Track stuff

Pictures are up at oakharborsports.shutterfly.com for todays track meet.

Coach Peterson did his sun dance, so for most of the meet the sun was out, or at least barely covered by clouds. However, he forgot to do his 'no wind' dance, and as a result, the wind gods blew harder than usual, making for a cold and rather slow meet.

Even with the cold wind, there were several performances of note, especially on the girls side.

In the 1600m run and long jump, Wildcat girls finished 1-2-3, and finished 1-2-4-5 in the 100m dash. This in addition to winning all 3 relays by a comfortable margin.

Freshman Abby Leete continues to impress in the 3200, winning the race by an astounding 1:41.

Hope Thompson decided to try the high jump, and was the first to place for Oak harbor this year, clearing 4'2" for a 6th place finish.

Millie Goebel in the javelin finished 3rd for the 'Cats and 7th overall, but threw for 76 feet - an increase of 12 feet! Becky Freeman in the discus also added to her personal best. Ariel Brothers continues to improve and was the lone female pole vaulter. She cleared 6'6", tied with 3 others in height, but finishing 4th overall as it took her more tries to clear the height than the other girls.

The boys provided some exciting finishes, particularly Bryce Schulle in the 2oom dash. Bryce was in the lead coming into the final 10 meters, but at the finish line it was too close for me to call. The automatic timing system we installed did call it, and awarded the win to Schulle, by .01 seconds - 23.14 to 23.15. Stephen Lewis was a close third. Bryce also won the high jump event, clearing 5'6".

Brooks Waller finished 3rd in the 300m hurdles, a tough race, but in doing so, chopped 3 seconds of his previous best. Other new PRs for the boys of note were Cody Church dropping over 2 seconds off his 400m time, Nate Miller cutting 4 seconds off his 2-mile time, Austin Church adding 3 feet to his shot put, and finally, Dough Hughs throwing the javelin 12 and a half feet further than he's ever thrown it - an addition of almost 10% to 136'9".

I'll be at the varsity baseball game Friday taking pictures, then at the girls AAU basketball tournament at Oak Harbor HS.