Tracksters edged in tri-meet at Oak Harbor
By JOHN GALBREATH Sports Editor
Wade Weinert (left) ran a 4:49 1600-meter time to finish second in the Sparts’ track meet with Oak Harbor and Cascade. PHOTO BY JOHN GALBREATH | STANWOOD/CAMANO NEWS
Track and field veterans Robert Hanke and Kale Schmidt each won two events during the Spartan boys’ tri-meet with Everett’s Cascade and Oak Harbor. The Stanwood team just missed winning the meet as the Bruins accumulated 72 points to the Sparts’ 71.5 points. The Wildcats took third with 36.5 points.
Hanke won both hurdles events. He ran the 110-meter high hurdles in 15.6 and then the 300-meter hurdles in 40.6 seconds.
Schmidt, for his part, matched his personal best with a leap of 6-5 in the high jump and then stretched out for a victory in the long jump with a 21 feet 06.75 inches leap, some two feet better than his closest competitor.
Other victories were earned by Trevor Fekkes in the javelin with a toss of 147-04, 10 feet farther than the second place thrower and Aaron Wiganosky in the pole vault with a clearance of 12-06.
Second places went to freshman Alexander Bentz in the 400 (55.9), Alex Hatley in the shot put (50-05), and the discus (122-0), Travis Stone in the pole vault (11-0), Wade Weinert in the 1600 meter run (4:49), Ben Ulrich in the 110 hurdles (17.6) and the 300 hurdles (43.5), Bo Luce in the triple jump (38-01) and Schmidt in the 200 (23.2).
Third-place ribbons were earned by the 4X400 relay squad of Justin Midcap, Hanke, Stone and Bentz (3:49), the 4X100 quartet of Andrew Downing, Michael Randall, Joe Eidsness and Ulrich (47.4), Cody Howard in the 3200 meters (10:55), Adam Knott in the 800 (2:08), Chris Hayes in the pole vault (9- 06), Schmidt in the javelin (131-07), Randall in the discus (113-04) and Fekkes in the high jump (5-04).
David Escobar (400, 57.7), Hayes (javelin, 127- 11), the 4X100 foursome of Neil Hamilton, Carlos Vilchis, Joe Spohn and Midcap (53.1) and Randall (shot put, 41-06) all grabbed fourth places during the meet at Oak Harbor High School.
“Our young distance kids, Adam Knott, Aaron Sandquist, Tanner Nieman, Cody Hoskins and Wade Weinert continue to impress the coaching staff,” commented head mentor Jordan Sneva.
