Track 5-22 - District 1 championships

Two girls from Oak Harbor High School are headed to the state track meet next weekend at Mt. Tahoma High School.

Junior Shantae Young is the District 1 champion in the long and triple jumps, and will also be running in the 100m dash (she was 2nd at Districts).

Going with Shantae is sophomore Allison Duvenez who finished 2nd in the 300m hurdles.

There were 10 other girls at the district meet who although are not going to state, still turned in great performances.

Freshman Christina Alexander made it to the finals of the 100m dash and finished in 8th place.

Sophomore Janessa Ramos finished 8th overall in the 200m dash.

Freshman Maura McKole ran the 400m dash, finishing 5th overall with a PR time of 1:02.92.

Sophomore Addy Royal was 4th overall in the 800m, followed by teammate Claire Trepanier in 12th and a PR 2:28.85.

The girls 4x100 relay team, composed of (according to www.athletic.net) McKole, Ramos, Alexander and Young finished 4th overall and the 4x200 relay, which featured the same girls, but with Hope Thompson in place of Young finished 6th overall.

In field events, sophomore Amanda Alvarado threw the shot 32-1.25, good enough for 12th place, and freshman Dominique Jackson (DJ) was in 14th with a throw of 31-4.

Senior Becky Freeman added nearly 3 feet to her previous best in the discus, finishing in 12th place with a toss of 88-3.

Senior Alicia Christianson finished in 8th place in the pole vault, clearing 8 feet for the first time this season.

Finally, senior Hope Thompson finished up her track career with a new personal best in the triple jump of 32-7.5 and 10th place in the district.

Moving to the boys results, Senior Stephen Lewis finished 6th overall in the 100m dash and 5th in the 200m dash.

Freshman Josiah Miller ran in the 200m prelims, but finished 17th overall and didn't move on to the finals.

Senior Josh Duhrkopf and sophomore Cody Klauer ran the 800 meters, but only Duhrkopf moved on to the finals. Even though he didn't make it to finals, Cody set a new PR with a time of 2:05.13. In the finals, Josh broke through the 2 minute barrier for the first time this season, finishing in 7th place with a PR 1:59.62.

The boys had 2 relay teams entered in the district meet. The 4x100 team finished 5th and the 4x400 team finished 8th.

Finally, OHHS had 4 athletes entered in the triple jump. They were led by senior Greg Goebel who set a new PR with a jump of 41-6.75, good enough for 7th place. Also jumping were freshman Michael Mack (12th), junior Rashaad Smith (15th), and junior Dillon Peterson (17th).