TRACK AND FIELD: Redhawk boys win Olympic 1A, Rider girls second in Olympic 2A

POULSBO — The Port Angeles girls continued their dominance in the long-distance events to finish second as a team at the Olympic League 1A/2A track and field championships.

Port Angeles’ Gracie Long and Sequim’s Murray Bingham each won two events. Long won the 1,600 meters (5 minutes, 23.28 seconds) by 19 seconds and the 3,200 meters (12:03.32) by a full minute. Bingham won the 800 meters (2:03.22) and the 1,600 meters (4:38.75).

Port Angeles’ Kynzie Deleon came in second in the 3,200 (13:03.90) and her teammate Lael Butler came in third (13:05.25.). Deleon also came in second in the 800 meters (2:32.46) and the Roughriders’ also picked up a fourth in the 1,600 and a fifth in the 800, both by Maddie Dougherty. That’s seven top 5 finishes in the three distance events.

Long has now won 20 events individually and as a relay team member this track season.

Sequim’s Riley Martin won the boys 300-meter hurdles (42.31). Riley Cowan for Sequim won the javelin at 156 feet, 3 inches.

Port Angeles and Sequim will compete in the Olympic League 2A Subdistrict at Bremerton on May 13 in a qualifier for the West Central District.

1A Results

Meanwhile, the 1A schools competed in the event as a qualifier for the 1A West Central District 3 meet May 19 and 20 in Renton. The top three 1A finishers in each event qualified for District.

The Port Townsend boys won the 1A Olympic Subdistrict meet, while the Port Townsend girls finished third as a team. The Port Townsend boys also finished second in points among all schools at the event, beating out a number of 2A schools.

Port Townsend’s Aubrey Botkin not only won the 100-meter hurdles (15.36), she was first in the event among all 1A and 2A competitors. Botkin also won the triple jump with a leap of 33-8 1/4 and was part of two first-place relay teams.

Redhawk Seren Dances won the 110-meter hurdles (16.11), the 300-meter hurdles (43.19) and the long jump (20-1 3/4). He also finished second in the triple jump (42-4 1/4). Among all competitors in both 1A and 2A, Dances was second in the 300 hurdles, third in the 100 hurdles and third in the long jump. Fellow Redhawk Nathan Cantrell won the 1,600 (4:45.07) and 3,200 (10:31.19).

Chimacum’s Chris Sevilla won the javelin with a throw of 153-11. Sevilla’s throw was second best for all the competitors in the 1A and 2A divisions.

For the girls, Redhawk Ari Winter won the 800 meters (2:36.49) while her teammate Brenna Franklin won the discus (86-11).

Chimacum’s Jada Trafton won the long jump with a leap of 15-6 1/4. Fellow Cowboy Kayla Gates won the high jump at 4-8.

The Port Townsend girls’ 4×100 and 4×200 relay teams of Franklin, Winter, Botkin and Sira Wines won both events. The Port Townsend boys’ 4×100 relay team of Kyle Blankenship, Gerry Coker, Berkley Hill and Erik Pokorny also won.

In addition to the top finishers, Port Townsend and Chimacum kids finishing fourth also have a chance to move on to the District meet. The fourth-place finisher in each event will be compared with the fifth-place finisher in the Nisqually League Championship meet which will be held next weekend. The better times or distances between the two will be awarded a final qualifying spot in the district championship meet.

Saturday’s Results

Olympic 1A/2A League meet

Port Angeles, Sequim

Boys

Team Scores — North Kitsap, first, 718; Port Townsend, second, 249; Bremerton, third, 237; Sequim, fourth, 228; Coupeville, fifth, 201.5; Olympic, sixth, 201; Kingston, seventh, 184; Klahowya, eighth, 176; Port Angeles, ninth, 115.5; North Mason, 10th, 83; Chimacum, 11th, 49.

Individual Results

100-Meter Run — Silas Isenberger, Sequim, seventh, 11.69; Curtis Gorr, Sequim, 10th, 11.79; Keyshawn Whitney, Sequim, 20th, 12.04.

