The Sequim girls were on fire at the Class 2A West Central District track and field championships this holiday weekend.
Two school records fell as the Wolves won the district title for the first time in 22 years.
Sequim had a highlight-reel meet but all of the high schools on the North Olympic Peninsula qualified athletes for state in its respective district meets.
All district finals were on Saturday. It was the last opportunity for anyone to grab a state berth.
Sequim Wolves
BELFAIR — Sequim qualified 12 boys and girls in 18 events for state at the 2A West Central District meet at North Mason High School in Belfair.
“I’m feeling great about how our kids did,” Sequim coach Brad Moore said. “We qualified 12 kids and a couple of other kids came really, really close.
“As a whole, we had an excellent meet.”
Juniors Anna LaBeaume and Samantha Whiteside broke school records that they had both set earlier in the season.
LaBeaume heaved the shot put 42 feet, 1 inch, to break her previous mark of 40-2 ½ while Whiteside shattered the pole vault mark at 11 feet even. Her previous record was 10-6.
Both girls captured first place in their events. Whiteside also qualified for state in the 400-meter dash by claiming third.
Lauryn Garret was a double winner for the Wolves as she took the long jump (16-08 ½) and the 100 hurdles (16.75). She also qualified for state in high jump and 300 hurdles (second each).
Sequim girls won five events with Christina Bruce winning the 3,200 (12:03.98).
The Sequim boys earned two wins with Josh Fodge soaring in high jump (5-8) and Ben Ohnstad taking the 3,200 (10:07.64). Ohnstad also will compete at state in the 1,600 (third at state).
Fodge also qualified in 110 hurdles, taking second, and Derrell Jensen qualified in the 100 as a second-place finisher.
The 4-by-100 relay team punched a ticket to state by claiming third place with Jensen, Fodge, Emanuel Herrera and James Finnen. Rexx Ingalls and Sam Schawb are relay alternates.
Port Angeles at 3A
TACOMA — Three Port Angeles athletes qualified for state in four events at the 3A West Central District at Mount Tahoma Stadium this weekend.
Spencer Moorman qualified in two events, claiming sixth in discus and seventh in shot put.
Cece Stevenson captured fifth in the girls 300 hurdlers while John Christian took seventh in the 3,200 run.
The top seven qualify for state.
PT, Chimacum at 1A Tri-District
SHORELINE — Port Townsend sophomore Bereket Piatt was the only winner for area schools at the 1A Tri-District championships at King’s High School.
Piatt won the 3,200 in 9:43.09 while teammate Quinton Decker, the defending 2A state champion, claimed fifth in 9:48.44.
The top five at Tri-District qualify for state.
Decker captured second in the 1,600 while Piatt took third.
Storm Harder also earned a state berth for the Redskin boys with a fourth place in the 300-meter hurdles.
Chimacum’s Nick Reynolds will be going to state in discus after capturing fifth place.
The Port Townsend girls will send the 4-by-400 relay team (Khloe Frank, Emily Kunz, Elena Akins and Emelina Berkshire) after it took fourth place.
For the Chimacum girls, Lillian Gibson earned a shot at state after taking third in the long jump.
Forks Spartans
RAINIER — Chanda Romney won the 3,200 to spark the Spartans at the 1A Southwest Washington District championships at Rainier High School.
Romney ran 11:43.62 to win the 3,200, and she also was runner-up in the 1,600 (5:32.07) to earn two state berths.
Nicole Potter also is going to state for the girls with a third place in discus.
Luke Dixon led the Forks boys with a first place in shot put (44-04).
1B Tri-District
SEATTLE — Crescent’s Kylie Mitts won two events to highlight North Olympic Peninsula action at the 1B Tri-District championships at King’s High School.
Mitts won the shot put (28-11 æ) and javelin (118-01) to spark the Loggers, which captured second place in boys competition with 95.5 points and third in girls action with 79.
Other area winners at Tri-District were Neah Bay’s Nick Ward in the 400 (53.54), Crescent’s Darek Szura in javelin (155-10) and Crescent’s Dylan Christie in triple jump (37-11).
Other highlights for Crescent were Szura, second in shot put, and Whitley Barnes, third in discus and javelin.
Among Crescent’s other state qualifiers are Jared Kilmer (200), Aimee Huff (200), Cayla Cariker (800), Anne Grover (300 hurdles), the girls 4-by-100 relay, the boys 4-by-400 relay, Josh Anderson (discus) and Andrew Trerise (high jump).
Others for Neah Bay include Maggie Smith (100 hurdles, long jump), Billy Secor (javelin), Ward (long jump) and Courtney Winck (long and triple jump).
Going to state for Clallam Bay are Kent Diimmel (shot put, discus), Kristin Erickson (shot put, discus) and Melissa Willis (high jump).
