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By EMILY HANSON emiLy@ma,~oT~coun(y.com is Josiah's best event. McKenzie said that when she's throwing the shot put, she thinks about what's written on the back Being ranked fifth in the nation of her shirt to help her concentrate. wasn't what McKenzie Salazar-Fox When she turned around, the back expected when she left for Balti- of her shirt read: "I bust mine to more last month, kick yours." "I was hoping to win it," McKen- After Seattle, the Salazar-Fox zie, 9, said. siblings traveled to Bend, Ore., on She competed in the shot put at July 6 for the USATF Region 13 the USA Track and Field (USATF) Junior Olympics, where McKenzie Junior Olympics on July 23-29.won the shot put and Josiah tied for With a distance of 26 feet, 1 3/4 first place in the pentathalon. inches she took fifth place and came McKenzie won the shot put with home a little disappointed, a distance of 25-2 3/4. This victory "She competed really well," said qualified her for the trip to Balti- Mike Fox, McKenzie's grandfather more. and coach. "She was hoping to win Josiah tied in the pentathalon it, though." with Spencer Smith. Both boys had During the summer, McKenzie 1,869 total points. and her brother Josiah Salazar-Fox, During the pentathalon, Josiah 12, trained with their grandfather won the shot put with a distance of and Shelton High School track and 32-3 1/2and tied for first in the high field coaches Doug Sells and John jump with Eric Floyd with a cleared Sells. height of 4-5. He took second place The Salazar-Fox siblings com- in the 1,500-meter run with a time peted at the 2012 Pacific Northwest of 5:32.19. Finally, Josiah took third Junior Olympics Association Cham- place in the 80-meter hurdles with pionship June 17-24 in Seattle at a time of 16.20 and third in the long the Southwest Athletic Complex. jump with a distance of 13-6 1/4. There, McKenzie, competing in Though Josiah qualified for the the 9-10-year, old age group, took national Junior Olympics, he did second place in the shot put with not get to go. a distance of 23-3 1/2. The girl who "I went to nationals last year won first, Alaina Brady with a dis- and it was a lot (of money) to go this tance of 25-9 1/2 won the national year," he said. triathalon championship. Although he did not go to Bal- Josiah competed in the timore with his sister, Josiah said ll-12-year-old age group and won he was not disappointed, since he the outdoor pentathalon with two competed in nationals in Wichita, first-place finishes and three sec- Kan., last year. During the 2011 ond-place finishes for 1,939 total nationals, Josiah collapsed on the points, track during the 1,500-meter run Josiah took first in the shot put due to the temperature registering with a distance of 31-7 1/4 and first at above 100 degrees. in the high jump with a cleared "(McKenzie and I) had a good height of 4-4 1/2. trip to nationals," Fox said. His second-place finishes were"We got to go to D.C.," McKenzie in the 80-meter hurdles with a time stated. of 16.02 seconds, in the long jump Fox said the two of them went on with a distance of 31-1 1/2 and in a night tour of the monuments. the 1,500-meter run with a time of "It took five hours and then we 5 minutes, 17.23 seconds, ate dinner at midnight," McKenzie "When I run the 1,500 meters, I said. can't wait for it to be done," Josiah The Salazar-Fox siblings were said."It's hard and it hurts."the only Shelton children to par- "It's hard because you say it's go- ticipate in the junior Olympics this ing to be hard," McKenzie threw in summer. ~While Fox said the 1,500-meter.run "We're trying to get a youth pro- Journal photos by Emily Hanson Above, McKenzie Salazar- Fox, 9, shows off the ribbons and medals she won competing in the Junior Olympics earlier this summer. Josiah Salazar-Fox, 12, fans out the ribbons he won while competing in the Junior Olympics earlier this summer. Around his neck are two medals he won as well. gram going again," Fox said. "There ,used to be the Pacers, most of the track and field kids from 1995-2006 came through the Pacers ,but then they disbanded.' ........ Erin Ranney, far right, rows for Washington State University on the Snake River. Ranney, a 2009 Shelton High School graduate, will row her final season for the Cougars this year as a senior. Courtesy photo said she doesn't think she'll continue the rowing team, she also focuses on rowing after college, school. Continued from page C-1 "There have been girls who've For the second year in a row, she moved on to the national team, but has earned Pac-12 All-Academic ac- bittersweet. I'm not at that level," she said. "I still colades. Last school year, her GPA "I'm sad about my last season but have a year to decide what I want to was a 3.51, earning her a spot on the I'm excited for it, too," she said. do." Pac-12 All-Academic First Team. With her bachelor's degree in wild- Though Ranney spends a lot of her "It's pretty exciting," Ranney life ecology nearly complete, Ranney time training and competing withsaid. Beast tion change trail. "It's a very difficult Continued from page C-1 mountain trail race," John- son said. "The people who possibly with national and finish fast on that terrain international competitions." are talented endurance ath- He said the organizers letes." and some of the runners The overall male winner were disappointed by thefor the 20K run was Craig trail closure. Dickson, 45, from Olympia., "It's been a few years with a time of 1:58:45. The we've been talking about it," master's mate winner was Johnson said. "Some people Daniel Saul, 58, from Olym- said they'd come back next pia, with a time of 2:21:13. year so they could do the Two women participated summit run." in the race. The overall fe- Johnson had another male winner was Samantha reason to be happy with the Jeremiah, 30, from Tacoma, run. His daughter Sarah who finished with a time of Johnson, 20, was the first 2:25:35. woman to cross the finish The 2-mile kids' race line. Her time was 51:43. had three participators this The next woman to finishyear. Will Johnson, 11, from was Dolores Montgomery, Shelton, won with a time 47, from Port Orchard. With of 14:56 while Courtney a time of 57:43 she was the Burke, 13, from Shelton, master's female winner, finished in second place and The master's male win- first for the girls with a time ner was Kenneth Skora, 41, of 17:25. from Parker, Colo., with a "We try to make it fun time of 1:01:06. for the athletes and make The 20K race had 12 run-sure they have a good time," ners on the 3,600-foot eleva- Johnson said. Journal photo by Emily Hanson Sarah Johnson, 20, comes out of the woods toward the final straightaway of the Beast of Big Creek 10K on Saturday. Johnson finished fifth but was the overall female winner. By EMILYHANSON playmaker for the U16 er~i~y@E~C~¢oncou~(~'.eorn boys and that he leads by ......................................... example on the field. Lack of playing experi- Alack of experience was ence made the game dif- the difference between first ficult for the team, just as and second place at the it has for the rugby sevens state championship for the season. Shelton boy's U16 rugby "We leaned on Brian and team. Awe too much for my tastes On July 28, the Seattle but it's what we had to do," Vikings defeated Shelton Duchene said. "Hopefully 33-12. next year we'll be able to "It was a really close perform better." game, despite, what the Despite the team's rela- score says," head coach tiveinexperience, Duchene Josh Duchene said. "We said the boys took advan- had a couple tries taken tage of situations well. back because of mental "Seattle had a lot of errors. We moved the ball permlities called against well." them and the way we Everyone on the team moved the ball from them touched the ball during the impressed me," he said. game and the team was led With the summer rugby by Brian Nault and Awe sevens season now over, Tahurie. Nault and Tahurie plan to "Brian is a very vo- try out for the Washing- cal leader," Duchene said. ton Loggers U17 team this "He knows the game well week. enough to tell everybody "If they make the'team, what to do and they listen they should be competing to him." in a tournament or two this He said Tahurie is a fall," Duchene said. Kings hit the field Journal photo by Emily Hanson Nolan Palmer, 7, bear-walks across the field as part of a drill during the first day of football practice with the Shelton Kings. The Kings practice at 5:30 p.m. five days a week. The Kings' jamboree is scheduled for Aug. 25 at Stewart Field and the first games will be on Sept. 1. Ask a friend or neighbor, "Have you beard about D&L Auto?" 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One study shows that young are strong core muscles needed to athletes who suffer injuries have perform everyday activities such as weaker core muscles around their walking, sitting, standing, picking hips compared to non-injured ath- • things up, and getting in or out of letes. 17987 Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 - Page C-3