The Wildcat United eighth-grade boys and seventh-grade girls finished first in the Northwest Middle School League championship track meet Tuesday, May 19, at Oak Harbor High School.
Wildcat United, a combined team of North Whidbey and Oak Harbor middles schools, also finished fourth among eighth-grade girls teams and third in the seventh-grade boys standings.
The eighth-grade boys scored 110 points to win the 11-team division. Anacortes was second with 93.
In the nine-team seventh-grade girls division, Wildcat United squeaked by Anacortes 103-102 for the team title.
Anacortes won in eighth-grade girls over nine teams with 169 points; fourth-place Wildcat United tallied 46.
Anacortes also won the 11-team seventh-grade boys division with 130 points. Wildcat United’s third-place total was 64.5.
Wildcat United earned eight first-place medals: Nathan Merrill, eighth-grade boys javelin, 127-06; Tyrell Torres, seventh-grade boys javelin, 111-03; Haven Brown, eighth-grade boys long jump, 16-02; Mikhaela Cortez, seventh-grade girls 400 meters, 1:09.01; Jenny Danielson, seventh-grade girls 1,600, 5:58.58; Cami Bristow, eighth-grade girls javelin, 84-07; seventh-grade girls 4×100 relay (Cortez, Leielle Salinger, Danielson, Chanel Stanley), 57.8; and seventh-grade girls 4×200 relay (Addy Day, Catherine Wicker, Frances Empinado, Breanna Scheppler), 1:13.7.
Other top-eight finishes by Wildcat United athletes:
Second, eighth-grade boys: Brown, 200, 25.53; Michael Fisken, discus, 120-08; Corey Boler, javelin, 110-10; 4×100 relay (Brown, Dorian Hardin, Brandon McCollough, Kevin Schuldt), 50.57.
Second, eighth-grade girls: 4×100 relay (Autumn Coker, Taylor Kesler, Jessica Vester, Dayja Gomez), 57.16.
Second, seventh-grade boys: Peyton Horn, shot put, 31-04.75; Gabriel King, javelin, 88-09; 4×200 relay (Mason Fields, King, Ethan Snell, Robby Galang), 2:02.31.
Second, seventh-grade girls: Alexis Hughes, 100, 13.87; 200, 28.76; Danielson, 800, 2:46.76; Salinger, long jump, 13-05.75.
Third, eighth-grade boys: Brown, 100, 12.37; Hardin, 200, 26.28; Juan Luna-Elliott, 110 hurdles, 17.8; high jump, 5; 4×200 relay (Jack Jolly, Jesie Newsome, Ansel Schwarz, Ben Knoll), 2:03.41.
Third, eight-grade girls: Natalie Hahn, 100 hurdles, 18.41.
Third, seventh-grade boys: King, discus, 69-05; 4×10 relay (Jerrin Concepcion, Shamus Warden, Snell, Torres), 58.5.
Third, seventh-grade girls: Salinger, 100, 14.05; 200, 29.56.
Fourth, eighth-grade boys: Schuldt, 400, 1:03.2; Blake Servatius, 1,600, 5:34.79.
Fourth, eighth-grade girls: Vester, 200, 29.99.
Fourth, seventh-grade boys: Horn, discus, 68-07.
Fifth, eighth-grade boys: Hardin, 100, 12.56; Luna-Elliott, long jump, 14-10.25.
Fifth, eighth-grade girls: Kesler, long jump, 13-03.5; 4×200 relay (Bristow, Suraya Johnson, Brenna Rothman, Adrianne Gribble), 2:11.02.
Fifth, seventh-grade girls: Empinado, 1,600, 6:45.08; Marina White, 100 hurdles, 20.23; Devin Woodliff, javelin, 62-05.
Sixth, eighth-grade boys: Michael White, 1,600, 5:40.06; Fisken, shot put, 36-05.
Sixth, eighth-grade girls: Rothman, 400, 1:13.7; Emily Lang, 100 hurdles, 19.03.
Sixth, seventh-grade boys: Fields, 110 hurdles, 21.68; Trevor Westman, javelin, 78-05; Concepcion, long jump, 12-10.5.
Sixth, seventh-grade girls: Cortez, long jump, 12-01.5.
Seventh, eighth-grade boys: Boler, shot put, 36-04.5.
Seventh, eighth-grade girls: Morgan Jessy, shot put, 27-10.5.
Seventh, seventh-grade boys: Horn, 400, 1:11.97; Trenton Fisher, javelin, 74-07.
Seventh, seventh-grade girls: Mia Wyman, 1,600, 6:50.41.
Eighth, eighth-grade boys: White, 800, 2:40.35; Nathan Merrill, 1,600, 5:43.84.
Eighth, eight-grade girls: Kesler, javelin, 62-02.
Eighth, seventh-grade boys: Ivan Snyder, shot put, 24-11.75.
Eighth, seventh-grade girls: Wicker, 400, 1:17.12; Katlyn Vangorder, 1,600, 6:50.49.
(Left, Cami Bristow wins the eighth-grade girls javelin. Below, Haven Brown runs to second in the 200 meters. He also won the eighth-grade boys long jump. Photos by John Fisken.)
