Track - 4-23 @ Marysville and 4-25 @ South Whidbey

The Wildcat track team had another successful day at Marysville-Pilchuck HS on Thursday afternoon. There was some early rain, but the sun was out for most of the meet.

The girls won 8 of 17 events and had 2^nd place finishers in 5 events, including a 1-2 finish in the 800m run. There were also 1-3 finishes in the discus and 3200m run.

Junior Shantae Young was a triple winner, placing first in the 100m dash, long jump and triple jump (PR). She also anchored the 4x100m relay, nearly catching the leader near the finish line. In field events, Wildcat women won 5 of the events that were entered. Amanda Alvarado won the shot put, Dominique Jackson the discus (new PR), Janelle Yoshimoto the javelin (new PR) in addition to Young’s two wins.

Allison Duvenez (new PR) and Adrianna Royal were the 1-2 finishers in the 800, Claire Trepanier was 2^nd in the 1600 (PR), and Abby Leete won the 3200.

The boys won 6 of 17 events and placed 2^nd in 4. They were 1-2 in the 100m dash and triple jump, and 1-3 in the 200m dash.

Stephen Lewis won the 100 and 200, was a member of the winning 4x100 relay team, and placed 2^nd in the discus. Donovan Hunt won the long jump, and as anchor of the 4x100 relay, came from 2^nd place to ensure a win for the relay team, and finished 3^rd in the 200m.

Josh Duhrkopf was the 800m winner, and although finishing 3^rd in the 1600m, set a new PR of 4:39.3, and Greg Goebel win the triple jump with a leap of 39-9.

In the boys hurdles races, senior Brooks Waller finished 3^rd in the 110 and 3^rd in the 300m, but set a new PR in both.

There are no photos from the Marysville meet, but there are video clips of the 100 and 110m hurdles, the boys 100m dash, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, and both boys and girls 4x100 relays posted to YouTube.

The track team was back in action on Saturday the 25^th at the Westling Invitational at South Whidbey HS. Teams from as far away as Canada and as close as Coupeville participated. Out of 15 teams present, the girls’ team finished in 2^nd and the boys in 4^th.

Event winners were Stephen Lewis in the 100m dash, Allison Duvenez in the 300m hurdles, Janelle Yoshimoto in the javelin and Shantae Young in the triple jump. In addition, the girls 4x100 relay (Yoshimoto, Ramos, Alexander and Young) and the 4x400 relay (Duvenez, Leete, McKole and Trepanier) finished in 1^st place.

A few photos from Westling are posted HERE.