The Oak Harbor High School girls track team won twice and the boys split as the Wildcats opened the season with a double-dual meet at Snohomish Thursday, March 26.
Also, some of the marks posted by Oak Harbor in the meet and from the jamboree a week earlier have put the Wildcats on the state’s top-10 list among 3A athletes.
In Thursday’s double-dual meet, the Oak Harbor girls topped host Glacier Peak 99.5-89.5 and Edmonds-Woodway 115.5-70.5.
The Wildcat boys battled through two close meets, edging E-W 90-87 and losing by three to Glacier Peak, 90.5-87.5.
Winners for the Oak Harbor girls were Alana Austin (200, 27.41), Suzanne Kaltenbach (400, 1:05.68), Taylor Deconzo (javelin, 103.06), Hayley Lundstrom (high jump, 5), Jenna Cooley (long jump, 15-09) and the 4×200 relay team (Deja Bunch, Austin, Janae Payne, Matti Miesle, 1:51.17).
Dejon Devroe and John Rodeheffer were each involved in three wins for the boys. Devroe won the 200 (23.17) and 400 (50.31), and John Rodeheffer took the 1,600 (4:20.94) and 3,200 (9:55.64). The pair joined Michael Lym and Sebastian Ceaser to win the 4×400 (3:39.15).
Jared Grey swept the hurdles (110, 17.17; 300, 44.44).
Devroe currently holds the best 3A 400 time (50.14) in the state, and Rodeheffer is second in the 1,600 (4:20.94) and seventh in the 3,200 (9:55.64).
For the girls, Jonalynn Horn is fourth-best in the 3,200 (11:52.24), and Lundstrom is sixth in the high jump (5).
Bunch, Austin, Payne and Miesle rank sixth in the 4×200 (1:51.17).
Oak Harbor meets Lake Stevens at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 2, at Wildcat Memorial Stadium.
Other top-five finishes by the Oak Harbor boys at Snohomish:
Second: Tyler Adamson, shot put, 46-00.25; Mac Nuanez, high jump, 5-08; Zach Norton, triple jump, 40-06.5.
Third: Garren Guerrero, 300 hurdles, 46.44; high jump, 5-06; Quinn Karney, pole vault, 8-06; Mark Johnston, long jump, 19-03; 4×400 (Gray, Josiah Welch, Nuanez, Ozelle Jackson), 3:43.86.
Fourth: Devroe, 100, 11.76; Nuanez, 400, 55.58; Ceaser, 1,600, 4:44.15; Guerrero, 110 hurdles, 17.94; Blaine Coleman, javelin, 132-01; Trevor Feinberg, pole vault, 7-06; Jackson, triple jump, 37-04; 4×100 (Ty Baker, Daniel Guerro, Garrett Karney, Andrew Miller), 47.93.
Fifth: Welch, (tie) 400, 55.92; Josh Cote, (tie) 400, 55.92; Lym, 800, 2:15.84; Coleman, shot put, 37-07.25; Baker, long jump, 18-08.5; Miller, triple jump, 36-07.5; 4×100 (TJ Passmore, Brycin McIntyre, Christopher Diga, Thomas Gilham), 49.13.
Other top-five finishes by the Oak Harbor girls:
Second: Miesle, 100, 13.46; Bunch, 400, 1:05.73; Horn, 800, 2:32.39; 3,200, 11:52.24; Kaitlyn Chelberg, 100 hurdles, 17.37; 300 hurdles, 53.17; Deconzo, shot put, 33-10.5; Kenna Prosch, discus, 86-11; Lundstrom, long jump, 15-08.5; triple jump, 32-02.5; 4×400 (Cooley, Bunch, Kaltenbach, Austin), 4:26.99.
Third: Payne, 100, 13.6; Austin, 400, 1:05.92; Julie Jansen, discus, 85-02; 4×100 (Miesle, Priya Osborne, Payne, Naomi Garcia), 54.43.
Fourth: Cooley, 200, 28.87; Samantha Hines, 100 hurdles, 18.83; 300 hurdles, 54.62; Jinai Guzman, javelin, 80; Juliet Aspery, pole vault, 7; Osborne, long jump, 15-02; triple jump, 30-08; 4×400 (Laura Rodeheffer, Carolynn Wicker, Horn, Megan Keating), 4:44.22.
Fifth: Cooley, 100, 13.73; Miesle, 200, 28.9; Megdaline Fink, 400, 1:08.92; Wicker, 800, 2:42.1; Laura Rodeheffer, 3,200, 13:24.26; Callie Nuttall, 300 hurdles, 58.9; Kaylee Lamb, shot put, 31-01.25.
(Kaitlyn Chelberg, center, runs to second place in the 100 hurdles Thursday. Photo by Pat Horn.)
