From left, Port Angeles’ Gracie Long and Sequim’s Murray Bingham.

From left, Port Angeles’ Gracie Long and Sequim’s Murray Bingham.

TRACK AND FIELD: PA girls second, Sequim boys third at Sub-Districts

BREMERTON — The Sequim boys’ and girls’ track teams qualified individuals and relay teams in 26 events to the 2A West Central District 3 Meet next week, while the Port Angeles track teams qualified in 21 events.

The Port Angeles girls finished second at the Olympic 2A Sub-District qualifying meet Saturday, while the Sequim boys finished third. The Port Angeles boys and Sequim girls each came in fifth. The North Kitsap boys and girls won both team titles.

Port Angeles’ Gracie Long won two events — the 1,600 and 3,200 meters — while Sequim’s Murray Bingham won the 800 meters and 1,600 meters, beating his teammate Alec Shingleton by less than two seconds in the 800. Murray’s sister, Morgan Bingham, finished second to Long in both the 1,600 and 3,200.

The two wins were Long’s 21st and 22nd first-place finishes this season individually and as a relay team member. Meanwhile, Murray Bingham racked up his 13th and 14th first-place finishes of the year.

Other winners include Sequim’s Riley Martin in the 300-meter hurdles, Sequim’s Riley Cowan in the javelin and Sequim’s Elizabeth Sweet in the pole vault.

Port Angeles’ Delaney Wenzl also set a school record for a freshman in the 300-meter hurdles, finishing in 49.55 seconds, good for second place and a District berth.

Relay teams qualifying for District include both the Sequim 4×100 — Curtis Gorr, Keyshawn Whitney, Michael Mattern-Hall and Cowan — that finished second and the Sequim 4×400 — Gorr, Mattern-Hall, Alec Shingleton and Murray Bingham — that finished fourth.

Among the girls, Sequim’s 4×100 team — Daisy Ryan, Rylee Gray, Emma Beeson and Hilary Holtrop — finished second, earning a trip to District, while the Port Angeles 4×100 team — Alexis Cobb, Kia Noel, Michelle Alvarez and Mckenzie Musalek — finished fourth, earning a berth.

The Port Angeles girls’ strength has been in the distance events and the Riders qualified for districts in eight slots in the 800-, 1,600- and 3,200 meter runs. Long qualified by winning her two events. Kynzie DeLeon qualified in the 800 and 3,200, while Maddie Dougherty qualfiied in the 800 and 1,600 and Lael Butler qualified in the 1,600 and 3,200.

The Sequim girls’ 4×200 team (Ryan, Kristinna Barnet, Beeson and Telicia Busby) finished third, while the Port Angeles 4×200 squad (Musalek, Noel, Alvarez and Wenzl) finished fourth. Both relay teams will go to District.

The Sequim girls 4×400 team (Barnet, Ryan, Beeson and Morgan Bingham) finished third and the Port Angeles 4×400 team (Wenzl, Ellie Hiigel, Long and Kynzie DeLeon) finished fourth, good for District.

The top five finishers in each event qualified for the West Central District meet, which will be held at Renton Memorial Stadium Friday and Saturday. Olympic League qualifiers will compete with qualifiers from the South Puget Sound League and the Seamount League for the chance to go to the 2A state meet May 25-27 at Mount Tahoma.

Complete results below

2A Olympic League Subdistrict Track and Field Meet

Top 5 to the West Central District 2A meet

Bremerton, Saturday, May 13

Sequim, Port Angeles results

Boys

Team Results — North Kitsap, first, 229.5; Bremerton, second, 99; Sequim, third, 96; Kingston, fourth, 65; Port Angeles, fifth, 32.5; North Mason, sixth, 28; Olympic, seventh, 26.

Individual Results

200 Meter Run — Curtis Gorr, Sequim, third 23.18.

400 Meter Run — Gorr, Sequim, second, 52.33.

800 Meter Run — Murray Bingham, Sequim, first, 2:01.64; Alec Shingleton, Sequim, second, 2:03.39.

1,600-Meter Run — Bingham, Sequim, first, 4:43.34.

3,200-Meter Run — Thomas Shaw, PA, third, 10:58.63.

110-Meter Hurdles — Riley Martin, Sequim, third, 16.28; Richard Hall, Sequim, eighth, 19.36.

300-Meter Hurdles — Martin, Sequim, first, 42.59; Fischer Jensen, Sequim, seventh, 45.27.

4×100 Relay — Sequim (Gorr, Keyshawn Whitney, Michael Mattern-Hall, Riley Cowan), second, 45.76; Port Angeles (Grady Bourm, Nolan Hughes, Logan Tyson, Clayton Willis), sixth, 48.28.

