PORT ANGELES — Working on a familiar surface, Port Angeles track and field athletes claimed nine individual titles and one team-relay championship at Saturday’s Olympic League 3A sub-district meet at home.
Nick Peterson was the lone multi-event winner for the Roughriders, taking the 110-meter hurdles in 16.53 seconds and leaping five feet, 10 inches to claim the high jump.
Peterson was joined on the boys side by 3,200 champion John Christian (9:53.39) and top shot putter Spencer Moorman (52-2).
Moorman’s toss was nearly 13 feet farther than Rider runner-up, Troy Martin (39-6 ½).
Moorman was second in the discus with a throw of 128-9.
Brad Garrett was the other Rider runner-up, finishing second in the 800 in 2:10.26.
On the girls side, freshman Kathryn Moseley out-dueled classmate Kiah Jones for the 400 title, finishing in 1:03.40 to Jones’ 1:04.99. Meanwhile, Elise Reid tossed the discus 83-4 to narrowly beat Rider teammate Kiana Andrus (83-02).
Other Rider winners included Alison Maxwell in the 3,200 (13:00.05), Angela Pruitt in the pole vault (8-0) and Cece Stevenson in the 300 hurdles (48.09).
Stevenson also finished second in the 100 hurdles by eight hundredths of a second (16.60).
McKenna Buknovik was second for the Riders in the pole vault with a vault of 8-0.
The Port Angeles 4-by-400 relay team of Lizzy Moriarty, Abbie Moseley, Stevenson and Kathryn Moseley won in 4:19.11.
Next up for Port Angeles is the West Central District Championships on Friday and Saturday at Mount Tahoma High School.
Forks Sub-districts
ONALASKA — Forks boys and girls track and field teams finished in similar positions at Friday’s Southwest Washington League sub-district tournament with the boys taking sixth place with 49 points and the girls fifth with 61 points.
Forks had one event winner as junior Chanda Romney won the girls 1,600 in 5:35.82. Romney was also second in the 3,200 (12:05.50) and finished third in the long jump (14-10 ½).
Nicole Potter finished second in the discus with a throw of 95-05 for the Spartans.
Brian Santman earned a second-place finish in the boys 800 (2:07.30), while Luke Dixon placed second in the shot put (44-11) and Elijah Chumley third in the javelin (147-02).
Forks will compete at the Southwest Washington District Championships next Friday at Rainier High School.
