Skyline boys, girls place third at KingCo 4A championships | Track & field

Nursing a sore hamstring, Skyline senior Kasen Williams still managed three KingCo 4A titles Wednesday and Friday, helping the Skyline boys to a third-place team finish in the KingCo 4A championships at Juanita High School.

Nursing a sore hamstring, Skyline senior Kasen Williams still managed three KingCo 4A titles Wednesday and Friday, helping the Skyline boys to a third-place team finish in the KingCo 4A championships at Juanita High School.

The Spartans tallied 74 team points, finishing only behind Bothell (142) and Garfield (98).

Williams captured titles in the high jump (5-foot-10) and long jump (21-6 1/2) on Wednesday and sealed his third title Friday in the triple jump (45-5 1/2).

Senior Kyle Branch also racked up serious points for Skyline, placing third in the 1,600 (4 minutes, 23.67 seconds) and 3,200 (9:31.53).

Junior Riley Herrera placed third in the 110 hurdles in a time of 16.52 seconds. The 1,600 relay of Blake Young, Andrew Millett, Drew Matthews and Trevon Clark also captured third in 3:27.65.

Garret Corlis placed fourth in the javelin (156-7), while the 400 relay of Justin March, Young, Charles Premone and Christian John was also fourth (44.58).

Issaquah placed fifth overall with 57 team points.

The Eagles didn’t have any individual champions, but earned four second-place finishes.

Junior Jorrell Dorsey finished second in the long jump (20-9 1/2) and triple jump (44-6 1/2).

Senior Jason Hollaway placed second in the pole vault, clearing 14 feet and senior Mike Baba was second in the javelin with a toss of 164-8.

The 400 relay of Dorsey, Kyle Farmer, Alex Rylander and Allen Su finished third overall (44.27) and the 1,600 relay of Isaac Robinson, Dorsey, Su and Kenny Norton was fourth (3:31.72).

Eastlake placed ninth of 11 teams with 30 team points.

Junior Gino Bresolin earned two third-place finishes in the shot put (49-2 1/4) and discus (143-1), while Daniel Brady was third in the high jump (5-10) and fourth in the triple jump (40-10).

Skyline places third without a first-place finish

Skyline finished just seven-and-a-half points out of a KingCo 4A championship without a first-place finisher.

The Spartans earned 101.5, placing only behind Redmond (109) and Inglemoor (109).

Freshman Jordan Branch placed second in the 800 meters in a time of 2:20.51, helped the 1,600 relay to a second-place finish, the 800 relay to third and grabbed fourth in the 1,600 (5:18.61).

Other members of the 1,600 relay included Kaylie Greninger, Maddi Hutson and Michelle Bretl. The group finished in 4:02.50 — only behind Redmond’s 4:01.21.

Haley Smith also earned a second-place finish in the 400 (59.29), while M’Kayla Silva was second in the shot put (34-2).

The 800 relay of Greninger, Branch, Smith and Bretl was third in 1:45.18.

The Spartans also scored big in the discus with Elena Frerker, Kara Alden, Haley Ziegler and Silva finishing third through sixth, respectively.

Issaquah’s Haley Jacobson won two individual league titles and helped two relay teams to a pair of wins Friday, as Issaquah finished fourth with 91 team points.

Jacobson won the 100 (12.36 seconds) and 200 (25.15). She was also on the winning 400 relay (40.13) with Kim Varney, Gabrielle Gevers and McKenna Hogan and the winning 800 relay (1:44.24) of Varney, Mack Wieburg and Hogan.

Pole vaulter Eva Perry also captured a league championship, clearing 11 feet.

Alex Arteritano placed second in the shot put (94-11) and Mallory Cooke was third in the pole vault (10-0).

Eastlake placed sixth overall with 46.5 points.

The Wolves were led by Haley O’Connor’s league championship in the 400 meters. She won the race in 57.81 seconds.

Lauren Files placed third in the 300 hurdles (47.85) and the 1,600 relay of Files, Lexis Guches, Haley O’Connor and Morgan O’Connor also placed third (4:05.69).