Track 4-22 and 4-24

The OHHS track team had two meets this week. The first was the final home meet of the 2010 season and surprisingly, the OH women didn't win. Arlington took the ladies side of the meet wtih 96 points. OH had 79 and Monroe 14. On the boys side it was Arlington 71, Monroe 56 and OH 54.

Freshman Naomi Walker was again a double winner in the 100 and 200 and as a member of the 4x100 relay team. She was second in the long jump behind OH's Shantae Young. Walker set new PRs in both the 100 and 200 and may have broken the school record as well. Also finishing in the top 10 for OH were Shantae Young, Janessa Ramos, Janelle Yoshimoto and Christina Alexander in the 100 and Ramos, Alexander, Maura McKole and Jalani Bobo in the 200

Junior Addy Royal won both her distance events, the 800 and 1600 meter run, setting a new PR in the 1600 of 5:18.79 and Abby Leete won the 3200 in 11:59.20. Also running in distance events were Hannah Bressler, Hannah Kagey, Emily Bain, Christina Wicker and Jessica Denmon,

Christina Wicker, Maura McKole, Allison Duvenez and Adrianna Royal teamed up to win the 4x400 relay in 4:17.34. In 3rd place was the "B" relay with Denmon, Raeanna Wynne, Jansen and Bressler in 4:37.05.

Duvenez won the 300 meter hurdles race. She finished 3rd in the 100 hurdles but set a new PR of 16.86. Running both races with Allison were Raeanna Wynne, Joem Evangelista and Shannon Wolfe. Megan Duhrkopf was in the 300m hurdles only and finished 8th.

In fact, the girls won every running event with the exception of the 100 hurdles and the 400 meter dash, where McKole finished in second by just over a second in 1:03.52 and Wicker was right behind in 1:03.57 and Jember Jansen was 3rd in 1:06.53.

As OH dominated the running events, Arlington swept the throwing events, getting 1-2-3 finishes in the shot put and javelin and the top 2 spots in discus. The Eagles also finished 1-2 in the high jump. Monroe took the top 2 spots in the pole vault and OH took the top 2 spots in both long and triple jump.

The top finisher for OH in the shot put was Amanda Alvarado with a toss of 32-3.5, good enough for 4th place. Dominique Jackson (DJ) and Danielle Teasley. Danielle threw over a foot further than her previous best.

In discus, DJ finished in 3rd with a new PR of 90-0. Elizabeth Adkins was 6th and Carlie Olson 9th.

Nicole Mowbray was the top javelin thrower for OH on Thursday with a distance of 93-8 and 5th place. Yoshi finished 7th, Ciera Wiser 12th, Nikita Ford 13th and Carlie Olson 15th.

Mowbray was also the top OH high jumper. Even after banging her head she still leaped the bar at 4-6.

As usual, it was Shantae Young at the top of the long and triple jump finishers. Walker was 2nd in the long jump and Mowbray was 5th. Yoshi came in tied for 6th and Katelyn Bristow was 13th. In the triple jump Mowbray was behind Young - just under 5 inches behind. Bristow was 7th and Chylan Bass 12th.

For the boys, Sophomore Josiah Miller was back after a multiweek layoff and won both the 100 and 200 meter dash. Hunt was just behind him in the 100 and Jason Curles was 2nd in the 200. The other top 10 finisher in the 100 was Curles. In the 200, Justin Everett finished 4th and Derrick Clarit 6th.

OH wins in the sprints continued as Matt Bolte won the 400 by nearly 3 seconds. Conner Meyers was 5th and Chris Opdyke 6th.

Bolte also won the 800, this time by just over 2 seconds. Matt Reith was 4th Josh Crebbin 8th and Meyer 9th. Meyer set new PRs in both events with a 56.14 in the 400 and 2:18.10 in the 800. Crebbin's 2:17.32 was also a PR.

