Westling track meet

Summer *IS* only two months away, right? After waking up to almost 4 inches of snow on the ground, we thought that the meet would be canceled, but, there was no snow at South Whidbey HS. In fact, once past Penn Cove, the snow was pretty much gone, off the ground at least. I did get snowed on during the drive down.

At the site, it was a cold, wet day, but not really windy. But due to the cold and wet, there were not many PRs, especially in the field events.

That didn't stop the Oak Harbor boys from winning, scoring 103 points to second place Mariner's 92. And that with only 4 first-place finishes out of 19 scheduled events. Winners were Richard Chong in the 110 hurdles, Donovan Hunt in the long jump, and the 4.100 and 4x400 relay teams. Junior Brooks Waller dropped time off both his 110 and 300 meter hurdle races and Rashaad Smith dropped a full second off his 400m time.

Although he's not from Oak Harbor in track, OH Cross Country team member Kyle King from Coupeville won both the 1600 and 3200m runs by 4 and 5 seconds, respectively, and came in second in the 800m run by less than 1 second.

The girls team scored 58 points to nab 4th, just 1 point behind Mariner, but well behind South Whidbey's 158. Abby Leete smoked the 3200 again, dropping another 12 seconds, Allison Duvenez won the 300m hurdles, Mietra (Rosie - I can't figure out which she really prefers) Smollack won the 800 and 1600 for the cats, but with only 11 female athletes, it was hard to rack up depth points. Mille Goebel did well in the 400m dash, dropping almost a second and a half and Kirsten Roof dropped a half-second off her 300m hurdle time.

If I missed any substantial PR's, email me and I'll make sure it's noted.

Next up for the runners and throwers is at Everett Stadium next Thursday, followed by the Marysville invite on Saturday. Let's hope the sun decided to come out and stay.