Bulldogs at the State Track and Field Championships. A summary of a busy May 25-27

Pole Vault - Junior Michael Acton finished in a tie for 10^th place with a height of 11-0.  Michael had a PR jump of 12-3 at District to make it to State and that District jump put him on the All-Time List.

Discus - Junior Raquel Pedraza had a good series of throws including a PR of 114-4 to finish 4^th place.  She is now third on the All-Time List for CHS girls track with discus throw.

300 hurdles - Junior Kaden Miller ran a PR of 40.43 in racing to the fastest qualifying time of the day.  This would seed him first going into the finals.

1600 run - Senior Garrik Strong ran a PR time of 4:34.60 moving himself up on the CHS All Time list.  Garrik was 16^th overall in a race of 22 kids.  Twelve of the 22 ran PR times.

100 dash - Senior Genaro Reyna ran in the same prelim heat with the eventual state champion.  Genaro's time was 11.76 which put him one place ahead of his rival from Chelan that beat him at the District meet.  It was a good start to a very nice weekend for Genaro.

Friday was another day of prelims with a few field event finals.

Javelin - Sophomore Marcelino Torres started the day for the Bulldogs at 10:00 am.  Marcelino finished 14^th with a throw of 135-4.  It was his second-best throw of the season following a PR at District that got him to state.

4 x 200 relay - Junior Molly Smith, Senior Sadie Smith, Sophomore Allyson Kitchel and Senior Kaitlyn Bjorklund ran 1:48.81 to qualify for the finals.  It was their second fastest time of the season.

110 High Hurdles - Junior Kaden Miller and Sophomore Levi McPherson were our entries into the state meet.  Levi made it to State based on a qualifying time at District.  He  finished second to Kaden.  Only District champions could go to State unless they met the qualifying time.  In separate heats, Levi ran 15.45 and Kaden 15.69 to become the top two times heading into the finals.

4 x 100 relay - Junior Anthony Zavala, Senior Genaro Reyna, Freshman Isaac Zavala and Senior Logan Collins ran 44.05 to qualify for the finals.  It was just a slight bit off their time of 43.99 that made them the District Champions.

4 x 100 relay - Junior Molly Smith, Freshman Erin Irelan, Sophomore Allyson Kitchel and Senior Kaitlyn Bjorklund were lined up on the track ready to run their preliminary race.  Then the race was delayed due to a medical emergency at the finish line of the previous race.  A girl from a 2B school collapsed at the finish line.  CPR and an AED were used on her.  An ambulance arrived and the girl ended up in a Seattle hospital.  After the delay, our girls ran 51.44 (just 0.1 seconds off their season best) to qualify for the finals.

400 dash - Freshman Isaac Zavala ran a time of 53.60 to finish with the 12^th fastest time in the prelims.  This was faster time than he ran at District.  Isaac is the third fastest on the CHS Fantastic Freshman list.

800 run - Freshman Keenan Knoll ran a PR time of 2:05.07 which placed him 12^th in the preliminaries.  Keenan is now second on the Fantastic Freshman list.

800 run - Senior Maddie Hammond also ran a PR time in her race.  Maddie was in a very fast heat, ran 2:33.35, and moved herself up on the All-Time list.

200 dash - Junior Molly Smith ran 27.64 in the prelims.  The 200 dash had some very fast girls including the girl that set the state record for all classifications.  Molly was 14^th overall in the preliminaries.  While not quite what she wanted, it was another chance for Molly to get into the blocks at the State meet.

4 x 400 relay - Junior Anthony Zavala set the tone with a PR split time of 54.7.  Senior Genaro Reyna ran second leg and 52.3.  Third leg Junior Kaden Miller had a split of 53.3 while Freshman Isaac Zavala anchored at 52.3.   They ran a season best of 3:32.60 to qualify for the finals. 

4 x 400 relay - Junior Molly Smith had a great lead off leg running 62.9 and handed off the baton to Sophomore Allyson Kitchel (65.9).  It was tight at the exchange with some bumping and jostling going on.  Third leg Junior Brianna Talley had a 400-split time of 63.6.  Senior Kaitlyn Bjorklund finished with a 63.2 split and it appeared the girls had qualified for finals.  Soon after the race we were told that we had been disqualified during the bumping and jostling of the second exchange.

