TRACK AND FIELD: Port Angeles girls dominate distance events at home meet

By Pierre LaBossiere

Peninsula Daily News

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles girls did well in the distance events at an Olympic 2A League meet Thursday with Kingston, Olympic and Coupeville, dominating the 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter events.

Roughrider Gracie Long had a hand in four first-place finishes in the Thursday meet. Individually, she won the 800- and 3,200-meter runs and the high jump. She also was part of the four-by-400 relay team that came in first, along with Lael Butler, Laura Nutter and Ellie Hiigel. That is seven events Long has won in her first two track meets of the year.

Long’s teammate Maddie Dougherty won the 1,600 meters, as the Roughrider girls were in total control of the distance events. The Riders got first- , second- and third-place finishes in the 800- and 1,600-meter runs. Kynzie Deleon finished second in both the 800 and 1,600, while Dougherty got third in the 800 and Hiigel third in the 1,600. Butler came in second in the 3,200.

Delaney Wenzl of Port Angeles also won another distance event, the 300-meter hurdles.

The Port Angeles boys and girls both came in second to Olympic as a team. The boys had 58 points to Olympic’s 102.5, while the Rider girls had 79.5 points to Olympic’s 88.5 points.

Other Port Angeles competitors who won their events include:

• Hayden Wickham, shot put, 38 feet, 1 ½ inches.

• Devin Edwards, girls shot put, 32-3.

• Logan Tyson, pole vault, 7 -6.

• Clayton Willis, long jump, 20-1 and triple jump, 39-2 ¼.

• Liam Clark, high jump, 5-6.

Clallam Bay and Neah Bay track athletes also competed, though their individual scores did not count toward team scores. Bruins winning their events were:

• Jamari Signor, Clallam Bay, 110-meter hurdles, 18.6 seconds.

• Ryan McCoy, Clallam Bay, javelin, 123-4.

Track and Field

Port Angeles vs. Kingston, Olympic, Coupeville

Thursday, March 23

Boys events

100-meter run — Cameron Buzzell, NB, 11.98; Clayton Willis, PA, fifth, 12.03; Logan Halttunen, NB, 12.66; Chris Tageant, NB, 12.68; Grady Borum, PA, 12th, 12.71; Anton Kathol, PA, 15th, 12.89; Mateo Garcia, NB, 13.41; Javen Waller, PA, 20th, 13.55; Derek Dunaway, PA, 21st, 13.58; Sean Bitegeko, NB, 13.70; Josey Tyree, NB, 14.26; Caiton Smith, CB, 16.12.

200-meter run — Buzzell, NB, 25.15; Halttunen, NB, 26.57; Logan Tyson, PA, 10th, 27.70; Tyree, NB, 29.58.

400-meter run — Tageant, NB, 59.08; Karson Nicpon, PA, sixth, 1:00.67; Nolan Hughes, PA, seventh, 1:02.05; Dakota Manley, PA, eighth, 1:09.33; Josh Hill, PA, ninth, 1:14.85.

800-meter run — Jamari Signor, CB, 2:19.18; Thomas Shaw, PA, fourth, 2:26.14; Nathan Denton, PA, eighth, 2:35.49; Isaac Jay Brunk, NB, 2:35.56; Fidel Ramos, NB, 2:54.32; Austin Iverson, NB, 3:03.64; Smith, CB, 3:04.67; Colin Aldana, CB, 3:12.13.

1,600-meter run — Shaw, PA, fifth, 5:12.53; Brunk, NB, 5:21.98; Nathan Denton, PA, 5:50.88; Ramos, NB, 6:22.66; Smith, CB, 6:27.35; Daimon Batchelor, PA, 14th, 6:30.38; Iverson, NB, 6:57.49.

3,200-meter run — Brunk, NB, 11:56.47; Ramos, NB, 12:26.99; Smith, CB, 5:43.72; Iverson, NB, 16:11.43.

110-meter hurdles — Jamari Signor (best time), CB, 18.60; Batchelor, PA, fifth, 21.58; Domenick Wilson, NB, 23.75.

