Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Sequim’s Murray Bingham crosses the finish line to take first in the boys 1,500-yard race as Port Angeles’ Thomas Shaw follows to take second at Saturday’s Port Angeles Invitational meet at Port Angeles High School.

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Sequim’s Murray Bingham crosses the finish line to take first in the boys 1,500-yard race as Port Angeles’ Thomas Shaw follows to take second at Saturday’s Port Angeles Invitational meet at Port Angeles High School.

PREP TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim boys pick up eight firsts, win Port Angeles meet

PORT ANGELES — The Sequim boys, led by Murray Bingham in the distance events and Darren Salazar in the sprints, won the Port Angeles Invitational, edging out North Kitsap by 10 points.

The Wolves’ boys won a total of eight events, with Salazar winning two sprint events — the 100-meter (11.77 seconds) and 200-meter (23.95) dashes — and Bingham taking first in two distance events — 800 meters (1:59.13) and 1,500 meters (4:26.17). Bingham and Salazar were also a part of the Wolves’ first-place 4×400 relay team (3:46.27) along with Henry Hughes and Theo McMurray.

Sequim had 133 points to North Kitsap’s 123. Ten schools participated in Saturday’s meet at Port Angeles High School, including Olympic Peninsula schools Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks, Clallam Bay, Crescent and Neah Bay.

On the girls’ side, Port Angeles finished a close second to North Kitsap as the Vikings and the Roughriders dominated the meet. North Kitsap had 156 points and Port Angeles 134. No other team had more than 80 points.

The Port Angeles girls won five events, with Millie Long taking first in both hurdle events, the 110 meters (16.32 seconds) and the 300 meters (50.15).

Lauren Larson, fresh off her dominant year in cross country, won the 3,000 meters in 11:01.26, more than 1 minute and 45 seconds better than the second-place time by Karen Ensastegui-Salazar of Forks. Larson also won the 1.5K steeplechase in 5:29.65 by more than a minute over the second-place time.

The Port Angeles boys finished third overall with 90 points. Liam Clark won two events for the Roughriders, the high jump (5 feet, 8 inches) and the long jump (19 feet, 9¼ inches).

The Forks boys finished sixth, Neah Bay seventh, Clallam Bay eighth and Crescent 10th.

On the girls’ side, Sequim finished third, Forks sixth, Clallam Bay seventh, Neah Bay eighth and Crescent 10th.

Other Peninsula boys’ winners include:

400 meters — Henry Hughes, Sequim, 55.23.

300-meter hurdles — Fischer Jensen, Sequim, 41.92.

Javelin — Riley Cowan, Sequim, 166-9. Cowan placed fourth at state last year in the javelin. This would have been his third-best throw of the year last season.

Other area girls’ winners include:

400 meters — Riley Pyeatt, Sequim, 1:01.31. Pyeatt, a freshman, ran in her first-ever varsity meet. She is also a distance runner and showing her versatility, she also finished second in the 100 meters and second in the 200 meters.

Javelin — Hannah Olson, Clallam Bay, 85 feet, 9 inches.

High Jump — Abby Schroeder, Sequim, 5-0.

Pole Vault — Mckenzie Musalek, Port Angeles, 8-6.

Port Angeles Invitational

Saturday, March 16

Port Angeles High School

Boys Results

Team

Sequim, first, 133; North Kitsap, second, 123; Port Angeles, third, 90; Cedar Park Christ., fourth, 80; Olympic, fifth, 65; Forks, sixth, 44; Neah Bay, seventh, 37; Clallam Bay, eighth, 22; Crosspoint, ninth, 21; Crescent, 10th, 11.

Individual

100 Meters — Darren Salazar, Sequim, first, 11.77; Ryan Strid, Clallam Bay, second, 12.03; Robert Richardson, Neah Bay, sixth, 12.66; Nolan Hughes, Port Angeles, seventh, 12.79; Ashton Doyle, Forks, eighth, 12.81; Landen Buchanan, Crescent, 10th, 14.93.

