DISTRICT TRACK: PT’s Dances wins three events, PA’s Long two

RENTON — Port Angeles’ Gracie Long won both the 1,600 and 3,200 races at the West Central 2A meet this weekend, while Port Townsend’s Seren Dances won the 110-meter hurdles, the 300-meter hurdles and the long jump in the West Central 1A meet.

The 1A and 2A West Central meets were held concurrently at Renton Stadium on Friday and Saturday.

Dances, who has won in 22 events this track season, will compete in four events at state, as he also finished second in the triple jump. Dances’ 15-flat time in the 110 hurdles is the fastest time in the state at the 1A level. He also has the top distance in the long jump in the state (23-1), the second-longest triple jump (45-0 1/4)and the second-fastest 300-meter hurdles time (40.06), so Dances has the potential to come back from Cheney with a lot of hardware.

Port Angeles, Sequim results

The top six times qualify for state at the 2A level.

Long picked up her 23rd and 24th first-place finishes at district in the 1,600 (5:19.11) and the 3,200 (11:27.76). She beat Sequim’s Morgan Bingham in the 1,600 by three seconds. Morgan Bingham also finished third in the 3,200 and will go to state in both events.

Long managed to shave 20 seconds off her best 3,200 time and now has a top 10 time at the 2A level.

Morgan’s brother Murray won the 1,600 meters Friday with a time of 4:33.40.

He followed that up by qualifying for state in the 800 meters Saturday, finishing third with a time of 2:00.31.

Long also qualified for state in the high jump, finishing fifth.

Other 2A athletes qualifying for state were:

Boys

800 meters — Alec Shingleton, Sequim, fourth, 2:01.03.

110-meter hurdles — Riley Martin, Sequim, sixth, 15.79

300-meter hurdles — Martin, Sequim, third, 41.58.

Javelin — Riley Cowan, Sequim, third, 161-5.

Girls

300-meter hurdles — Delany Wenzl, Port Angeles, third, 48.46

4×400 Relay — Sequim (Kristinna Barnet, Daisy Ryan, Emma Beeson, Morgan Bingham), fifth, 4:21.13.

Shot put — Devin Edwards, Port Angeles, fourth, 32-7 1/2.

Discus — Clarisse Finman, Sequim, third, 101-10

Port Townsend, Chimacum results

Also winning events at the 1A meet were Chimacum’s Chris Sevilla and Port Townsend’s Aubry Botkin.

Sevilla won the javelin with a throw of 161-7. Botkin won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.09. Botkin’s time at district is the second-fastest in the state at the 1A level.

Botkin qualified for state in three events — the 100-meter hurdles, the triple jump (third, 34-4 3/4) and the 4×200 relay. Her teammate Sira Wines also qualified in three events — the 4×200 relay, the javelin (second, 96-1) and the high jump (third, 4-8).

The top three at the West Central 1A qualify for state.

The 1A state meet will be held at Eastern Washington University in Cheney beginning Thursday. The 2A meet will be held at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, also beginning Thursday.

Chimacum and Port Townsend athletes qualifying for state include:

Boys

200 meters — Berkley Hill, Port Townsend, third, 23.12.

400 meters — Gerry Coker, Port Townsend, third, 52.31.

3,200 meters — Nathan Cantrell, Port Townsend, third, 10:30.23.

4×100 relay — Port Townsend (Kyle Blankenship, Coker, Hill, Erik Pokorny), second, 44.43.

4×400 relay — Port Townsend (Tate Munnich, Luke Absher, Blankenship, Dylan Tracer), third, 3:35.84.

Discus — Pokorny, Port Townsend, third, 115-2.

Girls

4×200 relay — Port Townsend (Botkin, Anika Avelino, Ari Winter, Sira Wines), third, 1:51.22.

Discus — Brenna Franklin, Port Townsend, second, 88-10.

Long jump — Jada Trafton, Chimacum, third, 15-4 1/4.

West Central District 3 2A Track Meet

Port Angeles and Sequim Final Results

Top 6 to state

Boys Results

200 Meters — Curtis Gorr, Sequim, eighth, 23.39.

400 Meters — Gorr, Sequim, seventh, 52.81.

800 Meters — Murray Bingham, Sequim, third, 2:00.31; Alec Shingleton, Sequim, fourth, 2:01.03.

1,600 Meters — Murray Bingham, Sequim, first, 4:33.40.

3,200 Meters — Thomas Shaw, PA, 14th, 11:19.25.

110-Meter Hurdles — Riley Martin, Sequim, sixth, 15.79.

300-Meter Hurdles — Riley Martin, Sequim, third, 41.58.

4×400 Relay — Sequim (Gorr, Shingleton, Murray Bingham, Fischer Jensen), seventh, 3:36.30.

Shot Put — Hayden Wickham, PA, ninth, 41-8 3/4.

Javelin — Riley Cowan, Sequim, third, 161-5; Brenden Lauritzen, Sequim, 11th, 132-6; Clayton Willis, PA, 15th, 116-1.

High Jump — Liam Clark, PA, 14th, 5-4.

