BELFAIR — The Port Angeles girls finished first in 15 out of 16 events at a three-team meet with Port Townsend and North Mason on Tuesday, coming out hot on a warm day.
On a 77-degree March day, The Roughriders were led by impressive performances from distance runner Lauren Larson, hurdler Millie Long and freshman Kennedy Bruch. And all three Roughriders girls’ relay teams won.
“Freshmen girls were on fire. Kennedy Bruch, Jayde Gedelman, Bailee Larson, Eve Burke and Anne Edwards scored a large number of the points that put Port Angeles well above Port Townsend and North Mason to win the meet,” said coach Rodger Johnson.
Larson won two events, the 800 meters (2 minutes, 29.52 seconds) and the 1,600 (5:28.01, nearly 50 seconds better than second-place finisher, teammate Kathryn Guttormsen) and she was on the Riders’ first place 4×400 team (4:49.59).
“Lauren Larson and Kathryn Guttormsen both had [personal records] in the 800-meter and 1,600-meter races. They paced themselves perfectly, and enjoyed running in some warm weather,” Johnson said.
Long won the 100-meter hurdles (16.63 seconds), the 300-meter hurdles (50.26) and the long jump (16 feet, 9½ inches).
Four first-place finishes
But Bruch, competing in just her second-ever varsity track meet, might have had the most impressive day of them all. Bruch won the 400-meter run (1:06.83), the discus (84 feet, 3 inches) and was a part of the Riders’ first-place 4×200 (1:53.18) and 4×400 teams. That’s four firsts in one day.
Other members of the 4×200 team were Mckenzie Musalek, Delaney Wenzl and Bailee Larson, while the 4×400 also included Guttormsen and Emma Weaver.
The Riders’ 4×100 team of Alexis Cobb, Catie Brown, Michelle Alvarez and Eve Burke also won with a time of 54.97 seconds.
Musalek won two individual events, coming in first in the 200-meter run (28.13 seconds) and the pole vault (10 feet, 3 inches). Burke, like Bruch also a freshman, had a pair of first-place finishes herself in the 100-meter run (13.58 seconds) and the high jump (4-10).
Other Port Angeles girls winners were sophomore Myra Walker in the shot put with a distance of 33-10 and Alvarez in the triple jump (28-4½).
For the boys, Port Angeles’ Liam Clark won the high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 6 inches and the triple jump with a distance of 40-11½.
Nathan Cantrell of Port Townsend won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:06.66 and the Roughriders’ Logan Tyson won the pole vault at 11 feet.
The Roughriders’ next track meet is the Retro Flying A Meet in Port Angeles with North Olympic League competitors (Crescent, Neah Bay and Clallam Bay) next Thursday. Port Townsend is going to the Bedlington Twilight Meet in Lynden on Friday.
Port Townsend, Port Angeles at North Mason Invite
Tuesday, March 19
Boys Results
• 100 Meters — Xander Maestas, third, Port Angeles, 12.30; Grady Bourm, PA, seventh, 12.64; Devin Harris, PA, eighth, 12.77.
• 200 Meters — Logan Tyson, PA, second, 24.64; Connor Mackey, Port Townsend, eighth, 28.50.
• 400 Meters — Markus Musalek, PA, fourth, 1:01.52; James Grubbs, Pa, fifth, 1:02.60.
• 800 Meters — Nathan Cantrell, PT, first, 2:06.66; Naaman McGuffey, PA, third, 2:18.39; Nathan Marple, PA, fifth, 2:26.84; Max Allworth-Miles, PT, sixth, 2:27.45; Brian Emmons, PA, seventh, 2:34.02; James Grubbs, ninth, 2:46.49.
• 1600 Meters — McGuffey, PA, second, 5:17.73; Marple, PA, third, 5:35.89.
• 3200 Meters — Seamus Fraser, PT, second, 10:43.27; Cantrell, PT, third, 10:43.35; Thomas Shaw, PA, fourth, 11:00.73.
• 110m Hurdles — Caleb Flodstrom, PA, second, 19.18; Philip Bischof, PA, fourth, 26.09.
• 300m Hurdles — Flodstrom, PA, second, 50.40; Bischof, PA, fourth, 1:04.71.
• 4×100 Relay — Port Angeles, (Xander Maestas, Grady Bourm, Logan Tyson, Javen Waller), third, 48.24.
• 4×400 Relay — Port Angeles, (James Grubbs, Thomas Shaw, Nathan Marple, Brian Emmons), second, 4:08.35.
• Shot Put — Darrell Duckett, PA, third, 42-3; Christian Lopez, PA, sixth, 30-½; Cyras Mills, PA, seventh, 29-4¼; Thomas Allen, PA, eighth, 26-4; Gage Barry, PT, 10th, 19-5.
• Discus — Duckett, PA, fourth, 98-5; Jaxon Bourm, PA, sixth, 87-1; Mills, PA, seventh, 63-1; Allen, PA, eighth, 57-4; Rhett Wilson, PA, 10th, 56-3.
• Javelin — Musalek, PA, third, 109-0; Bourm, PA, fourth, 103-1; Isaiah Getchell, PA, fifth, 101-2; Santi Montal, PA, sixth, 91-9; Xander Maestas, PA, seventh, 87-9; Wilson, PA, 10th, 59-6.
