POULSBO — Area athletes and a coach were honored after last week’s Olympic League track and field championships at North Kitsap High School.
Sequim junior Oscar Herrera was chosen at the Class 2A boys Track Athlete of the Meet after winning the 110- and 300-meter hurdles at Saturday’s meet.
Port Angeles freshman Gracie Long was picked as the 2A girls Running Event Athlete of the Meet after winning the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs. She also placed sixth and earned three points for the Roughriders in the high jump.
Sequim coach Brad Moore was picked as the 2A boys Male Coach of the Year.
The Wolves placed second in the regular season and at the league meet.
Also at Saturday’s championships, Sequim’s girls 4×200-meter relay team of Waverly Shreffler, Gretchen Happe, Sadie Woods and Heidi Vereide set a new record with a time of 1 minute, 48.26 seconds.
They beat the 2007 mark of 1:48.54 set by Anna LaBeaume, Chase O’Neil, Alexandra Sele and Megan Zumbuhl.
Olympic League JV championships
BELFAIR — Port Angeles sophomore Hayden Wickham placed first in the shot put at the Olympic League JV championships at North Mason.
Wickham recorded a personal-best 38 feet in the shot put Monday to win by nearly 6 feet.
On the girls side, Roughriders freshman Lainnie Lyamba won the 100-meter dash, placed second in the long jump and ran with the winning 4×100-meter relay and the second-place 4×200 relay teams.
