By Terry Mosher
Editor, Sportspaper
South Kitsap senior Nolan Van Amen has a grip on a possible fourth straight 4A state title in the discus because he’s leading the state this year with a throw of 179-11.
Van Amen, who has a personal best throw of 184-08 he used to win his third title last May at the state meet, could be on track to possibly break the West Sound High School record of 188-01 that Bainbridge’s Matt Wauters set in 2004.
Discus throwers around the country are having a big year. Van Amen sits 47th among the nation’s discus throwers that are led by senior Turner Washington of
Canyon Del Oro in Arizona with a throw of 217-05. Eight others are also over 200 feet in the discus.
North Kitsap senior Kainen Warren is having a good year. He leads area high jumpers with a leap of six-foot-four and also tops locals in the triple jump with a 45-04.75 jump.
Warren also leads the state in the Heptathlon with 4386 points. The event consists of the 60 meters, long and high jumps, pole vault, shot put, 60 meter hurdles and the 1000 meter.
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD
Westsound Beasts for 2017 (as of April 21)
BOYS
100 – 1. Izaijha Byrd, South Kitsap 10.99. 2. Nicholas Ford, Olympic, 11.09. 3. Darelle White, Olympic 11.36.
200 – 1. Byrd, South Kitsap 22.02. 2. Cole Brundige, Bainbride 22.78. 3. Seren Dances, Port Townsend 22.83.
400 – 1. Wyatt Longly, Bainbridge 50.06. 2. Noah Holcomb, Olympic 51.6. 3. White, Olympic 51.45.
800 – 1. Conner Morris, South Kitsap 1:57.66. 2. Carlo Ruggiero, Bainbridge 1:59.02. 3. Mark Van Doornik, South Kitsap 2:03.47.
1600 – 1. Morris, South Kitsap 4:29.19. 2. Murray Bingham, Sequim 4:32.60. 3. Sebastian Belkin, Bainbridge 4:35.49. .
3200 – 1. Belkin, Bainbridge 9:56.39.2. Jacob Simon, South Kitsap 9:59.04. 3. Zach Grams, South Kitsap 10:00.14.
110 Hurdles ‑ 1. Nathanael Kjormoe, North Kitsap 15.81. 2. Deyondre Davis, South Kitsap 15.87. 3. Dances, Port Townsend 16.05. .
300 Hurdles – 1. Dances, Port Towsend 40.06. 2. Davis, South Kitsap 41.43. 3. Elijah Van Der Most, South Kitsap 43.42.
400 relay – 1. South Kitsap (Van Der Most, Siaosi Soto, Matthew Feriancek, Byrd) 44.99. 2. Bremerton (DeMarc, Jeremiah Petty, Richard Bios, Von Mejia) 45.01. 3. Port Townsend (Erik Pokorny, Dances, Berkley Hill, Isaiah Mason) 45.47.
1600 relay – 1.Bainbridge (Brundige, Evan Kimmerlein, Ruggiero, Longley) 3:28.49. 2. South Kitsap (Devon Keyt, Jared Diehl, Van Doornik, Morris) 3:34.96. 3. Damien Avalos, Clayton Williams, Shaakym Humphrey, Joel Trousdale) 3:39.74.
Shot put – 1. Nolan Van Amen, South Kitsap 59-10.5. 2. Conner Westby, North Kitsap 46-07.5. 3. Gavin Freeland, South Kitsap 44-03.
Discus – 1. Van Amen, South Kitsap 179-11. 2. Micah Joe, Klahowya 129-06. 3. Joe Tabisola, Bainbridge 129-00.
Javelin – 1.Riley Cowen, Sequim 160-03. 2. Grant Nausid-Nichols, North Kitsap 145-00. 3. Brandon Zepf, South Kitsap 143-07.
High jump ‑1. Kainen Warren, North Kitsap 6-04. 2. Japrea Pedesclaux, Bremerton 6-01. 3. Davis, South Kitsap 5-10.
