Olympic girls 800 relay sets all-time Westsound record while winning state championship, and Port Townsend’s Seren Dances has a remarkable state meet.

By Terry Mosher

Editor, Sports Paper

 

The Olympic Trojans track and field 800 relay team of Adrianna Marin, Morgan McCorkle, Danielle Rose Monzon and Hanna Troy put on quite a show May 27 at the state class A championships at Mount Tahoma High School.

That foursome not only won the state 800 relay championship, but established a new all-time Westsound record for the event with their time of 1:43.23. The old mark of 1:43.76 was held by a 2013 Central Kitsap team.

Olympic also finished second in the 400 relay with a Westsound best time this season of 49.18 (just missing the all-time Westsound record of 48.49 held by a 2013 North Kitsap team) to help the Trojans to 35 points, good for a tie for seventh in the team standings. That quartet included Stephanie Barr, Aalysia Mitchell and McCorkle and Monzon.

Troy, only a sophomore, had a big meet. She took second in the long jump with a Westsound season best of 17 feet, three inches and placed fourth in the 100 (12.32) along with anchoring the record-breaking 800 relay squad. She also had the best 100 time in Westsound this year of 12.27.

Speaking of having big meets, Port Townsend senior Seren Dances was amazing. He nearly carried Port Townsend to the class A state track and field championships over the weekend at Eastern Washington University in Cheney. In the end, though, private Seattle school King’s pulled away to win the state title and Port Townsend settled for third place behind King’s and Deer Park..

Dances won three titles and placed second in a fourth. He swept the hurdles, winning the 110s in 15.42 and the 300s in 39.30, which was the best time in Westsound this high school track and field season. He also had the Westsound best time in the 110s with a clocking of 15.00.

The third state championship for Dances came in the long jump where he went 22 feet, nine inches. That was short of his personal best this season of 23-01.

Dances completed his remarkable day by taking second in the triple jump with a best of 44-09.75. Ryan Slack of Zillah won it with a personal best 46-07.5.

If you are keeping score, Dances scored 38 of PT’s 41 points. The Port Townsend 400 relay finished sixth in a time of 44.44, the fourth best time in Westsound this season to grab the other three PT points. That all-senior relay team consisted of Kyle Blankenship, Gerry Coker, Berkley Hill, and Erik Pokorny.

Kingston junior James Dillow foreshadowed what he may be next track and field season when he claimed sixth place in the state 2A 100 with a season best 22.46 and seventh in the 400 with another PR of 50.76.

South Kitsap’s Nolan Van Amen failed to win his fourth state discus, finishing second with a toss of 171-02, but did win the state shot put title with a school record and personal best throw of 61-02.25.  It’s the second shot put championship for Van Amen, a senior. He won his first one as a sophomore. Van Amen finished his brilliant track and field high school career with five state championships.

Here are the state championships in all classifications – Boys: 4A, Mead; 3A, Mt. Spokane; 2A, tie, Ridgefield and Cheney, 1A, King’s, 2B, Northwest Christian, 1B, Mount Vernon Christian. Girls: 4A, Tahoma, 3A, Garfield, 2A, Sehome, 1A, Lakeside, 2B, Northwest Christian, 1B, Oaksdale.

South Kitsap’s girls finished in a tie for 38^th in 4A and Central Kitsap’s girls placed 13^th and Bainbridge 47^th in 3A. In 2A girls, Olympic was 7^th, Bremerton tied for 23^rd, North Kitsap and North Mason tied for 26^th and Port Angeles tied for 31^st.

South Kitsap was 13^th in boys 4A, Central Kitsap and Bainbridge tied for 11^th in 3A, North Kitsap tied for 20^th, Olympic tied for 23^rd, Kingston tied for 31^st, Bremerton was 44^th.

Port Townsend boys were third and the girls were 25th in 1A.

 

 

HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD

Westsound Bests for 2017

                                         BOYS

 

 100 – 1.  Izaijha Byrd, South Kitsap 10.99.  2. Nicholas Ford, Olympic, 11.09. 3.  Hunter Stringer-Prince 11.18.

