Three medals for E-W’s Fellows

Edmonds-Woodway went three for three at the Class 4A state track and field championships.

For the first time since 2003, the Warriors had athletes in both the boys and girls meets and all three individuals came home with medals.

Junior Alec Fellows finished fourth in the 110-meter high hurdles (15.08 seconds), fourth in the triple jump (44 feet, 1.5 inches) and fifth in the long jump (22 feet, 2.75 inches).

“It went all right,” Fellows said. “It wasn’t as good as I hoped it would be, but I can’t complain.”

Fellows ran what he described as a sloppy race in the 110 hurdles.

“I hit a bunch of hurdles,” he said.

Six to be exact.

Fellows was hoping to finish higher, said Edmonds-Woodway coach Rick Fillman.

“He’s a junior. He’ll come back next year,” Fillman said. “All three guys in front of him were seniors. He was the top ranked underclassman in the state.”

Fillman noted that Fellows hurt his ankle during the triple jump. After the hurdles race, the ankle swelled up and Fellows finished out of the running in the 200 preliminaries.

Next year Fellows will be aiming to be the first Edmonds-Woodway athlete to win a state title since 2003. He’s won seven medals during his first three years.

Another athlete who could possibly join Fellows in the winner’s circle is junior Amia Nash, who took fifth in the 400 (58.54). Nash set a school record in the preliminaries with her time of 58.32.

“She had a great race,” Fillman said.

“I had a lot of fun this weekend with my teammates,” Nash said.

Nash went into state, wanting to break her school record, set a week earlier at districts and to advance to the finals.

“It was the best I ran all season,” Nash said of the prelims.

When she crossed the finish line, Nash said she could hear Fillman cheering from the stands.

“He was screaming,” Nash said. “I felt it was a good race.”

Nash would have been happy with any place in the finals.

“I was super excited to compete in the finals,” she said. “I’m really happy with how I finished my season. … It felt great to be up on the podium.”

Also making an appearance on the podium was teammate Katie Tougas, who finished seventh in the long jump (16-10), an event she only started competing in midway through this season.

“I was really excited,” said Tougas, who will run track at Seattle University. “I got that state medal. It’s been a goal of mine for a while.”

This was Tougas’ fourth year at the state meet.

“It was nice to finish off the last trip with a medal,” she said.

Tougas didn’t advance from the 100 preliminaries and had to refocus after that disappointment.

“I had a goal to come away with a medal and I just put my efforts to getting the job done,” Tougas said.

The four years of track and field have provided Tougas with plenty of fond memories and friendships.

“The group of kids we brought to state were always a lot of fun,” Tougas said. “It’s been a great building experience.”

“She’s done a lot for the program the last four years,” Fillman said of Tougas.

OTHER MEDAL WINNERS: Mountlake Terrace sophomore Nina Penner took eighth place in the Class 4A girls 800 race. Penner finished in 2:20.32.

Lynnwood freshman Hannah Lemm finished fifth in the Class 3A 800 race. Lemm clocked in with a time of 2:18.25 and was the only freshman to place in the event.

In the Class 2A boys meet, Archbishop Murphy’s James Guy placed third in the 200 in 22.72. Teammate Conner Ballew took sixth in the 3,200 (9:32.33). The Wildcats girls 800 relay team took fifth place overall (1:47.96).

North Sound Christian’s Lynne Washio won the Class 1B girls 1,600 in 5:36.62. She also took second in the 800 (2:28.84) and was fourth in the 400 (1:03.10). Teammate Jenna Otis finished fourth in the 100 hurdles (18:54, sixth in the 300 hurdles (53.57) and fifth in the long jump (15-3). North Sound Christian’s Tori Speck placed fifth in the pole vault (6-0).