Interlake sweeps districts; area athletes head to state

Interlake swept the boys and girls team titles last Saturday at the West Central 2A district meet at Mount Tahoma High School, as the Saints and other area teams prepare for the state track and field championships this weekend.

The Interlake boys scored 149 points, while the girls scored 137 as both teams crushed their competition. The Saints picked up seven event titles, including wins by Ryuji Kawashima and Olivia Domini in the pole vault competitions. Anson Fredrick (long jump), Qiaoyi (Joy) Zhang won the girls long jump and Summer Hanson took the 400.

Bellevue's Michael Williams won the 3A boys 800 in 1:53.72.

The Bellevue Christian girls finished second at the 1A Tri-District 1/2/3 meet at Woolsey Stadium in Shoreline on Saturday. The Vikings came up just short with 99 points to champion King's, which scored 101.

The Vikings were boosted by a big performance in the 300 hurdles, where Bellevue Christian swept the top-3 spots. Bree Oldham won the event in 46.75 while MacKenzie Altig finished second in 47.00 and Bridget Ralston took third in 47.36. Altig also won the triple jump.

The state track and field championships for 4A/3A/2A will be held at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma on Friday and Saturday. The 1A meet will be at Eastern Washington University in Cheney.

Newport state qualifiers

Boys

None

Girls

4x400 relay team (Mary Carr, Alisa Poplawski, Braeden Small, Sabine Whitney); High jump - Kristine Wong; Discus - Maggie Roe; Shot put - Roe.

Bellevue state qualifiers

Boys

400 - Bruce Thomas; 200 - Will Fields; 800 - Michael Williams and Addison Woolsey; 1,600 - Williams; 3,200 - Joel Ambo; 110 meter hurdles - Fields and Anthony Monahan; 4x100 relay team (Freddie Levine, Monahan, Fields, Tyrell Moulton); 4x400 relay team (Fields, Thomas, Alex Otsu, Williams); Shot put - Willie Gervais; Javelin- Mathew Gilbert and Tanner Lien.

Girls

800 - Casey Warendorf; 4x200 relay team (Esther Sutton, Ilaria Hinrichsen, Alli Cahill, Olivia Mitchell); Pole vault - Gina Head; Long jump - Kristin Suzuki.

Sammamish state qualifiers

Boys

400 - Anthony Do.

Girls

None

Interlake state qualifiers

Boys

100 - Jordan Todd; 3,200 - Max Crowell; 4x100 meter relay team (Anson Fredrick, Tod, Reuben Mwehla, Genki Kawashima); Pole vault - Wesley Zhao and Ryuji Kawashima; Long jump - Fredrick.

Girls

100 meter hurdles - Montana Malarkey-Kessler; 300 meter hurdles - Malarkey-Kessler; 4x100 relay team (Malarkey-Kessler, Rachel Wattley-Williams, Nicole Shahbazian, Qiaoyi (Joy) Zhang); 4x200 relay team (Malarkey-Kessler, Wattley-Williams, Shahbazian, Summer Hanson); High jump - (Joy) Zhang; Pole vault - Olivia Domini; Discus - Brenda Agus;

Bellevue Christian state qualifiers

Boys

Triple jump - Jorgen Graff.

Girls

200 - Meredith Lampe; 800 - Noelle Crosby; 1,600 - Allison Hussey; 3,200 - Hussey; 100 meter hurdles - Mackenzie Altig, Bridget Ralston; 300 meter hurdles - Bree Oldham, Altig, Hussey; 4x100 meter relay team (Crosby, Oldham, Ralston, Lampe); 4x200 meter relay team (Crosby, Oldham, Ralston, Lampe); 4x400 meter relay team (Lampe, Hussey, Crosby, Oldham); Long jump - Altig; Triple jump - Altig; Javelin - Paige Berdan, Lauren Mortier.

Contact Bellevue Reporter Sports Writer Joel Willits at jwillits@bellevuereporter.com or 425-453-5045.

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