Gray paces ‘Cats at Tomahawk Classic | Track

Published 12:19 pm Monday, May 2, 2016

Oak Harbor’s Jared Gray won two events at the Tomahawk Classic track meet at Marysville-Pilchuck High School Saturday, April 30.

Gray helped the Wildcat boys place third in eight-team meet with 88.5 points. Issaquah won the boys meet with 115 points. It also took the girls title with 167 points; Oak Harbor was seventh with 57.

Gray was the only Oak Harbor athlete to collect a blue ribbon, taking the 110 hurdles (15.62) and 300 hurdles (41.12). He also placed fourth in the 100 (11.74).

Joseph Noland finished second in the discus (146-09).

The Oak Harbor girls placed second in five events.

Alana Austin was runner-up in the 200 (26.8) and ran on the second-place 4×100 relay team with Deja Bunch, Alora Caillier and Kia Cey (53).

Kaitlyn Chelberg (100 hurdles, 16.78) and Julie Jansen (discus, 100-10) were second in individual events; and Alex Smith, Carolynn Wicker, Megan Keating and Riley Grace Borden were second in the 4×800 (11:17.91).

Oak Harbor hosts the four-team North Sound Classic at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 3.

Other top-10 Oak Harbor finishes at the Tomahawk Classic:

Third, boys: Ben Gasper, 3,200, 10:09.21.

Fourth, boys: Mac Nuanez, 400, 53.2; Tanner Walker, javelin, 145-11; Andrew Miller, triple jump, 38-05.75; 4×100 (Gray, Daniel Guerrero, Miller, Jordan Washington), 45.71.

Fifth, boys: Kyle Nickols, high jump, 5-08; Miller, long jump, 18-07; 4×800 (Joseph Ralston, Joseph Gorman, Jake Hucko, Wyatt Pauley), 9:04.39.

Fifth, girls: Smith, 1,600, 5:37.5; Chelberg, 300 hurdles, 51.41.

Sixth, boys: Guerrero, 400, 54.5; Hucko, 1,600, 4:43.94; Ben Bozeman, javelin, 141; Washington, high jump, 5-06.

Sixth, girls: Austin, 100, 13.32; Samantha Hines, javelin, 89-11.

Seventh, boys: Nuanez, 200, 24.25; Nickols, triple jump, 37-09.

Seventh, girls: Sarah Ulam, shot, 30-01.75.

Eighth, boys: Michael Fisken, discus, 120-09; Brycin McIntyre, long jump, 18-01.5.

Eighth, girls: Hines, 100 hurdles, 17.76.

Ninth, boys: Guerrero, 200, 24.74.

Ninth, girls: Bunch, 400, 1:05.75; Hines, 300 hurdles, 54.23.

10th, boys: Ralston, 3,200, 10:58.72.

(Left: Samantha Hines runs the 300 hurldles, one of three events where she placed in the top 10.

Middle: Kaitlyn Chelberg adds a fifth place in the 300 hurdles to her second in the 100 hurdles.

Below: Michael Fisken throws the discus, placing eighth for the ‘Cats.

Photos by John Fisken.)