Photo courtesy of Turella family / Sequim’s Clare Turella celebrates a 17th place finish in the high jump at the USA Track & Field National Junior Olympic Championships in Texas on July 25.

Photo courtesy of Turella family / Sequim’s Clare Turella celebrates a 17th place finish in the high jump at the USA Track & Field National Junior Olympic Championships in Texas on July 25.

AREA SPORTS: Sequim’s Turella competes at Texas A&M in Junior Olympics

Turella competes at Texas A&M in Junior Olympics

Sequim teen Clare Turella just keeps finding new bars to leap over and new personal milestones to set.

The Sequim High sophomore-to-be cleared 5 feet, 1 inch at the USA Track & Field National Junior Olympic Championships at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, on July 25. The mark placed Turella 17th out of 51 competing high jumpers from across the nation in the 15- to 16-year-old division.

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The effort was particularly satisfying for the youngster, her mom Kirsti noted, after failing to clear a height at the same event in 2023.

The finish provides a bridge between Turella’s upcoming season and a breakout freshman campaign that saw her sweep Olympic League, West Central bi-district and Class 2A state titles in the high jump, with a personal best of 5-3 set at district on May 18.

JeffCo soccer signups

PORT TOWNSEND — Registration for Jefferson County Parks and Recreation’s fall coed soccer leagues ends today.

Practices will begin in mid-August. League games will be played on Sundays starting at 1 p.m. at H.J. Carroll Park beginning Sept. 8 and running through the end of October.

Every team will play one game on a Wednesday evening under the lights at Memorial Field.

Age groups are pre-Kinder, first and second, third and fourth, and fifth through seventh.

Registration is $70.

The fee includes a T-shirt, game equipment, field prep and maintenance and referees for grades three and older.

Coaches are needed.

A volunteer coaches’ meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Jefferson County Rec Center, 620 Tyler St.

To register, visit https://tinyurl.com/PDN-JeffCoFallSoccer.

For more information, call Chris Macklin at 360-385-2221 or email cmacklin@countyrec.com.

Volleyball academy

PORT ANGELES — Momentum One Volleyball Academy will hold a camp Monday through Wednesday with sessions for girls entering seventh through 12th grades this fall.

The camp will be held at the Peninsula College gym with high-schoolers from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and seventh- and eighth-graders attending from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The cost is $100 along with a $20 USA Volleyball membership and includes a camp T-shirt.

Reserve a spot by emailing momentumonecamp@gmail.com.

Payment can be made by Venmo at @momentumOneVa. In the Venmo comment box, include “MOVAcamp + player name and grade.”

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