Brandon Kelley
The first day is all about strategy.
So while the big guns may have paced themselves a bit during the prelims at the 1A District 1 track meet in Lynden Wednesday, saving their big burst for the finals on Friday, that gave a few others a moment to catch some of the spotlight.
While Makana Stone and Madison Tisa McPhee didn’t bust out any PR’s, Josiah Campbell and Brandon Kelley did.
The junior duo, who have drafted in the spotlight of the transcendent Wolf female runners this year, ran their best times in the 100 and the 300 hurdles, respectively. Kelley smashed his PR by more than two seconds.
Most finals take place on Friday, but one Wolf, sophomore distance runner Erin Rosenkranz, competed in hers Wednesday, finishing 11th in the 3200.
Tisa McPhee blitzed the 100 hurdles prelims, while positioning herself right in behind heavy favorite Kieya Villers of Blaine in the 300 hurdles.
Stone, in her only event of the day, finished second in the 200 prelims to fellow freshman Anna Parker of King’s. Parker’s winning time, however, was short of Stone’s best time this season, leading one to think the speedy Wolf might be saving something for the final.
The district meet pits Cascade Conference schools Coupeville, South Whidbey and King’s against Northwest Conference schools Blaine, Nooksack Valley, Mount Baker, Meridian and Lynden Christian and free agent Friday Harbor.
Complete results:
GIRLS:
100 — Marisa Etzell (10th) 13.89
200 — Makana Stone (2nd) 26.91; Sylvia Hurlburt (5th) 27.62
3200 — Erin Rosenkranz (11th) 13:17.30
100 hurdles — Madison Tisa McPhee (1st) 16.49; Courtney Allard (15th) 20.88
300 hurdles — Tisa McPhee (2nd) 49.23
BOYS:
100 — Josiah Campbell (3rd) 11.65; Jared Helmstadter (15th) 12.41
200 — Campbell (9th) 24.51; Lathom Kelley (13th) 25.35; Helmstadter (14th) 25.48
400 — Sam Landau (9th) 56.47
800 — Matthew Hampton (9th) 2:11.12
300 hurdles — Brandon Kelley (4th) 44.57
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