2, Seth Tarver, Jesuit, 22.13. 3, Nate Anderson, Benson, 22.27. 4, Nathan Crabtree, Summit, 22.33. 5, Aric Wright, South Eugene, 22.46. 6, Nathan Ingrao, Sandy, 22.62. 7, Mat Strum, South Salem, 22.71. 8, John Torsey, Summit, 22.71. 400-- 1, Nate Anderson, Benson, 47.37. 2, Aric Wright, South Eugene, 48.82. 3, Nathan Crabtree, Summit, 49.20. 4, Nathan Ingrao, Sandy, 49.71. 5, Mat Strum, South Salem, 50.31. 6, Brian Beck, Dallas, 50.60. 7, Peter DeBois, Gresham, 51.16. 8, Jeff Ellner, Pendleton, 51.84. 800-- 1, Ryan Waite, St. Helens, 1:52.52. 2, Sid Walters, Cleveland, 1:54.44. 3, John Maletis, Jesuit, 1:54.68. 4, Martin Romero-Clark, Benson, 1:54.78. 5, Greggory Dallaire, Crater, 1:55.34. 6, Ryan Nicols, Corvallis, 1:56.95. 7, Dylan Coleman, Bend, 1:58.47. 8, Kenyon Neuman, Summit, 2:06.08. 1,500-- 1, Zuber Ahmed, Benson, 3:53.03. 2, Kenny Klotz, Central Catholic, 3:54.36. 3, Kenyon Neuman, Summit, 3:54.52. 4, Isaac Stoutenburgh, Crater, 3:55.97. 5, Duke Wasteney, Lincoln, 3:57.86. 6, Michael Maag, Jesuit, 3:58.13. 7, Stephen Oliver, Central Catholic, 3:58.88. 8, Gavin Weaver, Roseburg, 3:58.99. 3,000-- 1, Zuber Ahmed, Benson, 8:20.50. 2, Kenny Klotz, Central Catholic, 8:21.24. 3, David Morgan, Ashland, 8:25.54. 4, Michael Maag, Jesuit, 8:26.57. 5, Isaac Stoutenburgh, Crater, 8:30.74. 6, Stephen Oliver, Central Catholic, 8:35.69. 7, Jerhoemee Murray, Century, 8:45.49. 8, Devin McDaniel, Sandy, 8:46.86.



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Sandy landing: Roseburg's Isaiah Smith placed third in the boys 4A triple jump at the state track championships in Eugene Saturday.
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110 HURDLES-- 1, Tyler McBee, Beaverton, 14.83. 2, Nick Obradovich, Jesuit, 15.10. 3, Adam Goff, Crater, 15.15. 4, Matt Fitzgerald, Sheldon, 15.22. 5, Chase Holenstein, Centennial, 15.22. 6, Lloyd Massey, Sprague, 15.37. 7, Jordan Kelly, Sprague, 15.45. 8, Roosevelt Roby, Springfield, 15.77. 300 HURDLES-- 1, Tyler McBee, Beaverton, 39.12. 2, Joe Herrle, Jesuit, 39.34. 3, Ben Sharp, Roseburg, 39.48. 4, Kersee Lind, Hermiston, 39.73. 5, Daniel Wiens, Summit, 39.94. 6, Chase Holenstein, Centennial, 40.31. 7, Nick Barnes, St. Helens, 41.40. 8, Jacob Laune, McMinnville, 42.00. 400 METER RELAY-- 1, Summit (Aaron Campbell 11, John Torsey 12, Chris Ward 12, Nathan Crabtree 12), 42.09. 2, Tualatin (Eddie Masterson 11, Wesley Keller 11, Christian Burghardt 11, Kevin Dickson 12), 42.43. 3, Barlow (Kyle Larkin 12, Maddison Peterson 12, Eric Capelle 9, Sam Michener 12), 42.78. 4, McKay (O'Shea Hamilton 12, Reese Smith 10, Miguel Gonzales 12, Ben Kuenzi 12), 43.32. 5, Jesuit (Conor O'Brien 12, Ian McMillan 12, Seth Tarver 11, Keo Camat 11), 43.47. 6, Sheldon (Ben Stoneberg 12, Matt Welch 12, Aaron McVein 11, Matt Fitzgerald 12), 43.52. 7, Pendleton (Robert Thorne 10, Maurice Peterson 10, Michael Duckett 9, Jeff Ellner 11), 43.85. 