Track and Field

Track and Field

By Diana Zimmerman

The Comets joined five other teams on Tuesday at the Pacific County Invite in Ilwaco on Tuesday, May 2. Naselle scored 74 points to take fourth in girls competition and 88 points to take third in boys competition.

Top six finishers for the boys include:

400 meters — 1. Derek Suomela 53.77; 800 meters — 1. Suomela 2:21.2, 5. Caesar Garcia 2:47.98; 4x100 meter relay — 4. Reilly Browning, Andy Rosas, Garcia, Logan Wirkkala 57.57; 4x200 meter relay — 2. Brayden Colombo, Elmer Toftemark, Tyler Kirkman, Arvid Ross 1:52.11; 4x400 meter relay — 2. Browning, Garcia, Wirkkala, Bo Dunagan 5:05.61; Shot put — 4. Kirkman 36, 6. Colombo 32-9; Discus — 4. Kirkman 117, 5. Colombo 115-1; Javelin — 5. Colombo 123-8; High jump — 1. Suomela 5-8; Pole vault — 2. Jacob Pakenen 11, 5. Jason Gardner 6-6; Long jump — 1. Suomela 19-6; Triple jump — 4. Rosas 34-4.

Top six finishers for the girls include:

100 meter hurdles — 5. Bella Colombo 19.68; 300 meter hurdles — 2. B. Colombo 56.52; 4x100 meter relay — 4. Sophia Colombo, Paige Haataja, Jessica Underhill, Kayla Jensen 1:05.12; 4x200 meter relay — 3. Jensen, Mylee Dunagan, S. Colombo, Desirae Gifford 2:10.93; 4x400 meter relay — 2. S. Colombo, Gifford, Jensen, Underhill 5:39.51; Shot put — 3. Haataja 24-7; Discus — 6. Haataja 67-8; Javelin — 4. B. Colombo 83-11; High jump — 1. M. Dunagan 4-10; Pole vault — 4. B. Colombo 7; Long jump — 1. M. Dunagan 14-11, 6. Gifford 11-3; Triple jump 1. M. Dunagan 32-1.

On Thursday, they joined six other teams at a 1B/2B/1A League Meet in North Beach. Naselle scored 49 points to take fourth place in girls competition, and 121 points to take second in boys competition.

Top six finishers for the boys include:

400 meters — 1. Suomela 54.61, 5. Justin Moncy 1:04.34; 800 meters — 1. Suomela 2:23.81; 3200 meters — 3. Pakenen 12:44.98; 4x100 meter relay — 2. Moncy, Pakenen, Ross, Toftemark 53.21; 4x400 meter relay — 1. Moncy, Ross, Suomela, Kirkman 4:26.32; Shot put — 4. Kirkman 35-4, 5. Colombo 34-9; Discus — 1. Kirkman 112-6, 2. Colombo 108-2, 5. Toftemark 94-1; Javelin — 1. Colombo 124-6; High jump — 2. Suomela 5-6; Pole vault — 1. Pakenen 7-6, 4. Colombo 6-6; Long jump 5. Pakenen 16-3; Triple jump — 4. Kirkman 33-7.

Top six finishers for the girls include:

200 meters — 3. Bella Dunagan 30.88, 6. Gifford 36.25; 100 meter hurdles — 2. B. Colombo 19.69; High jump — 2. B. Dunagan 4-6; Pole vault — 1. B. Colombo 6-6, 4. Gifford 5-6; Long jump — 5. B. Dunagan 11-9; Triple jump — 5. B. Colombo 26-8.

On Saturday, Naselle joined 33 other teams in a freshmen invitational in Centralia

Top six finishers for Naselle freshmen include:

Boys Javelin — 6. Jason Gardner 107-11; Girls discus — 5. Haataja 71-1.5; Girls high jump — 1. M. Dunagan 5; Girls long jump — 1. M. Dunagan 14-10; Girls triple jump — 1. M. Dunagan 32-9.

Naselle hosted their district meet on Wednesday. Results were not available by press time. They travel to Tacoma for the 1B District1/2/3/4 Championship on Thursday, May 18.

The Wahkiakum Mules joined Naselle at the1B/2B/1A League Meet in North Beach on Thursday, May 4. The Mules scored seven points to take fifth in girls competition, and 55 points to take fifth in boys competition.

Top six finishers for the boys include:

100 meters — 4. Declan Hendricks 13.05; 200 meters — 1. Landon Nielsen 24.76, 4. Hendricks 26.48; 800 meters — 4. Daniel Spisla-Hongel; Shot put — 1. Nielsen 39-11; Javelin — 3. Hendricks 112-9; High jump — 3. Nielsen 5-6; Long jump — 2. Nielsen 17.

Top six finishers for the girls include:

100 meters — 4. Jade Mahatma 15.14.

The Mules next compete on Friday at the Central 2B League Championship at Kalama. They head to the 2B District 4 Championships in Chehalis on May 19.