BREMERTON — Led by triple-event winner Gracie Long of Port Angeles, five North Olympic Peninsula athletes brought home Triple Crown awards from the annual Bremerton Invitational track and field meet.
Josue Lucas and Cole Baysinger of Forks and Clallam Bay’s Clayton Willis and Jennica Maines also earned awards at Saturday’s meet at
Memorial Stadium.
No team scores were kept at the 11-school event, which provides an opportunity to qualify for postseason competition.
Long received the girls Long Distance award.
She swept the long-distance running events, finishing first in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes, 33.35 seconds, the 1,600 (5:31.15) and the 3,200 (12:34.37). She also placed second in the high jump with a mark of 4 feet, 10 inches.
The Roughriders’ Lainnie Lyamba did well in the jumping contests, winning the long jump with a distance of 15-03.50 and placing second in the triple jump with a mark of 30-09.
Lael Butler claimed the steeplechase with a time of 7:12.71 for Port Angeles, and Jennifer Danielson won the hammer with a throw of 102-06.
On the boys side, Jacob Kennedy was first in the shot put (45-07) for the Riders and Taylor Millsap won the javelin with a season-best throw of 140-08.
Lucas wins for Forks
Lucas, a freshman, won the boys Long Distance award for the Spartans. He finished first in the 3,200 with a time of 10:34.87 and was second in the 1,600 (4:48.32).
Cole Baysinger won the boys Throws triple crown for Forks, placing fourth in the discus (116-02), fifth in the javelin (123-05) and fifth in the shot put (39-0).
The Spartans’ girls 4×200 relay team of Mia Bailey, Kayleen Bailey, Ella Damron and Marissa Bailey finished fourth with a time of 2:07.30.
Clallam Bay pair shine
Willis and Maines paced the Bruins boys and girls with Triple Crown award wins in the jumping events.
Willis set a new personal record of 39-04 to take the triple jump, and finished third in the long jump (19-04) and sixth in the high jump (5-04).
He also was a member of Clallam Bay’s runner-up 4×400 relay team, along with Jamari Signor, Martin Cummings and Alan Greene. They finished with a time of 3:56.21.
Maines placed third in the triple (29-02.25), fourth in the high jump (4-06) and seventh in the long jump (13-03.75) for the Bruins.
The Clallam Bay girls 4×200 relay team of Atokena Abe, Miriam Wonderly, Kendra Anderson and Molly McCoy finished first with a time of 2:01.12.
The Bruins’ 4×400 relay team of Kaylin Signor, Abe, Anderson and Wonderly placed second (5:02.46).
Golden wins twice
Chimacum’s Sam Golden won both boys hurdles events, taking the 110-meter event with a time of 16.54 seconds and setting a season-best mark of 43.39 seconds in the 300.
Trevon Noel picked up a win in the discus for the Cowboys (136-3) and was second in the shot put with a mark of 44-1.
Bailey Castillo provided the best individual girls performance for Chimacum with a fourth-place finish in the javelin.
The Cowboys’ girls 4×100 team of Jada Trafton, Juliet Alban Vallat, Sammy Raines and Castillo finished second with a time of 54.35 seconds.
Crescent competes
Jordan Scott led the Loggers boys, finishing fourth in the 110 hurdles (18.49 seconds).
Grace Baillargeon had the best girls performance for Crescent, taking third in the 400 with a time of 1:07.07.
Sequim, PT at Terrace Invite
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE — Sequim’s Oscar Herrera broke two meet records in winning both hurdle races, pacing the Wolves boys team to a fourth-place finish at the Terrace Invitational at Mountlake Terrace High School.
The Sequim girls finished ninth, while the Port Townsend boys and girls each finished 11th.
A total of 17 boys teams and 16 girls squads, mainly from Class 3A, competed in Saturday’s event.
Herrera set a personal-best time of 15.07 seconds in winning the 110-meter hurdles. He tied his season-best mark of 40.36 seconds in the 300 hurdles.
Jackson Oliver cleared 6 feet to win the high jump crown for the Wolves.
Sequim’s 4×400 relay team of Logan Habner, Kane Stoddard, Herrera and Oliver placed second (3:40.94).
Audrey Shingleton had the best individual finish for the Wolves girls, third in the 800-meter run (2:29.02).
Waverly Shreffler was fourth for Sequim in the 1,600 with a time of 5:26.52.
Shreffler teamed with Emma Beeson, Gretchen Happe and Kiara Pierson to finish second in the 4×400 relay.
Freshman Aubry Botkin was Port Townsend’s lone event winner, finishing first in the girls 100 hurdles with a time of 16.49 seconds. She also finished third in the 300 hurdles (52.69).
Eileen Leoso was second in the triple jump for the Redhawks (33-04.50).
Seren Dances led the Port Townsend boys with a second-place finish in the triple jump (41-10).
Koby Weidner sprinted to fourth in the boys 100-meter dash with a time of 11.64 for the Redhawks.
Dances and Weidner, along with Carson Marx and Kyle Blankenship, paced Port Townsend’s 4×100 relay team to a second-place finish (44.93 seconds).