Editor’s note: Updated to correct the number or district qualifiers from Port Angeles.
BREMERTON — The Sequim boys team nearly won a team title and Port Angeles distance runners Peter Butler and Gracie Long each won two individual championships at the Olympic League 2A sub-district track and field meet hosted by Bremerton.
The Sequim boys tallied 120.5 points at Saturday’s meet, only a half-point less than North Kitsap. The Port Angeles boys placed fifth.
The Sequim girls came in third behind North Kitsap and Olympic. Port Angeles was fourth.
The top five placers in each event advance to the District 2/3 championship meet at North Mason this Friday and Saturday.
Sequim has 24 district qualifiers and Port Angeles has 16.
Butler won the boys 1,600-meter run (4 minutes, 29.61 seconds) and 3,200 (9:49.10).
Long also won those two events, running the girls 1,600 in 5:22.50 and the 3,200 in 12:09.07.
Paul Van Rossen was the Roughriders’ other individual champion, winning the discus with a throw of 118 feet, 6 inches.
The Sequim boys had three individual winners and one relay that took first.
Alex Barry earned his sixth consecutive first-place finish in the javelin with a distance of 182-04.
Oscar Herrera followed up last week’s Olympic League championship in the 110-meter hurdles with a sub-district title (15.23 seconds).
In the boys 100-meter dash, Miguel Morales set a personal record with a time of 11.45 seconds, winning the event after taking fourth last week.
The Wolves also won the boys 4×400-meter relay. The foursome of Kane Stoddard, Barry, Logan Habner and Jason Springer ran the event in 3:27.27.
Port Townsend boys win 1A sub-districts
BREMERTON — The Port Townsend boys topped the field at the Class 1A sub-district meet at Bremerton High School.
Led by their sprinters, who were led by Koby Weidner, the Redhawks racked up 95 points, beating out Klahowya (92 points), Chimacum (34) and Coupeville (28).
Klahowya won the girls title with 97 points, followed by Coupeville with 74, Port Townsend with 45 and Chimacum with 23.
The top three finishers in each event advance to the West Central District meet at North Mason this Friday and Saturday.
The Redhawks have 19 qualifiers and the Cowboys have 13.
Weidner paced a Port Townsend one-two-three finish in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.28 seconds — the top mark on the North Olympic Peninsula this season. Teammates Cameron Constantine and Mark Streett placed second and third, respectively.
Weidner and Constantine did a one-two in the 200, Weidner winning again with a time of 23.20 seconds.
The Redhawks had three other individual champions and won one relay.
Ryan Clarke took first in the 3,200-meter run (10:19.10), Zach Wilson won the high jump (5 feet, 4 inches), Seren Dances took the triple jump (40-10.5) and Jeff Seton won the javelin (140-09).
Port Townsend also won the boys 4×100-meter relay with a time of 45.78 seconds run by Weidner, Streett, Constantine and Wilson.
Trevon Noel was the Chimacum boys’ only winner, taking the shot put title with a distance of 40-03.
The Port Townsend girls had three winners: Hanna Trailer in the 1,600 (5:46.18), Sara Wines in the high jump (4-04) and Shenoa Snyder in the discus (91-09).
Alyssa Hamilton and Bailey Catillo were Chimacum’s two winners.
Hamilton won the long jump with a distance of 13-11, while Castillo won the javelin with a throw of 103-08.