1,600 METER RELAY-- 1, Summit (Daniel Wiens 12, Kenyon Neuman 12, Chris Ward 12, Nathan Crabtree 12), 3:21.00. 2, Grants Pass (Mark Stork 11, Terry Hodder 10, Justin Ruyle 12, Dusty Parrish 10), 3:23.02. 3, St. Helens (Ron Walters 10, Nick Barnes 10, Brian Saxe 11, Ryan Waite 11), 3:23.76. 4, Corvallis (Jordan Fred 10, Michael Weller 11, Jarren Simons 12, Ryan Nicols 12), 3:24.19. 5, Sandy (Ryan Ball , Devin McDaniel 12, Matt Romey 12, Nathan Ingrao 12), 3:27.02. 6, Roseburg (James Snyder 12, Gavin Weaver 12, Don Sheldon 12, Ben Sharp 12), 3:27.10. 7, Westview (Pat Sippel 12, Ryan Long 12, Paul Draghicescu 11, Ryan Fitzgerald 11), 3:27.51. 8, Tigard (Casey Clem 11, Justin Lehner 10, Jordan Brown 12, Jaleel Kindell 12), 3:27.89. HIGH JUMP-- 1, Tyler Poppe, Churchill, 6-08. 2, Wes Collett, Lake Oswego, 6-06. 3, Jacob Smith, Barlow, 6-06. 4, Kevin Dickson, Tualatin, 6-04. 5, Blaine Hoogenboom, Sunset, 6-04. 5, Kai Ojala, Wilson, 6-04. 7, Aaron McVein, Sheldon, 6-04. 8, Dan Daw, Clackamas, 6-02. POLE VAULT-- 1, Adam Brink, Roseburg, 15-00. 2, Brian Singhai, David Douglas, 14-00. 3, Mitch Withers, Sunset, 13-06. 3, Adam Goff, Crater, 13-06. 5, Ben Kocarnik, Jesuit, 13-06. 6, Andrew Simpson, Marshfield, 13-00. 7, Mike Schmidt, Clackamas, 13-00. 8, Craig Teegarden, Crescent Valley, 13-00. 8, Alex Johnson, Benson, 13-00. 8, Sam Helland, Centennial, 13-00. LONG JUMP-- 1, Kevin Dickson, Tualatin, 23-11. 2, Ashton Eaton, Mountain View, 23-02.25. 3, Matt Welch, Sheldon, 22-11.75. 4, Jordan Brown, Tigard, 22-08.50. 5, Cameron Federline, Pendleton, 22-03.75. 6, Charles Noll, Wilson, 21-08.50. 7, Tim Alban, North Eugene, 21-04. 8, James Snyder, Roseburg, 21-00.75. TRIPLE JUMP-- 1, Jordan Brown, Tigard, 46-09. 2, Matt Lariza, Barlow, 45-04.75. 3, Isaiah Smith, Roseburg, 45-01.2. 4, Mshaka Mitchell, South Eugene, 44-05.25. 5, Nikolay Hristov, Beaverton, 44-02.25. 6, Justin Tonkins, Grant, 44-01. 7, Logan Johnson, Sprague, 43-05.25. 8, Matt Welch, Sheldon, 43-04.75. SHOT PUT-- 1, Suh Ndamukong, Grant, 61-04. 2, Joey Pratt, Sprague, 58-09.75. 3, Jake Olson, Eagle Point, 56-06.50. 4, Sean Carey, Newberg, 55-00.75. 5, Jamey Pierson, Putnam, 53-07.50. 6, Derek Furgason, Wilson, 52-00.75. 7, Bryant Cornell, The DallesWahtonka, 51-03. 8, John Breza, Sprague, 51-02.50. DISCUS-- 1, Corey Yates, Newberg, 167-03. 2, Bryant Cornell, The DallesWahtonka, 164-11. 3, Jake Olson, Eagle Point, 158-07. 4, Greg Burke, Milwaukie, 156-01. 5, Eric Black-Maier, South Eugene, 152-03. 6, Chase Sexton, West Salem, 148-11. 7, Rudy Schaffroth, Clackamas, 148-10. 8, Dan Lewis, Tigard, 146-09. JAVELIN-- 1, Alex Wolff, Newberg, 213-05. 2, Mike Simmons, Clackamas, 213-00. 3, Cyrus Hostetler, Newberg, 201-09. 4, Jered McClellan, Eagle Point, 189-02. 5, Michael Thompson, Southridge, 189-01. 6, Paul Roshau, Churchill, 187-08. 7, Justin Valley, Summit, 183-00. 8, Brian Beadle, North Medford, 182-06.



