Olympic High School senior Jaleel Elmore won two events (200 and 400) placed second (100) in another and anchored the 1600 relay team to another victory as the Trojan boys claimed fourth place in the 2A State Track and Field meet.
Albert MacArthur, a senior, moved his two school records in the long jump and triple jump out further at the 4A State Track and Field meet with two second place finishes. He now has the long jump mark at 22 feet, 11and three-quarter inches and triple jump mark at 47 feet, one inch.
Junior Nolan Van Amen also pushed a SK record out further in the discus, winning the event at state for the third time with a throw of 184 feet, eight inches. He also took third at state in the shot put where he also holds the school record at 59-10.5.
Van Amen now has one year left to shatter the all-time West Sound discus record held by Bainbridge’s Matt Wauters, who went 188-01 in 2004.
One of the more impressive efforts came in the girls 800 prelims at 4A state when South Kitsap freshman Paxton DePoe seemingly came out of nowhere to post the best time on the Olympic Peninsula this year with a clocking of 2:15.47.
DePoe finished eighth in the finals with a time of 2:22.53.
Another local underclassman also rose to the occasion. That would be North Mason sophomore Lily Campbell who finished fourth in the State 2A meet in the javelin with the second best throw on the peninsula this year. She heaved the spear 120 feet, five inches to score four of North Mason’s six points in the girls’ team standing.
Olympic’s girls took second in the team race as the combined boys and girls team’s put on quite a show. The Trojan girls won the 400 relay and set the all-time West Sound mark in that event in the prelims with a run of 48.46.
Kelli Ford, Hanna Troy, Morgan McCorkle and Danielle Rose Monzon ran the winning 400 in that order. The former record of 48.49 was set in 2011 by the North Kitsap quartet of Kamina Flemming, Reagan Colyer, Kristin Brown and Indigo Williams.
Bainbridge sophomore Taylee Undem moved out past the 18 foot mark in the long jump at 3A State with a second place jump of 18-03, the best on the peninsula this year.
Besides anchoring the winning 400 relay team, Monzon placed third in the long jump with a leap that nearly matched Undem’s. She came up one inch short with a jump of 18-02.
For those keeping record, the all-time West Sound record in the long jump was set 37years ago (has it been that long?) when the incomparable Sarah Level was all the state buzz as she starred at Port Townsend and within the state in the sprints and long jump.
Level in 1979, her senior year, nearly made 20 feet in the long jump, settling for 19 feet and seven and half inches for the all-time mark.
Two years before that, Level set the all-time West Sound records in the 100 at 11.78 and the 200 at 24.38.
In case you want to know, the all-time state record in the long jump is held by Everett’s Sherron Walker, who went 21-03 in 1975. Lake Washington’s Danielle Marshall ran the state record in the 100 in 1992 at 11.36 and Clover Park’s Donna Dennis clocked a 200 state record time of 23.39 in 1982.
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Final 2016 Top Track and Field Performances
BOYS
100 – 1. Jaleel Elmore, Olympic 10.93. 2. Ian Collins, Peninsula 10.97. 3. (tie) DeAnde Sincere, Central Kitsap, Nicholas Ford, Olympic 11.12.
200 – 1. Jaleel Elmore, Olympic 21.93. 2. Izaijha Byrd, South Kitsap 22.23. 3. Collins, Peninsula 22.24.
400 – 1. Elmore, Olympic 48.79. 2. Cameron Carroll, Central Kitsap 49.74. 3. Wyatt Longley, Bainbridge 49.77.
800 – 1. Cameron Carroll, Central Kitsap 1:54.0. 2. Blake Trujillo, Central Kitsap 1:56.24, 3. Christian Schwieterman 1:56.64.
1600 – 1. Carroll, Central Kitsap 4:13.59. 2. Gibbons, Gig Harbor 4:25.84. 3. Sean Crowell, North Kitsap 4:26.08.
3200 – 1. Ryan Gregory, Gig Harbor 9:21.09. 2. Bradley Peloquin, Gig Harbor 9:27.17. 3. Jack Shields, Gig Harbor 9:32.79.
110 Hurdles – 1. Oscar Herrera, Sequim 14.68. 2. Jurrian Hering, Gig Harbor 15.30. 3. Shane Fitzpatrick, South Kitsap 15.35.
300 Hurdles – 1. Herrera, Sequim 38.35.2. Alan Konneh, Shelton 39.98. 3. Hering, Gig Harbor 40.29.
400 relay – 1. Gig Harbor (Dylan Lindmark, Marc Fletcher, Marcel Alexander, Harrison Horwath) 42.88. 2. Olympic (Charlie Brown, Elmore, Ford, White) 43.32. 3. South Kitsap (Christopher Drum, Albert MacArthur, Kristian Blue, Byrd) 44.02.
1600 relay – 1. Gig Harbor (Alexander, Gibbons, Zach Davis, Mark Kimball) 3:21.70. 2. Central Kitsap (Zion Archer, Christian Schwieterman, Trujillo, Carroll) 3:23.59. 3. Olympic (Darelle White, Matt Becker, Demetrius McLean, Elmore) 3:23.69.
