CHENEY — Port Townsend’s Seren Dances is the boys’ state 1A champion in the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles.
Dances had the fastest 110-meter hurdle time at the 1A level going into the state meet at Eastern Washington University. He won the state championship in the finals with a time of 15.42, beating Jeremy Scott of La Center by 0.33 of a second to win the title in the finals. Dances followed that up by winning the 300-meter hurdles in 39.30 seconds, .74 of a second faster than Scott. Dances saved his best effort for when it counted, as that was a personal best by nearly a second.
Dances also came in second in the triple jump with an effort of 44 feet, 9 3/4 inches. That was within two feet of the winning jump made by Ryan Slack of Zillah.
Thanks largely to Dances’ showing, the Port Townsend boys were in third place as a team Saturday with 41 team points, not far behind first-place King’s 53.
Final team results were posted after press deadline Saturday.
Dances’ Port Townsend teammate Aubry Botkin finished second in the girls 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.38.
Port Angeles’ Gracie Long finished seventh in the 1,600-meter run at the State 2A meet at Mount Tahoma High School with a time of 5:08.58, a personal record that also broke the 33-year-old Port Angeles school record set by Heather Lucas in 1984 (5:09.8). Long also came in 12th in the high jump.
Other top finishes so far include:
• Jennica Maines of Clallam Bay finished third in the girls’ high jump at the 1B meet with a leap of 5 feet, 0 inches.
• Wyatt McNeese, Crescent, fourth in the discus at the 1B meet with a throw of 121-7.
• Cameron Buzzell, Neah Bay, finished fourth in the 400-meter run with a time of 52.90 and sixth in the 100-meter dash at the 1B meet with a time of 11.97.
• The Clallam Bay 4×200 girls’ relay team of Atokena Abe, Hannah Olson, Kendra Anderson and Miriam Wonderly finished fifth with a time of 1:56.97 and the Bruins’ 4×100 relay team (Abe, Maines, Molly McCoy and Wonderly) finished sixth with a time of 54.42.
• Chris Sevilla, Chimacum, sixth in the boys javelin at the 1A meet with a throw of 166-3.
• Abe, Clallam Bay, sixth in the girls shot put at the 1B meet with a put of 33-4 1/4.
• The Neah Bay boys 4×100 relay team (Anthony Bitegeko, Logan Halttunen, Chris Tageant and Buzzell) finished sixth with a time of 46.68.
• The Port Townsend boys 4×100 relay team (Kyle Blankenship, Gerry Coker, Berkley Hill and Erik Pokorny), sixth, 44.44.
• Hannah Olson, Clallam Bay, seventh in the long jump at the state 1B meet with a leap of 15-1.
• Grace Baillargeon, Crescent, seventh in the 400-meter run with a time of 1:02.33.
• Neil Peppard, Crescent, eighth in the discus at the 1B meet with a throw of 114-1.
• Cole Baysinger, Forks, eighth in the discus at the 1A meet with a throw of 137-8.
Complete results:
State 2A Track and Field Meet
Mount Tahoma High School, Tacoma
Thursday, Friday, Early Saturday Final Results
Sequim, Port Angeles results
Boys
1,600 Meters — Murray Bingham, Sequim, 11th, 4:35.56.
Javelin — Riley Cowan, Sequim, 11th, 160-05 Sequim
Girls
1,600 Meters — Gracie Long, PA, seventh, 5:08.58.
Shot Put — Devin Edwards, PA, 15th, 31-1 /2.
Discus — Clarisse Finman, Sequim, 11th, 98-7.
High Jump — Long, PA, 12th, 4-10.
State 1A Track and Field Meet
Eastern Washington University, Cheney
Thursday, Friday, Early Saturday Final Results
Boys
110-meter hurdles — Seren Dances, PT, first, 15.42.
300-meter hurdles — Dances, PT, first, 39.30.
Triple Jump — Seren Dances, PT, second, 44-9 3/4.
3,200 Meters — Nathan Cantrell, PT, 12th, 10:25.58.
Javelin — Chris Sevilla, Chimacum, sixth, 166-3.
4×100 Relay — Port Townsend (Kyle Blankenship, Gerry Coker, Berkley Hill and Erik Pokorny), sixth, 44.44.
Girls
100-meter hurdles — Aubry Botkin, PT, second, 15.38
1,600 Meters — Marissa Bailey, Forks, 16th, 5:39.24.
High Jump — Sira Wines, PT, 16th, 4-6.
Long Jump — Jada Trafton, Chimacum, 14th, 15-6.
State 1B Track and Field Meet
Eastern Washington University, Cheney
Thursday, Friday, Early Saturday Final Results
Boys
100-Meter Run — Cameron Buzzell, NB, sixth, 11.97.
400-Meter Run — Buzzell, NB, fourth, 52.90.
Javelin — Ryan McCoy, CB, 13th, 131-11; Neil Peppard, Crescent, 14th, 129-5.
Discus — Wyatt McNeese, Crescent, fourth, 121-7; Neil Peppard, Crescent, eighth, 114-1.
Triple Jump — Anthony Bitegeko, Neah Bay, 15th, 37-5 1/4.
4×100 Relay — Neah Bay (Bietegeko, Logan Haltunnen, Chris Tageant, Buzzell), sixth, 46.68.
Girls
Shot put — Atokena Abe, CB, sixth, 33-4 1/4.
High jump — Jennica Maines, CB, third, 5-0; Molly McCoy, CB, 11th, 4-6.
400 Meters — Grace Baillargeon, Crescent, seventh, 1:02.33.
1,600 Meters — Sidney Smith, CB, 15th, 6:58.12.
4×100 Relay — Clallam Bay (Abe, McCoy, Miriam Wonderly, Maines), sixth, 54.42.
4×200 Relay — Clallam Bay (Abe, Hannah Olson, Kendra Anderson, Wonderly), fifth, 1:56.97.
3,200 Meters — Iesha Johnson, NB, ninth, 14:35.55; Kaylin Signor, CB, 12th, 14:44.59; Miranda Tyree, CB, 14th, 15:19.94.
Casey Bruner/for Peninsula Daily News Clallam Bay’s Jennica Maines placed third in the high jump Friday in the state 1B Track and Field Championships in Cheney. Maines’ height was 5-0.
Casey Bruner/for Peninsula Daily News Atokena Abe of Clallam Bay placed sixth in the shot put Friday at the State 1B Track and Field Championships in Cheney. Abe had placed in three events at the meet as of Saturday afternoon.
Casey Bruner/for Peninsula Daily News Neah Bay’s Anthony Bitegeko hands the baton to Logan Halttunen in the preliminaries of the 4×100 relay at the State 1B Track and Field Championships in Cheney on Friday.
Casey Bruner/for Peninsula Daily News Wyatt McNeese of Crescent placed fourth Friday in the discus at the State 1B Track and Field Championships in Cheney.
Casey Bruner/for Peninsula Daily News Neil Peppard of Crescent came in eighth in the discus at the state 1A Track and Field championships in Cheney Friday.