Pole vault – 1. Jesse Smith, Bremerton 13-00. 2. Charles Chambers, South Kitsap 12-06. 3. (tie) Javonn Stoudermire, Bremerton, Nausid-Nichols, North Kitsap, Bo Baird, Bainbridge 12-00.
Long jump – 1. Dances, Port Townsend 22-04. 2. Warren, North Kitsap 21-03. 3. White, Olympic 20-09.
Triple jump – 1. Warren, North Kitsap 45-04.75. 2. Dances, Port Townsend 45-00.25. 3. White, Olympic 42-08.5.
GIRLS
100 – 1. Taylee Undem, Bainbridge 12.53. 2. Tyishea McWhorter, Bremerton 12.66. 3. Hanna Troy, Olympic 12.67.
200 – 1. McWhorter, Bremerton 26.04. 2. Emma Brundige, Bainbridge 26.27. 3. Troy, Olympic 26.41..
400 – 1. McKenzie Korican, Bainbridge 1:02.55. 2. McWhorter, Bremerton 1:03.76. 3. Sara Bigelow, North Kitsap 1:04.03.
800 – 1. Paxton DePoe, South Kitsap 2:22.95. 2. Eva Knowles, South Kitsap 2:25.89. 3. Annika Taylor, North Kitsap 2:28.97.
1600 – 1. Hannah Tonsman, Bainbridge 5:22.33. 2. Knowles, South Kitsap 5:26.29. 3. Kristina Ihlen, South Kitsap 5:30.63.
3200 – 1. Naomi Von Ruden, Bainbridge 11:43.13. 2. Tonsman, Bainbridge 11:43.43. 3. Gracie Long, Port Angeles 11:51.29.
100 hurdles – 1. Aubry Botkin, Port Townsend 15.48. 2. Lauryn Chandler, Bremerton 16.08. 2. Mylie LaFountaine, South Kitsap 16.42.
300 hurdles – 1. LaFountaine, South Kitsap 48.49. 2. Taylor, Bainbridge 48.81. 3 Vest, North Kitsap 49.52.
400 relay – 1. Olympic (Troy Morgan McCorkle, Danielle-Rose Monzon, Victory Thomas) 50.22. 2. North Kitsap (Vest, Raelee Moore, Hannah Waterman, Msis Larsen) 53.02. 3. South Kitsap (Natasha Sterling, Akaiah Lovell, Ashley Twiss, Rentie) 53.43.
800 relay – 1. Olympic (Stephanie Barr, Adrianna Marin, McCorkle, Kelli Ford) 1:50.03. 2. North Kitsap (Larsen, Bigelow, Vest, Moore) 1:50.32. 3. Bainbridge (Brundige, Messinger, Audrey Weavers, Ellen York) 1:51.62.
1600 relay – 1.Olympic (Troy, McCorkle, Marin, Felicity Martell) 4:16.32. 2. Bainbridge (Korican, Anna Scott, Weaver, Tonsman) 4:16.45. 3. South Kitsap (Emily Riehl, Kelsie Zak, Scolari, DePoe) 4:28.66.
Shot put – 1. Emily Reeder, South Kitsap 39-03.2 Diane Olson, South Kitsap 37-05.5. 3. Madison Easley, South Kitsap 35-09.
Discus – 1. Reeder, South Kitsap 110-00. 2.Lily Campbell, North Mason 109-04. 3. Easley, South Kitsap 108-04.
Javelin – 1. Campbell, North Mason 120-09. 2. Katherine Sicotte, South Kitsap 111-02. 3. Moore, North Kitsap 110-10.
High jump – 1. (tie) Riehl, South Kitsap, Audrey Green, South Kitsap, Sarah Lucioni, Bainbridge 5-02.
Pole vault – 1. Emma Chee, Bainbridge 10-00.2. Elizabeth Sweet, Sequim 9-00.3. Lourinda Haugan, South Kitsap 8-06.
