EDMONDS — Port Townsend had three runner-up finishes at the Terrace Relays track and field meet at Edmonds Stadium.
Twelve schools from five of the state’s six classifications competed at the popular meet, including the Redhawks and fellow North Olympic Peninsula squads Chimacum and Crescent.
Sophomore Isaiah Mason participated in two of Port Townsend’s second-place finishes Saturday: the long jump (19 feet, 2.5 inches — the best on the Peninsula so far this season) and the sprint medley relay, which he ran with Koby Weidner, Cameron Constantine and Mark Street.
Seren Dances also placed second for the Port Townsend boys, doing so in the triple jump with a mark of 38-03.
Zach Wilson added a third-place showing in the high jump and the Redhawks’ 4×100 relay of Weidner, Mason, Wilson and Constantine finished fifth.
The Port Townsend girls had a pair of fourth-place finishes in the throwing events: Shenoa Snyder in he shot put and Sira Wines in the javelin.
Lester, Dodson lead Loggers
Ryan Lester and Ashara Dodson each earned two top-fives for the Crescent girls.
The Loggers were the meet’s only Class 1B participants.
Lester, a junior, took third in the triple jump (30-03.5) and fifth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.81 seconds.
Lester’s 100 hurdles time is tops on the Peninsula and ranks third in the state. Her triple jump mark is seventh in the state.
Dodson, a sophomore, placed third in the discus (89-07, which ranks third in 1B) and fifth in the javelin (85-10).
The Loggers also had a sixth-place finish in the shot put by McKenzie Brannan. An oh-so-close foul past the 30-foot line gave her and Loggers coach Darrell Yount with indications of what may be in store for the sophomore this season.
Jordan Scott had the Crescent boys’ only top-five, a fifth-place finish in the 110 hurdles. He also placed seventh in the 300 hurdles, one spot behind teammate Zach Fletcher.
The Loggers’ distance medley relay team placed sixth, highlighted by freshman Paul Frantz, who flew through his 800-meter leg in 2:08. Frantz ran the event with Martin Waldrip, Fletcher and Scott.
Pair of thirds for Cowboys
Bailey Castillo and Alyssa Hamilton had Chimacum’s best showings.
Castillo came in third in the girls javelin (94-03), while Hamilton was third in the girls long jump (13-06.5).
For the Chimacum boys, Isaiah Avery placed seventh in the javelin and Trevon Noel was 10th in the shot put.
Spartans at Lewis County Invite
CENTRALIA — Forks junior Austin Pegram placed first in the 800-meter run at the 14-team Lewis County Invitational at Tiger Stadium.
Pegram ran the 800 in 2 minutes, 13.46 seconds.
He had the Forks boys’ only other individual top-10 finish, taking seventh in the 400.
For the Forks girls, Kari Larson had a runner-up and a third-place finish.
Larson was second in the 800 with a time of 2:38.97, who spots ahead of teammate Ella Damron.
Larson took third in the 1,600 with a time of 5:53.49.
Veronica Banks had a pair of top-10s for the Spartans, taking seventh in the 1000 hurdles and ninth in the 200.
She also ran with the Forks’ fourth-place 4×100 relay along with Azalea Ramos, Lupita Salazar and Tristen Williams.
Williams, Larson and Damron joined with Marissa Bailey to take fifth in the 4×400 relay.
The Spartans’ final top-10 showing came from Tristina Smith, who placed eighth in the javelin.
