Lake Stevens puts on a show at Viking Classic

LAKE STEVENS – Lake Stevens invited seven other schools to a track and field meet, and then put on a show.

The Vikings won the boys title, finished second in the girls meet, and won the combined title at the Viking Classic at Lake Stevens High School on Saturday.

The Male Athlete of the Meet went to Joey Bywater, the Lake Stevens runner who won the 3,200- and 1,600-meter runs with meet-record times of 9 minutes, 25.4 seconds and 4:12.74 respectively, to lead the Vikings (181 points) to a first-place finish.

“Our boys just had a dominating performance,” Lake Stevens track and field coach Jeff Page said.

Page pointed out the 1,600-meter run as the most exciting event of the meet with four runners having a sub-4:15 time.

“It was just phenomenal,” Page said.

“Joey led it from wire to wire. That’s really hard to do in any race.

“It was an amazing race.”

Lake Stevens’ Ashton Mott also set a meet record in the 200 with a time of 21.9 seconds. Josiah Cheslik (800) and Kelly Kurisu (shot put) finished first in their events and the Vikings swept the relay races to pull away from second-place Graham-Kapowsin (62).

Shorecrest (61) finished third thanks to Kevin Ramos, who won the 100 with a time of 11.02 and Marek Doman, who won the discus with a throw of 148 feet.

On the girls side, Gig Harbor (144) took the team title, followed by Lake Stevens (120) and Stanwood (76).

The Vikings’ Brittany Aanstand won the javelin (133 feet-1 inch), triple jump (35-2) and high jump (5-4) events to earn Female Athlete of the Meet honors.

“She triple jumped for just the second time in her life and won,” Page said. “She’s a senior. We’re not gonna see the likes of her for years to come.”

Whitney Whitsell was Lake Stevens’ other winner in the 100 hurdles with a time of 16.71 seconds.

“It was a pretty good performance by all of our kids, boys and girls,” Page said.

Stanwood’s Sarah Jackson finished second in the 100 hurdles (16.9), 300 hurdles (47.9) and javelin (124-31/2) to lead the Spartans.

Shorecrest (65, fifth place) was led by Cora Speidel, who won the 100 with a time of 12.84 seconds and finished second in the long jump (17-8). The Scots also won the 800 relay.

At Lake Stevens H.S.

Boys

Team results-1. Lake Stevens 181; 2. Graham-Kapowsin 62; 3. Shorecrest 61; 4. Yelm 59; 5. Gig Harbor 57; 6. Stanwood 55; 7. Eastmont 40; 8. Washington 11.

110 hurdles-Stadeker (Y) 15.46; 100-Ramos (Sc) 10.7; 1,600-Bywater (LS) 4:12.74; 400 relay-Lake Stevens 43.66; 400-Barrett (GK) 48.8; 300 hurdles-Schmidt (St) 41.8; 800-Cheslik (LS) 1:58.01; 200-Mott (LS) 21.9; 3,200-Bywater (LS) 9:25.4; 1,600 relay-Lake Stevens 3:24.72; Javelin-Elvrom (Y) 187-1; Discus-Doman (Sc) 148-0; Triple jump-Sims (Y) 44-9; Shot put-Kurisu (LS) 51-6.5; High jump-Sims (Y) 6-0; Long jump-Henderson (GH) 23-5; Pole vault-Nell (E) 14-6.

Girls

Team results-1. Gig Harbor 144; 2. Lake Stevens 120; 3. Stanwood 76; 4. Eastmont 73; 5. Shorecrest 65; 6. Graham-Kapowsin 30; 7. Yelm 28; 8. Washington 23.

3,200-Andrews (GH) 11:20.6; 100 hurdles-Whitsell (LS) 16.71; 100-Speidel (Sc) 12.84; 1,600-Payne (GH) 5:02.8; 400 relay-Gig Harbor 50.08; 400-Schroeder (GH) 59.1; 800-Kalbrener (GH) 2:17.82; 200-Schroeder (GH) 26.7; 300 hurdles-Marsh (GH) 46.2; 800 relay-Shorecrest 1:49.4; 1,600 relay-Gig Harbor 4:03.81; Javelin-Aanstand (LS) 133-1; Discus-Garis (W) 122-4; Triple jump-Aanstand (LS) 35-2; Shot put-Grassl (LS) 37-3.5; High jump-Aanstand (LS) 5-4; Long jump-LeRoy (GH) 17-9; Pole vault-Peaslee (GH) 11-6.