Long jump – 1. Troy, Olympic 16-11. 2. Moore, North Kitssap 16-10.5. 3. Monzon, Olympic 16-09.
Triple jump – 1. Undem, Bainbridge 36-00.5. 2. Troy, Olympic 33-08.75. 3. Monzon, Olympic 33-01.5.
WESTSOUND ALL-TIME BESTS
BOYS
100 ‑ Marlon Bascom, Central Kitsap (2000) 10.39 (aided by 10-20 mph wind); Jerome Walker, Bremerton (1978) 10.5.
200 –Zach Smith, Olympic (2013) 21.6. (Jerome Walker, Bremerton (1978) 21.6 hand time, which convers to 21.9)..
400 ‑ Michael Thomas, Central Kitsap (2013) 47.83. .
800 ‑ Art Sandison, Port Angeles (1966) 1:51.1.
1600 – Shane Moskowitz, Central Kitsap (2010) 4:08.6. .
3200 ‑ Shane Moskowitz, Central Kitsap (2010) 8:59.27. .
110 hurdles ‑ Roger Cooper, South Kitsap (2000) 14.14.
300 hurdles – CJ Allen, North Mason (2013) 37.28.
400 relay ‑ Central Kitsap (Marlon Bascom, Zach Renzo, Ryan Calliham, Eric Roy) (2000) 42.06.
1600 relay ‑ South Kitsap (Adam Gascoyne, Zach Sleith, Mason Villarma, LaForrest Church) (2013) 3:18. 39
Shot put ‑ Matt Wauters, Bainbridge (2004) 64-08.5.
Discus ‑ Matt Wauters, Bainbridge, (2004), 188-1.
Javelin ‑ Tom Tennis, Central Kitsap (1972) 225-2 with old implement; Ryan Young, North Kitsap (2005) 202-09 with current implement..
High jump ‑ Charlie Wheeler, Chimacum (1991) 6-11.
Pole vault ‑ Mike Erickson, Sequim (2000) 16-1.
Long jump ‑ Will Dozier, Central Kitsap (1989) 23-04.25.
Triple jump ‑ Will Dozier, Central Kitsap (1989) 49-03.5.
GIRLS
100 ‑ Sarah Level, Port Townsend (1977) 11.78.
200 ‑ Sarah Level, Port Townsend (1977) 24.38.
400 ‑ Yashiva Edwards, Central Kitsap (1993) 54.49.
800 – Rose Christen, Central Kitsap (2014) 2:10.24.
1600 – Ruby Roberts, Kingston (2010) 4:53.27.
3200 ‑ Irene Griffith, Port Townsend (1977) 10:22.2.
100 hurdles – Reagan Colyer, North Kitsap (2013) 14.88 (electronic timed); Kari Near, North Kitsap (1984) 14.87, hand timed, which converts to 15.11.
300 Hurdles – Reagan Colyer, North Kitsap (2013) 43.44.
400 relay – North Kitsap (Kamina Flemming, Reagan Colyer, Kristen Brown, Indigo Willilams) (2013) 48.49.
800 relay ‑ Central Kitsap (Destiny Dunbar, Keyera Gaulden, Kendra Fields, Jasmine Leaptrot) (2013) 1:43.76.
1600 relay – Bainbridge (Pearl Terry, Isabel Feerguson, Courtney O’Dell, S. Stellmacher) (2009) 3:57.88.
Shot put – Jamie Martin, North Kitsap (1997) 42-08.75.
Discus ‑ Angela Sampson (SK) (2000) 139-05.
Javelin ‑ Erica Wheeler, Sequim (1985) 189-07.
High jump ‑ Sherri Felton, Port Angeles (1977) 5-11.
Pole vault ‑ Erin Shaffer, Olympic (2002), 12-06.
Long jump ‑ Sarah Level, Port Townsend (1979) 19-07.5.
Triple jump – Alexandra Lanzafame, North Kitsap (2012) 38-00.25.