TRACK AND FIELD: Sequim boys and girls team’s upended by North Kitsap for Olympic League title; other area reports

POULSBO — The Sequim boys and girls track teams lost their first meets of the season, each falling to North Kitsap in the final dual meets of the season.

The North Kitsap teams claim the Olympic League boys and girls championships with undefeated records.

The boys meet was about as close as can be, as the Vikings edged the Wolves 73-72.

In Thursday’s other boys dual, Sequim defeated Bremerton 83-61.

Oscar Herrera and Brendan Despain were double winners for the Wolves.

Herrera won the 110- and 300-meter hurdles with times of 15.75 seconds and 40.94 seconds, respectively.

Brendon Despain won a pair of distance runs, taking the 1,600-meter with a time of 4 minutes, 42.80 seconds, and the 3,200 with a time of 10:13.97.

Alex Barry, Class 2A’s top javelin thrower, won the javelin with a distance of 176 feet, 4 inches.

Joshua Cibene won the pole vault with a personal-record 13-09, and Miguel Moroles took first in the 200 with a time of 23.73 seconds.

Girls results

Waverly Shreffler, Mercedes Woods and Heidi Vereide each were part of multiple first-place finishes for the Sequim girls.

The Wolves fell to the Vikings 85.5-64.5 and defeated Bremerton 111.5-33.5.

Individually, Shreffler won the 400 (60.14 seconds), Woods took first in the 200 (27.90 seconds) and Vereide won the long jump (15-01.25).

The trio also helped Sequim place first in a pair of relays.

Shreffler, Gretchan Happe, Emma Beeson and Woods won the 4×200-meter relay with a time of 1:50.65.

In the 4×400, Shreffler, Happe, Woods and Vereide won with a time of 4:16.67.

Cheryl Armstrong also was a winner for the Wolves, taking the girls shot put with a throw of 30-01.75.

Riders sweep final dual meets

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles boys and girls swept their final dual meets of the season.

The Port Angeles boys defeated Klahowya 73-68, Kingston 91-48 and Chimacum 82-43.

On the girls side, the Roughriders routed Klahowya (116-31), Kingston (115-17) and Chimacum (123-11).

Class 1B schools Neah Bay and Clallam Bay also competed at Thursday’s meet.

The Port Angeles girls were paced by their youth.

Freshman Gracie Long won the 1,600-meter run (5 minutes, 34.59 seconds) and 300-meter hurdles (52.25 seconds) and tied for first in the high jump (4-06).

She also ran with the first-place 4×400-meter relay team, one of three relay wins for the Riders.

Cami Raber, Cassidy Hodgin, Ciara Gentry and Madison St. George won the 4×100 (55.47 seconds); Lexie Jeffers, Elyse Lovgren, St. George and Laura Nutter won the 4×200 (1:57.01); and St. George, Haili Farnum, Raber and Long took first in the 4×400 (4:38.62).

Freshman Maddie Dougherty was a double winner for Port Angeles, winning the 3,200 (12:53.27) and the pole vault (7 feet).

Two other underclassmen were individual champions for Port Angeles: freshman Devin Edwards won the 100 hurdles (19.32 seconds), and Nutter, a sophomore, placed first in the 800 (2:39.50).

The Riders’ youth was boosted by upperclassmen Owens, Lovgren and Hodgin.

Owens, a senior, won the triple jump (31-03.5) and tied with Long for first in the high jump.

Lovgren, another senior, won the 100-meter dash (13.68 seconds) and Hodgin, a junior, placed first in the long jump (13-05).

Chimacum lost all three of its duals, but had an individual champion in junior Bailey Castillo, who won the javelin with a throw of 100-05.

For the Neah Bay girls, Faye Chartraw won the shot put (33-08.25) and the discus (103-0).

Clallam Bay sophomore Molly McCoy tied with Port Angeles’ Long and Owens for first in the high jump.

Boys results

Peter Butler was a two-time champion for the Port Angeles boys, winning the 1,600 (4:35.72) and the 3,200 (10:14.82).

The Riders also swept the throwing events.

Matt Robbins won the shot put (43.08.5), Paul Van Rossen placed first in the discus (126-06) and Kody Kuch won the javelin (154-11).

Sam Burton placed first in the pole vault with a height of 11-06.

The Chimacum boys were swept in their duals at Thursday’s meet.

The Cowboys were led by the runner-up showings of Trevon Noel in the shot put and the discus.

The Neah Bay boys had three individual wins.

Cameron Buzzell placed first in the 100 (12.03 seconds), Auston Jimmicum won the 110 hurdles (18.56 seconds) and Elisha Winck out-jumped the field in the triple jump (39-07.5).

The Red Devils also placed first in the 4×100 relay, as Buzzell, Chris Martinez, Winck and Cole Svec ran the relay in 45.98 seconds.

For Clallam Bay, eighth-grader Clayton Willis was the long jump champion with a 18-09.

PT boys win two of three duals

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend boys defeated Coupeville (91-33) and North Mason (68-67) at the four-team Olympic League duals at Port Townsend High School.

The Redhawks also lost to Olympic 81-61.

Crescent also competed at Thursday’s meet, and had a first-place showing from freshman Paul Frantz, who won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:00.90.

The Port Townsend boys had four individual champions and a relay win.

Cameron Constantine won the 200 (23.87 seconds), Brennan LaBrie won the 400 (53.74 seconds), Jackson Schott took first in the 3,200 (12:31.20) and Jeff Seton was the javelin winner (138-11).

The Redhawks also took first in the 4×100-meter relay with a time of 45.17 seconds.

Girls results

The Port Townsend girls were swept by Olympic, Coupeville and North Mason.

The Redhawks did have two individual champions. Freshman Ally Bradley won the 3,200 with a time of 13:35.40, and sophomore Sira Wines won the high jump with a 4.04.

Crescent also had a pair of winners: Ryan Lester in the 100 hurdles (17.90 seconds) and Ashara Dodson in the javelin (84-07).

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