South Whidbey boys take 1st, girls 2nd in 4-team meet / Track

By Jim Waller • March 22, 2019 1:30 am

Powered by six first-place finishes, the South Whidbey High School boys track team came out on top of a four-team meet Thursday, March 21, in Coupeville.

The Falcon girls took second.

The South Whidbey boys piled up 108.5 points, outdistancing Coupeville (79), Granite Falls (32.5) and La Conner (29).

Finishing first for the Falcons were Kristopher Dixon (110 hurdles, 16.17; 300 hurdles, 42.83), Callahan Yale (1,600, 4:57.22), Dylan Davis (discus, 112-01), Issiah Gonzales (high jump, 5-08), Sam Martin (pole vault, 10) and the 4×100 relay team (Bodie Hezel, Matthew Simmons, Carl Henri Chapman, Caden Spear; 45.28).

The team scoring in the girls meet was tight, with Coupeville taking first with 76 points. South Whidbey nabbed second with 69.5 points, Granite Falls was third with 64.5 and La Conner trailed with 19.

Winning events for the Falcons were Kaia Swegler Richmond (3,200, 11:51.68; 300 hurdles, 51.77), Grace Complita (200, 27.58), Kelly Murnane (800, 2:45.3), Mya Pratt (discus, 87-02) and Mattason Straub (long jump, 15-10.25).

The Falcon track teams travel to King’s for a 4 p.m. meet Thursday, March 28.

Other South Whidbey results

Second, boys: Simmons, 200, 24.11; Chapman, 400, 55.1; long jump, 19-03.75; Cooper Ullmann, 3,200, 10:52.63; Bodie Hezel, 110 hurdles, 16.25; 300 hurdles, 43.14; Gonzales, triple jump, 38-05; Tyler King, pole vault, 8.

Second, girls: Molly Cobbs, 100 hurdles, 18.34; Lexi Starets-Foote, shot put, 25-08.5; 4×100 (Straub, Alexandra Kurtz, Maddy Drye, Karyna Hezel), 54.88.

Third, boys: Max Dodd, 400, 56.55; javelin, 122-02; Kole Nelson, 110 hurdles, 16.39; 300 hurdles, 45.98; high jump, 5-02; Casey Justus, discus, 103-04; Billy Rankin, pole vault, 7-06; long jump, 18-11.

Third, girls: Kurtz, 100, 14.2; Maddy Drye, 800, 3:10.6; javelin, 75-08.

Fourth, boys: Gonzales, 100, 12.12; Drew Larson, 800, 2:30.15; Luc Gandarias, 1,600, 5:50.55; Sam Baesler, 3,200, 11:41.95; Davis, shot put, 37-01.

Fourth, girls: Mallory Drye, 100, 14.4; long jump, 13-06.5; Camille Young, 100 hurdles, 19.87; Starets-Foote, discus, 70-05; Leanne Robbins, pole vault, 6.