200 Meters — Salazar, Sequim, first, 23.95; Strid, CB, third, 25.15; Richardson, NB, fifth, 25.87; Hughes, PA, sixth, 26.05; Doyle, Forks, seventh, 26.37.

400 Meters — Henry Hughes, Sequim, first, 55.23; Doyle, Forks, fourth, 1:00.25; Jason Gladfelter, PA, sixth, 1:06.17; Jeremiah Signor, CB, seventh, 1:20.44.

800 Meters — Murray Bingham, Sequim, first, 1:59.13; Thomas Shaw, PA, third, 2:14.84; Wesley Camacho, Forks, fifth, 2:20.01; Abraham Elliott, Crescent, seventh, 3:50.93.

1500 Meters — Bingham, first, 4:26.17; Shaw, PA, second, 4:32.26; Camacho, Forks, fifth, 4:48.46.

3000 Meters — Camacho, Forks, second, 10:54.36; Koda Robinson, Sequim, third, 10:57.57; Draevun Buchanan, Crescent, sixth, 14:09.42.

110m Hurdles — Fischer Jensen, Sequim, second, 17.09; Caleb Flodstrom, PA, fourth, 18.79.

300m Hurdles — Jensen, Sequim, second, 41.92; Flodstrom, PA, fourth, 49.74.

2k Steeplechase — Buchanan, Crescent, fourth, 8:24.68.

4×100 Relay — Sequim ( Theo McMurray, Hughes, Jarret Allen, Keeshawn Whitney), second, 47.87; Neah Bay (Ramon Tinoco, Tyrone Chambers, Devon Halttunen, Richardson), fourth, 52.08; Port Angeles (Xander Maestas, Hughes, Ben Dotson, Adam Kennedy), fifth, 54.16.

4×400 Relay — Sequim (Bingham, Salazar, Hughes, McMurray), first, 3:46.27; Neah Bay (David Chambers, Tyrone Chambers, Devon Halttunen, Angel Gamez-LaChester) fourth, 4:32.27.

Shot Put — Darrell Duckett, PA, second 42-0; Riley Cowan, Sequim, third, 38-3¼; Skyler Steffen, Forks, fourth, 37-5; Kalin Duncan, CB, sixth, 31-11; O’Shea Wachendorf, NB, eighth, 26-7¼; Abraham Elliott, Crescent, ninth, 23-10.

Discus — Steffen, Forks, third, 108-6; Duckett, PA, fourth, 92-3; Cowan, Sequim, fifth, 90-4; Duncan, CB, sixth, 87-8; Abraham Elliott, Crescent, 56-6.

Javelin— Cowan, Sequim, first, 166-9; Waller, PA, second, 139-11; Steffen, Forks, third, 139-1; Tinoco, NB, sixth, 107-5; Elliott, Crescent, ninth, 62-7.

High Jump — Liam Clark, PA, first, 5-8; Erik Christianson, Sequim, fourth, 5-4.

Pole Vault — Logan Tyson, PA, second, 9-6; Andrew Cambalik, Sequim, third, 8-6.

Long Jump — Clark, PA, first, 19-9¼; Sean Bitegeko, NB, second, 18-0; Whitney, Sequim, third, 17-11; Doyle, Forks, sixth, 15-11½.

Triple Jump — Bitegeko, NB, second, 37-6½; Kennedy, PA, third, 36-11; Jensen, Sequim, fifth, 36-½.

Girls

Team

North Kitsap, first, 156; Port Angeles, second, 134; Sequim, third, 78; Olympic, fourth, 45; Cedar Park Christ., fifth, 38; Forks, sixth, 37; Clallam Bay, seventh, 33; Neah Bay, eighth, 27; Crosspoint, ninth, 19; Crescent, 10th, 14.

