High School Track - WESCO district meet

What a day for the Oak Harbor tracksters (and fieldsters, if that's a word!).

I've posted 91 photos covering both days at:
http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/OakHarborSports/highschool/WESCOdistrictmeet

When the meet opened on Wednesday, OH had, by my count, 16 athletes entered in individual events. 11 passed through to the finals, at 6 of those 11 are going to state in their individual events. It may not seem like a lot, but last year we only had 3 athletes in Pasco. The nine OH representatives are:

Carson McKole - 100, 200
Mietra Smollack - 800, 1600
Allison Duvenez - 300m hurdles
Richard Chong - 110m hurdles
Rodrick Rumble - high jump
Donovan Hunt - long jump

In addition, the following are going to state as members of relay teams
girls 4x200 - McKole, Smollack, Krissy McGill, Janessa Ramos
boys 4x100 - Hunt, Stephen Lewis, Bryce Schulle, Devante Young
boys 4x400 - Hunt, Rumble, Schulle, and Rashaad Smith.

In the finals, Oak Harbor was champion in 4 events. In the boys long jump, Donovan Hunt leaped a fraction over 22 feet for his win and Rodrick Rumble jumped 6 feet 4 inches. In the girls, Mietra (Rosie) Smollack was in the first place position on the podium 3 times. She won the 1600m run, setting a school, meet, and season best record of 4:57.56, she won the 800m run with a season best 2:14.98, and was a member of the winning 4x200m relay team.

Other personal records set during the finals were by Richard Chong in the 110 hurdles, Allison Duvenez in the 300m hurdles, Bryce Schulle in the 200m dash, Alex Nydam in the 1600m run, Doug Hughs in the javelin, Rodrick Rumble in the triple jump, Stephen Lewis in the 100, and Krissy McGill in the 400.

What's even better is that of all the athletes going to state, only 5 are seniors - Rumble, Smollack, McGill, Chong and Schulle, and 2 are freshmen - Duvenez and Ramos. The future is looking good for the Oak Harbor Track Team.

Good luck to everyone next weekend in Pasco!