EUGENE, Ore. — Paul Ryan completed the 1,500-meter run with a time of 3 minutes, 39.12 seconds at the Olympic trials on Friday at Hayward Field.
Ryan, a former Logos High School (Moscow) and Washington State track standout who races professionally for Adidas, finished 10th in the second heat.
Nike’s Cole Hocker won the event with a time of 3:34.54.
Ryan’s time placed him 29th overall among 38 competitors. He will not advance to the finals.
This is Ryan’s second time competing at the Olympic trials. In his last time competing at the trials in 2021, Ryan had a time of 3:45.86.
WSU’s Walburn 10th place through Day 1 of decathlon
EUGENE, Ore. — Former Washington State decathlete Lee Walburn finished the first half of the Olympic trials decathlon in 10th place with 4,078 points at Hayward Field.
Walburn, who finished his college career as an All-American with the Cougars this spring, finished 10th in the shot put (47 feet, 6 inches), seventh in the high jump (6-6) and seventh in the 400 (48.44).
Walburn will finish competition in the decathlon today. He will compete in the 110 hurdles, the discus, the pole vault, the javelin and the 1,500.
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
Reality Sports 5, Lewis-Clark Twins 3
Kyson Barden had a two-RBI home run but it wasn’t enough as the Twins fell to Reality Sports of Auburn, Wash., at the Palouse Summer Series at Harris Field.
Four other players had singles for Lewis-Clark (8-7) in the loss.
The Twins’ will continue play in the Palouse Summer Series against the Northwest Bandits at 4 p.m. today at Harris Field.
Lewis-Clark 021 000 0—3 5 3
Reality Sports 230 000 x—5 5 2
Zack Bambacigno and River Stamper; Caden Shoul, Kaeden Morgan (5) and Chase Rankin.
Lewis-Clark hits — Kyson Barden (HR), Tucker Green, Hayden Line, Makhi Durrett, Brighton Schumacher.
Reality Sports hits — Alec Smetheram 2, Johnny Hall, Alex LaVassar, Danner Philbrick.
Owyhee Canes 5-6, Lewis-Clark Cubs 1-7
MERIDIAN — Carson Henson had two hits and three RBI for the Bucs, who split a doubleheader with the Canes of Meridian, Idaho, at Owyhee High School.
Henson also pitched the last 3 1/3 innings of Game 2 for Lewis-Clark (8-4-1) and earned the save in the process. He struck out three batters and allowed no hits and didn’t give up a walk.
Kendry Gimlin had two total hits for the Bucs across the doubleheader. Landon Ortiz had three RBI and a triple for Lewis-Clark in the second game.
GAME 1
Lewis-Clark 001 000 0—1 2 3
Owyhee 201 101 x—5 8 1
Landon Ortiz and Cade Cameron; Jayden Balian, TeGan McGhee (3) and Jaden Gallegos.Lewis-Clark hits — Kendry Gimlin (2B), Kendrix Jones.
Owyhee hits — Shayne Balian 2 (2B), Jack Hallenbeck 2, Knox Thomas (2B), Paul Zahm (2B), Landon Medina, Paxx Henry-Lang.
GAME 2
Lewis-Clark 304 000 0—7 9 1
Owyhee 021 300 0—6 8 1
Caddis Sevy, Carson Henson (4) and Cade Cameron, Blake Brower (4); Aiden Peterson, Gio Castillo (4), Paxx Henry-Lang (5) and Tommy Daggett, Conner Madsen (4).
Lewis-Clark hits — Henson 2, Landon Ortiz (3B), Jackson Casey, Slater Kuther, Kendry Gimlin, Kendrix Jones, Daylee Miler, Sevy.
Owyhee hits — Jayden Balian (2B), Jacob Ruffing (2B), Knox Thomas, Logan Doty, Castillo, TeGan McGhee, Dawson Defrees, Daggett.
Central Alberta Wolves 8, Moscow Blue Devils 1
LIBBY, Mont. — Kole Scharnhorst and Kolby Hawley had two hits apiece for the Blue Devils, who fell to the Wolves in the Big Bucks tournament.
One of Hawley’s hits brought in the only run of the game for Moscow (3-19).
Trey Magallon had four strikeouts in five innings pitched in relief.
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Central Alberta 301 400 x—8 9 0
Connor Perry, Trey Magallon (2) and Benson Godfrey; Ayden Henry and Ayren Henry.
Moscow hits — Kole Scharnhorst 2, Kolby Hawley 2.
Central Alberta hits — Grayson Gallais 4 (3B), Lucas Barker 3 (2B, 3B), Ayren Henry (2B), Tristan Pedersen.
Cubs split pair of games at Big Bucks tournament
LIBBY, Mont. — Morgan Boyer and Jimmy Woody had two hits apiece for the Lewis-Clark Cubs to split a pair of games at the Big Bucks tournament.
The Cubs (6-14-1) lost to the Central Alberta Wolves 10-1 and beat the host Libby Loggers 8-5.
Ty Collins and Grady Helm had two RBI apiece for Lewis-Clark against the Loggers.
The Cubs will continue competition in the Big Bucks tournament today.
Central Alberta Wolves 10, Lewis-Clark Cubs 1
Central Alberta 120 023 2—10 9 0
Lewis-Clark 000 010 0— 1 1 8
Kruise McGeough, Lucian Baker (7) and Lucas Hoppins; Zavier McFee, Luke Crosby (6), Jacob Pilon (7) and Peyton Bonebrake.
Central Alberta hits — McGeough 3 (2 2B), Jaxon Simpson 3, Walker Overwater 2, Ryder Hammer.
Lewis-Clark hits — Ty Collins.
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Lewis-Clark Cubs 8, Libby Loggers 5
Lewis-Clark 030 005 0—8 7 3
Libby 001 103 x—5 9 4
Karston EIlers, Jimmy Woody (6) and Cody Blackwell; Aidan Rose, Rusty Gillespie (5), Tanner Wolfe (6), Bo Miles (6), Noah Gillespie (7) and Rusty Gillespie, Mason Crow (2).
Lewis-Clark hits — Morgan Boyer 2, Woody 2, Zavier McFee (2B), Ty Collins, Grady Helm.
Libby hits — R. Gillespie 2 (2B), Rose 2, Crow 2, Cy Williams (2B), Cody Todd, Ian Thom.