GIRLS

TEAM SCORES-- 1. Marshfield 58; 2. Benson 53; 3. Lakeridge 33; 4. Summit 30; 5. Sandy, Gresham 28; 7. The DallesWahtonka 26; 8. Lincoln 23; 9. South Eugene 22; 10. Forest Grove, Grants Pass, Tigard 20; 13. Grant 19; 14. Jefferson 18; 15. Central Catholic 16; 15. David Douglas 16; 17. North Medford 15.50; 18. South Albany 14; 19. Hermiston 13.50; 20. Ashland 13; 21. Clackamas 11; 22. Newberg, Aloha, Reynolds, Sunset, Sheldon 10; 27. Jesuit 9.50; 28. South Medford, McMinnville, 9; 30. Redmond, Hood River Valley, 8; 32. St. Mary's, Southridge 7; 34. Barlow 6.50; 35. West Linn 6; 36. Klamath Union, Franklin 5; 38. Beaverton, Canby, South Salem, West Albany, Springfield, 4; 44. Glencoe, St. Helens, Churchill, Crater 2; 48. Thurston, Wilson, Centennial, Century 1.

100--1, Sara Callier, Benson, 12.05. 2, Nyema Sims, Jefferson, 12.27. 3, Latasha Essien, Reynolds, 12.31. 4, Carissa Bennett, Sunset, 12.40. 5, Mandy White, Lakeridge, 12.51. 6, Janece Levien, Beaverton, 12.68. 7, Yasmeen Cole, David Douglas, 12.76. 8, Sara Weeks, North Medford, 12.79. 200-- 1, Sara Callier, Benson, 24.70. 2, Leah Worthen, Marshfield, 25.11. 3, Andrea Bailey, The DallesWahtonka, 25.54. 4, Nyema Sims, Jefferson, 25.61. 5, Latasha Essien, Reynolds, 25.71. 6, Lacey Meusec, Gresham, 26.04. 7, Kourtney Parks, Summit, 26.25. 8, Kayleen McDowell, Forest Grove, 26.34. 400-- 1, Leah Worthen, Marshfield, 56.32. 2, Brenna Hoffman, Sandy, 56.93. 3, Alex Patten-Jones, Benson, 57.02. 4, Kayleen McDowell, Forest Grove, 57.65. 5, Kourtney Parks, Summit, 57.84. 6, Natalie Stoll, Grant, 58.01. 7, Andrea Bailey, The Dalles Wahtonka, 58.40. 8, Kelsey Priest, Beaverton, 59.24. 800-- 1, Katelyn Van Brunt, Grants Pass, 2:14.64. 2, Annaliese Chapa, Central Catholic, 2:16.04. 3, Sheryl Page, Sandy, 2:16.40. 4, Elise Manley, Franklin, 2:17.53. 5, Laura Nilsen, Jesuit, 2:18.30. 6, Casey Masterson, Sheldon, 2:18.48. 7, Nori Rice, Sheldon, 2:19.95. 8, April Bradshaw, South Medford, 2:20.26. 1,500-- 1, Sheryl Page, Sandy, 4:36.22. 2, Annaliese Chapa, Central Catholic, 4:37.80. 3, Zoe Roy, Summit, 4:39.17. 4, Sara Wild, Grant, 4:39.58. 5, Natalie Hemphill, Ashland, 4:39.80. 6, Kris Thomasberg, Redmond, 4:45.57. 7, Erin Gray, South Eugene, 4:46.57. 8, Claire Michel, Clackamas, 4:48.33. 3,000-- 1, Claire Michel, Clackamas, 10:07.39. 2, Erin Gray, South Eugene, 10:12.56. 3, Natalie Hemphill, Ashland, 10:14.61. 4, Kris Thomasberg, Redmond, 10:25.15. 5, Patricia Loughlin, Jesuit, 10:31.40. 6, Marsha Lampi, Lincoln, 10:31.75. 7, Kendel Nelson, Crater, 10:32.07. 8, Julie Linman, Wilson, 10:32.21.