200-Meter Run — Gorr, Sequim, second, 23.23; Darren Salazar, Sequim, 16th, 24.48.

400-Meter Run — Gorr, Sequim, fifth, 52.66; Karson Nicpon, PA, 16th, 57.56; Nolan Hughes, PA, 20th, 58.35.

800-Meter Run — Murray Bingham, Sequim, first, 2:03.22; Alec Shingleton, Sequim, fifth, 2:07.93.

1,600-Meter Run — Bingham, Sequim, first, 4:38.75; Thomas Shaw, PA, 10th, 4:58.15.

3,200-Meter Run — Shaw, PA, sixth, 11:04.90.

110-Meter Hurdles — Riley Martin, Sequim, second, 16.09; Richard Hall, Sequim, 11th, 19.23; Fischer Jensen, Sequim, 12th, 19.33.

300-Meter Hurdles — Martin, Sequim, first, 42.31; Nathan Denton, PA, 10th, 46.06; Fischer Jensen, Sequim, 12th, 46.75; Richard Hall, 18th, Sequim, 51.04; Josh Hill, PA, 20th, 55.53.

4×100 Relay — Sequim (Michael Mattern-Hall, Keyshawn Whitney, Isenberger, Cowan), fifth, 45.84; Port Angeles (Nolan Hughes, Javen Waller, Logan Tyson, Grady Bourm), ninth, 49.54.

4×400 Relay — Sequim (Gorr, Martin, Silas Isenberger, Alec Shingleton), fifth, 3:46.56; Port Angeles (Denton, Shaw, Nicpon, Tyson), eighth.

Shot Put — Hayden Wickham, PA, ninth, 38-10 1/2; Ryan Adamire, PA, 24th, 30-6.

Discus — Wickham, PA, 19th, 91-4.

Javelin — Riley Cowan, Sequim, first, 156-3; Clayton Willis, PA, sixth, 132-5; Cole Walsh, PA, 19th, 102-6; Waller, PA, 20th, 92-2.

High Jump — Liam Clark, PA, fifth, 5-6; Bourm, PA, sixth, 5-6; Mattern-Hall, Sequim, seventh, 5-4.

Pole Vault — Liam Byrne, Sequim, fourth, 11-6; Tyler Messinger, PA, seventh, 9-0; Andrew Cambalik, Sequim, eighth, 9-0; Jesse Bobst, Sequim, 13th, 8-6; Waller, PA, 18th, 7-6.

Long Jump — Willis, PA, fourth, 19-8 3/4.

Triple Jump — Willis, PA, ninth, 39-7; Adam Kennedy, PA, 11th, 39-0.

Girls

Team Scores — North Kitsap, first, 539; Port Angeles, second, 348; Olympic, third, 320; Klahowya, fourth, 262; Bremerton, fifth, 255; Coupeville, sixth, 255; Port Townsend, seventh, 130; Kingston, eighth, 125; North Mason, ninth, 125; Sequim, 1oth, 108.5; Chimacum, 11th, 45.5.

Individual Results

100-Meter Run — Emma Albright, PA, seventh, 13.35; Alexis Cobb, PA, 14th, 13.80; Emma Beeson, Sequim, 16th, 13.99; Mckenzie Musalek, PA, 17th, 14.05; Michelle Alvarez, PA, 18th, 14.09; Telicia Busby, Sequim, 19th, 14.11.

200-Meter Run — Albright, PA, sixth, 27.74; Kristinna Barnet, Sequim, 13th, 28.97; Musalek, PA, 15th, 29.30; Telicia Busby, Sequim, 22nd, 31.58.

400-Meter Run — Barnet, Sequim, seventh, 1:05.77; Ellie Hiigel, PA, 19th, 1:13.29.

