The week in sports
Published 9:09 pm Thursday, October 2, 2008
Verbon leads team at Shelton
Five Mount Si track-and-field athletes recently traveled to the Shelton High School Invitational, with senior Nick Verbon winning the 110-meter hurdles for the second year in a row.
Senior Jacob Limestall pole-vaulted to a season’s best of 12 feet, 6 inches and placed eighth overall. Brian Lewis just missed a medal by one place, clearing 5 feet, 8 inches in the high jump. Teammate Josh Flores placed seventh in the javelin with a toss of 157 feet, 9 inches.
Carie Frantz competed in the pole vault and, despite a slippery runway, cleared 7 feet.
Several records set at Interlake
The Mount Si boys’ track team performed well at Interlake last week with many members setting new personal records.
Jacob Limestall set a new personal record in the pole vault, clearing 13 feet, 3 inches. He is now the league leader in that event.
Nick Verbon continued his dominance in several events. He improved his long jump distance, setting a personal record of 21 feet, 7 inches. Verbon only needs six more inches to claim the school’s long-jump record.
Adam Rothgeb and Michael Keller placed second and third, respectively, in the 110-meter high hurdles. Jim Daughtrey set a personal record in the 100-meter dash at 11.4 seconds.
The 4×100-meter relay team of Kai Miyamoto, Daughtrey, Rothgeb and Verbon also placed first.
Steve Johnson and Steve Isaac took second and third, respectively, in the 400-meter dash. Jarrod Wiegardt placed second in the 800-meter run, while Josh Flores, Ryan McKinstry and Keller swept the javelin.
Flores and David Haakenson placed second and third in the discus. In the shot put, McKinstry improved his personal record by a foot, breaking the 40-foot mark.
Brian Lewis won the high jump, clearing 5 feet, 10 inches, and teammates AJ Frye and Alex Hennig each cleared 9 feet in the pole vault.
CHS named state champs
For the third consecutive year, the Cedarcrest girls’ track team won the Academic State Championship for all-state track teams in Division 3A. The team’s 15 members had a combined GPA of 3.823.
Girls’ track team ends season
The Mount Si girls’ track team closed out its regular season recently by defeating Interlake 77-72.
Kristen Berndt won the 100-meter hurdles in a season’s best time of 16.6 seconds and also took first in the javelin with a toss of 106 feet, 2 inches.
Jessica Hanna won the 400 meters and placed second in the 800 meters with a season’s best time of 2:33.4.
Kelly Fletcher won the 200-meter dash in 28.4 seconds while teammate Ashley Van Oeveren won the discus with a throw of 106 feet, 10 1/2 inches. Amy Keogh won the high jump by clearing 4 feet, 10 inches. Whitney Chelgren and Lauren Paulus won the long jump and triple jump, respectively, for the ‘Cats.
Fifteen qualify for league meet
Fifteen Mount Si girls track team members qualified for the KingCo Conference championships held last week.
Piper Sherbon qualified in the shot put, discus, triple jump and high jump. Kristen Berndt qualified in both hurdle races and the javelin.
Ashley VanOeveren earned a chance to represent Mount Si in the shot put and discus, while Kelsey Lamon qualified in both the 100- and 200-meter races.
Meaghan Dunklee qualified in both hurdle races while Shannon Posey qualified in the javelin.
Other qualifiers for to the conference meet were: Amy Keogh in the high jump, Whitney Chelgren in the long jump, Carrie Frantz in the pole vault, Lauren Paulus in the pole vault and the triple jump, Kelly Fletcher in the 400, Jessica Hanna in the 800, Amber Smith in the discus and Allison Neuenschwander in the shot put.
Golf team wraps up season
The Mount Si girls’ varsity golf team ended its season with a loss to Liberty 293-230.
Leading the effort for Mount Si was Jess Sanford, shooting a 57. Heidi Lee and Rachel Keith each shot 58, while Stacy Shultz shot 59. Jessica Whim shot 61, while sister Kristina shot 62. Heather Waggoner wrapped up the varsity with a score of 64.
For the junior varsity, Kristina Weder shot 56 and Yuka Tsuchioka shot 59.
Sanford on way to district meet
Mount Si girls’ varsity golfer Jess Sanford placed 20th last week in the KingCo Conference tournament, good enough to qualify for the district meet.
She was also named to the All-KingCo golf second team. She will compete at the district KingCo/Metro tournament this week.
Wildcats nab postseason honors
Mount Si athletes in softball and soccer received good news last week when they were honored with postseason awards for their respective sports in the Kingco Conference.
In what coach Larry White deemed “the biggest upset of the year,” six varsity Wildcat girls’ fastpitch softball players took home postseason honors, despite Mount Si finishing out of the playoffs this year.
Leading the list are junior outfielder Tabitha Albertson, junior designated hitter Alison Moorehead and senior utility player Lauren Davis, who all received first-team honors, while freshman second baseman Kayla Jayne, freshman shortstop Amy Trenkamp and junior first baseman Rachel McNaul all received honorable mention.
In addition, on Friday the team won the All-KingCo Sportmanship award for best sportsmanship on the field. With all of the winners except Davis returning next year, this team clearly has talent and could likely be one of the conference’s best in 2003.
In varsity boys’ soccer, senior midfielder/forward Drew Arenth was named by his peers to the KingCo Conference first team, while midfielder Pete Talevich and defender Jeremy Winter were awarded honorable mention. Additional awards will be handed out at an awards banquet, which is scheduled for Thursday, May 16.
