SHELTON — Five Twin Harborites captured titles in the prestigious Shelton Invitational track meet Saturday at Highclimber Stadium.
Three of the titles in the all-classification field came from Class 2B tracksters.
Raymond’s Karlee Freeman, the reigning state champion and all-classification state leader in the girls discus, won that event with a throw of 148-7. Although late-afternoon rain and a slick ring dictated a cautious approach in that event, she finished 32 feet ahead of her nearest rival, North Beach’s Nannette Fruh.
North Beach’s Tawni Blankenship broke her own school record by clearing 11 feet in the girls pole vault. Peninsula’s Madison Grande was a distant second at 9-6.
Hyak sprinter Lorin Cox won the girls frosh 100 meters in 13.79.
Hoquiam senior Devin Merksick cleared 6-4 to take the boys high jump. He wound up two inches better than River Ridge’s Joshua Kennedy and North Thurston’s Donovan Fenwick.
Willapa Valley’s Hallee Layman nabbed the girls frosh shot put with a throw of 30-2.
Fruh was the only runner-up among the Twin Harbors contingent, but Aberdeen’s Faith Cardenas was third in the girls 400 with a personal-best time of 59.5. Mary M. Knight’s Kaylee Sowle tied for third in the girls high jump.
Raymond’s Jimmy Thepsoumphou established a career-best with a 6-foot high jump.
“We took six and four brought home medals (for top-six finishes),” Raymond coach Mike Tully said. “Overall, I thought the kids did a really good job and competed well.”
Top-eight Twin Harbors placewinners:
BOYS
Frosh 100 — 6. Cody Vollan (Elma). 200 — 5. Bryan Sidor (Aberdeen). 400 — 4. Bryan Sidor (Aberdeen). 110 H — 6. Sean Sath (Raymond). 4×400 R — 7. Elma. Disc — 6. Seth Bridge (North Beach). Jav — 4. Levi Jackson (Taholah). HJ — 6-4 — 1. Devin Merksick (Hoquiam) 5. Rodney Washington (North Beach). 6. Jimmy Thepsoumphou (Raymond). PV — 4. Jace Duckworth (Raymond). TJ — 8. Jeshua Manwell (Aberdeen).
GIRLS
Frosh 100 — 13.79 — 1. Lorin Cox (North Beach). 400 — 3. Faith Cardenas (Aberdeen). Frosh 400 — 5. Kaya Aiken (Elma). 300 H — 7. Jillian Bieker (Elma). Shot — 5. Natasha Fruh (North Beach). Frosh Shot — 30-2 —1. Hallee Layman (Willapa Valley). Disc — 148-7 — 1. Karlee Freeman (Raymond). 2. Nannette Fruh (North Beach). Jav — 4. Karlee Freeman (Raymond). 7. Karlie Krohn (Hoquiam). PV — 11-0 — 1. Tawni Blankenship (North Beach).
