Wesco scores pair of top-five finishes at Pasco Invite track meet

Wesco scores pair of top-five finishes at Pasco Invite track meet

Herald staff

 



 
PASCO - In one of the top track and field invitational events of the season, the Wesco Conference had two boys teams finish in the top five.

Lake Stevens (31 points) and Everett (28) finished fourth and fifth respectively at the Pasco Invitational at Edgar Brown Stadium Saturday.

David McMurray won the long jump event for Lake Stevens, with a jump of 22 feet-41/4 inches and Joey Bywater finished third in the 1,600-meter race with a time of 4 minutes, 13.43 seconds for the Vikings.

Everett was close behind, thanks to Rendel Jones, who won the triple jump with a score of 44-41/4 and finished third in the long jump event (21-111/4).

Prosser won the boys team title with a score of 47, followed by Evergreen (Vancouver) (46) and Benson Tech (37).

Kamiak (21) finished ninth overall behind Sean Beighton, who won the pole vault event with a score of 14-9.

Dak Riek finished third and fourth in the 3,200- and 1,600- meter races respectively to lead Mariner (16) to a seventeenth place finish.

On the girls side, Vancouver's Evergreen High School took first in the team standings with 50 points, followed by Mead (43) and Richland (42).

Snohomish was the top Wesco finisher, placing ninth with a score of 25. Jessica Yates won the triple jump with a leap of 37-2 and finished fifth in the long jump (16-73/4).

Arlington (14) took 12th place thanks largely to Shayna Prause, who finished third in the javelin event (128-9). Lake Stevens finished in a tie for 25th with eight team points.

At Edgar Brown Stadium

Boys

Team results-1. Prosser 47, 2. Evergreen (Vancouver) 46, 3. Benson Tech 37, 4. Lake Stevens 31, 5. Everett 28, 9. Kamiak 21, 17. Mariner 16, 26. Shorecrest 11, 34. Edmonds-Woodway 7, T-51. Arlington 2, T-55. Snohomish 1.

110 hurdles-4. Grant (M) 15.24; 100-4. Ramos (Sh) 11.22; 5. Mott (LS) 11.37; 1,600-3. Bywater (LS) 4:13.43; 4. Riek (M) 4:17.27; 6. Yilma (E-W) 4:18.96; 400 relay-8. Lake Stevens 44.17; 400-6. Logue (K) 50.95; 300 hurdles-3. Hopkins (E) 39.48; 800-8. Cheslik (LS) 1:59.25; 200-3. Ramos (Sh) 23.13; 8. Logue (K) 23.67; 3,200-3. Riek (M) 9:16.46; 5. Yilma (E-W) 9:20.18; 1,600 relay-2. Lake Stevens 3:25.6; Javelin-3. Stiger (E) 186 feet-6 inches; 7. Bucy (K) 165-03; Triple jump-1. Jones (E) 44-4 1/4; 7. Mack (A) 42-9 3/4; 8. Johnson (Sno) 42-7 3/4; Long jump-1. McMurray (LS) 22-4 1/4; 3. Jones (E) 21-11 1/4; 4. Cho (K) 21-4 1/4; Pole vault-1. Beighton (K) 14-9.

Girls

Team results-1. Evergreen (Vancouver) 50, 2. Mead 43, 3. Richland 42, 4. Shadle Park 34, 5. Mount Spokane 30, 9. Snohomish 25, 12. Arlington 14, T-25. Lake Stevens 8, T-43. Kamiak 5.5, T-53. Shorecrest 1, T-53. Shorewood 1.

100-8. Speidel (Shorecrest) 12.94; 400-8. Clark (Shorewood) 1:01.16; 800-8. Bala (Sno) 2:22.87; Javelin-2. Aanstad (LS) 137 feet-10 inches; 3. Prause (A) 128-9; Discus-5. Cook (Sno) 115-05; 6. Jensen (A) 113-06; Triple jump-1. Yates (Sno) 37-2; Shot put-4. Jensen (A) 38-5 1/2; Long jump-5. Yates (Sno) 16-7 3/4; Pole vault-T-3. Fjeran (K) 11-0.