JOYCE — The small-school Class 1B Crescent boys track and field team won its own seven-team invitational of mostly bigger schools Saturday.
The Loggers won a shootout with powerhouse 1A Cedar Park Christian Eagles of Bothell on the boys side, 184-173.
The next closest team was 1A Forks with 60.3333.
The Eagles dominated the girls competition, and were the strongest overall program at the meet, with 179 points.
Port Townsend girls were runners-up with 126 while Port Angeles with a limited team claimed third with 117.
The only other 1B schools at the meet were Neah Bay and Clallam Bay.
The Logger boys captured seven individual titles and won one relay event while the Redskin girls were tops for North Olympic Peninsula teams with five individual championships and two relay wins.
In addition, there were six double winners from the Peninsula, including boys Matthew Waldrip and Donovan Christie of Crescent, and Shane White-
Eagle of Forks.
On the girls side, Brittany Grant of Port Townsend, Courtney Winck of Neah Bay and Sydney Christenson of Forks were all double winners.
Waldrip led the Crescent boys attack, winning both hurdles events.
He captured the 110-meter hurdles in 17.04, blowing away the field, and he took the 300 hurdles in 44.44, again easily blowing away the field.
The Loggers swept the 110 hurdles with Joel Williams taking second with a time of 18.37, and Quintin March third.
Williams also won 800 run in a time of 2:12.97.
Christie also was a big part of the Logger boys attack with wins in the triple jump with a distance of 37 feet, 1.5 inches, and the high jump with a height of 5-10.
Other Crescent winners were Mike Zapien in discus with a throw of 118-02 and Quenton Wolfer in javelin with a toss of 146-03.
In addition, the Crescent boys claimed the 4×100 relay title with a time of 47.92 with Beau Bamer, Eric Larson, Williams and Kyle Hutto.
WhiteEagle, a state-class 1A sprinter, sparked the Forks boys to third place by winning the 100 dash in 11.40 seconds and the 200 in 23.23 seconds.
WhiteEagle also captured third place in the shot put and discus. It was his first time competing in discus.
Neah Bay speedster Titus Pascua was runner-up in the 200 with a time of 24.20.
Port Townsend boys, who were fourth with 58.5 points, had two individual winners.
Ryan Clarke took the 1,600-meter run in 5:14.02 while Chad Smith claimed long jump with a distance of 20.05.
In other boys team scores, Clallam Bay came in fifth at 49.1666, followed by Neah Bay 49 and Port Angeles, with a JV team, 12.
Girls competition
The Redskins were the top team from the area on the girls side, taking second to Cedar Park Christian, 179-126.
Port Angeles took third with 117, followed by Forks with 82, Crescent with 57, Neah Bay with 28 and Clallam Bay with 22.
Grant sparked the Redskins with victories in the 1,600 in 5:40.49 and the 800 in 2:28.80.
Kari Larson of Forks was second to Grant in both events.
Other winners for Port Townsend were Marie Karlsen in the 400 in 1:04.97, Rebecca Stewart in the 300 hurdles in 53.93 and Laura Caballero in the high jump with a leap of 4-08.
The Redskins also won two relay events.
They took the 4×200 in 1:57.54 with Alex Akins, Patricia Reeves, Stewart and Karlsen, and they won the 4×400 in 4:30.80 with Grant, Stewart, Akins and Karlsen.
Christenson had a strong meet for the Spartans, winning the shot put event with a season-best heave of 35-04 and discus with a throw of 96-05.
Mercedes Flores of Forks was second to Christenson in shot put with a throw of 31 feet even while teammate Tristina Smith, a freshman, took third in javelin with a distance of 88-02, a personal best by 10 feet and close to a school record.
Neah Bay’s Winck also was a double winner as she captured first in the 100 hurdles in 18.36 seconds and the long jump with a distance of 15 feet even.
The only other area winner was the Crescent girls 4×100 relay team that won in 57.20 seconds with Devanie Christie, Sara Moore, Kellie Belford and Lynn Grover.
PA in Tacoma
Twos were wild for the Port Angeles track team at the Tacoma Invitational at the Lincoln Bowl on Saturday.
Teams from 32 schools, mostly 4A and 3A, gathered under sunny and warm skies for a big-time meet.
Cameron Braithwaite continued to thrill track audiences with a second place triple jump effort of 43-9.5, besting his previous best by one foot and a half.
That jump propelled him to rank fourth at state, 8 inches behind the 2A state leader.
Braithwaite also took third place in the long jump with a leap of 21-0.
Jordan Norberg continued his quest to lead the state in the javelin toss with a second-place throw of 168-4.
Tyler Rixon had a personal best in the shot put with 37-1, taking 21st place.
Kyle Tupper ran good, tough races, doubling up in the 1600 and 3200.
He set a PR in the mile with 4:51 and came back 3 hours later to place 10th in the 3200 with a 10:26.
The Port Angeles girls team made the biggest statement this season at Tacoma.
Sophomore Lizzy Stevenson took a second place in the frosh/soph girls mile with a run of 5:41.
The Roughriders took yet another second place in the pole vault with Tarah Erickson’s vault of 10-6.
Jolene Millsap made the finals in the 100 meters, claiming sixth place with a 13.26.
Elyse Lovgren took a ninth place in the 200 meters with a personal best 27.61.
Freshman Cami Raber took 12th place in the shot put with a personal best of 30-07.5.
Sophomore Brittany Norberg was the surprise of the meet for Port Angeles. She bested her previous javelin toss by over 20 feet, taking fourth in the javelin contest with a 99-06 effort.
Norberg also threw the discus 70-09 for 18th place.
Freshman Annika Pederson took 12 seconds off her 3200 time, getting a solid 12:32 for the two mile race. She placed a solid ninth place in a very fast field of runners.
Coach Kelsey Kenck said, “Our goal was to give Brittany some experience at a big meet.
“Little did we know she would really step up to the competition and do so well facing such stiff competition.”
The girls relay teams also did well. The 4×100 relay team of Millsap, Lovgren, Raber and Allison Hodgin took 12th with a 54.59.
Those same girls teamed up in the 4×200 taking 11th place with 1:56.70.
Boys coach Pat Durr said, “The warm weather was really appreciated by the athletes after suffering through a cold, wet spring.
“We’re careful in placing athletes in these meets. We don’t want kids to get crushed with competition they’re not ready for.
“It’s gratifying to see kids rise up to this elite level of competition and still do well.”