The 23rd annual Kiwanis Invitational takes place Saturday at Kennison Field in Hermiston, with 14 schools from Oregon and Washington scheduled to attend.

WALLA WALLA -- Justin Piek of Walla Walla won the 100, the long jump and triple jump during a meet with Moses Lake and Davis on Thursday.

ROYAL CITY -- Blair Collins ran the 100 in 11.4 seconds to highlight a home meet.

How many athletes sized up their day at the 47th annual Pasco Invitational on Saturday came down to the expectations game.

Cade Wandling exited the Edgar Brown Stadium track Saturday afternoon following his final race, a disgusted look on his face.

All-time area bests in parentheses

BEAVERTON -- Michelle Coombs victory in the shot put led the Hermiston girls to the team title at the Aloha Relays on Saturday.

At Leavenworth

Kelly McNamee finds it a rush to jump over something as tall as she is.

Posted on the wall of the shed the Moses Lake track and field team uses to store equipment are the school records in each event.

WALLA WALLA -- The Waitsburg-Prescott boys and girls each dominated the field in a track meet Thursday at Martin Field.

The 47th running of the Pasco Invitational is Saturday, and while fewer schools than in years past will be at Edgar Brown Stadium, more athletes will compete than a year ago.

Whitney Leavitt easily won the 100 with a time of 12.3 seconds to highlight team victories by Kiona-Benton's boys and girls teams.

The area's top performances through meets of April 15:

ROYAL CITY -- Jade Patterson raced to a win in the 800 with a time of 2 minutes, 7.11 seconds to help the Kennewick boys post a seven-point victory at the Royal Invite.

Ione Invitational

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Bryce Fritz of Echo edged teammate Mike Madison to win the 100 at the Ione Invitational.

The latest Mid-Columbia track leaders, through meets of April 5: