WESCO track championships

It was a busy week for the Oak Harbor runners, jumpers, and throwers. They had a lot of athletes participating, and although as a team, didn't place as well as they might have liked, many individuals brought home some hardware and personal bests.

I think the most outstanding performance of the 2-day meet was the girls 4x200m relay. They were seeded very low, 8th out of 9 teams as they had no seeding time, but in a blaze of glory, the team of Janessa Ramos, Krissy McGill, Rosie Smollack, and Carson McKole ran a time of 1:48.11 and a first place finish.

For the boys, my pick for best performace is Alex Nydam. He ran the 3200m run in a time of 9:48.14. He finished 6th overall, but in doing so, cut over 30 seconds off his previous best, running a sub-10 minute 2 mile race for the first time.

Other winners were Smollack in the 800 and 1600, setting a season PR by over 2 seconds in the 1600, Carson McKole in the 100m dash, and Rodrick Rumble in the high jump.

Some other performance of note:

Ariel Brothers in the pole vault. Her previous best was 7'0", and she cleared 7'6" on Friday. She almost cleared 8'0", just brushing the pole off the standards.

Allison Duvenez in the 300m hurdles. Only a Freshman, she finished 3rd overall, dropping almost a full second off her best time.

Janessa Ramos in the long jump. Also a Freshman, she finished 5th overall.

Rashaad Smith in the 400m dash. Finished 7th overall, dropping almost half a second off his time.

Photos from day 2 are now posted at http://www.oakharborsports.shutterfly.com/.