Kitsap schools have mixed results at Lil’ Norway

Bainbridge finished 16th on the boys side with 13 points and 17th on the girls side with eight points at the Lil’ Norway Track and Field Invitational April 22 in Poulsbo.

Cate Torrell was the only Spartan to finish in the Top 10. Torell finished eighth in the 100 meters with time of 13.96 seconds and fifth in the 200 meters with a 23.38.

Kellen Diercks was the first boys Spartan to finish in the top 10. He finished eighth in the 800 meters with a clocking of 2 minutes, 12.74 seconds. Ben Crandall just missed the top 10 in the 1600 with a 4:56.23. Cara Brundigs finished eighth on the girls side with a 5:56.43.

Elise Gonzales finished seventh in the girls 3200 with a 12:40.20 and Marcus Stroman finished 10th for the boys with a 10:53.13.

Matthew Grant was the only Spartan to place in a throwing event, finishing eighth in the discus with a mark of 114 feet, 8 inches.

Bainbridge scored some points in the jumping events too. Robert Dunn Smith finished ninth in the high jump with a 5-4 and Johnston finished 10th with a 26-1.25 in the long jump.

Amare Clark finished the Spartans day with a second-place finish in the triple jump with a 39-3.75.

North Kitsap led the Kitsap schools at the meet.

The Vikings boys team finished first with 94.5 points, 5.5 points more than Lincoln. The girls finished fifth 50.5 points, half a point behind Mount Tahoma and 79.5 points behind winner Anacortes.

Viking Logan Sloman finished third in the 100-meter dash with an 11.61, and Naomi Cornelious finished fourth on the girls side with a 13.87. Sloman continued to dominate with a first-place finish in the 200 with a 23.19. Calina Morgan finished sixth for the girls with a 28.71.

Benen Lawler finished fourth with a 53.13 and Jackson Jacobsen finished 10th with a 55.28 in the 400 meters.

Salix Wartes-Kahl was the only Viking girl to capture a gold medal. The junior ran a 2:20.74 in the 800. On the boys side, Alec Ibarra finished second in that race with a 2:01.61.

Matthew Fee was the only Viking to place in the 1600, finishing third with a 4:40.63.

However, Quinny Stewart placed fourth in the 3200 with a 10:20.61, and Eliana Ginn was 10th with a 13:44.63.

Owen Wilkinson and Tenichi Gordon captured more medals in the 110 hurdles. Wilinkson finished third with a 16.92 and Gordon fifth with a 17.16. Kate Posten cracked the top 10 in the 100 hurdles with an 18.62. Posten performed better in the 300 hurdles, finishing fifth with a 52.48.

Both 4×100 relay teams finished in the top five. Lawler, Wilkinson, Sloman and Cohen Meis finished fourth with a 45.72. Bella Johnston, Julie Castillejo, Brooke Sloman and Calina Morgan finished fifth with a 54.06.

A few Vikings shined in a few throwing events. Phoebe and Corinne Aala finished fifth and sixth in the discus with 90 feet 2 inches and 88-1. Lincoln Gould finished eighth in the shot put with a 36-4.

In the jumping events, Posten captured her third medal with a second-place finish in the high jump, scoring a 4-4. Ingrid Aala finished sixth with a 4-2. Ethan White finished sixth as well with a 5-6 on the boys side.

Juliette Sannes and Johnston placed sixth and 10th in pole vault with a 7-0 and 6-6. Gordon and Caleb Leche placed second and third in boys pole vault with a 13-0 and 12-0.

Lastly, White claimed fifth in the long jump with a 37-10.25.

Kingston finished 12th on the boys side with 28 points and ninth on the girls side with 31 points.

The Bucs first Top-10 finish was Olivia McGrew’s seventh-place in the 400 with a 1:06.65. Zachary Cummings finished 11th in the 400 with a 55.48.

Emmanuel Moes finished fourth in the 800 with a 2:08.96. Luke Whalen snuck into ninth in the 1600 with a 4:53.62.

Kingston’s best event was the 3200. Lucas Lenz finished second with a 10:07.71 and Benjamin Eudaline finished fifth with a 10:22.41 on the boys side. On the girls side, Alice Moe finished 11th with a 13:46.82.

The Bucs had a couple of girls place in the hurdles. Leighton Menge captured second in the 100 hurdles with a 17.31 and Ava Bourne finished ninth in the 300 hurdles with a 55.05.

Kingston’s 4×400 relay team finished fourth with a 4:33.60. Bourne, McGrew, Menge and Paiton Lebold competed.

