TACOMA — Arlington coach Judd Hunter was pleased to see the Arlington track team performed as well as he expected at the 3A state-level.

But he was also surprised by some events in the boys team, which placed 11th overall with 24 points. For example, sophomore Gabriel Green placed third in the javelin throwing 172 feet, 6 inches.

And not as much of a surprise, senior Nathan Beamer did well in the distance runs, placing second in the 1600 and third in the 3200 with his best-ever time of nine minutes, 11.84 seconds.

“I know he’s a little disappointed in that, but he ran a personal record so you can’t be too disappointed in that,” Hunter said.

Hunter hoped the relay teams could make finals but the windy conditions may have been a factor at Mount Tahoma High School’s track and field May 26-28.

“Conditions were certainly not favorable for the sprinters and jumpers here,” Hunter said. “It’s tough to be going up against that wind the whole time.”

The wind didn’t seem to have as much an effect on 100-meter hurdler junior Sidney Trinidad, who placed second with a time of 15.02. The girls team placed 17th overall with 18 points.

Hunter was also pleased to see other girls place in state, including seniors Jayla Russ, who placed fourth in shot put, and Marie Gaudin, also placing fourth in the 3200.

“Overall we finished up kind of strong,” Hunter said.

Boys results: 1600—Beamer, second in 4:12.93; 3200—Beamer, third in 9:11.84; 110 hurdles—Cordell Cummings, fifth in 15.33; javelin—Green, third throwing 172‑06 feet; pole vault—Wyatt Hawthorne, 12th clearing 13 feet; and long jump—Ryley Nelson 15th, jumping 19‑10.25 feet.

Girls results: 1600—Gaudin 10th in 5:08.8; 3200—Gaudin, fourth in 11:01.98; 100 hurdles—Trinidad, second in 15.02; Shot Put —Russ, fourth throwing 39‑02.50 feet; and high jump—Reilly Kesselring, ninth, jumping 4‑10 feet.

Another local finalist was senior Bianca Acuario of Marysville-Pilchuck. She placed third in the long jump clearing 18 feet.

TACOMA — Lakewood senior Reille Jones finished third in the shot put with her furthest throw of 39-10.75 feet, breaking her school record for the second time at the 2A state tournament.

Jones scratched on her final throw after her toes went over the throwboard.

“I was feeling it, I thought I was going to throw really good, and I jumped over the toeboard,” Jones said. “But overall I think I did pretty good.”

The Lakewood girls team placed placed 13th with 20 points with much of its scoring done in the throwing events.

Lakewood boy tracksters put up with some good performances as well the at the state meet at Mount Tahoma High School May 27-28.

The boys team placed 27th with eight points. Senior Kelson Brewer placed third in the 300 hurdles, with a personal record of 39.71 seconds.

“I think it was a good way for those seniors to cap off this season,” coach Jeff Sowards said. “We haven’t had a track so we didn’t know where we were going to practice some days, and for them to come together is a testament to their hard work.”

But the other running events endured some windy conditions with the 4×100 relay team and senior 100-meter dasher Cruz Griffin, both placing eighth in state.

“We had really good handoffs, but the wind was a factor,” senior Tyler Courtney said. “Other than that it was a good race.”

Boys results: 100—Cruz Griffin, eighth in 11.7 seconds; 300 hurdles—Brewer, third in 39.71. 4×100—Brewer, Griffin, Courtney and George Toponce, eighth in 44.27.

Girls results: Shot put—Reille Jones, third throwing 39‑10.75 feet; discus—Megan Fenton, third throwing 126‑02 feet; javelin—Paige Shimkus, sixth throwing 116‑03 feet; high jump—Yareli Ochoa, fourth, jumping five feet.