Shot Put – 1. Nolan Van Amen, South Kitsap 59-10.5. 2. Connor Jost, Gig Harbor 59-00.75. 3. Mike Husky, Shelton 53-0.75.
Discus – 1. Van Amen, South Kitsap 184-08. 2. Colton Paller, Shelton 169-04. 3. Husky, Shelton 156-02.
Javelin – 1. Chad Carlson, Gig Harbor 171-11. 2. Tim Trainer, Gig Harbor 169-11. 3. Mason Salley, Central Kitsap 169-00.ayden
High Jump – 1. English 6-08. 2. Jackson Oliver, Sequim 6-04. 3. Japrea Pedesclaux, Bremerton 6-03.
Pole Vault – 1. (tie) Jesse Smith, Bremerton, Cody Simon, Shelton 13-06. 3. Brandon Wilson, North Kitsap, 13-03.
Long Jump – 1. MacArthur, South Kitsap 22-11.75. 2. Charles Walker, Gig Harbor 21-06.25. 3. Seren Dances, Port Townsend 21-03.
Triple Jump – 1. MacArthur, South Kitsap 47-01. 2. Kainen Warren, North Kitsap 44-10.5. 3. Walker, Gig Harbor 44-07.75.
GIRLS
100 – 1. Danielle Rose Monzon, Olympic 12.36. 2. Christine Foresha, Bremerton 12.50. 3. Tatum Griffin, Gig Harbor 12.64.
200 – 1. Christine Foresha, Bremerton 25.49. 2. Amanda Wikramanayake, Peninsula 25.71. 3. Tegan Daviscourt, North Mason 25.96.
400 – 1. Carroll, Gig Harbor 57.40. 2. Amanda Wikramanayake, Peninsula 57.96. 3. Foresha, Bremerton 58.81.
800 ‑ 1. Paxton DePoe, South Kitsap 2:15.47. 2. Mya King, Central Kitsap 2:16.14. 2. Hannah Tonsman, Bainbridge 2:16.36.
1600 – 1. Molly Fischer, Central Kitsap 5:07.20. 2. Tonsman, Bainbridge 5:13.01. 3. Gracie Long, Port Angeles 5:14.47.
3200 – 1. Fischer, Central Kitsap 11:13.67. 2. Gracie Long, Port Angeles 11:32.68. 3. Naomi vonRuden, Bainbridge 11:59.10.
100 Hurdles – 1. Aubry Botkin, Port Townsend 15.21. 2. Taylor Seaman, Kingston 15.65. 3. Emma Engelland, Gig Harbor 16.05.
300 Hurdles – 1. LaFountaine, South Kitsap 46.39. 2. Morgan McCorkle, Olympic 46.63. 3. Seaman, Kingston 47.43.
400 Relay – 1. Olympic (Kelli Ford, Hanna Troy, Morgan McCorkle, Monzon) 48.46. 2. Gig Harbor (Troi Carter, Carroll, Tatum Griffin, Emma King) 49.36. 3. South Kitsap (Aubrey Magbanua, Ramiah Rentie, Halie Rodriquez, Jasmine Wilson) 50.87.
800 Relay – 1. Gig Harbor (Carter, King, Griffin, Carroll) 1:44.18. 2. Olympic (Ford, Barr, Adrianna Marin, Hanna Troy) 1:46.31. 3. Sequim (Gretchen Happe, Kristinna Barnet, Emma Beeson, Kiara Pierson) 1:48.05.
1600 Relay – 1. Peninsula (Wikramanayake, Audrey Lauer, Emily Opedal, Emma Jones) 4:04.01. 2. Sequim (Shreffler, Mercedes Woods, Gretchen Happe, Kiara Pierson) 4:06.00. 3. South Kitsap 4:06.31.
Shot Put –1. Hadassah Ward, Gig Harbor 44-02. 2. Sierra Adams, Olympic 42-00. 3. Emily Reeder, South Kitsap 36-07.25.
Discus – 1. Adams, Olympic 134-08. 2. Ward, Gig Harbor 114-04. 3. Amber Aaro, Bremerton 111-05.
Javelin – 1. Olivia Krog, Central Kitsap 122-06. 2. Lily Campbell, North Mason 120-05. 3. Jolene Kvinsland, Peninsula 119-11.
High Jump – 1. Sarah Lucioni, Bainbridge 5-04. 2.
Ashley Vest, North Kitsap 5-03. 3. (tie) Kailey Means, Gig Harbor, Emily Riehl, South Kitsap, Emma Lofdahl, Peninsula 5-02.
Pole Vault – 1. Seferos, North Kitsap 12-03. 2. (tie) Elizabeth Sweet, Sequim, Valerie Mansfield, Bremerton, Natalie Davidson, Gig Harbor, 10-00.
Long Jump – 1. Undem, Bainbridge 18-03. 2. Monzon, Olympic 18-02. 3. Jasmine Selembo, North Kitsap 17-07.
Triple Jump –1. Undem, Bainbridge 36-10.5. 2. Morgan McCorkle, Olympic 35-08.75. 3. Selembo, North Kitsap 35-08.5.