100 HURDLES-- 1, Bianca Mathabane, Lincoln, 14.58. 2, Lindsay Zimmerman, Summit, 15.44. 3, Irene Johnson, David Douglas, 15.54. 4, Ashley Bernards, McMinnville, 15.62. 5, Samantha Berryman, Lakeridge, 15.65. 6, Jewel Martin, Benson, 16.07. 7, Melissa Penwell, Churchill, 16.27. 8, Ashley Potter, Thurston, 16.28. 300 HURDLES-- 1, Bianca Mathabane, Lincoln, 44.25. 2, Irene Johnson, David Douglas, 44.56. 3, Nina DeHaas, South Eugene, 45.12. 4, Carrie North, The DallesWahtonka, 45.20. 5, Ashley Bernards, McMinnville, 45.91. 6, Alyssa Rife, Southridge, 46.65. 7, Ashley Hart, Glencoe, 46.70. 8, Amy Nelson, Sheldon, 47.39. 400 METER RELAY-- 1, Gresham (Amanda Backowski 11, Lacey Meusec 10, Kate Franklin 12, Shaveyantay Hill 9), 48.50. 2, Marshfield (Muriel Roberge 11, Alison Worthen 9, Sadie Benn 11, Leah Worthen 12), 48.61. 3, South Eugene (Malina Wiebe 10, Nina DeHaas 10, Calie McVicker 12, Heather Bishop 11), 48.88. 4, Jefferson (Carey Courtney 12, Nyema Sims 11, Shadae Smith 12, Taylon Lincoln 12), 48.94. 5, Benson (Jewel Martin 11, Cierra Booker 10, Desiri Mason 11, Alex Patten-Jones 11), 49.00. 6, North Medford (Haylee Godfrey 10, Sara Weeks 10, Irene Kendig 10, Molly Brophy 11), 49.14. 7, The DallesWahtonka (Cherrae Evans 12, Carrie North 12, Ashley Nichols 12, Andrea Bailey 9), 49.39. 8, Lakeridge (Mandy White 10, Hillary Shoop 12, Ally Wojciechowski 12, Dani Levin 10), 49.41. 1,600 METER RELAY-- 1, Grants Pass (Courtney Cameron 11, Amanda Straw 11, Audrey Richardson 11, Katelyn Van Brunt 12), 3:56.38. 2, Gresham (Amanda Backowski 11, Kristi Riedel 12, Lacey Meusec 10, Kate Franklin 12), 3:57.34. 3, Marshfield (Sadie Benn 11, Amanda Carrasco 11, Alison Worthen 9, Leah Worthen 12), 3:57.59. 4, Grant (Kristen Delwiche 9, Bradleigh Cameron 11, Sara Wild 10, Natalie Stoll 11), 3:59.40. 5, Southridge (Alyssa Rife 9, Jackie Brown 11, Jamie Burg 11, Arianna Edwards 10), 3:59.50. 6, St. Mary's (Carmen Mitchell 11, Ellie Schmidt 9, Claire Miller 10, Kate Edstrom 11), 4:01.01. 7, Summit (Marissa Berg 9, Zoe Roy 12, Mel Horton 12, Kourtney Parks 10), 4:02.03. 8, Forest Grove (Rachel Aina 12, Rose Cooper 12, Katie Klein 12, Kayleen McDowell 12), 4:03.97. HIGH JUMP-- 1, Courtney McKinney, Aloha, 5-03. 