Pole Vault - Senior Ava Courtney jumped a PR height of 9-6 to finish 7^th in the competition.  It was Ava's second medal at state in the pole vault.  She finished 8^th place last season.  Ava's good attempts at 10 feet created some interest with a college coach that would like to have Ava on his team next year.

Shot Put - Junior Raquel Pedraza is a state veteran in the shot put.  She earned a medal last season.  This season, she had a very good series with four throws over 35-7.  Her final throw of 36-8 earned her the 8^th place medal and also set the new school record!

Saturday was another eventful day filled with finals for the Bulldogs.

Javelin - Raquel Pedraza earned the 8^th place medal in the javelin.  Her best throw of 108-3 was just off her PR of 110-3 set at the District meet.  Her throw at state this season was within inches of her state throw that earned her second-place last season.  Raquel has now earned five state medals in two state meets!

Triple Jump - Sadie Smith competed and had a best jump of 32-5 which was good for 10^th place.  Sadie finished the season sixth on the CHS All Time list in the triple jump!

Triple Jump - Jumping at the same time as his cousin Sadie, Sophomore Colby Diaz jumped a PR distance of 41-8 to earn third place for himself and six points for his team. Colby had three jumps that were farther than his previous PR set at the District meet!  Colby is now seventh on the Super Sophomore list.

Shot Put - Sophomore Brody Larson finished 12^th putting the shot 44-7.5 which was just shy of his PR set at District of 44-11.5.  However, his state series was much better with all three of his throws being over 44 feet.  Brody is third on the Super Sophomore list.

High Jump - Senior Lucas Rylaarsdam entered the meet with a PR height of 6-0 set at the League Championship.  He won the District Championship jumping 5-10.  He had some good attempts at 6-0 at state but had to settle for 5-10 and 9^th place.  

4 x 200 relay - Molly Smith, Sadie Smith, Allyson Kitchell and Kaitlyn Bjorklund ran well and finished 7^th with a time of 1:48.68 which was quicker than their prelim time and just a few tenths off their season best winning the District Championship.

110 high hurdles - Levi McPherson and Kaden Miller went into the final seeded number 1 and 2 and racing side by side in the final.  Kaden finished in 15.56 and finished second.  Levi ran 15.47 to become the State Champion.  The boys earned 18 points for their team.

4 x 100 relay - Anthony Zavala, Genaro Reyna, Isaac Zavala and Logan Collins ran a season best 44.97 to earn 4^th place medals and 5 points for their team.

4 x 100 relay - Molly Smith, Erin Irelan, Allyson Kitchel and Kaitlyn Bjorklund were lined up on the track ready to run their race in the finals.  This time the race was delayed two hours due to lighting in the area.  After the delay, the girls sprinted 51.14 earning sixth place medals.  It was the season’s best time by 0.3 seconds and the fifth fastest time in school history!

300 hurdles - Kaden Miller entered the race with the fastest prelim time and finished the race with a State Championship!  His time of 39.84 is third best on the All-Time list behind two other state champions!

3200 run - Senior Garrik Strong has had a very good season and has improved his time in nearly every race.  He qualified for state by running 10:27.20 to win the District championship.  His PR was 10:22.97 set on May 5th.   Garrik told the coaches his goal time for the state meet and new exactly what he had to do to accomplish it.  He wanted to break for 10 minutes.  He ran the race just as he planned and chopped 26 seconds off his PR to run 9:56.22 and place 10^th overall!

4 x 400 relay - Anthony Zavala again had a time of 54.7 on his part of the relay.  Genaro Reyna ran a season best of 51.8.  Kaden Miller ran 53.7. Isaac Zavala closed out with a 51.8 for his fastest split of the season.   The boys ran faster than their prelim time finishing with a season best 3:31.98 earning sixth place medals and three team points.

The girls scored 14 team points and finished tied for 18 place.  The champion team was Kings with 52 points.

The boys scored 42 points to earn the second-place trophy.  The champion team was Seattle Academy with 66 points. Thanks for supporting the track athletes this spring!