800-Meter Run — Kynzie Deleon, PA, second, 2:32.46; Maddie Dougherty, PA, fifth, 2:39.33; Laura Nutter, PA, 15th, 3:05.59; Jasmine Perez, PA, 16th, 3:24.06.

1,600-Meter Run — Gracie Long, PA, first, 5:23.58; Dougherty, PA, fourth, 5:52.48; Lael Butler, PA, eighth, 5:57.08; Hiigel, PA, 10th, 6:05.61; Alisandra Baccus, PA, 14th, 6:24.06; Perez, PA, 22nd, 7:23.63.

3,200-Meter Run — Long, PA, first, 12:03.32; Deleon, PA, second, 13:03.90; Butler, PA, third, 13:05.25; Baccus, PA, 13th, 14:51.32.

100-Meter Hurdles — Aubry Botkin, PT, first, 15.36; Shayli Schuman, Sequim, fifth, 17.43; Emilyann Peterson, PA, 13th, 19.90; Delaney Wenzl, PA, 14th, 19.92; Jazmine Ruiz-Darling, PA, 17th, 22.51.

300-Meter Hurdles — Wenzl, PA, second, 50.77; Emilyann Peterson, PA, ninth, 54.33; Baccus, PA, 14th, 58.53; Ruiz-Darling, PA, 16th, 1:12.79.

4×100 Relay — Port Angeles (Alexis Cobb, Kia Noel, Michelle Alvarez, Albright), fourth, 54.17; Sequim (Daisy Ryan, Hilary Holtrop, Emma Beeson, Busby), ninth, 56.91.

4×200 Relay — Sequim (Ryan, Barnet, Beeson, Busby), fifth, 1:56.77; Port Angeles (Musalek, Wenzl, Noel, Gaby Alice), sixth, 1:58.66.

4×400 Relay — Port Angeles (Dougherty, Deleon, Wenzl, Long), fifth, 4:34.31.

Shot Put — Devin Edwards, PA, second, 32-6 1/2; Lindsey Leader, Sequim, third, 31-1 1/2; Kili Jeanmarie, Sequim, 10th, 27-9; Lauren Waldron, PA, 12th, 27-1; Jennifer Danielson, PA, 19th, 24-5.

Discus — Clarisse Finman, Sequim, fourth, 94-3; Edwards, PA, fifth, 93-9; Danielson, PA, eighth, 87-1; Leader, Sequim, 13th, 79-5; Kaitlyn Viada, Sequim, 17th, 71-8; Alana Leffers, PA, 19th, 68-3; Waldron, PA, 22nd, 62-7.

Javelin — Viada, Sequim, eighth, 90-4; Waldron, PA, 19th, 68-3; Leader, Sequim, 20th, 66-10.

High Jump — Long, PA, second, 4-10; Hilary Holtrop, Sequim, third, 4-8.

Pole Vault — Musalek, PA, sixth, 7-6; Anelise Hanson, PA, 14th, 5-0.

Long Jump — Albright, PA, fifth, 15-6; Alice, PA, 12th, 13-3 1/2; Michelle Alvarez, PA, 17th, 11-11.

Triple Jump — Alvarez, PA, eighth, 29-8 1/2; Holtrop, Sequim, 13th, 28-3 1/2; Alice, PA, 14th, 27-8; Cobb, PA, 15th, 27-6.

Olympic 1A Results

Boys

Team Scores — Port Townsend, first, 93; Klahowya, second, 75; Coupeville, third, 74; Chimacum, fourth, 19.

Individual Results

Third place and higher automatically to West Central District meet May 19-20

100-Meter Run — Domenick Zack, Chimacum, third, 11.80; Kyle Blankenship, PT, fourth, 11.84; Ryan Caldwell, Chimacum, sixth, 12.33.

200-Meter Run — Berkley Hill, PT, second, 23.69; Zack, Chimacum, third, 24.12; Gerry Coker, PT, fourth, 24.14; Blankenship, PT, fifth, 24.33; Erik Pokorny, PT, seventh, 24.67; Dylan Tracer, PT, eighth, 25.58; Luke Absher, PT, ninth, 25.89.

