Falcons ranked among state leaders / Track

Published 1:30 am Tuesday, May 22, 2018

As the South Whidbey High School track team heads to the state meet in Cheney this weekend, it will enter the contest with some of Washington’s best marks.

A handful of Falcons are currently among the top 10 in the 1A rankings, led by Sophia Nielsen.

Nielsen is listed third in the 100 hurdles (15.26) and long jump (17-05.5) and eight in the triple jump (35-02.5).

She is also ranked 10th (51.41) with Karyna Hezel, Alexandra Kurtz and Mikayla Kurtz in the 4×100.

The Falcons are ranked in the other two girls relays as well: sixth, 4×400 (Kurtz, Lila McCleary, Grace Complita, Elizabeth Donnelly), 4:09.1; and seventh, 4×200 (Mattason Straub, McCleary, Karyna Hezel, Kurtz), 1:47.87.

Donnelly (third, 800, 2:18.78), McCleary (ninth, 300 hurdles, 47.63) and Emily Vanberg (10th, javelin, 114-06) are also among the state leaders.

Both boys relays are ranked: third, 4×400 (John Bartel, Callahan Yale, Kristopher Dixon, Matthew Simmons), 3:30.45; and fourth, 4×100 (Dixon, Simmons, Carl Henri Chapman, John Bartel), 44.17.

Simmons (10th, 100, 11.36; seventh, 200, 22.96), Dixon (third, 300 hurdles, 40.19; fifth, 110 hurdles, 15.54) and Issiah Gonzales (eighth, high jump, 6; ninth, triple jump, 41-04.5) are among the top 10 in two individual events.

Others ranked are Yale (fifth, 800, 1:59.97) and Romey Rohde (10th, pole vault, 12-06).