2, Alison Worthen, Marshfield, 5-03. 3, Sarah Von Arx, Hermiston, 5-02. 3, Haylee Godfrey, North Medford, 5-02. 5, Kaila Lemerande, West Albany, 5-02. 6, Lindsay Zimmerman, Summit, 5-00. 7, Danielle Ferguson, Barlow, 5-00. 7, Marian Price, Jesuit, 5-00. POLE VAULT-- 1, Muriel Roberge, Marshfield, 12-00. 2, Ally Wojciechowski, Lakeridge, 11-09. 3, Natalie Todd-Zebell, Grant, 11-09. 4, Erika Stratton, Summit, 11-06. 5, Amber Wiley, Marshfield, 11-03. 6, McKenna Hering, Hood River Valley, 11-03. 7, Ashley Salvino, St. Mary's, 11-00. 8, Krysta Pelchar, Sandy, 11-00. LONG JUMP-- 1, Sara Callier, Benson, 18-04.75. 2, Samantha Berryman, Lakeridge, 17-08.50. 3, Irene Kendig, North Medford, 17-07. 4, Courtney Doss, Sunset, 17-05.50. 5, Rebecca Rhodes, South Salem, 17-05. 6, Jordan Kling, Ashland, 17-02.25. 7, Laura Von Arx, Hermiston, 17-00.75. 8, Jacque Postlewait, Canby, 16-11.25. TRIPLE JUMP-- 1, Sara Callier, Benson, 38-04.75. 2, Hillary Shoop, Lakeridge, 35-06.25. 3, Amanda Skerbitz, Gresham, 35-06. 4, Kari Hidle, Hood River Valley, 35-03. 5, Alison Worthen, Marshfield, 35-02.25. 6, Angela Burnett, Canby, 35-01.75. 7, Risa Allen, St. Mary's, 35-00.50. 8, Mckenzie Mann, Springfield, 34-07.75. SHOT PUT-- 1, Stephanie Horton, Tigard, 49-08. 2, Mozell Evenhus, South Albany, 43-02.50. 3, Mykael Bothum, Hermiston, 42-03.50. 4, Stevie Dunton, Klamath Union, 39-08.75. 5, Aubrey Cowan, McNary, 38-02.75. 6, Neticia Enesi, The DallesWahtonka, 37-08.50. 7, Stephanie Ralss, St. Helens, 37-04.25. 8, Amarachi Onyima, Gresham, 37-02.25. DISCUS-- 1, Stephanie Horton, Tigard, 150-04. 2, Neticia Enesi, The DallesWahtonka, 125-10. 3, Mozell Evenhus, South Albany, 125-03. 4, Lauren Sexton, Forest Grove, 124-10. 5, Andrea Herman, South Medford, 124-10. 6, Kayla Hendershot, Sandy, 119-09. 7, Emmy Greatwood, Sheldon, 117-07. 8, Vanessa Warcheza, Century, 117-06. JAVELIN-- 1, Rachel Yurkovich, Newberg, 172-08. 2, Lauren Sexton, Forest Grove, 154-05. 3, Jeeni Schantin, West Linn, 135-01. 4, Ali Mumford, Barlow, 131-10. 5, Katie Singler, South Medford, 131-07. 6, Stacie Bronson, Springfield, 127-04. 7, Tessa Greatwood, Sheldon, 125-07. 8, Holly Reynolds, Centennial, 125-03.