Kingston’s 4000-distance medley relay team dominated with an 11:14.32, nearly 30 seconds quicker than the next team. Lenz, Eudeline, Moes and Kaeden Peterson picked up the Bucs gold medal.

Genevieve Upton was the only thrower to place Top 10 for the Buccaneers. Upton finished ninth in javelin with 74-06. She also placed seventh in the pole vault with a 7-0.

Taizah Franklin’s high jump of 4-2 landed her 10th place on the girls side. Menge and Bourne placed second and eighth in the long jump with marks of 14-8 and 13-6. Lastly, Hannah Weaver placed ninth in the triple jump with a 27-7.

Klahowya finished 17th on the boys side with nine points and ninth on the girls side with 31 points.

Audrey Younger started off the day with a sixth-place finish in the 100 meters, scoring a 13.95. She finished eighth in the 200 with a 28.81. Nathan Morrison was the first Eagle on the boys side to finish Top 10. Morrison finished eighth with a 54.23 in the 400. Shane Porter followed with a seventh-place finish in the 800 with a 2:11.75.

Klahowya performed well in the 1600 on both sides. Natalie Oathout finished second with a 5:24.83 and Carson Wintch finished seventh with a 4:51.42.

Ella Salo completed the long-distance events for the Eagles with a ninth-place finish in the 3200 with a personal record of 13:38.91.

Maggie Keenan was the Eagles only gold medalist with a 17.26 in the 100 hurdles. She also finished fourth in the 300 hurdles with a 51.52.

Klahowya’s 4×400 team finished seventh with a 3:48.25. Winch, Morrison, Aiden Smith and Tyler Larson competed in that event.

Klahowya saw two more Top-10 finishes for the rest of the day. Rider Stoner finished seventh in the javelin with a 109-10, and Younger finished eighth in the pole vault with a 6-6.

Central Kitsap finished 10th on the boys side with 32 points and sixth on the girls side with 48 points.

Robin Gintch was the first placer, finishing 10th in the 200 with a 29.11. Jayson Davis-Samuels finished sixth in the 400 with a 53.73.

The Cougars did their best work in the long-distance events. Camryn Bishoff and Catherine Vlach finished fourth and sixth in the 800 with a 2:29.21 and 2:31.11. Jackson Moyer finished sixth in the 800 with a 2:09.97.

Sally Corder and Eva Huff finished fourth and fifth in the 1600 with a 5:29.74 and 5:42.16. Aidan Hermida also finished fifth with a 4:46.84.

Lastly, Audra and Taylor Palmer captured first and second in the 3200 with 11:25.60 and 11:30.29.

The girls continued to dominate when Hanna Taylor finished seventh in the 300 hurdles with a 53.63. Isabella Welk, Vlach, Brooke Flanery and Jacqueline Lane finished fourth in the 4000-distance medley relay with a 14:38.56.

Huff, Anthony Torres, Marek Senecal and Clive King finished fifth in the 4000 DMR with a 12:19.81.

In the throwing events, Kaeden Hammond finished fourth in the discus with a 126-6, and Timothy Sousou finished ninth with a 111-5. Jimmy Bule finished second in the javelin with a 141-5.

In the final events, Ivy Exum and Jessica Baugh placed in the pole vault. Exum finished fifth with a 7-0 and Baugh finished ninth with a 6-6. Moyer finished the Cougars’ day with a fourth-place finish in the high jump with a 5-8.

Bremerton finished eighth on the boys side with 42 points and 15th on the girls side with 23.

Bremerton’s first Top-10 finish came in the girls 100 hurdles when Anyssa Mejia finished eighth with an 18.51.

Cecilia Powell, Melanie Uhrich, Mejia and Olivia Rodriguez finished ninth in the 4×200 relay with a 1:59.14. The boys team also finished ninth with a 1:43.16. Their team consisted of Owen Brooks, Logan Malnar, Jalin Littleraven-Oliver and Lucke Chichy.

Most of Bremerton’s points came in the throwing events. Rylee Wheaton finished second in the shot put with a 37-7 and Desti’nee Collins finished 12th with a 26-10. Ivan Picazo won the shot put on the boys side with a 46-5 and Keyshawn Thomas finished seventh with a 38-10.

Wheaton responded in the discus with a fourth-place finish with a 97-11. Picazo finished third in the discus with a 135-8 and David Andrews finished sixth with a 122-4.

Picazo and Andrews finished first and second in the hammer with a 129-0 and 105-6. Wheaton ended the throwing with a second-place finish in the hammer with a 79-7.50.

Bremerton’s final two Top 10 finishes were Cooper Herold’s sixth-place finish in the pole vault with an 11-0 and Taleila Sweet finishing eighth in the triple jump with a 29-2.25.