Maya McFadden of Everett, a 15-year-old junior-to-be at Glacier Peak High School, placed second nationally in the girls 15-16 heptathlon at the AAU Junior Olympics held Aug. 1-8 at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia.
In the seven-event heptathlon, McFadden placed 10th in the 200-meter dash (27.16 seconds), eighth in the 100 hurdles (15.35), 14th in the high jump (4 feet, 9 inches), first in the shot put (35-1), ninth in the 800 (2:33.31), sixth in the long jump (16-8 3/4), and first in the javelin (125-7).
McFadden finished with 4,509 points. First place went to Kiara Rhodes of Memphis, Tennessee, with 4,896 points.
Bundy completes Ironman Triathlon
Former Lake Stevens High School football and baseball standout Ryan Bundy completed his first Ironman Triathlon on June 28 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Bundy, 37, finished the race despite competing in temperatures that topped 100 degrees. Of the 1,710 athletes who started the race in the early morning hours, more than 300 dropped out during the competition. Another 300 who registered didn’t show up at the starting line.
Bundy graduated from Lake Stevens in 1995. He went on to play baseball at the University of Washington and had a three-year professional career in the Toronto Blue Jays’ minor-league system.
After competing in the Lake Stevens Half Ironman in 2013, Bundy set his sights on conquering a full Ironman.
In Coeur d’Alene, he finished the 2.4-mile swim in 1 hour, 24 minutes, 29 seconds. He completed the 112-mile bike ride in 8:02:28, then ran a 26.2-mile marathon in 6:59:38.
His overall time of 16:49:39 ranked 1,294th among the 1,335 finishers.
Professional racer Andy Potts won the event in a time of 8:20:35.
More honors for Suzanna Ohlsen
Suzanna Ohlsen, who earned numerous women’s basketball academic honors as well as All-American recognition from two organizations while starring for Seattle Pacific last season, has been named one of 17 regional winners of the Division 2 Conference Commissioners Association Scholar-Athlete Award.
Ohlsen, a graduate of Monroe High School, averaged 17.7 points and 3.9 assists for the Falcons in 2014-15 while helping them post a 22-7 overall record and reach the NCAA Division II West Region semifinals. In class, she carried a 4.0 grade-point average as a biochemistry major.
Ohlsen recently left for Korea for a chance to play professional basketball.
The commissioners from each NCAA Division II basketball region selected the winners. To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must have attained a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average and possess outstanding athletic credentials.
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