300-meter hurdles — Ryan McCoy, CB, 47.09; Liam Clark, PA, third, 47.86; Wilson, NB, 56.58.

4-by-100 relay — Neah Bay (Bitegeko, Halttunen, Tageant, Buzzell) 47.60; Port Angeles (Nathan Adamire, Batchelor, Hughes, Ryan Adamire), 54.20.

4-by-400 relay — Port Angeles (Tyson, Shaw, Denton, Nicpon), fourth, 4:19.21; Neah Bay (Mateo Garcia, Halttunen, Tyree, Wilson) 4:24.45.

Shot put — Hayden Wickham, PA, first, 38-1 1/2; Phil Greene, NB, 33-1 1/4; Leroy Greene, NB, 32-6 1/2; Cole Walsh, PA, ninth, 30-6; Kalin Duncan, CB, 25-11 3/4; Thomas Allen, PA, 22nd, 18-3 1/2.

Discus — Wickham, PA, fourth, 87-11; Signor, CB, 84-0; Kathol, PA, 13th, 73-1; Walsh, PA, 14th, 70-6; Leroy Greene, NB, 63-7; Scott Nutter, PA, 24th, 54-3; Duncan, CB, 52-4; Josh Hill, PA, 25th; Dakota Manley, PA, 28th, 47-8; Anthony Martinez, NB, 27-8.

Javelin — McCoy (best distance), NB, 123-4; Kathol, PA, second, 115-5; Phil Greene, NB, 113-03; Leroy Greene, NB, 112-0; Walsh, PA, 95-1; Tommy Tyler, NB, 90-2; Grady Bourm, PA, 14th, 78-4; Garcia, NB 76-2; Waller, PA, 17th, 73-11; Nicpon, PA, 23rd, 68-7; Josh Hill, PA, 24th, 67-4; Aldana, CB, 57-10; Anthony Martinez, NB, 46-9.

High Jump — Clark, PA, first, 5-6; Anthony Bitegeko, NB, 5-4; Kathol, PA, second, 5-4; McCoy, CB, 5-2.

Pole Vault — Tyson, PA, first, 7-6; Messinger, PA, second, 7-6; Shaw, PA, third, 7-0.

Long Jump — Clayton Willis, PA, first, 20-1; Huges, PA, eighth, 16-10 1/2; Sean Bitegeko, NB, 15-8; Dunaway, PA, 13th, 14- 8 1/2; Batchelor, PA, 17th, 13 8 1/2; Waller, PA, 12-5 1/2.

Triple Jump — Willis, PA, first, 39-2 1/4; Clark, PA, third, 37-10; Anthony Bitegeko, NB, 36-3 3/4; Sean Bitegeko, NB, 25-9.

Girls events

100-meter run — Jennica Maines, CB, 13.86; Alexis Cobb, PA, ninth, 14.34; Kia Noel, PA, 10th, 14.40; McKenzie Musalek, PA, 11th, 14.48; Hannah Olson, CB, 14.59; Michelle Alvarez, PA, 14th, 14.86; Molly McCoy, CB, 15.04; Arianna Corpuz, NB, 15.09; Kayla Winck, NB, 15.74; Laura Nutter, PA, 20th, 16.17; Angelina Woods, NB, 16.21; Jasine Perez, PA, 21st, 16.72; Angel Noel, NB, 16.85; Emily Marrs, NB, 16.86; Brittani Dalgardno, PA, 24th, 17.37; Jazmine, Ruiz-Darling, PA, 25th, 17.61; Alexis Smith, NB, 18.09.

200-meter run — Delaney Wenzl, PA, sixth, 29.52; Rainee Signor, CB, 36.55; Noel, NB, 36.74.

400-meter run — Ellie Hiigel, PA, fourth, 1:09.26; Nutter, PA, sixth, 1:17.11; Kaitlynn Tyree, CB, 1:18.22; Dawn Halsey, NB, 1:29.27.

