Aberdeen’s Henry Nelson and Montesano’s Haley Schweppe won events against the state’s top competition as we review recent prep track and field events involving Twin Harbors student-athletes.

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PREP TRACK & FIELD

Aberdeen’s Nelson, Montesano’s Schweppe win at Eason Invitational

Aberdeen’s Henry Nelson and Montesano’s Haley Schweppe won their respective races at the 35th gearUP Eason Invitational on Saturday at the Snohomish Veteran’s Memorial Stadium.

In the prestigious annual event featuring a host of the state’s top competitors across all classes, Nelson and Schweppe returned to the Twin Harbors as victors in their respective 800-meter races.

Nelson ran a personal-best time of 1:53.42 to win the boys 800, edging Stanwood’s Ryan Khoury by 0.55 seconds and nearly breaking the meet record of 1:53.40.

Nelson’s time was the third best this season across any class in the state of Washington and set a new Aberdeen High School record, breaking the time of Jim Boora, who held the record since 1964.

In the girls competition, Schweppe outclassed the field with a victory in the 800. The Bulldogs sophomore was the only competitor to post a sub-2:20 time, finishing with a season-best 2:19.81, nearly two full seconds ahead of Jackson’s Olivia Friedrich, who placed second with a time of 2:21.61.

Aberdeen was the only Twin Harbors school with multiple competitors at the meet.

Bobcats thrower Rylee Brooks set a new personal-record mark of 36 feet, 0.5 inches to place fifth in the girls shot put.

Brooks and Bella Bruner each set new personal bests to place sixth and eighth, respectively, in the girls discus.

Other top 10 placements for Aberdeen included Isaac Garcia with a ninth-place finish in the boys long jump (21-1.5) and Ailyn Haggard, who placed ninth in the girls 1,600-meter race with a new personal-best time of 5:12.53.

Full results available at athletic.net.

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Local Results

Boys

800 meters: 1, Henry Nelson, Aberdeen, 1:53.42 PR.

4×800 relay: 14, Aberdeen (Jacob Hallak, Cooper Gil, Cecil Gumaelius, Toby Nelson), 8:59.51.

Shot put: 31, Cole Revel, Aberdeen, 41-0.05.

Discus: 38, Gumaelius, Aberdeen, 102-6.

High jump: 17, Adonis Hammonds, Aberdeen, 6-0. 30, Kevin Sedgwick, Aberdeen, 5-8.

Long jump: 9, Isaac Garcia, Aberdeen, 21-1.5. 24, Hammonds, Aberdeen, 18-10.75.

Triple jump: 11, Garcia, Aberdeen, 41-8.75.

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Girls

800: Haley Schweppe, Montesano, 2:19.81.

1600: 9, Ailyn Haggard, Aberdeen, 5:12.53 PR. 20, Haley Schweppe, Montesano, 5:24.84. 22, Mia Hallak, 5:26.48.

Shot put: 5, Rylee Brooks, Aberdeen, 36-0.05 PR.

Discus: 6, Brooks, 106-6 PR. 8, Bella Bruner, Aberdeen, 104-2 PR.

High jump: 22-tie, Haylee Jahner, Aberdeen, 4-6.

Triple jump: 25, Ines Horcajada, Aberdeen, 31-1.5.

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Elma’s Guadarrama, Nelson lead local contingent at Kalama Twilight

Elma sprinter Ricardo Guadarrama, hurdler Ryder Nelson and Montesano distance runner Samantha Schweppe led a large contingent of Twin Harbors competitors at the Kalama Twilight Invitational on Friday at Chinook Stadium in Kalama.

Guadarrama won both the boys 100 and 200-meter races with personal-best times of 10.92 and 22.24, respectively.

Nelson took first in the boys 300-meter hurdles with a PR time of 40.62.

Schweppe joined Guadarrama as the only Harbor student-athletes to win two races at the meet. The Montesano senior placed first with personal-best times in the girls 1,600-meter race and the 3,200, with time of 5:25.68 and 11:53.88, respectively.

Top results for local Twin Harbors competitors are listed below.

Full results available at athletic.net.