Pole Vault — Liam Byrne, Sequim, ninth, 12-0.

Long Jump — Willis, PA, eighth, 20-0 1/2.

Girls Results

200 Meters — Telicia Busby, Sequim, 15th, 28.25.

400 Meters — Kristinna Barnet, Sequim, 14th, 1:05.09.

800 Meters — Kynzie DeLeon, PA, eighth, 2:27.47; Maddie Dougherty, PA, 12th, 2:31.41.

1,600 Meters — Gracie Long, PA, first, 5:19.11; Morgan Bingham, Sequim, second, 5:22.12; Maddie Dougherty, PA, 11th, 5:44.58; Lael Butler, PA, 16th, 6:06.73.

3,200 Meters — Long, PA, first, 11:27.76; Morgan Bingham, Sequim, third, 11:56.39; Lael Butler, Pa, seventh, 12:49.99.

100-Meter Hurdles — Shayli Schuman, Sequim, ninth, 16.99.

300-Meter Hurdles — Delaney Wenzl, PA, third, 48.46.

4×100 Relay — Sequim (Daisy Ryan, Rylee Gray, Emma Beeson, Hilary Holtrop), 10th, 53.08; Port Angeles (Alexis Cobb, Kia Noel, Michelle Alverez, Mckenzie Musalek), 11th, 53.58.

4×200 Relay — Sequim (Ryan, Kristinna Barnet, Beeson, Busby), 10th, 1:53.97; Port Angeles (Musalek, Noel, Alvarez, Wenzl), 12th, 1:55.49.

4×400 Relay — Sequim (Barnet, Ryan, Beeson, Morgan Bingham), fifth, 4:21.13; Port Angeles (Wenzl, Long, DeLeon.

Alisandra Baccus), 13th, 4:29.91.

Shot Put — Devin Edwards, Port Angeles, fourth, 32-7 1/2; Lindsey Leader, Sequim, 11th, 30-8 1/4.

Discus — Clarisse Finman, Sequim, third, 101-10; Jennifer Danielson, PA, 11th, 79-4.

High Jump — Long, PA, fifth, 4-10.

Triple Jump — Lainnie Lyamba, PA, seventh, 32-11; Kia Noel, PA, 15th, 30-5; Hilary Holtrop, 16th, 30-4.

West Central 1A District 3 Meet

Port Townsend, Chimacum results

Top 3 To state

Boys Results

100 Meters — Domenick Zack, Chimacum, fourth, 11.54.

200 Meters — Berkley Hill, PT, third, 23.12; Zack, Chimacum, fifth, 23.65; Kyle Blankenship, PT, sixth, 23.84.

400 Meters — Gerry Coker, PT, third, 52.31.

1,600 Meters — Nathan Cantrell, PT, fourth, 4:45.44; Gabe Petrick, PT, eighth, 5:04.85.

3,200 Meters — Cantrell, PT, third, 10:30.23; Petrick, PT, seventh, 11:10.98; Seamus Fraser, PT, eighth, 11:40.02.

110-Meter Hurdles — Seren Dances, PT, first, 15.00; Brend’n Blankenship, Chimacum, seventh, 21.66; Fraser, PT, eighth, 22.83.

300-Meter Hurdles — Dances, PT, first, 41.40; Tate Munnich, PT, sixth, 45.11; Petrick, PT, eighth, 49.24.

4×100 Relay — Port Townsend (Kyle Blankenship, Coker, Berkley Hill, Erik Pokorny), second, 44.43; Chimacum (Chris Sevilla, Ryan Caldwell, Brend’n Blankenship, Zack), sixth, 46.94.

4×400 Relay — Port Townsend (Munnich, Luke Absher, Kyle Blankenship, Dylan Tracer), third, 3:36.84.

Discus — Pokorny, PT, third, 115-2.

Javelin — Sevilla, Chimacum, first, 161-7; Elijah Avery, Chimacum, eighth, 119-4.

Long Jump — Dances, PT, first, 22-6 3/4.

Triple Jump — Dances, PT, second, 43-10; Hill, PT, fourth, 41-2 1/2.

Girls Results

100 Meters — Jada Trafton, Chimacum, eighth, 13.39.

200 Meters — Ari Winter, PT, seventh, 28.20.

400 Meters — Anika Avelino, PT, sixth, 1:04.80.

800 Meters — Winter, PT, fourth, 2:33.22.

3,200 Meters — Ally Bradley, PT, fifth, 13:26.58.

100-Meter Hurdles — Aubry Botkin, PT, first, 15.09.

4×100 Relay — Chimacum (Juliet Alban Vallat, Polly Nole, Hunter Haralson, Trafton), fifth, 57.01.

4×200 Relay — Port Townsend (Botkin, Avelino, Winter, Sira Wines), third, 1:51.22.

Discus — Franklin, PT, second, 88-10.

Javelin — Wines, PT, second, 96-1.

High Jump — Wines, PT, third, 4-8; Kayla Gates, Chimacum, fifth, 4-6.

Long Jump — Trafton, Chimacum, third, 15-4 1/4.

Triple Jump — Botkin, PT, third, 34-4 3/4.

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