Here’s the highlight for Kitsap at the state track and field meets.
Olympic won the boys team title.
Oly’s best finish was by Zach Smith won the 200 in a West Sound record time of 21.69. That lowered his own record. Smith was also second in the 100 at 10.64, which is just off the West Sound record of 10.62.
Central Kitsap’s Rose Christen was second in the 800, shattering last year’s state record in 2:05.64. She was second to Camas’ Alexa Efraimson who has the record in 2:04.10.
Central Kitsap’s Hudson Keffer was second in the 4A boys javelin at 192-8. Teammate Spencer Claeys was fourth at 179-0.
Kingston’s Garrett Rouser won the 2A boys title in the 300 hurdles in 37.97.

Too bad she’s not from Washington. Fourth place will get you a medal here. In Texas, apparently only top three get a medal. You can read about her here.

Here’s a look at the track and field athletes from the area who are ranked in the Top 10 in the state in their respective events (from athletic.net):

Boys
Olympic’s Zach Smith (2nd, 100, 10.67; 5th, 200, 22.10)
Olympic’s Jaleel Elmore (4th, 400, 49.45)
Kingston’s Garrett Rouser (1st, 300 hurdles, 38.62)
Olympic’s 4×100 relay (7th, 42.99)
South Kitsap’s Nolan VanAmen (3rd, Shot put, 55-0.75; 1st, Discus, 172-7)
Central Kitsap’s Hudson Keffer (2nd, Javelin, 201-0)
Central Kitsap’s Spencer Claeys (7th, Javelin, 184-11)
Bainbridge’s Jack Odell (T9th, High jump, 6-4)

Girls
Central Kitsap’s Rose Christen (2nd, 400, 56.63; 3rd, 800, 2:10.64; 4th, 1,600, 5:01.58).
Central Kitsap’s 4×100 relay (10th, 1:46.28)
Central Kitsap’s 4×400 relay (4th, 4:05.08)
Bainbridge’s 4×400 relay (8th, 4:07.37)

Chris Chancellor, hard-working sports reporter for the Port Orchard Independent, wrote Monday that South Kitsap High School will not be holding the Kurt Wagner Memorial Relays, which were scheduled for Saturday. SK athletic director Ed Santos told Chancellor that not enough school were willing to participate in the event.

The Kurt Wagner Memorial Relays — formerly known as the South Kitsap Relays until 2013 — were named after the former South Kitsap School District deputy superintendent who died of cancer in 2012.

There were so many records broken by West Sound track and field athletes — and some I’m just catching up with — in the last few weeks, I wanted to recap.
Let’s start with North Mason’s CJ Allen. He broke the Class 2A state meet record and lowered his West Sound record in the 300 hurdles. Allen ran a 37.28 in Friday’s prelims. The old record was 37.79. It was also the best time in the state this season.
Allen broke the West Sound record earlier this season. It was held by Central Kitsap’s Dom Demouchet at 37.82.
He was close to the West Sound record in the 110 hurdles. South Kitsap’s Roger Cooper, who made to a couple NFL training camps after a successful career at Montana State, holds the record at 14.14. Allen ran a 14.34.
Reagan Colyer broke her West Sound record in the 100 hurdles at 14.88 at districts. In the 300 hurdles, she was faster than the Class 2A state meet record, but was second place. The 43.44 lowered her own West Sound record of 43.56 set last season.
Central Kitsap’s Michael Thomas lowered his West Sound record in the 400 with a 47.83. There’s been an assault on that record this year as Thomas, Allen and South Kitsap’s LaForrest Church have all beaten it.
The previous record was a hand-timed 49.0 (49.24 converted) set by Jeff Ellison of East Bremerton in 1977 and Scott Christensen or Port Angeles in 1966.
Church anchored South Kitsap’s 4×400 relay which broke the West Sound record at 3:18.39 (along with Adam Gascoyne, Zach Sleigh and Mason Villarma). A South Kitsap team from 1988 had run a 3:20.05. Church (1:51.82) was also close to the 800 record.
Central Kitsap’s Rose Christen broke the West Sound record in the 800 at the district meet at 2:10.24. That breaks the record of Port Angeles’ Penny Graves, who ran a 2:10.98 in 1983. She was also close to the 1,600 record (4:53.91).
Central Kitsap (Destiny Dunbar, Keyera Gaulden, Kendra Fields, Jasmine Leaptrot) broke the record in the 4×200 relay in 1:43.76 at the Narrows League meet. It beat the Central Kitsap team that posted a 1:43.82 in 1991.
Correction: This post originally indicated that CK’s had broken the girls 4×100 relay record with a 48.88. North Kitsap still holds the record with the 48.49 set two year ago.
Also, Olympic sprinter Zach Smith was omitted. Smith ran a 21.60 at the state meet, one of three runners to go under the Class 2A state meet time. Smith beat the 1978 record set by Bremerton’s Jerome Walker. Walker ran a hand-time 21.6, which converts to a 21.9.
All told, that’s eight record broken this season.
Here’s a look at the updated West Sound record book:

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UPDATE: Central Kitsap’s Michael Thomas won the Class 4A boys 400 in a West Sound record time off 47.84 (unofficial).
Another West Sound record fell as South Kitsap boys won the 4×400 relay in 3:18.39. An SK relay team had the record since 1988 at 3:30.05.

We’ve seen state titles and state records broken from West Sound track and field athletes. Let’s get you caught up:
In the 2A girls 300 hurdles, North Kitsap’s Reagan Colyer broke the 2A state meet record, but ended up in second place. Colyer, the defending state champ in the event, ran in 43.44. Sehome’s Hanna Tarleton won in 43.20. The old record was 43.80.
North Mason’s CJ Allen broke the meet record in his 300 hurdle race and got the state title. Allen, who broke the record in the prelims on Friday, ran a 37.33. The record before the weekend was 37.79.
Another record that fell was the girls 800 as Camas’ Alexa Efraimson, who broke the overall state meet record in the 1,600 on Thursday, did the same in 2:08.17. Central Kitsap’s Rose Christen was second in 2:10.35.
South Kitsap’s LaForrest Church won the 4A boys 800 title in 1:51.82. That’s the top time in the state this season.
Olympic’s Zach Smith was second in the 2A boys 100.
Central Kitsap’s Hudson Keffer took second in the 4A boys javelin.
I’ll be back with more later.
If you want to watch the goings-on at the state track and field meet, click here.