4×400 Relay — Sequim (Gorr, Mattern-Hall, Shingleton, Bingham), fourth, 3:40.39; Port Angeles (Shaw, Karson Nicpon, Tyson, Adam Kennedy), sixth, 4:04.40.

Shot Put — Hayden Wickham, PA, third, 41-9; Brenden Lauritzen, Sequim, fifth, 39-3.

Discus — Lauritzen, Sequim, seventh, 95-10; Wickham, eighth, 90-2.

Javelin — Riley Cowan, Sequim, first, 149-6; Lauritzen, Sequim, third, 137-10; Willis, PA, fifth, 122-6.

High Jump — Liam Clark, PA, fourth, 5-6; Bourm, PA, sixth, 5-4; Mattern-Hall, Sequim, seventh, 5-2.

Pole Vault — Liam Byrne, Sequim, fourth, 11-6; Logan Tyson, PA, seventh, 9-6; Andrew Cambalik, Sequim, eighth, 9-0; Tyler Messinger, PA, eighth, 9-0.

Long Jump — Willis, PA, fourth, 20-2 1/2.

Triple Jump — Willis, PA, sixth, 40-4 1.2; Kennedy, PA, seventh, 39-1 1/2.

Girls

Team Results — North Kitsap, first, 161; Port Angeles, second, 106; Olympic, third, 90; Bremerton, fourth, 89; Sequim, fifth, 78; Kingston, sixth, 46; North Mason, seventh, 38.

Individual Results

100-Meter Run — Lainnie Lyamba, PA, sixth, 13.54.

200-Meter Run — Telicia Busby, Sequim, fifth, 28.81.

400-Meter Run — Kristinna Barnet, Sequim, fourth, 1:03.71.

800-Meter Run — Kynzie DeLeon, PA, third, 2:36.20; Maddie Dougherty, PA, fifth, 2:39.39; Ellie Hiigel, PA, sixth, 2:42.27.

1,600-Meter Run — Gracie Long, PA, first, 5:19.05; Morgan Bingham, Sequim, second, 5:24.32; Dougherty, PA, fourth, 5:49.70; Lael Butler, PA, fifth, 5:51.66; Hiigel, PA, sixth, 5:54.74.

3,200-Meter Run — Long, PA, first, 11:47.69; Bingham, Sequim, second, 12:10.14; DeLeon, PA, third, 12:39.24; Butler, PA, fourth, 13:12.08; Alisandra Baccus, PA, eighth, 14:20.08.

100-Meter Hurdles — Shayli Schuman, Sequim, third, 18.65; Delaney Wenzl, PA, eighth, 19.91.

300-Meter Hurdles — Wenzl, PA, second, 49.55; Schuman, Sequim, eighth, 56.01.

4×100 Relay — Sequim (Daisy Ryan, Rylee Gray, Emma Beeson, Hilary Holtrop), second, 53.73; Port Angeles (Alexis Cobb, Kia Noel, Michelle Alverez, Mckenzie Musalek), 54.13.

4×200 Relay — Sequim (Ryan, Barnet, Beeson, Telicia Busby), third, 1:53.10; Port Angeles (Musalek, Noel, Alvarez, Wenzl), fourth, 1:55.98.

4×400 Relay — Sequim (Barnet, Ryan, Beeson, Bingham), third, 4:29.86; Port Angeles (Wenzl, Hiigel, Long, DeLeon), fourth, 4:31.40.

Shot Put — Devin Edwards, PA, second, 32-2; Lindsey Leader, Sequim, fifth, 30-4; Kili Jeanmarie, Sequim, eighth, 26-4.

Discus — Clarisse Finman, Sequim, third, 95-4; Jennifer Danielson, PA, fifth, 88-10; Lindsey Leader, Sequim, eighth, 81-5; Edwards, PA, ninth, 77-3.

Javelin — Kaitlyn Viada, fourth, 98-8.

High Jump — Long, PA, second, 4-8; Holtrop, Sequim, sixth, 4-2.

Pole Vault — Elizabeth Sweet, Sequim, first, 9-6; Musalek, PA, eighth, 7-6.

Long Jump — Noel, PA, sixth, 14-6 1/2; Lainne Lyamba, PA, seventh, 14-3 1/2; Alvarez, PA, eighth, 13-6 3/4.

Triple Jump — Lyamba, PA, second, 32-0; Holtrop, Sequim, fourth, 30-8 1/2; Noel, PA, fifth, 30-6; Alvarez, PA, seventh, 27-7.

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