• High Jump — Liam Clark, PA, first, 5-6.
• Pole Vault — Logan Tyson, PA, first, 11-0; Getchell, PA, second, 8-6; Musalek, PA, fourth, 7-0.
• Long Jump — Clark, PA, second, 19-3; Bourm, PA, third, 17-7; Nolan Hughes, PA, fourth, 17-2; Maestas, PA, fifth, 17-0; Caleb Flodstrom, PA, sixth, 16-8; Devin Harris, PT, ninth, 15-7½; Waller, PA, 10th, 15-4½.
• Triple Jump — Clark, PA, first, 40-11½; Hughes, PA, fourth, 34-1¼; Flodstrom, PA, fifth, 32-1.
Girls Results
• 100 Meters — Eve Burke, PA, first, 13.58; Aurin Asbell, PT, third, 14.13; Myra Walker, PA, fourth, 15.14; Hope Brignoli, PT, fifth, 15.15; Samantha Robbins, PA, sixth, 15.24; Annika Carlson, PT, eighth, 15.52; Lillian Hickey, PA, 10th, 15.96.
• 200 Meters — Mckenzie Musalek, PA, first, 28.13; Delaney Wenzl, PA, third, 28.81; Anika Avelino, PT, fourth, 29.32; Sophia Salas, PA, eighth, 30.55; Savanna Hoffman, PT, ninth, 31.67.
• 400 Meters — Kennedy Bruch, PA, first, 1:06.83; Emma Weaver, PA, second, 1:14.23; Kayla Richmond, PA, third, 1:35.87.
• 800 Meters — Lauren Larson, PA, first, 2:29.52; Avelino, PT, second, 2:40.88; Kathryn Guttormsen, PA, third, 2:47.77; Maxine Waddell, PA, fourth, 2:55.86; Emma Weaver, PA, fifth, 3:16.90; Emma Weller, PA, sixth, 3:19.49.
• 1600 Meters — Larson, PA, first, 5:28.01; Guttormsen, PA, second, 6:17.62; Waddell, PA, third, 6:48.86.
• 100m Hurdles — Millie Long, PA, first, 16.63; Catherine Brown, PA, third, 19.04; Sierra Ruegg, PT, fifth, 21.99; Alyah Fountain, PT, sixth, 24.31.
• 300m Hurdles — Long, PA, first, 50.26; Brown, PA, third, 54.88; Ruegg, PT, fifth, 59.53; Macy Smith, PT, sixth, 1:00.09; Jazzy Apker-Montoya, PT, seventh, 1:06.67; Alyah Fountain, PT, seventh.
• 4×100 Relay — Port Angeles (Alexis Cobb, Brown, Michelle Alvarez, Burke), first, 54.97; Port Townsend (Olevia Demius, Gina Brown, Smith, Apker-Montoya), second, 1:00.90; Port Angeles (Lynsey Light, Samantha Robbins,
Jazmine Ruiz-Darling, Pursha True), third, 1:02.96.
• 4×200 Relay — Port Angeles (Musalek, Kennedy Bruch, Wenzl, Bailee Larson), first, 1:53.18; Port Townsend (Ruegg, Smith, Alyah Fountain, Savanna Hoffman), third, 2:07.22.
• 4×400 Relay — Port Angeles (Larson, Guttormsen, Bruch, Emma Weaver), first, 4:49.59.
• Shot Put — Walker, PA, first, 33-10; Amathyst Porter, PA, second, 30-4; Brown, PT, sixth, 26-8; Kayla Richmond, PA, eighth, 23-9; Kristina Shumway, PA, ninth, 22-8; Anne Edwards, PA, 10th, 21-10½.
• Discus — Bruch, PA, first, 84-3; Franklin, PT, second, 83-10; Edwards, PA, third, 78-5; Walker, PA, sixth, 66-7; Richmond, PA, seventh, 64-10; Emily Hamilton, PA, ninth, 59-1; Madison Ballou, PA, 10th, 54-10.
• Javelin — Jayde Gedelman, PA, third, 82-9; Apker-Montoya, PT, fourth, 73-1; Brown, PT, seventh, 66-4; Shumway, PA, eighth, 66-0; Porter, PA, ninth, 65-5; Hamilton, PA, 10th, 57-0.
• High Jump — Burke, PA, first, 4-10; Wenzl, PA, second, 4-8.
• Pole Vault — Musalek, PA, first, 10-3; Larson, PA, second, 7-0; Edwards, PA, third, 6-0; Robbins, PA, fourth, 6-0; Light, PA, fifth, 6-0.
• Long Jump — Long, PA, first, 16-9½; Burke, PA, second, 15-5; Larson, PA, third, 14-5; Aurin Asbell, PT, fourth, 13-2; Light, PA, fifth, 13-1; Alvarez, PA, sixth, 12-6; Alyssa Peppers, PA, seventh, 11-8¼; Cobb, PA, eighth, 11-7; Annika Carlson, PT, eighth, 11-7; Demius, PT, 10th, 10-11½.
• Triple Jump — Alvarez, PA, first, 28-4½; Cobb, PA, second, 26-6½; Demius, PT, third, 25-2¼.
