ATHLETES ELSEWHERE: Sequim graduate Catelli wins for University of Washington track and field team

Published 12:01 am Tuesday, May 10, 2016

SEATTLE — Sequim High School alumnus Frank Catelli won one event and had a season-best in another at the Ken Shannon Invitational at Husky Track.

Catelli, a senior thrower for the University of Washington track and field team, placed first in the shot put with a distance of 59 feet, 4.75 inches Saturday, April 30.

He also had his best discus throw of the season, 167-11.

Last month, Catelli, a 2012 Sequim graduate, became the first Washington Husky since 2000 to throw the shot put farther than 60 feet when he achieved a 60-03.25 at the Pepsi Team Invite in Eugene, Ore.

Here are other reports of athletes from the North Olympic Peninsula:

Millsap, Hudson part of relay win

ELLENSBURG — Two former area athletes helped Olympic College track and field take first in the women’s 4×400-meter relay at Central Washington University’s Spike Arlt Invitational.

Jolene Millsap (Port Angeles, 2014) and Hannah Hudson (Sequim, 2014) both ran legs of the 4×400 for the Rangers on April 22.

Olympic’s 4:05.01 time beat teams from four-year schools Central Washington, Northwest and Western Washington.

Millsap and Hudson will run the 4×100 and 4×400 relays at the Northwest Athletic Conference championships this month.

Millsap also has qualified individually in the 100- and 200-meter runs, and Hudson has qualified in the 400.

Johnston signs to play in Kentucky

LYNNWOOD — Nick Johnston (Sequim, 2014) signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Campbellsville University last week.

Johnston is currently a senior pitcher for Edmonds Community College. He has a 2-1 record and three saves with a 1.98 ERA for the Tritons, who are ranked sixth in the latest Northwest Athletic Conference coaches poll.

Campbellsville University is an NAIA school located in Campbellsville, Ky.

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