Track 2011-02-23 @ South Whidbey - Westling Invitational

At South Whidbey High School for the second time this year for a track meet, the Wildcat boys and girls won the annual Westling Invitational Track Meet, and did it convincingly.

The boys racked up 223 points, with Mariner far behind with 117. The girls' win was even more impressive as they scored 293 points while second place Meadowdale had only 95.

The girls won every one of the running events and also had a second place finisher in 7 events.

100m dash - 1 Ramos, 2 Alexander
200m dash - 1 Ramos, 2 Alexander
400m dash - 1 Wicker
800m run - 1 Wicker, 2 Bressler
1600m run - 1 Royal, 2 Bressler
3200m run - 1 Royal, 2 Leete
100m hurdles - 1 Duvenez
300m hurdles - 1 Duvenez, 2 Wynne
4x100 relay - 1 Yoshimoto, Bobo, Alexander, Ramos
4x200m relay - 1 Bobo, Wiser, Wynne, Yoshimoto
4x400m relay - 1 McKole, Duvenez, Alexander, Wicker
Distance Medley - 1 Dale, Leete, VonGrey, Everett

The girls did well, but not as well, in the field events. Ramos was first in the long jump, Kayleigh Harper second in the high jump, Katelyn Bristown 2nd in the triple jump and Yoshi 2nd in the javelin. Brianna Quinn finished 3rd in the pole vault, clearing a height of 6-6, her best for the year.

The boys finished 1-2 in the 100m dash with Josiah Miller taking Aaron Boesch by .08 seconds. Miller also won the 200 with Boesch 3rd. Conner Meyers was 3rd in the 400, Josh Schrum 3rd in the 800, Matt Reith and Schrum 2-3 in the 1600 and Reith was first in the 3200m run. Cody Sanders picked up 3rd in the 300m hurdles.

The boys won both the standard relay races and 3rd in the distance medley. The 4x100 team of Boesch, Johnson, Hernkind and Miller turned in a time of 44.38, over 4 seconds faster than 2nd place Shorewood. The 4x400 team featured Meyer, Johnson again, Sheyenne Sams and Justin Everett and they were over 10 seconds ahead of the second place finisher, Mariner. The boys distance medley team of Eckart, Wagner, Miller and Opdyke was 3rd.

Related, Coupeville's Tyler King won the 800m run and now holds state-best times in both the 800 and 1600m races. Also for Coupeville, Hunter Hammer won both the shot put and discus competition. He is currently 5th in 1A in shot put and 8th in the discus.

For Oak Harbor, in the field events, Josh McVey was the only winner, taking first in the pole vault, clearing 10 feet even. The Wildcats finished 2nd in most of the remaining field events - Keon Crumpton in the discus, Kevawn Brooks in the javelin, Sam Schultz in the high jump (Denzel Massey was 3rd), Aaron Boesch in long jump and Josiah Miller in triple jump.