800-meter run — Gracie Long, PA, first, 2:35,40; Kynzie Deleon, PA, second, 2:40.53; Maddie Dougherty, PA, third, 2:47.26; Kendra Anderson, CB, 2:52.20; Lael Butler, PA, fifth, 2:56.55; Sidney Smith, CB, 2:59.26; Mariah LaChester, CB, 3:00.23; Kaylin Signor, CB, 3:06.25; Shilaily Woodruff, NB, 3:15.55; Mirana Tyree, CB, 3:19.69; Jasmine Perez, PA, ninth, 3:20.78.

1,600-meter run — Dougherty, PA, first, 6:05.68; Deleon, PA, second, 6:07.91; Hiigel, PA, third, 6:20.54; Inanna McCarty, NB, 6:43.83; Tyree, CB, 7:06.31.

3,200-meter run — Long, PA, first, 12:10.30; Butler, PA, second, 13:10.45; Kaylin Signor, CB, 14:41.13.

100-meter hurdles — Emilynn Peterson, PA, sixth, 19.80; Wenzl, PA, seventh, 20.14; Ruiz-Darling, PA, 12th, 22.78.

300-meter hurdles — Wenzl, PA, first, 51.56; Peterson, PA, fourth, 54.20; Olson, CB, 58.19; Corpuz, NB, , 1:05.42; Grace Buzzell, NB, 1:12.30; Smith, NB, 1:16.61; Jaclyn Parker, NB, 1:16.65.

4-by-100 — Clallam Bay (Atokena Abe, McCoy, Miriam Wonderly, Maines), 55.04; Port Angeles (Michelle Alverez, Devin Edwards, Alexis Bartholomew, Kia Noel), fourth, 57.04; Neah Bay (Amanda Gagnon, Cheyanna Svec, Corpuz, McCarty), 59.48.

4-by-200 — Clallam Bay (LaChester, Tyree, Chelsey Ritter, Kendra Anderson), 2:10.49; Port Angeles (Rylie Ashley-Morgan, Dalgardno, Nutter, Alverez), fourth, 2:17.00; Neah Bay (Dawn Halsey, Woodruff, Buzzell, Smith) 2:19.88.

4-by-400 — Port Angeles (Butler, Long, Nutter, Hiigel), first, 4:40.32; Clallam Bay (Wonderly, Signor, Ritter, Anderson), 5:16.48; Neah Bay (Inanna McCarty, Lashia McCarty, Halsey, Woodruff), 5:34.88.

Shot put — Edwards, PA, first, 32-3; Lauren Waldron, PA, third, 28-1 1/4; Abe, CB, 26-10 1/4; Jennifer Danielson, PA, 26-9 3/4; Tierra Hess, CB, 24-11; Anderson, CB, 24-10 1/4; Lashia McCarty, NB, 24-7 1/2; Alicia Loomis, NB, 24-5 3/4; Woods, NB, 23-1 1/4; Signor, CB, 21-7 3/4; Ritter, CB, 21-5; Sidney Smith, CB, 21-1 3/4; Joslyn Millsap, PA, 20-10; McCoy, CB, 20-2 1/4; Jasmine LaChester, CB, 20-1; Areej Al Awadi, PA, 15th, 18-6; Carly Moe, PA, 16th, 18-5 3/4; Smith, NB, 18-4 1/4; Alana Leffers, PA, 19th, 16-7 3/4.

Discus — Danielson, PA, fourth, 77-2; Edwards, PA, fifth, 77-0; Kayla Winck, NB, 66-11; Hess, CB, 66-9; Woods, NB, 64-3; Ashley-Morgan, PA, ninth, 64-1; Aldron, PA, 10th, 61-3; Lashia McCarty, NB, 59-4; Leffers, PA, 12th, 53-8; Jasmine LaChester, CB, 52-9; Sidney Smith, CB, 52-9; Loomis, NB, 49-6; Al Awadi, PA, 14th, 46-10; Moe, PA, 15th, 44-10; Arianna Smith, NB, 42-9.

Javelin — Mariah LaChester, CB, 75-2; Edwards, PA, fourth, 68-8; McCoy, CB, 67-5; Leffers, PA, fifth, 62-4; Waldron, PA, sixth, 60-7; Tyree, CB, 59-1; Lashia McCarty, NB, 52-5; Loomis, NB, 51-3; Signor, CB, 50-7; Millsap, PA, 10th, 46-6

High Jump — Long, PA, first, 4-8; Olson, CB, 4-0; Wenzl, PA, sixth, 4-0.

