BELFAIR — Sequim and Port Angeles athletes combined to win three events on the first day of the two-day Olympic League Track & Field Championships at Phil Pugh Stadium at North Mason High School.
The top five athletes plus the next two best times, distances or heights from the Olympic League or South Puget Sound League meets advance to the West Central District meet at Bremerton High School May 21-23.
Port Angeles senior Faerin Tait led the way by setting personal best times with a big win in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.87 seconds and finishing third in the 400 meters in 1:00.56.
Roughriders junior Hunter Flores edged out Sequim senior Sean Southard for the javelin title with a throw of 147-feet, 10-inches. Southard’s throw flew 146-5.
Fresh off setting a school record in the triple jump, Port Angeles junior Brody Pierce broke his own personal record with a mark of 20-3.25 to come in third in the long jump.
Pierce also was part of the school’s third-place 4×100 relay squad with Logan Wilson, Liam Wilson and Hunter Eller (44.49).
Riders’ senior Richard Peterson ended up third in the discus with a new personal record distance of 116-09, while junior Maximus DeLano came in fifth (113-08).
Keatyn Hoch also advanced to the district meet after placing fifth in the high jump (5-04).
Sequim’s 4×200 relay squad of Birdie Pyeatt, Kylie Peters, Ruby Moxley-Horgan and Dawn Hulstedt finished first in their relay in 1:49.66.
Hulstedt had the top finish for the Wolves’ girls, coming in second in the 1,600 in 5:17.91 and she was sixth in the 400 with a new best time of 1:02.38.
Port Angeles junior Leia Larson set a personal record (5:25.39) in finishing sixth.
Other district qualifiers with top five finishes: Stella Dennis, fifth in the 100-hurdles and Ahrya Klinger, fourth in the pole vault (8-06).
With nine boys events completed, Bremerton holds a big lead in the eight-team meet with 108.5 points while Port Angeles is fourth with 37 points and Sequim seventh with 17.
With nine girls events completed, Bainbridge leads North Kitsap 85-76. Sequim is fourth with 36 points and Port Angeles seventh with 22.