200 – 1.  Byrd, South Kitsap 22.02. 2.  James Dillow, Kingston 22.46. 3. Seren Dances, Port Townsend 22.63.  

 400 – 1. Cole Brundige, Bainbridge 49.48. 2. Wyatt Longley, Bainbridge 49.79. 3. James Dillow, Kingston 50.76.

800 – 1. Conner Morris, South Kitsap 1:54.12. 2. Ian Nye, Central Kitsap 1:58.03. 3. Carlo Ruggiero, Bainbridge 1:58.71.

1600 – 1. Connor Morris, South Kitsap 4:24.79. 2. Caleb Giesbrecht, Central Kitsap 4:29.17. 3. Andrew Simon, Central Kitsap 4:29.87.

3200 – 1.  Sebastian Belkin, Bainbridge 9:38.04. 2. Andrew Simon, Central Kitsap 9:49.72.  3. Zach Grams, South Kitsap 9:57.55.

110 Hurdles ‑ 1.  Seren Dances, Port Townsend 15.00. 2. Nathanael Kjormoe, North Kitsap 15.14. 3. Deyondre Davis, South Kitsap 15.16.

300 Hurdles – 1. Seren Dances, Port Townsend 39.30. 2. Deyondre Davis, South Kitsap 40.10. 3. Riley Martin, Sequim 41.58.

400 relay – 1. Central Kitsap (Dominic Telemaque, DeAndre Sincere, Zion Archer, Hunter Stringer-Prince) 42.87. 2. Bremerton (Von MeJia, Jasiah DeMarc, Javonn Stoudermire, Richard Bios) 43.95. 3. North Kitsap (Nathanael Kjormoe, Joel Trousdale, Damien Avalos, Zachary Clark) 44.24.

1600 relay – 1.Bainbridge (Cole Brundige, Carlo Ruggiero, Carter Hall, Wyatt Longley) 3:20.47. 2. South Kitsap (Devon Keyt, Jared Diehl, Van Doornik, Connor Morris) 3:30.97. 3.  Central Kitsap (Hunter Stringer-Prince, Ian Nye, Zachary Green, Zion Archer) 3:31.16.

Shot put – 1. Nolan Van Amen, South Kitsap 61-02.25. 2. Elijah Sousou, Central Kitsap 49-09.75. 3. Conner Westby, North Kitsap 48-10.25.  

Discus – 1.  Van Amen, South Kitsap 179-11. 2. Elijah Sousou, Central Kitsap 134-02. 3. Micah Joe, Klahowya 131-07.   

Javelin – 1.Mason Salley, Central Kitsap 172-02. 2. Chris Sevilla, Chimacum 166-03. 3. Riley Cowen, Sequim 164-04.

High jump ‑1. Kainen Warren, North Kitsap 6-04. 2. Japrea Pedesclaux, Bremerton 6-02. 3. Deyondre Davis, South Kitsap 6-00.

Pole vault – 1. Jesse Smith, Bremerton, 13-06. 2. (tie) Grant Nausid-Nichols, North Kitsap, Charles Chambers, South Kitsap 13-00.

Long jump – 1. Seren Dances, Port Townsend 23-01. 2. Warren, North Kitsap 21-10.25. 3. Zion Archer, Central Kitsap 21-09.5.  

Triple jump – 1. Warren, North Kitsap 46-09. 2. White, Olympic 45-11.75. 3. Zion Archer, Central Kitsap 45-06.5.

 

 

                                                      GIRLS

 

100 – 1. Hannah Troy, Olympic 12.27. 2. annah Tyishea McWhorter, Bremerton 12.32. 3. A’naiyah Bivins-Davis, Central Kitsap 12.35.    

200 – 1. Tyishea McWhorter, Bremerton 25.24. 2. Hannah Troy, Olympic 26.01. ann3. Emma Brundige, Bainbridge 26.27.

400 – 1. Mya King, Central Kitsap 59.36. 2.  Emma Brundige, Bainbridge 1:00.65. 3. Tyishea McWhorter, Bremerton 1:00.98.

