One of the tough things about this meet is that it does not allow for either boys or girls squad to showcase our depth, so we have to rely heavily on our top athletes to get us points. 
Our boys came through though, and brought home the 1st place trophy on Saturday. There were many outstanding performances, but one performance in particular stood out above all of the rest. Sophomore Devin St. Clair came into this season with high expectations based upon his great Freshman season where he Long Jumped 21'11" and Triple Jumped 42'5". So far this year though, he hadn't been able to pop a "big one" in the Long Jump, with his best being 20'9" at the Arcadia Invite (off of the wrong foot). Devin finally put that to rest with his school record breaking jump of 23'4" to win the Tacoma Invite. His jump is the longest recorded so far this year for the 4A division. The Tacoma Invite was also highlighted by several other athletes beginning with event winners in the 1600m by Senior Michael Chinchar(4:29.11), and the High Jump by Sophomore Cody Fishel (6'2"). Other big marks were produced by Junior Demetrius Bronson who took 2nd in the 200m (23.23), Sophomore Steven Warner who took 4th in the 300 Hurdles (PR time of 41.27, moving him to #8 on the Top 10 List), Senior Eric Brill who took 5th in the 3200m (10:02.30) and Senior Andrew Fung who took 6th in the 110 High Hurdles (16.04). Both Boys relays performed well also, posting their second fastest times of the season to this point. The 4x100m relay (Nikiel Taylor, St. Clair, Damion Ricks and Bronson) took second with their time of 43.56, and the 4x400 relay (Gauldin, Ricardo Tucker, St. Clair and Chris Selvar) took 7th with their time of 3:32.02. The Distance Medley Relay (Jake Logar, Mark Hoffman, Kramer Wahlberg and Danny Smith) also placed 7th with their time of 11:41.15.
Our boys came through though, and brought home the 1st place trophy on Saturday. There were many outstanding performances, but one performance in particular stood out above all of the rest. Sophomore Devin St. Clair came into this season with high expectations based upon his great Freshman season where he Long Jumped 21'11" and Triple Jumped 42'5". So far this year though, he hadn't been able to pop a "big one" in the Long Jump, with his best being 20'9" at the Arcadia Invite (off of the wrong foot). Devin finally put that to rest with his school record breaking jump of 23'4" to win the Tacoma Invite. His jump is the longest recorded so far this year for the 4A division. The Tacoma Invite was also highlighted by several other athletes beginning with event winners in the 1600m by Senior Michael Chinchar(4:29.11), and the High Jump by Sophomore Cody Fishel (6'2"). Other big marks were produced by Junior Demetrius Bronson who took 2nd in the 200m (23.23), Sophomore Steven Warner who took 4th in the 300 Hurdles (PR time of 41.27, moving him to #8 on the Top 10 List), Senior Eric Brill who took 5th in the 3200m (10:02.30) and Senior Andrew Fung who took 6th in the 110 High Hurdles (16.04). Both Boys relays performed well also, posting their second fastest times of the season to this point. The 4x100m relay (Nikiel Taylor, St. Clair, Damion Ricks and Bronson) took second with their time of 43.56, and the 4x400 relay (Gauldin, Ricardo Tucker, St. Clair and Chris Selvar) took 7th with their time of 3:32.02. The Distance Medley Relay (Jake Logar, Mark Hoffman, Kramer Wahlberg and Danny Smith) also placed 7th with their time of 11:41.15. There were several highlights for the Girls team at the Tacoma Invite as well. The 4x200 Relay 
team of Kyra Gaines, Ashley Luther, Rachel Gilstad and Dana Wareham ran a season-best time of 1:51.63 putting them way ahead of where the same relay team was at this point last season. Freshman Dana Wareham came up big with a 7th place finish in the 200m (28.31) and a 6th place finish in the 400m (62.32) along with being the anchor leg on the 4x200 and 4x400 relays. Senior Jillian Jainga also scored points with a 5th place finish in the Pole Vault. Season best times also were had by the 4x100 relay (Gaines, Kristin Olenick, Gilstad and Karyn Hauch with a time of 54.08), Junior Arielle Amoranto in the 100 Hurdles (18.79) and Junior Erin Bradfield in the Discus (83'1"). The Girls team ended in a tie for 16th place out of 32 schools.
team of Kyra Gaines, Ashley Luther, Rachel Gilstad and Dana Wareham ran a season-best time of 1:51.63 putting them way ahead of where the same relay team was at this point last season. Freshman Dana Wareham came up big with a 7th place finish in the 200m (28.31) and a 6th place finish in the 400m (62.32) along with being the anchor leg on the 4x200 and 4x400 relays. Senior Jillian Jainga also scored points with a 5th place finish in the Pole Vault. Season best times also were had by the 4x100 relay (Gaines, Kristin Olenick, Gilstad and Karyn Hauch with a time of 54.08), Junior Arielle Amoranto in the 100 Hurdles (18.79) and Junior Erin Bradfield in the Discus (83'1"). The Girls team ended in a tie for 16th place out of 32 schools. This week coming up holds two meets for the team, the first being a dual meet versus Tahoma. Tahoma has been a powerhouse team on both the boys and girls side, as they have a very strong distance running contingent for both boys and girls. Their boys are led by Junior distance runner Jonothan Lafler and Seniors Matt Voss and Chad Ford for their sprints and hurdles. The Tahoma girls squad is led by Senior senior Megan Zukowski, who is leading the SPSL North in both the 100m and 200m.
This Saturday holds our second team invite, the Bellevue Invite. Many more of our athletes will be competing at Bellevue than did at Tacoma, so that should make for more outstanding marks! Hopefully the weather there will be as nice this year as it was last year. Maybe our team can pull out another win! Go Conks!
Coach Roche
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