Local Results

Boys

Team standings: 1, Onalaska, 114 points. 2, Washougal, 90. 3, Toledo, 67. 4-tie, Kalama, 63. 4-t, Tenino, 63. 6, Elma, 56. 7, Rochester, 43. 7, North Beach, 43. 9, Adna, 41. 10, Montesano, 38. 11, La Center, 36. 12, Clatskanie, 22. 13, Mossyrock, 13. 14, Castle Rock, 7. 15, Rainier (Oregon), 6.

Local placements (top 5)

100: 1, Ricardo Guadarrama, Elma, 10.92 PR.

200: 1, Guadarrama, Elma, 22.24 PR.

400: 2, Noah Aquino, North Beach, 53.61.

800: 3, Colton Sweet, Montesano, 2:05.28 PR.

1600: 3, Benny Anderson, Montesano, 4:42.0.

3200: 4, Anderson, Montesano, 10:17.44.

110 hurdles: 5, Elton Rockey, North Beach, 17.05 PR.

300 hurdles: 1, Ryder Nelson, Elma, 40.62 PR. 2, Rockey, North Beach, 42.44 PR.

4×100 relay: 3, Montesano (Kaden Stott, Thomas Flink, Jerrell Bayless, Ashton McKinney), 45.43. 5, Elma (Jaxon Brookins, Nelson, Jordan Meadows, Guadarrama), 45.85.

4×200 relay: 2, Montesano (Stott, Bayless, McKinney, Flink), 1:36.79. 3, Elma (Kole Boice, Aaron Tuttle, Brookins, Nelson), 1:37.05.

4×400 relay: 4, Elma (Boice, Ashton Brown, Tuttle, Guadarrama), 3:42.31.

Discus: 6, Shaun Straka, Montesano, 130-9.

High jump: 5, Sawyer Reither, North Beach, 5-8.

Triple jump: 2, S. Reither, North Beach, 40-1.75. 3, Jeremiah Eastman, 39-6 PR.

Girls

Team standings: 1, La Center, 94. 2, Adna, 76.5. 3, Washougal, 71.25. 4, Kalama, 67. 5, Elma, 59.5. 6, Montesano, 58. 7, Rochester, 52. 8, Castle Rock, 49. 9, North Beach, 45.75. 10, Onalaska, 37.5. 11, Toledo, 36. 12, Clatskanie, 20. 13, Tenino, 16. 14, Rainier (Oregon), 12.5. 15, Mossyrock, 7.

Local placements (top 5)

100: 2, Hailey McElroy, Montesano, 12.74 PR. 5, Mackenzie McCrory, North Beach, 13.49 PR.

200: 3, McElroy, Montesano, 27.02.

1600: 1, Samantha Schweppe, Montesano, 5:25.68 PR.

3200: 1, Schweppe, Montesano, 11:53.88 PR. 3, Braelyn McGinn, Elma, 13:50.34.

100 hurdles: 4, Elka Cox, North Beach, 17.94.

300 hurdles: 2, Georgia Burkhard, Elma, 50.31 PR. 4, Cox, North Beach, 52.71. 5, Sam Roundtree, Montesano, 54.40.

4×100 relay: 4, Montesano (Roundtree, Kiara Whisenhunt, Kylee Geelan, McElroy), 54.10.

4×200 relay: 2, North Beach (McCrory, Denahli Hoylman, Cox, Brooklyn Reither), 1:54.17.

4×400 relay: 3, North Beach (McCrory, Hoylman, Cox, Reither), 4:39.50.

Shot put: 4, Willow Valentine, Montesano, 31-10. 5, Arya Tonseth, Elma, 30-4.5.

Javelin: 4, Jazmine Goldman, North Beach, 97-5 PR. 5, Paige Busz, Montesano, 96-8.

High jump: 2, Audreauna Kanios, Elma, 4-8.

Long jump: 5, Emily Escoffon, Elma, 14-2.

Triple jump: 3, Georgia Burkhart, Elma, 30-1.5. 4, Brooklyn Reither, North Beach, 29-10.5.

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Other results

Hoquiam sophomore Ryker Maxfield ran a time of 4:44.89 to place 18th in the boys 1600 meters at the Bill Harris Invitational on Saturday in Federal Way.