Duathlon held in Port Angeles in August
PORT ANGELES — The inaugural Great Northwest Duathlon and 5K run/walk will be held in Port Angeles on Sunday, Aug. 14.
A duathlon is a run-bike-run endurance race.
The event will begin with a 5-kilometer run on the Olympic Discovery Trail.
Participants then complete a 17.4-mile bicycle ride through the west side of Port Angeles, including riding on Ediz Hook.
The race finishes with another 5K run.
A 5-kilometer run/walk also is planned to begin about 45 minutes after the start of the duathlon.
Registration for the duathlon is $65 for individuals, and $35 per person for teams of three or more.
The cost of the 5K run/walk is $25 per person.
To sign up for either event, visit regtorace.com/event/154.
For more information, phone Kraig Kyllo at 360-775-9213 or email kskyllo@yahoo.com.
Brocklesby takes first
GRESHAM, Ore. — Sequim High School graduate Jayson Brocklesby won the decathlon at the Mount Hood Multi-Events at Mount Hood Community College last week.
Brocklesby, who graduated from Sequim in 2013 and then spent two years as a member of the Olympic College track and field team, was competing without a team or school affiliation at the meet held Thursday and Friday.
Brocklesby won the decathlon with a score of 5,921.
“Which is a great score, all things considered,” Dan Dittmer, Brocklesby’s former coach at Olympic, said.
“Jayson hasn’t done much ‘track’ and ‘field’ work since last May. We were vaulting in a torrential rain squall, et cetera.”
Brocklesby finished the 100-meter dash in 11.62 seconds on Thursday, the first day of the meet. That day he also went 20 feet, 5 inches in the long jump, 6-03.25 in the high jump and ran a 53.45 in the 400.
Friday, he achieved a time of 17.52 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles, threw the discus 120-03, pole vaulted 11-10, threw the javlin 135-04 and ran the 1,500 in 5:05.80.
Area athletes win relay
TACOMA — Hannah Hudson and Jolene Millsap help the Olympic College women’s track and field team win the 4×400-meter relay at the Peyton Scoring Meet at the University of Puget Sound on Saturday.
Hudson, a 2014 Sequim High School graduate, and Millsap, a 2014 Port Angeles High School graduate, teamed with Emily Mills and Destiny Dunbar to win the 4×400 relay with a time of 4:09.17.
Johnston’s good start
EDMONDS — Former Sequim High School standout Nick Johnston has started the season strongly for the Edmonds Community College baseball team.
A left-handed relief pitcher, Johnston has a 2-1 record with one save and a 2.18 ERA in 20 innings pitched for the Tritons.
He’s allowed 16 hits and four walks while giving up five earned runs.
Saturday, Johnston pitched two scoreless inning in the third-ranked Tritons’ 2-1 victory in 19 innings over second-ranked Lower Columbia.
Edmonds is 11-5 to start the season.
Country benefit
PORT TOWNSEND — Tickets are on sale for a hoedown and auction benefit for East Jefferson Little League at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St., at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30.
The event, complete with live country music from Aaron Crawford and his band, will raise funds for youth baseball and softball.
There are three ticket options: Grand Slam sponsorships are available for $500 for an eight-person table; the eight-person Perfect Pitch package is $200; and $25 for single tickets.
For more information, phone Lexi Paoli at 360-531-2002.
