Track & Field: Wolves earn high marks in league dual meet

By Michael Dashiell • April 20, 2022 1:30 am
Sequim’s Tyler Mooney, center, and Henry Hughes, right, race for a top spot against Bainbridge’s Mathurin Le Dorze and others in the 100-meter race on April 14 in Kingston. Le Dorze placed first in 11.75 seconds, followed by Mooney (11.88), Bainbridge’s Micah Bryant (12.31) and Hughes (12.48). Photo taken by Joanne Carroll-Huemoeller
Sequim’s Tyler Mooney, center, and Henry Hughes, right, race for a top spot against Bainbridge’s Mathurin Le Dorze and others in the 100-meter race on April 14 in Kingston. Le Dorze placed first in 11.75 seconds, followed by Mooney (11.88), Bainbridge’s Micah Bryant (12.31) and Hughes (12.48). Photo taken by Joanne Carroll-Huemoeller

Sequim’s track squad set four-dozen personal bests in a tight competition that saw the Wolves’ girls team deadlocked with 3A Bainbridge and the SHS boys just four points behind the Spartans following an Olympic League dual meet on April 14 at Kingston.

Led by multiple event winners Riley Pyeatt and Anastasia Updike, Sequim’s girls tallied 69 points, tied with Bainbridge, with Kingston in third with 51 team points.

Bainbridge’s boys (79 points) edged Sequim (75) despite a number of strong finishes by the Wolves, including senior Adrian Brown’s sweep of the hurdles events.

On the girls’ side, Updike set a personal best in the 200 meters (29.02) followed closely by junior teammate Emily Carlier (2908) and freshman Katie Morris (29.52) to sweep the top three spots. Updike also won the 400 meters in a personal best 1:06.22.

Pyeatt added wins in the 800 meters (2:24.79) and a season-best mark in the 1,600 (5:26.35) with teammate Kaitlin Bloomenrader finishing second (5:40.32). Pyeatt was second in the 100 meters (13:38), just two-hundredths of a second back of Bainbridge’s Ella McRitchie.

The Wolves also showed their track prowess by sweeping all three relays. Morris, Emma Bergmann, Eve Mavy and Nikoline Updike took the 4×100 (55.39), while Bergmann, Morris, Anastasia Updike and Hi’ilei Robinson won the 4×200 (1:56.90) by more than 12 seconds. Bloomenrader, Carlier, Mavy and Robinson completed the sweep in the 4×400 (4:22.81).

Sequim senior Rileigh VanDyken won the pole vault with a season-best 7-6 mark and was second in the triple jump (27-8.5).

On the boys’ side, Brown won the 110 hurdles in 17.27 second and 300 hurdles in 44.99 seconds — followed in both events by freshman brother Andrew Brown (17.82 and 48.53 seconds, respectively, both personal bests).

SHS senior Henry Hughes powered his way to a big win in the 400, clocking in at 53.90 seconds to win the event by more than seven seconds; he also placed second in the 200.

Sequim sophomore Colby Ellefson set a pair of personal bests in the distance events, winning the 3,200 meters in 10:24.98 and placing second in the 1,600 (4:45.70), about a second behind Bainbridge’s Alexander Miller.

Junior Mirek Skov set a personal best in winning the discus (96-3) and placing third in the shot put (32-1); he also took second in the pole vault (9-6).

Skov, Hughes, Adrian Brown and Tyler Mooney combined to win the 4×400 in 3:41.98.

Earning second place finishes were Mooney in the 100 (11.88), Andrew Brown in the high jump (5-4), SeanChristopher Wilson in the long jump (15-10.75) and Sean Southard in the javelin (120-2).

Wolves score big at Lil Norway

Sequim earned 11 top-five finishes at the Lil Norway Invitational in Poulsbo on April 16.

With 53 team points, Sequim’s girls placed sixth out of 19 teams; Lynden and Central Kitsap tied for first with 104 points and host North Kitsap was third. On the boys’ side, Sequim placed seventh with 44 points; Lynden tallied 128.5 points for top honors, with North Kitsap (118) in second.

Pyeatt won the girls’ 100 in 13.51 seconds, and the 400 in a season-best 59.68 seconds. She also anchored the Wolves’ first place 4×400 relay team (with Bloomenrader, Robinson and Mavy), finishing in 4:09.88.

VanDyken was second in the pole vault (7-6). Bloomenrader placed fifth in the 800 with a personal-best 2:30.33, and Mavy was fifth in the 1,600 meters in 5:44.86, also a personal record.

On the boys’ side, Adrian Brown again swept the hurdles, winning the 110 (16.63 seconds) and a personal-best 42.27 seconds in the 300 hurdles. Brother Andrew was third in the 100 and sixth in the 300.

Mooney raced to a fourth-place finish in the 400 (51.80 seconds, a personal best) while Ellefson trimmed another 15 second off his best 3,200-meter time for fifth place.

Coming up

Sequim is at Olympic (Silverdale) on April 20 and the Eason Invitational in Snohomish on April 23.

The Wolves are at North Kitsap on April 28 to take on North Mason and the host Vikings, and compete at the Shelton Invitational on April 30.

The postseason begins May 5 with the Olympic League meet in Belfair. Top finishers compete at the West Central District meet set for May 20-21 in Renton.

Sequim High senior Riley Pyeatt starts quick in the 800-meter race at an Olympic League double dual meet in Kingston on April 14. Pyeatt won the event in 2:24.79. Photo by Joanne Carroll-Huemoeller

Sequim High senior Riley Pyeatt starts quick in the 800-meter race at an Olympic League double dual meet in Kingston on April 14. Pyeatt won the event in 2:24.79. Photo by Joanne Carroll-Huemoeller