400-Meter Run — Coker, PT, second, 53.40; Tracer, PT, fifth, 57.19; Absher, PT, sixth, 57.63.

800-Meter Run — Ian Linn-Glasgow, PT, seventh, 2:32.80.

1,600-Meter Run — Nathan Cantrell, PT, first, 4:45.07; Gabe Petrick, PT, third, 5:02.12; Gould, PT, seventh, 5:23.04.

3,200-Meter Run — Cantrell, PT, first, 10:31.19; Petrick, PT, third, 11:11.0; Fraser, PT, fourth, 11:13.49; Gould, PT, sixth, 11:48.22.

110-Meter Hurdles — Seren Dances, PT, first, 16.11; Tate Munnich, PT, second, 19.83; Seamus Fraser, PT, third, 22.11; Brend’n Blankenship, Chimacum, fourth, 22.64.

300-Meter Hurdles — Dances, PT, first, 43.19; Munnich, PT, second, 45.90; Petrick, PT, third, 48.39.

4×100 Relay — Port Townsend (Blankenship, Coker, Hill, Pokorny), first, 44.96; Chimacum (Chris Sevilla, Caldwell, Blankenship, Zack), third, 47.65.

4×400 Relay — Port Townsend (Blankenship, Absher, Munnich, Tracer), second, 3:51.57.

Discus — Pokorny, PT, second, 124-8; Coker, PT, fifth, 108-5; Michael Gepitulan, Chimacum, seventh, 99-5.

Javelin — Sevilla, Chimacum, first, 153-11; Elijah Avery, Chimacum, third, 133-1; Pokorny, PT, sixth, 118-3.

High Jump — Hill, PT, fourth, 5-6.

Long Jump — Dances, PT, first, 20-1 3/4; Avery, Chimacum, sixth, 16-8.

Triple Jump — Dances, PT, second, 42-4 1/4; Hill, PT, third, 41-3 1/4.

Girls

1A Team Scores — Coupeville, first, 102; Klahowya, second, 93; Port Townsend, third, 50; Chimacum, fourth, 19.

Individual Results

100-Meter Run — Jada Trafton, Chimacum, third, 13.44; Brenna Franklin, PT, third, 14.56.

200-Meter Run — Ari Winter, PT, third, 28.31; Trafton, Chimacum, fifth, 29.08; Akwe McDaniels, PT, eighth, 33.46.

400-Meter Run — Anika Avelino, PT, second, 1:05.98.

800-Meter Run — Winter, PT, first, 2:36.49.

1,600-Meter Run — Rachel Matthes, Chimacum, sixth, 6:29.50.

3,200-Meter Run — Ally Bradley, PT, third, 13:23.48; Matthes, Chimacum, fifth, 14:53.66.

100-Meter Hurdles — Aubrey Botkin, PT, first, 15.36.

4×100 Relay — Port Townsend (Franklin, Winter, Botkin, Sira Wines), first, 53.65; Chimacum (Juliet Alban Vallat, Polly Nole, Hunter Haralson, Trafton), third, 56.89.

4×200 Relay — Port Townsend (Botkin, Anika Avelino, Winter, Wines), second, 1:54.15.

Shot Put — Eileen Leoso, PT, fourth, 26-9; Franklin, PT, sixth, 25-8; Serena Williams, Chimacum, seventh, 23-11.

Discus — Franklin, PT, first, 86-11; Leoso, PT, seventh, 67-4.

Javelin — Leoso, PT, second, 87-9; Wines, PT, fourth, 84-7; Sammy Raines, Chimacum, eighth, 70-11.

High Jump — Kayla Gates, Chimacum, first, 4-8; Wines, PT, 12th, 4-4.

Long Jump — Trafton, Chimacum, first, 15-6 1/4; McDaniels, PT, seventh, 11-4.

Triple Jump — Botkin, PT, first, 33-8 1/4.

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