Pole Vault — McKenzie Musalek, PA, third, 5-0.

Long Jump — Abe, CB, 13-9 1/2; Maines, CB, 13- 6 1/2; Svec, NB, 13-5; Noel, PA, eighth, 13-4; Olson, CB, 13-0; Alverez, PA, 10th, 11-11 1/2; Winck, NB, 11-1 1/2; Woods, NB, 10-8 1/2; Ruiz, Darling, PA, 10-7; Signor, CB, 10-6; Mikaela Swan, NB, 7-10.

Triple Jump — Maines, CB, 10-11 3/4; Abe, CB, 30-7 1/4; Alverez, PA, fifth, 25-3; Winck, NB, 25-0; Woodruff, NB, 22-10 3/4; Swan, NB, 20-1.

Port Townsend at North Kitsap meet

POULSBO — Port Townsend got first-place finishes from Aubry Botkin, Brenna Franklin, Seren Dances and Nathan Cantrell in a meet with North Kitsap and Klahowya.

Dances won three events — the 200-meter run in 23.46 seconds, the long jump in 22 feet, 2 3/4 inches and the 110-meter hurdles, 16.05 seconds.

Cantrell won the 800-meter run in 2:18.11, while Botkin won the 100-meter run in 13.71 seconds and Franklin won the discus with a throw of 88-5.

Port Townsend

Boys

100-meter run — Berkley Hill, fourth, 12.28; Dylan Tracer, 13th, 12.78; Luke Absher, 12.98; Tate Munnich, 26th, 13.52; Nicholas Massie, 32nd, 14.45.

200 — Seren Dances, first, 23.46; Erik Pokorny, eighth, 25.98; Dylan Tracer, 10th, 26.23; Berkley Hill, 13th, 26.36; Nicholas Massie, 18th, 27.80.

800 — Nathan Cantrell, first, 2:18.11.

1,600 — Gabe Petrick, seventh, 5:22.20; Seamus Fraser, eighth, 5:25.42; Kincaid Gould, 15th, 5:46.12; Ian Linn-Glasgow, 21st, 5:54.50.

3,200 — Jesus Duran, fourth, 11:26.18.

110-meter hurdles — Dances, first (tied), 16.05.

300 hurdles — Tate Munnich, fourth, 47.08; Petrick, seventh, 53.26; Fraser, eighth, 55.53.

4-by-400 relay — Port Townsend (Tracer, Luke Absher, Petrick, Munnich), second, 4:04.13; Port Townsend (Fraser, Linn-Glasgow, Gould, Cantrell), 4:31.57.

Shot put — Massie, 15th, 31-9; Gerry Coker, 16th, 31-3 1/4; Robert Jesionowski, 20th, 27-5; David Smith, 26th, 18-5 3/4.

Discus — Gerry Coker, eighth, 91-10; Jesionowski, 20th, 68-5; Smith, 22nd, 43-9.

Javelin — Pokorny, third, 130-10; Coker, seventh, 110-3; Massie, 18th, 91-1; Smith, 23rd, 70-7.

Girls

100 — Aubrey Botkin, first, 13.71; Ari Winter, fourth, 14.21; Anika Avelino, eighth, 14.90; Brenna Franklin, 11th, 15.25; Sierra Ruegg, 14th, 15.43.

200 — Ari Winter, second, 29.11; Sira Wines, fourth, 30.78; Botkin, fourth, 30.78; Avelino, fourth, 30.78; Ruegg, eighth, 31.98; Destinie Reaux, 10th, 32.54; Akwe McDaniels, 15th, 33.82.

1,600 — Aliyah Parson, sixth, 6:23.28.

4-by-200 relay — Port Townsend (Botkin, Wines, Avelino, Winter), 1:58.46.

Shot put — Emerald Bailey, 14th, 12-5 1/2.

Discus — Brenna Franklin, first, 88-5; Bailey, 11th, 22-4.

Javelin — Wines, second, 94-0.

High jump — Wines, fourth, 4-6.