Track 2010-05-12 - WESCO North prelims

At the end of the first day, things weren't going bad for the girls and weren't going well for the guys.

In girls 100m prelims, Oak Harbor put 3 girls in the top 10 - Shantae Young won in 12.37, Naomi Walker was 2nd in 12.59 and Janessa Ramos was 5th in 12.89. Naomi was first in the 200 prelims in 26.18 and Janessa was 5th in 26.89.

In the 400m dash prelim, Maura McKole, Allison Duvenez and Christina Wicker all finished in the top 10 (of 24 entries).

Addy Royal finished 3rd in the 800 prelim, followed by Wicker and Hannah Bressler, both in the top 10 as well.

Abby Leete was the top OH finisher in the 3200 finals earning 10th place in WESCO North.

In hurdles prelims, Raeanna Wynne was 10th in the 100m hurdles.

There were 3 field events contested on the first day, discus, javelin and long jump.

No OH athletes finished in the top 10 in discus or jav, but Shantae Young won the long jump (17-4), Nicki Mowbray was 2nd (15-11.5) and Naomi Walker 5th (15-4.25).

Friday will have finals for the track events except the 3200 as well as the shot put, high jump, triple jump and pole vault.

The girls ended the first day in 3rd place with 26 points. Stanwood was first with 50 and Arlington 2nd with 41. Monroe, Everett and Lake Stevens ended the first day in single digits.

For the boys, Donovan Hunt and Jason Curles were the only sprinters to finish in the top 10, both finishing in 8th place - Donovan in the 100 and Jason in the 200. Top sprinter Josiah Miller was absent due to an injury he received at practice earlier in the week.

In the distance events, Matt Bolte was 5th in the 800 prelims and Matt Reith 10th in the 1600m finals.

Josh Sayre set yet another PR in the 110 hurdles, finishing in 17.26, good enough for 15th place overall.

The boys 4x100 is in 4th place with Derrick Clarit filling in for Miller and the 4x400 relay team is currently 8th. Finals for both events are Friday.

Shot put, High Jump, Pole Vault and Long Jump were the boys field events contested on Wednesday.

Javon Payne was the sole shot put entrant and finished 12th overall with a PR heave of 44-0.

Cody Hernkind and Sam Schultz tied for 8th place in the high jump with marks of 5 feet 6 inches.

Hunt and Josh Higbee both finished in the top 10 in the long jump with Hunt jumping 21-3.75 for 3rd place and Josh 19-9.5 for 9th.

As with the girls, finals for all the sprint races will be on Friday, along with finals for the 800m, 3200, hurdles, discus, javelin and triple jump.

At the end of the first day, Cascade was leading the event with 47.2 points with Snohomish 2nd with 44. OH was 9th with 8.4 points.

The event is being held at Arlington High School with field events starting at 5pm and track events at 6pm. Come support your school!