800 – 1. Hannah Tonsman, Bainbridge 2:16.49. 2. Anna Scott, Bainbridge 2:18.65.  3. Paxton DePoe, South Kitsap 2:18.94.

1600 – 1. Molly Fischer, Central Kitsap 5:07.98. 2. Gracie Long, Port Angeles 5:08.58. 3. Hannah Tonsman, Bainbridge 5:16.46.

3200 – 1. Molly Fischer, Central Kitsap 11:04.97. 2. Gracie Long, Port Angeles 11:20.04. 3. Naomi Von Ruden, Bainbridge 11:34.29.  annHHa

100 hurdles – 1. Aubry Botkin, Port Townsend 15.09. 2. Lauryn Chandler, Bremerton 15.53. 3. Ashley Vest, North Kitsap 15.80.

300 hurdles – 1. Mylie LaFountaine, South Kitsap 47.13. 2. Ashley Vest, North Kitsap 47.41. 3. Natalie Taylor, Bainbridge 48.27.

400 relay – 1. Olympic (Stephanie Barr, Aalysia Mitchell, Morgan McCorkle, Danielle Rose Monzon) 49.18. 2. Central Kitsap (Kennedy Jackson, Emily Carlson, Autumn Mullins, A’naiyah Bivins-Davis) 49.59. 3.  North Kitsap (Emily Langford, Raelee Moore, Hannah Waterman, Maia Larsen) 51.79.

800 relay – 1. Olympic (Adrianna Marin, Morgan McCorkle, Danielle Rose Monzon, Hanna Troy) 1:43.23. 2. Central Kitsap (Kennedy Jackson, Emily Carlson, Autumn Mullins, A’naiyah Bivins-Davis) 1:44.71.  3. South Kitsap (Natasha Sterling, Mylie LaFountaine, Jasmine Wilson, Kendall Davis) 1:48.36. .

1600 relay – 1.  Central Kitsap (Emily Carlson, Sophia Kohler, Molly Fischer, Mya King) 4:06.03. 2.  Bainbridge (Emmy Brundige, Anna Scott, Elizabeth Messinger, McKenzie Korican) 4:08.22. 3. South Kitsap (Mylie LaFountaine, Eva Knowles, Paxton DePoe, Ramiah Rentie) 4:13.09.

Shot put – 1. Emily Reeder, South Kitsap 40-02. 2. Diane Olson, South Kitsap 37-05.5. 3. Madison Easley, South Kitsap 37-00.

Discus – 1. Emily Reeder, South Kitsap 128-00. 2. Lily Campbell, North Mason 115-11. 3.  Easley, South Kitsap 109-00.

Javelin – 1. Olivia Krog, Central Kitsap 128-03. 2. Lily Campbell, North Mason 127-08. 3. Madison Jackson, South Kitsap 113-08.

High jump – 1.  Emily Riehl, South Kitsap, 5-05. 2.  Sarah Lucioni, Bainbridge 5-04. 3. Audrey Green, South Kitsap 5-02.

Pole vault – 1. Emma Chee, Bainbridge 10-00.2. Elizabeth Sweet, Sequim 9-06. 3.  (tie) Abby Dubeau, Bremerton, Michelle Graebner, North Kitsap 9-00.

Long jump – 1. Hanna Troy, Olympic 17-03. 2. Raelee Moore, North Kitsap 17-02. 3. Danielle Rose Monzon, Olympic 17-01.75.

Triple jump – 1. Undem, Bainbridge 36-00.5. 2. Felicity, Martell, Olympic 35-06. 3.  Emily Riehl, South Kitsap 34-08.5.  

Hammer – 1. Emily Reeder, South Kitsap 119-04.

 

 

 

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 converts 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 Williams) (2013) 48.49.

800 relay – Olympic (Adrianna Marin, Morgan McCorkle, Danielle Rose Monzon, Hanna Troy) (2017) 1:43.2.

1600 relay – Bainbridge (Pearl Terry, Isabel Ferguson, 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.