Crebbin also went on to PR in the 1600 and finished 8th. Thomas Honeycutt was the top OH finisher in 5th. Nate Miller was 6th and Lucas Salmons 10th.

Salmons and Miller were the only Wildcat entrants in the 3200. Miller was 4th and Salmons 6th.

Josh Sayre was the lone OHHS runner in both the 110 and 300 hurdles. He finished 8th in the 110 but set a PR of 17.93 and he was 3rd in the 300.

Oak Harbor won both relay races. Donovan Hunt, Jason Curles, Justin Everett and Josiah Miller combined in the 4x100 for a time of 44.71, nearly a second in front of 2nd place Arlington. In the 4x400 it was Bolte, Opdyke, Sayre and Curles across the line first in 3:40.10. The OH "B" relay comprised of Honeycutt, Meyer, Reith and Salmons finished 5th in 4:05.77.

Oak Harbor had difficulty placing in any of the field events with the exception of the long and triple jumps where Hunt finished first in both. Clarit was 3rd in the long jump, Josh Higbee was 7th and freshman Spencer Matthews 10th. In the triple jump, Josiah Miller was 7th, Cody Hernkind 8th, Clarit 9th and Dustyn Bull 10th.

In the other field events, Javon Payne was 6th and Jeremy Foster 7th in the shot put for the only top 10 OH finishes.

Robert Beadles threw for a season-best 102-4 in the discus to take 8th and Austin Church was 10th.

Javon set a PR in the javelin of 119-8 - a 16 foot PR for 9th place, but nobody could compete against Arlington who had a thrower who threw just 22 inches short of 200 feet.

Sam Schultz was 4th in the high jump with a jump of 5-4.

Saturday the team traveled to South Whidbey High School for the annual Westling Invite. The meet featured 12 varsity teams from both WESCO and the Seattle area as well as Coupeville and host South Whidbey. The boys finished in a respectable 4th place with 64 points behind Marysville, Mariner and Mountlake Terrace. The girls accumulated 184 points and captured 1st place over MP with 135 points.

The Wildcat boys 4th place finish was even more impressive as the boys won only 1 event all day - Matt Bolte set a PR by winning the 400 in 52.10. Sophomore Conner Meyer set his 2nd PR of the week in the 400, lowering his time mto 56.07. Bolte also finished 4th in the 800, which was won by Coupeville's Tyler King who runs on the OHHS Cross Country team in the fall.

In the 1600, Matt Reith set a PR of 4:43.2 for 5th place and Thomas Honeycut broke the 5:00 barrier for the first time, turning in a 4:59.70 performace and capturing 5th place.

Sophomore Justin Everett gave the pole vault a shot at the Invite, just his 2nd time trying it and cleared 9-0 as did Josh McVey.

The girls won a total of 7 events, finished 1-2 in the 100 meter dash and finished 2-3-4 in the javelin.

In the 100 it was Naomi Walker first with Shantae Young just .12 seconds behind. Walker also took the 200.

In distance races, Adrianna Royal won the 800 and was 2nd in the 1600 while Abby Leete won the 3200.

Allison Duvenez was 3rd in the 100 hurdles and won the 300 hurdles.

Normally an automatic winner, the girls 4x100 relay team apparently had a problem with a handoff and was disqualified. The 4x200 relay and 4x400 relay teams each finished 2nd. This meet also featured a 4x800 relay, won by an Oak Harbor team of Abby Leete, Hannah Bressler, Addy Royal and Jember Jansen.

In field events, Shantae Young took the long jump but finished 2nd in the triple jump by just 1.5 inches.

Ciera Wiser took 3rd in the javelin by adding 13 feet to her previous best with a throw of 90-9. Yoshi was 2nd with 92.8 and Mowbray 4th with 89-6.

Next for the Wildcat track team is a JV/All-comer meet today, Monday at Stanwood HS then a varsity meet Thursday vs Marysville and Everett at Everett Stadium.

Sorry, no photos this time.