The Prep Beat

Olympic assistant boys basketball coach Jerry Hurd (and former girls head coach) was named one of the officials of the year by the Washington State Track & Field Coaches Association.
Hurd is regular at state meets.

Marina Roberts won the Class 2A girls title in the 1,600, edging Audrey Lichten from Sequim. Roberts, who has been a state runner-up, won in 5:05.53. Lichten was just behind in 5:05.68.

Nicholas Schippers lost a heartbreaker for the boys title as we clipped in the final meters. Schippers took it out hard halfway through the race and led until the final 10 meters. White River’s Marcus Dickson won in 4:17.38. Schippers had 4:17.66.

I’ll be back with times and more details soon.

North Kitsap sophomore Reagan Colyer won the Class 2A state title in the 300 hurdles here at the state meet at Mount Tahoma in Tacoma.

Colyer, the top qualifier on Friday, won in 44.56. Second place was 45.31. Colyer, also the school’s top cross country runner, broke a 30-year old school record in the prelims yesterday at 44.43.

Colyer was also part of the 400 relay team that just won the state title in 48.49, which is a 2A meet record. They blew away the field. Toppenish was second at 49.55. Also on the team was Indigo Williams (who took fifth in the 100), Kamina Flemming (8th in the 100) and Kristin Brown.

I’ll be back with more later.

Bremerton’s Kyle Kennedy won the Class 3A state javelin title at Mount Tahom, throwing 186 feet, 4 inches 184 feet, 6 inches. He’s the only Kitsap athlete with a state title to his name so far. Sequim’s Frank Catelli won the 2A shot put title at 55-10.75.

Kingston’s Marina Roberts took second in the Class 2A state 3,200 on Thursday at the state meet at Mount Tahoma.

Cheney’s Sanne Holland had a big personal best (by nearly 30 seconds) to win the race. She used a big kick in the final 250 meters to win. Holland ran 10:50.12. Roberts ran it in 10:57.17.

It’s the second straight year Roberts took second in the event.

Kingston’s Nicholas Schippers was fourth in the boys 3,200. It was the fifth time he’s run the event.

In other events, South Kitsap’s Kelsey Forcier took sixth in the discus.

Below are the results from the Class 2A West Central District track and field meet in Sumner. A lot of local winners and state qualifiers. Among the highlights:

North Kitsap won the girls team title.

NK’s Alexandra Lanzafame set district records in both the long and triple jumps.

Kingston’s Marina Roberts added the 1,600 title to the 3,200 title she won Friday.

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The Class 2A West Central District records were not available during the first day of the meet in Sumner on Friday. But on further inspection, several records fell yesterday.

North Kitsap’s Alexandra Lanzafame broke the meet record in the triple jump at 35-8.

Sequim’s Frank Catelli broke the record in the shot put at 58-1.5.

Kingston’s Marina Roberts broke the 3,200 record in 10:54.93.

North Kitsap’s prelim mark in the 400 relay was also a record 49.38.

At little perspective: The Class 2A meet records go back to 1997. That was the year the 4A classification was added. Instead of making the 4A the new class, the 2A was made the new classification.

You’ll find very few West Sound track and field athletes among the Top 10 in the state (a list you can view here). You’ll find South Kitsap’s Isaiah Davis among the leaders in the high jump and long jump and part of SK’s 1,600 relay team, and Port Angeles’ Troy Martin among the best in the shot put and javelin. You’ll also find Kingston’s Marina Roberts in the 3,200 and North Kitsap’s Reagan Colyer in both hurdle events.
That doesn’t mean you won’t see plenty of local athletes faring well at next month’s state meet. In fact, if you look at the state leaders among the 2A classification (see that here), you’ll find a local in just about every event. Roberts, Colyer and Martin are the 2A state leaders in their events.

There haven’t been too many track and field meets this year, but if you’re interested in the early season state leaders, you can find them here.
There are a handful of Kitsap athletes among the top 10, including North Kitsap’s Reagan Colyer in the hurdles, Kingston Marina Roberts and Nicholas Schippers in the distance events, Klahowya’s Rebecca Lindgren (200,400) South Kitsap’s Isaiah Davis in the high jump and Central Kitsap’s Michael Thomas (400) and Zackery Weber (800).
If you look at the leaders in the 2A classification, you’ll find quite a few leaders from Kitsap. State meets, of course, are divided up by classification, so this can be more relevant than state leaders, which combine all classifications.

The spring sports season is not even a month old and area athletes have already begun to set records in track and field.

Kingston’s Marina Roberts shattered Roben Mather’s record in the 3,000 on Saturday at the Port Angeles Invite. Roberts time of 10 minutes, 34.03 seconds bettered Mather’s time of 11:49.94 from 1983.

In the 100 hurdles, Reagan Colyer of North Kitsap broke Darlene Johnson’s (PA) record of 16.17 seconds  in 1983. Colyer finished in 15.83. Colyer’s time is also a track record, breaking the one set by Lynne Urfer of PA in 1989 of 16.08.

Audrey Lichten of Sequim took down Karen Halberg’s record in the 800  meters. Lichten finished in 2:23.56. Halberg, of Crescent, held the fastest time of 2:26.97 since 1988.