BELFAIR — Port Angeles’ Gracie Long won two individual championships and the Sequim boys placed second at the Class 2A District 2/3 track and field championship meet at North Mason High School.
The Sequim boys finally got the better of Olympic League rival North Kitsap, outscoring the Vikings 61-32.5 at the two-day meet that concluded Saturday.
North Kitsap narrowly defeated the Wolves three times this season: during the regular season, at the Olympic League championships and at sub-districts.
River Ridge won the district boys championship with 100.5 points.
The Sequim boys earned three event championships.
Alex Barry won the javelin with a throw of 176 feet, 7 inches, while Josh Cibene took first in the pole vault with a 13-06.
The Wolves also won the 4×400-meter relay. Barry, Miguel Moroles, Jason Springer, Logan Habner, Kane Stoddard and Oscar Herrera won with a finals time of 3 minutes, 25.05 seconds. Two of those six runners will be state alternates.
The top six finishers in each event advance to this week’s state meet at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Sequim qualified 14 athletes — eight boys and six girls — for state.
Along with the javelin and 4×400 relay, Barry qualified in the triple jump.
Herrera made state individually in both hurdles, taking second in the 300 and third in the 110.
Jackson Oliver qualified for state with a second-place showing in the high jump.
Waverly Shreffler earned a spot at state for the Sequim girls with a second-place finish in the 800-meter run, and Heidi Vereide qualified in the long jump.
Shreffler and Vereide also are part of the Wolves’ two state relay teams, the 4×200 and the 4×400.
“The girls 4 x 400 relay qualified in the sixth position despite a collision with a Steilacoom runner that wandered into the Sequim lane, causing them to drop the baton,” Sequim coach Brad Moore said.
“Waverly Shreffler, however, picked up the baton and continued running, nearly catching the Steilacoom anchor at the finish line.”
Joining Shreffler and Vereide on the relays are Grechen Happe, Megan Breckenridge, Mercedes Woods and Emma Beeson.
Port Angeles is sending five athletes to state.
Long won the 1,600 and 3,200, breaking freshman records in both events with times of 5:17.16 and 11:23.03, respectively.
She also qualified for state in the high jump.
Senior Zoe Owens is returning to state in the triple jump after placing sixth at districts. She placed seventh in the event at last year’s state meet.
The Port Angeles boys have three state qualifiers.
Peter Butler placed second in the 1,600 and 3,200 to advance. It will be his second straight trip in the 3,200.
Matt Robbins had a personal record in the shot put (45-10) to take fifth and make state.
Sam Burton won a jump-off to claim the district’s sixth and final state berth in the pole vault.
Port Townsend has eight district champs
BELFAIR — Port Townsend won eight district championships and Chimacum earned one at the Class 1A West Central District championships at North Mason High School,
Bailey Castillo won the girls javelin championship for Chimacum with a throw of 98 feet, 2 inches.
Castillo was the Cowboys’ only state qualifier, as competition for state berths was stiff, with only the top two finishers in each event advancing.
The Redhawks qualified 10 athletes for state, eight boys and two girls.
Shenoa Snyder was the lone champion for the Port Townsend girls, winning the discus with a throw of 98-07.
Hannah Trailer also qualified for state for the Redhawks by finishing second in the 1,600-meter run.
The Port Townsend boys added two other district champions on the second day of the district meet Saturday: Cameron Constantine won the 200-meter dash and Ryan Clarke won the 3,200.
Friday’s district champions were Jeff Seaton (javelin), Seren Dances (triple jump), Koby Weidner (100), Mark Streett (400) and the 4×100 relay team of Zach Wilson, Weidner, Streett and Constantine.
Clarke also qualified for state in the 1,600, and Dances added a qualification in the long jump.
Brennan LaBrie is the Redhawks final state qualifier, advancing in the 800.
After leading heading into the meet’s second day, the Port Townsend boys finished second to Bellevue Christian by a score of 127-126.5.
“These kids really worked hard and performed well, consistently improving throughout the season,” Redhawks coach Ian Fraser said.
“Ryan Clarke is our only athlete who also competed at the state championships last year, placing fourth in the 3,200 and ninth in the 1,600.
“Our other returning athletes have all made huge improvements over the last year.
“Cameron, Jeff and Mark are seniors who have extensive athletic backgrounds but are competing in track and field for PTHS for the first time this season.”
Girls Tennis
Sequim duo makes state
BREMERTON — Wolves doubles team Karen Chan and Cheyenne Sokkappa placed fourth at the District 2/3 championships at Kitsap Tennis and Athletic Center.
The fourth-place finish earns Chan and Sokkappa a spot at the Class 2A state championships at Nordstrom Tennis Center in Seattle.
Hannah Gauthun placed seventh in the district singles for Sequim on Saturday, which makes her the district’s first state alternate.
Port Angeles’ Janson Pederson is the only boys state qualifier from the North Olympic Peninsula.
Sequim’s Eli Berg and Jerry Bryan are first alternates.