Individual

100 Meters — Riley Pyeatt, Sequim, second, 13.33; Eve Burke, PA, third, 13.64; Miriam Wonderly, CB, fifth, 14.01; Macy Luong, Forks, seventh, 15.98; Jessica Schmidt, Crescent, eighth, 16.44; Branndi Bowechop, NB, ninth, 16.60.

200 Meters — Pyeatt, Sequim, second, 27.53; Delaney Wenzl, PA, third, 28.64; Wonderly, CB, fourth, 29.10; Shilaily Woodruff, NB, seventh, 30.21; Morgan Mattix, Crescent, eighth, 31.72; Kesia Rowley, Forks, ninth, 31.88.

400 Meters — Pyeatt, Sequim, first, 1:01.31; Rowley, Forks, fourth, 1:11.87; Sophia Salas, PA, fifth, 1:15.80.

800 Meters — Maxine Waddell, PA, second, 2:50.48.

1500 Meters — Karen Ensastegui-Salazar, Forks, second, 5:55.13; Waddell, PA, third, 6:12.45.

3000 Meters — Lauren Larson, PA, first, 11:01.26; Ensastegui-Salazar, Forks, second, 12:46.17; Miranda Tyree, CB, third, 15:02.34.

100m Hurdles — Millie Long, PA, first, 16.32; Shayli Schuman, Sequim, second, 17.32; Mattix, Crescent, fourth, 20.52.

300m Hurdles — Long, PA, first, 50.15; Lesae Pfeffer, Sequim, second, 58.26.

1.5k Steeplechase — Larson, PA, first, 5:29.65.

4×100 Relay — Port Angeles (Catherine Brown, Pursha True, Marissa Graham, Bailee Larson), second, 58.15; Clallam Bay (Venessa Jimmicum, Tyree, Lexi Campbell, Shyann Littleton), fourth, 1:02.93; Neah Bay (Bowechop, Laila Greene, Grace Wilson, Isabell Parker), fifth, 1:04.85.

4×200 Relay — Port Angeles (Long, Wenzl, Larson, Mckenzie Musalek ), second, 1:51.73; Neah Bay (Greene, Woodruff, Wilson, Bowechop), fourth, 2:10.08.

Shot Put — Myra Walker, PA, second, 32-3½; Faye Martinez, NB, fifth, 24-3½; Hannah Olson, CB, sixth, 24-½; Hope Glasser, seventh, 22-8; Kennedi Trickey, eighth, 20-9¼; Ryleigh Scheid, Crescent, 16-5.

Discus — Walker, PA, fourth, 74-5; Glasser, Sequim, fifth, 71-7; Martinez, NB, sixth, 59-11; Trickey, Forks, seventh, 51-6; Scheid, Crescent, eighth, 47-6.

Javelin — Olson, CB, first, 85-9; Glasser, Sequim, third, 77-6; Madison Ballou, PA, sixth, 52-2; Trickey, Forks, seventh, 40-1.

High Jump — Abby Schroeder, Sequim, first, 5-0; Wenzl, PA, second, 4-8; Rowley, Forks, fifth, 4-0.

Pole Vault — Musalek, PA, first, 8-6; Mia Underwood, Sequim, third, 7-6.

Long Jump — Pyeatt, Sequim, second, 14-9¾; Burke, PA, third, 14-9; Luong, Forks, fourth, 11-8½; Woodruff, NB, fifth, 11-8¼.

Triple Jump — Michelle Alvarez, PA, 30-6¾; Mattix, Crescent, third, 27-0; Woodruff, NB, fourth, 26-4¼.

PREP TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim boys pick up eight firsts, win Port Angeles meet
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Adam Kennedy of Port Angeles compets in the triple jump during Saturday’s Port Angeles Invitational track meet at Port Angeles High School.

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Adam Kennedy of Port Angeles compets in the triple jump during Saturday’s Port Angeles Invitational track meet at Port Angeles High School.

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