TRACK ROUNDUP: PA girls fourth, Sequim boys sixth at Shelton Invite

SHELTON — Going up against 39 schools, including 15 3A and 4A schools, the Port Angeles girls finished fourth overall at the Shelton Invitational Track and Field Meet.

The Port Angeles girls were the top 2A school at Saturday’s meet, bested only by Gig Harbor, Puyallup and Peninsula, 4A and 3A schools.

The Sequim boys finished sixth at the meet, and third-best among 2A or lower schools.

Port Angeles finished in the top 10 in eight events, with Gracie Long winning the 3,200-meter run in a season best 11 minutes, 21. 37 seconds. Her teammate Maddie Dougherty came in second with a personal-best 11:32.30. Long also finished second in the 800 meters with a personal record time of 2:22.93.

Sequim’s Murray Bingham won the 800-meter run in a time of 2:00.82 and came in second in the 1,600 meters at 4:30.20 and the mile run at 4:31.78. His teammate Riley Cowan won the javelin with a throw of 158 feet, 3 inches.

Sequim’s Elizabeth Sweet set a personal record in the pole vault at 10-6, good enough for second place.

The Sequim boys finished with 38 team points. Graham-Kapowsin won the event with 58 team points. The Port Angeles girls also had 38 team points. Winning the girls’ team event was Gig Harbor with 65.

Shelton Invitational Track and Field Meet

Saturday, April 28

Boys

Individual Results

100 Meters — Darren Salazar, Sequim 16th, 11.95.

200 Meters — Logan Laxson, Sequim, 14th, 24.62.

400 Meters —Alec Shingleton, Sequim, ninth, 52.55.

800 Meters — Murray Bingham, Sequim, first, 2:00.82.

1,600 Meters — Bingham, Sequim, second, 4:30.20.

1 Mile — Bingham, Sequim, second, 4:31.78.

110m Hurdles — Riley Martin, Sequim, fourth, 15.85; Fischer Jensen, Sequim, 14th, 17.40.

300m Hurdles — Jensen, Sequim, sixth, 43.33.

4×400 Relay — Sequim (Shingleton, Martin, Salazar, Bingham), seventh, 3:38.67.

Discus — Payton Glasser, Sequim, 12th, 103-7.

Javelin — Riley Cowan, Sequim, first, 158-3.

High Jump — Liam Clark, Port Angeles, ninth, 5-6.

Pole Vault — Liam Byrne, Sequim, ninth, 11-6.

Long Jump — Clark, PA, 10th, 19-4 ½

Triple Jump — Clark, PA, eighth, 41-1.

Girls

Individual Results

100 Meters — Lainnie Lyamba, PA, 15th, 13.56.

200 Meters — Emma Albright, PA, 14th, 27.78.

400 Meters — Anika Avelino, Port Townsend, 10th, 63.72.

800 Meters — Gracie Long, PA, second, 2:22.93; Kynzie DeLeon, PA, eighth, 2:28.01.

3,200 Meters — Gracie Long, PA, first, 11:21.37; Maddie Dougherty, PA, second, 11:32.30.

100m Hurdles — Aubry Botkin, PT, fourth, 16.02; Millie Long, PA, sixth, 16.80; Shayli Schuman, Sequim, 15th, 17.49.

300m Hurdles — Millie Long, PA, third, 47.25.

Javelin — Eileen Leoso, PT, 10th, 96-1.

High Jump — Delaney Wenzl, PA, 10th, 4-8; Gracie Long, PA, 1oth, 4-8.

Pole Vault — Elizabeth Sweet, Sequim, second, 10-6.

Long Jump — Emma Albright, PA, 13th, 14-4¼.

Triple Jump — Millie Long, PA, seventh, 32-7¾; Lyamba, PA, 12th, 31-5¼.

Forks at BCS

BELLEVUE — Forks’ Cole Baysinger won the high jump with a leap of 6 feet, 0 inches at the BCS Track and Field Invitational at Interlake High School.

Saturday’s meet had athletes from more than 20 schools. Baysinger also finished third in the 100-meter run in 11.72 seconds and fourth in the discus with a throw of 134-5.

The Forks boys finished eighth out of 18 teams at the meet.

The best finish for the girls was by the 4×400 relay team (Madison Carlson, Sylvia Torres, Annhelica Wells and Kesia Rowley), which finished third with a time of 4:47.49.

Forks’ Azalea Ramos finished fourth in the shot put with a distance of 30-9¾ and fourth in the javelin with a throw of 91-9. Enid Ensastegue also finished fourth in the 3,200 meters with a time of 12:46.09.

Forks at BCS Invite

Interlake High School

Saturday, April 28

Forks Top 10 finishes

Boys

100 Meters — Cole Baysinger, third, 11.72.

800 Meters — Wesley Camacho, 10th, 2:14.73.

1,600 Meters — Camacho, seventh, 4:51.72.

3,200 Meters — Camacho, eighth, 10:55.60.

4×400 Relay — Forks, (Camacho, Skyler Steffen, Race Decker, Elijah Tabor), eighth, 4:19.05.

Discus —Baysinger, fourth, 134-5; Luke Dahlgren, fifth, 133-3.

High Jump — Baysinger, first, 6-0; Kasson Tanner-Steffen, seventh, 4-10.

Girls

400 Meters — Madison Carlson, seventh, 1:07.50.

1,600 Meters — Enid Ensastegui, ninth, 5:54.76; Karen Ensastegui-Salazar, 10th, 5:57.22.

3,200 Meters — Enid Ensastegui, fourth, 12:46.09; Karen Ensastegui-Salazar, fifth, 12:56.34.

300m Hurdles — Sylvia Torres, ninth, 58.05; Ella Damron, 10th, 1:01.58.

4×400 Relay —Forks (Carlson, Torres, Annhelica Wells, Kesia Rowley), third, 4:47.49.

Shot Put — Azalea Ramos, fourth, 30-9¾.

Javelin — Ramos, fourth, 91-9.

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