Prep track and field: Three Edmonds School District athletes earn podium finishes in state meet Friday

Edmonds-Woodway’s Lucy Bartron winds up for a throw in the 3A Girls Discus finals Friday at the WIAA state meet in Tacoma.
Lynnwood’s Porche Robinson clears a hurdle in the finals of the 3A Girls 100 Meter Hurdles Friday at the WIAA state meet. She placed eighth in the event.

A busy second day for Edmonds School District student athletes at the WIAA State 2A/3A/4A Track & Field Championships in Tacoma ended with plenty of smiles and memories, plus medals for podium placements in three events on Friday.

Edmonds-Woodway Warrior Lucy Bartron earned a sixth-place finish in the 3A Girls Discus final with a toss of 111-05; teammate Becca Hershey took home a second-place medal in the discus throw for ambulatory athletes.

Lynnwood’s Porsche Robinson grabbed the eighth-place medal in the 3A Girls 100 Meter Hurdles final with a time of 16.00.

Other athletes from Lynnwood, Meadowdale and Mountlake Terrace High Schools won their way into various finals’ events after qualifying efforts in their preliminary events on Friday. Royals’ Zaire Griffin, Jordan Whittle, Trent Whitehead and Shayden McIntyre in addition to Meadowdale’s Tresley Love and Mountlake Terrace’s Brynlee Dubiel, will be competing in event finals on the state meet’s final day on Saturday.

Meadowdale’s Tresley Love ran in three individual events on Friday and qualified for the 3A Girls 400 Meter finals set for Saturday when she will attempt to defend her 2022 state championship in the event.
Lynnwood’s Trent Whitehead (right) yells out to teammate Shayden McIntyre after passing him the baton in a 3A Boys 4×100 Meter Relay state meet preliminary heat.
E-W’s Ever Yamada (right) beats Lakes’ Richard Baker to the next-to-last hurdle in a 3A Boys 300 Meter Hurdles state meet preliminary race.
The Royals’ Zaire Griffin leaps during the 3A Boys Long Jump competition at the WIAA state meet.
Mountlake Terrace’s Brynlee Dubiel eyes the finish line of a 3A Girls 300 Meter Hurdles state meet preliminary race on Friday.
Lynnwood’s Jordan Whittle shows his form during the running of a 3A Boys 400 Meter state meet preliminary heat on Friday.
Terrace’s Mason Hrcek makes a run during the 3A Boys Pole Vault competition.
Lynnwood’s Rachel Elliott (left) chases Shorewood’s Molly McGeoy (center) and University’s Kayla Roberts during a 3A Girls 800 Meters state meet preliminary race on Friday.
Terrace’s Emmalynn Kuenning (right) takes the baton from teammate Brynlee Dubiel during a 3A Girls 4×100 Meter Relay state meet preliminary heat.
Lynnwood’s Ashley Lara sprints out of the starting blocks at the start of a 3A Girls 400 Meters state meet preliminary heat.
Terrace’s Allison Mervin reaches for the sky in one of her attempts during the 3A Girls Long Jump competition at the state meet on Friday.
E-W’s Naomi Limb (far right) and the field take off to begin a 3A Girls 100 Meters state meet preliminary race.
Lynnwood’s Ena Dodik waves to the crowd during introductions of the 3A Girls Discus competition at the state meet on Friday.
E-W’s Jesse Hart (far left) watches teammate David Danyo (with baton) head to the finish line of a 3A Boys 4×100 Meter Relay state meet preliminary race.
Terrace’s Calvin Hume clears a hurdle during a 3A Boys 300 Meter Hurdles state meet preliminary heat.

 

Prep Track: WIAA State 2A/3A/4A Track & Field Championships Day Two results, May 26 (Edmonds School District teams and athletes)

– Lucy Bartron (Edmonds-Woodway); 6th place in 3A Girls Discus final (111-05)

– Porsche Robinson (Lynnwood); 8th place in 3A Girls 100 Meter Hurdles final (16.00)

– Becca Hershey (Edmonds-Woodway); 2nd place in 3A Girls Discus Ambulatory final (32-10)

– Tresley Love (Meadowdale); 3rd place in 3A Girls 400 Meter preliminaries, 12th place in 3A Girls 100 Meter preliminaries and 15th place in 3A Girls 200 Meter preliminaries (26.43); qualified for 3A Girls 400 Meter finals on Saturday (defending state champion in this event)

– Zaire Griffin, Jordan Whittle, Trent Whitehead, Shayden McIntyre (Lynnwood); 4th place in 3A Boys 4×100 Meter Relay preliminaries (42.31); qualified for 3A Boys 4×100 Meter Relay final on Saturday

– Zaire Griffin (Lynnwood); 5th place in 3A Boys 100 Meters preliminaries (10.84), 7th place in 3A Boys 200 Meters preliminaries (22.37) and 16th in 3A Boys Long Jump (20-04.50); qualified for 3A Boys 100 Meter final and 3A Boys 200 Meter final on Saturday

– Brynlee Dubiel (Mountlake Terrace); 8th place in 3A Girls 300 Meter Hurdles preliminaries (16.50) and 17th place in 3A Girls 100 Meter Hurdles preliminaries (16.50); qualified for 3A Girls 300 Meter Hurdles finals on Saturday

– Jordan Whittle (Lynnwood); 8th place in 3A Boys 200 Meters preliminaries (22.39) and 17th place in 3A Boys 400 Meters preliminaries (51.47); qualified for 3A Boys 200 Meter finals on Saturday

– Rachel Elliott (Lynnwood); 12th place in 3A Girls 800 Meters preliminaries (2:18.87); did not qualify for finals

– Eliana Bonilla Zuniga, Brynlee Dubiel, Emmalynn Kuenning, Allison Mervin (Mountlake Terrace); 12th in 3A Girls 4×100 Meter Relay preliminaries (50.24); did not qualify for finals

– Ever Yamada (Edmonds-Woodway); 13th place in 3A Boys 300 Meter Hurdles preliminaries (40.79); did not qualify for finals

– Ashley Lara (Lynnwood); 13th place in 3A Girls 400 Meters preliminaries (1:00.47); did not qualify for finals

– Allison Mervin (Mountlake Terrace); 14th place in 3A Girls Long Jump (15-11.75) and 19th place in 3A Girls 100 Meters preliminaries (12.88); did not qualify for finals

– Naomi Limb (Edmonds-Woodway); 17th place in 3A Girls 200 Meter preliminaries (26.54) and 20th place in 3A Girls 100 Meters preliminaries (13.09); did not qualify for finals

– Ena Dodik (Lynnwood); 17th place in 3A Girls Discus finals (95-08)

– Eliana Bonilla Zuniga (Mountlake Terrace); 17th place in 3A Girls 400 Meter preliminaries (1:01.88); did not qualify for finals

– Kaeen Eban, Ever Yamada, Jesse Hart, David Danyo (Edmonds-Woodway); 18th place in 3A Boys 4×100 Meter Relay preliminaries (43.38); did not qualify for finals

– Calvin Hume (Mountlake Terrace); 19th place in 3A Boys 300 Meter Hurdles preliminaries (42.25); did not qualify for finals

– Mason Hrcek (Mountlake Terrace); tied for 19th place in 3A Boys Pole Vault finals (NH)

— Story and photos by Doug Petrowski

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