Cedarcrest High School’s track and field squad opened Cascade Conference action yesterday at King’s, while Mount Si’s track and field units kicked off their home schedule with a Kingco dual meet against Redmond.
CHS gets solid efforts against Knights
A number of Red Wolve athletes fared well in their conference opener at Woolsey Stadium in Shoreline against league rival King’s.
Most of the Cedarcrest event wins were on the girls’ side, with Briana Deveraux pocketing two of them and helping in a third. Deveraux took the 400 meters in a time of one minute, 3.36 seconds, and also cleared 15 feet, 3 ¾ inches to take the long jump. She also teamed with Tayla Weaver, Kate Vergillo and Alison Swift to aid CHS’ win in the 4x200m relay. That foursome clocked 1:52.30 for the top spot in the race.
The Red Wolves’ 4×400 relay unit of Madi Shinn, Lily Krueger, Kelly Hall and Megan Reid also posted a win, with that foursome clocking 4:54.13 to take that race.
In throwing events, Cedarcrest dominated in the javelin, with Abby Coomer’s toss of 101’9” winning it and leading a Red Wolves’ top three sweep which also included runner-up Judy Amaral and third-place finisher Reyna Ramirez. Ramirez also finished third in the shot put (27’2”) and runner up in the discus (71’9”). Rounding out the event winners, Weaver won the 200m spring with a time of 27.29, leading a field which included all Red Wolves entrants.
On the boys’ side, there were a couple of event wins, but a lot of runner-up finishes. The event winners came in the 4×400 relay, where the Cedarcrest foursome of Justin Young, Cameron Hammontree, Isaac Harper and Ian Fay took top spot, clocking 3:56.54. Fay himself took the 3200m crown, leading an all Red Wolve race with a time of 9:55.82. The Red Wolves’ 4×100 relay unit of Joey Hixon, Gunnar Schultz, Dave Boak and Ryan Golden also won their race, clocking 45.37, and leading a top-two sweep by Cedarcrest in that race.
Torjan Barnes rounded out the event winners with a win in the javelin, tossing it 146’9”. Boak (200m), Golden (100m), Hixon (400m), Hammontree (800m), and Duncan Zuvich (high jump and triple jump) were among the runners-up in events for the Red Wolves, who next compete at home next Thursday against Lakewood. The meet begins at 4:00 p.m. at Cedarcrest High School’s stadium in Duvall, 29000 NE 150th St.
MSHS opens home schedule strong with performance against Redmond
The Wildcats had a good number of individual event winners balanced out among their boys and girls as they hosted Redmond in a Kingco 4A meet yesterday afternoon in Snoqualmie.
Winners on the girls’ side includes the 4×200 relay unit of Diana Hruska, Sophia Hulet, Lauren Rutherford and Curstyn Williamson, who came across the finish line in 1:55.51 to take that top spot. Kelli Christopherson scored a win in the 400m for the Wildcat ladies, clocking 1:07.78 to win that race, and Hannah Waskom took care of business in the 3200m, with Mount Si’s junior distance star coming across the finish line in 10:50.24, beating runner-up – and teammate – Julene McDonald by about 90 seconds.
Rounding out girls’ event winners for the Wildcats, Riley Ovall led a top-two sweep by Mount Si in the javelin, with a winning toss of 104’5”; freshman Jenae Usselman was the runner-up, and a top three Wildcat finish was seen in the pole vault, with senior Abby Weber’s clearance of 9’6” scoring her the win. Sarah Panciroli finished as runner-up, with Riley Buckmaster and Amanda Antoch finishing in a tie for third.
A number of Mount Si girls took runner-up finishes in events, including Usselman (discus), Rutherford (long jump), Willamson (100m and 200m) and Karlie Stewart (high jump and triple jump).
To the boys, and Jacob Belceto was the lone multi-event winner for the Wildcats on the afternoon, as he took both the 100m (11.16) and 200m (22.98). Belceto’s 100m win led a top-four MSHS sweep, while the junior’s 200m performance bested teammate Hunter Titus, who finished as the runner-up.
Joe Waskom scored the win in the 800m for the Wildcats, clocking 2:08.64, and the Wildcat 4×100 relay unit won their race in a time of 44.47. Rounding out boys’ event winners, Baly Botten cleared 13 feet flat to take the pole vault, and Truman Gray took home the shot put with a throw of 45’ 9 ¾”. Nathan Kuhnhausen won the triple jump, clearing 36’ 6 ½”, and Dustin Robey won the javelin, with a big toss of 161’10”.
Mount Si competes in its first Saturday meet of the season tomorrow, as they head to Yakima for the Ram Relays. The Wildcats are only one of two teams from west of the Cascades in the event. The meet is at West Valley High School in Yakima and starts at 11am. Mount Si resumes Kingco action next Thursday as they take on Bothell and Issaquah at Bothell High School.
Waskom’s dominate off the field, too: The Waskom siblings didn’t just have success yesterday in Mount Si uniforms, they had it last weekend, as well, competing against adult runners in a 5k race on Snoqualmie Ridge.
Joe won the Finaghty’s St. Patty’s Day run in a time of 17:04, and Hannah was fifth – and the top female – clocking 19:13. The overall runner-up, adult runner Stephen Desverine, finished 45 seconds behind Joe in that second place spot.
The Finaghty’s race drew over 300 runners to the Ridge last weekend. It was organized by RunSnoqualmie, the local road race company run by Snoqualmie resident, and MSHS distance coach, Sean Sundwall. Their next race is on May 7, the Cinco de Mayo Half Marathon and 8k, which will start and end at the high school. Registrations are now being taken for that race. For more information, log on to the RunSnoqualmie website at right in our news links and look for the links to the Cinco de Mayo race on the home page.
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