M-P track and field hosts district meets

Marysville-Pilchuck played host to two days of track and field meets, on May 16 and May 18, which included teams from both District 1 and District 2.

By Lauren Salcedo • May 24, 2012 12:19 pm
M-P’s Mackenzie Nolte
M-P’s Mackenzie Nolte

MARYSVILLE – Marysville-Pilchuck played host to two days of track and field meets, on May 16 and May 18, which included teams from both District 1 and District 2.

The District I/II Bi-District meets last week involved 22 different 4A schools from King and Snohomish counties.

The Tomahawks also managed a number of impressive performances, despite a wide range of teams being present at the meet on May 18.

The girls’ 4×100 meter relay team Amanda Klep, Mackenzie Nolte, Summer Cull and Charlee Pilon placed first overall with a final time of 50.02.

Klep also took a fifth place win in the 100 meter dash with a final time of 12.76. Nolte placed eighth in the 100 meter with a time of 13.02. Nolte, Pilon, Cull and Jessica Boyle took fourth place in the 4×400 meter relay with a final time of 4:02.73. Cull also managed to take third place in the 400 meters with a final time of 58.96.

Field events were a successful arena for Tomahawk girls as junior Lacey McLean finished the pole vault with a final result of 10 feet and Pilon finished the long jump with a final distance of 16 feet, six inches. McLean also succeeded in taking fourth place in the 300 meter hurdles with a final time of 47.68.

The girls’ 4×200 meter relay team, which included Bri King, Boyle, Nolte and Klep, placed sixth in the meet with a final time of 1:45.89.

Tomahawks boys track and field also had a successful pole vault event as M-P senior Jon Ell placed second with a result of 14.00. Fellow senior Jacob Thomas placed seventh and Micah Rogers placed eleventh in the pole vault.

The boys’ 4×100 meter relay team of Tony Stanfel, Cody House, Josh Feinauer and Austin Joyner took third place with a final time of 43.41. Joyner also placed eleventh in the 100 meter dash prelims with a time of 11.31.

Sophomore Juan Ventura placed 14th in the shot put with a final distance of 42 feet and 9.5 inches.

In the May 16 meet, Tommies’ senior Truman Walker placed first in the wheelchair 100 meter dash with a final time of 21.53 as well as first in the wheelchair javelin with a distance of 50 feet, 6 inches, discus with a final distance of 61-07 and shot put with a result of 20-11.50.

Tomahawks track and field heads now to the 4A State Championship meet on May 24-26 at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma.