TACOMA — Murray Bingham of Sequim is the state champion of the 800-meter run while Port Angeles’ Millie Long joined her sister as a state champion by winning the 300-meter hurdles.
Both the Sequim boys and the Port Angeles girls are both in the running for state 2A team championships with the 4×400 relay races to be held after press deadline.
Bingham won his race with a time of 1 minutes, 55.937 seconds. His teammate Alec Shingleton came in fifth with a time of 1:59.208.
Shingleton picked up some big points for Sequim late Saturday afternoon by finishing second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.01, finishing out of first place by 0.12 of a second.
Long, who came in seventh in the 100-meter hurdles (15.61 seconds) Thursday and 10th in the long jump, won the 300-meter hurdles on Saturday with a time of 44.65 seconds. She came in to that event with the No. 1 2A girls’ time in the state and joins her sister Gracie Long, who was the 1,600-meter state champion last year for Port Angeles.
Sequim’s Riley Martin came within 0.001 of a second of winning the state championship Friday in the 110-meter hurdles in perhaps the closest finish possible.
Martin came in second place in the 110 hurdles finals with a time of 14.910 seconds. The winner was Tyrus Thomas of Pullman, who was clocked with a time of 14.909.
Martin’s amazing result is just part of a successful meet so far for Sequim and Port Angeles athletes.
Bingham also finished third in the 1,600 meters Thursday with a time of 4:21.73. Bingham ran in the 4×400 relay late Saturday after press deadline in an event the Wolves were expected to place in.
Sequim’s Fischer Jensen finished eighth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 41.801. Sequim’s Riley Pyeatt finished fifth in the girls 400-meter dash with a time of 58.88.
Port Angeles’ Lauren Larson had a busy state meet, placing in three distance events. She finished second in the 800 with a time of 2:14.47, less than one-half of a second out of first place. She also finished second in the 3,200 meters with a time of 10:54.11, just 7 seconds out of first. She finished third in the 1,600 with a time of 5:03.04. Larson single-handedly collected 22 points for the Port Angeles girls.
Port Angeles’ Myra Walker picked up a fourth-place finish in the shot put with a distance of 36-6¾.
As a team, the Sequim boys were in first place Saturday afternoon with 45 team points as the team had placed in nine total events so far. Pullman has 40 and Tumwater 38. The Port Angeles girls were first Saturday afternoon with 39 points, three points ahead of second-place Bellingham. The Roughrider girls have placed in six events so far.
Like the Sequim boys, the Port Angeles girls have a 4×400 relay team.
1A and 1B meets
CHENEY — At the 1A and 1B level, the Neah Bay 4×100 relay team has had the best showing so far, coming in third in the state. The Red Devils’ team of Toby Croy, Robert Richardson, Josey Tyree, Keith Johnson finished with a time of 46.25.
Richardson also picked up a third-place finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.66.
Neah Bay’s Isaac Jay Brunk finished sixth in the 1B triple jump at 40 feet, 6 ¼ inches, while Clallam Bay’s Ryan Strid finished fourth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.98. Crescent’s Malachi Treadway came in sixth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 18.18.
At the girls’ 1A meet, Chimacum’s Jada Trafton finished seventh in the long jump at 16-3½. Her teammate Elizabeth Shifflett came in eighth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.94.
Look on www.peninsuladailynews.com Sunday for more updates from the state track and field championships in Tacoma and Cheney.
State 2A Track
Tacoma
Boys
800 Meters — Murray Bingham, Sequim, first, 1:55.937; Alec Shingleton, Sequim, fifth, 1:59.208.
110-Meter Hurdles — Riley Martin, Sequim, second, 14.910.
400-Meter Dash, Shingleton, Sequim, second, 50.01.
1,600 Meters — Bingham, Sequim, third, 4:21.73.
200-Meter Dash — Darren Salazar Sequim, fifth, 22.86
100-Meter Dash — Salazar, Sequim, sixth, 11.43.
300-Meter Hurdles — Fischer Jensen, Sequim, eighth, 41.801.
4×100 Relay — Sequim (Theo McMurray, Logan Laxson, Jarret Allen, Keeshawn Whitney), eighth, 44.70
Long Jump — Liam Clark, PA, 10th, 20-2.
Girls
300-Meter Hurdles — Millie Long, PA, first, 44.65.
3,200 Meters — Lauren Larson, PA, second, 10:54.11; Kynzie DeLeon, PA, 10th, 11:24.05.
800 Meters — Larson, PA, second, 2:14.47.
1,600 Meters — Larson, PA, third, 5:03.04; DeLeon, PA, 13th, 5:19.86.
Shot Put — Myra Walker, PA, fourth, 36-6¾.
400-Meter Run — Riley Pyeatt, Sequim, fifth, 58.88
100-Meter Hurdles — Long, PA, seventh, 15.61.
Long Jump — Long, PA, 10th, 16-3¾
Javelin — Camille Stensgard, PA, 12th, 114-0.
High Jump — Abby Schroeder, Sequim, 14th, 4-8; Delaney Wenzl, PA, 16th, 4-6; Eve Burke, PA, 16th, 4-6.
State 1A Track
Cheney
Boys
1,600 Meters — Nathan Cantrell, Port Townsend, ninth, 4:35.35.
Javelin — Bjorn Danaan/Devas, Chimacum, 13th, 134-8; Tusker Behrenfeld, PT, 15th, 124-2.
Discus — Luke Dahlgren, Forks, 13th, 112-8; Dylan Tracer, PT, 15th, 111-6.
Girls
Long Jump — Jada Trafton, Chimacum, seventh, 16-3½.
100-Meter Hurdles — Elizabeth Shifflett, Chimacum, eighth, 17.94.
Javelin — Eileen Leoso, PT, 12th, 101-1; Jazzy Apker-Montoya, PT, 16th, 89-0.
State 1B Track
Cheney
Boys
400-Meter Dash — Robert Richardson, NB, third, 53.66.
4×100-meter Relay — Neah Bay (Toby Croy, Richardson, Josey Tyree, Keith Johnson), third, 46.25.
100-Meter Dash — Ryan Strid, Clallam Bay, fourth, 11.98.
110-Meter Hurdles — Malachi Treadway, Crescent, sixth, 18.18.
Triple Jump — Isaac Jay Brunk, Neah Bay, sixth, 40-6¼; Sean Bitegeko, NB, 12th, 37-5¾.
Discus — Brendan Bergstrom, Crescent, 13th, 104-3.
Javelin — Ramon Tinoco, NB, 14th, 118-2; Brunk, NB, 16th, 114-2.
Girls
Long Jump — Hannah Olson, CB, 10th, 14-6.
Shot Put — Olson, CB, 11th, 29-10½.
High Jump — Miriam Wonderly, CB, 11th, 4-4.
Discus — Faye Martinez, NB, 14th, 77-2.
Port Angeles’ Millie Long, center, wins her heat in the 100-meter hurdles on Thursday. Long went on to win the state championship in the 300-meter hurdles on Saturday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim’s Riley Martin, center, finishes second in the 110-meter hurdles by 0.001 of a second at the state 2A Track and Field Championships. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Port Angeles’ Lauren Larson runs in the 800 meters at the state 2A track and field championships at Mount Tahoma High School. Larson finished second in the 800, third in the 1,600 and xx in the 3,200. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Neah Bay’s Sean Bitegeko competes in the long jump in Cheney at the 1B state track and field meet. Bitegeko finished 12th with a jump of 37 feet, 5 3/4 inches. (Casey Bruner)