Boys track

Westling Invitational: At South Whidbey, Nate Washington won the 100-meter dash (11.58 seconds) and the long jump (20 feet-101/4 inches) and Jerrel Grant won the 110 hurdles (15.53) to lead Mariner (98) to the team title. Both Washington and Grant were named to the all-meet team.

Oak Harbor (94) finished second thanks to William Hunter, who took first in the shot put (51-4). Ballard (90) was right behind the Wildcats in third place.

South Whidbey (72.5) took sixth behind Jason Fitz, who won the 300 hurdles event (40.08). Coupeville (46.5) finished seventh behind all-meet member Kyle King, who won the 3,200 (9:41.6).

At South Whidbey H.S.

Team results- Mariner 98, Oak Harbor 94, Ballard 90, Anacortes 79, Bainbridge 79, South Whidbey 72.5, Coupeville 46.5, Sedro-Woolley 45.5, Port Angeles 24, Chimacum 22, Port Townsend 15, Lynden 13.5, Mount Vernon 11, University Prep 8, Alberni 1.

110 hurdles-Grant (M) 15.53; 100-Washington (M) 11.58; 1,600-Taylor (Bain) 4:23.60; 400 relay- Ballard 44.1; 400-Wauters (Bain) 51.62; 300 hurdles-Fitz (SW) 40.08; 3200-King (Co) 9:41.60; 800-Breithaupt (Ch) 2:02.38; 200-Poolman (SW) 23.26; 1,600-Bainbridge 3:28.53; Javelin-Miller (Co) 167-4; Discus-Sanford (PA) 135-4; Triple jump-Agosta (Bain) 42-10; Shot put-Hunter (OH) 51-4; High jump- Kassa (A) 6-4; Long jump-Washington (M) 20-10.25; Pole vault- Clark (Bain) 13-9.

King’s Invitational: At the 22nd annual King’s Invitational at Woolsey Stadium in Seattle, the host team came out on top, defeating second place Bellevue Christian by 60 points.

Josh Fuller won the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.75 seconds and Tony Yakovich finished first in the triple jump with a mark of 44 feet-3 inches to propel the Knights’ to victory.

Girls track

Westling Invitational: At South Whidbey, South Whidbey won the team title at the Westling Invitational.

Emily Warman, who won the triple jump (36 feet-6 inches) and long jump (16-51/2) was named to the all-meet team and the Falcons (139 points) swept all four relay races.

Bainbridge (94) finished second, followed by Mount Vernon (85) and Oak Harbor (75). Mietra Smollack, another all-meet member, led the Wildcats with wins in the 800- and 1,600- meter events. Carson McKole also won two events, the 100- and 200-meter dashes, for Oak Harbor.

At South Whidbey H.S.

Team results- South Whidbey 139, Bainbridge 94, Mount Vernon 85, Oak Harbor 75, Ballard 73.5, Port Angeles 65, Port Townsend 53, Mariner 41, Anacortes 38.5, Sedro-Woolley 33, Coupeville 15, University Prep 12, Nathan Hale 5, Alberni 5, Chimacum 2, Lynden 2.

3,200-Berg (Bal) 11:18.9; 100 hurdles-Sadowsky (Bain) 17.12; 100-McKole (OH) 12.95; 1,600- Smollack (OH) 5:15.80; 400 relay-South Whidbey 50.88; 400-Walker (SW) 1:02.73; 800-Smollack (OH) 2:16.12; 200-McKole (OH) 27.13; 300 hurdles-Gusa (MV) 50.18; 800 relay-South Whidbey 1:50.2; 1,600 relay-South Whidbey 4:28.17; 3,200 relay-South Whidbey 10:19; Javelin-Baumstark (PA) 102-9; Discus-Ruggiero (SW) 124-3; Triple jump- Warman (SW) 36-6; Shot put-Hammond (An) 35-5; High jump-Fleming (Bain) 4-10; Long jump-Warman (SW) 16-5.5; Pole vault-Weatherbee (PA) 10-0.

King’s Invitational: At Seattle, the King’s girls team completed a sweep at the King’s Invitational at Woolsey Stadium by defeating Bellevue Christian and winning the team title.

Mackenzie Taylor helped King’s get on the board early by winning the first event, the 1,600-meter run, with a time of 5 minutes, 49.68 seconds.

The relay team of Erin Bremond, Megan Northey, Olivia Thomas, and Hillary Quinn set a meet record in the 1,600 relay with a time of 4:08.42. The Knights’ other first place finish came from Danielle Clauson who won the javelin event with a throw of 121 feet-5 inches.