At a 4A Kingco track meet on Thursday night at Newport High school, the Mustangs had a performance to remember from 2008 cross-country champion Mack Young.
Young broke a Storm Shouman’s 23-year-old school record in the 800 meters, running one minute, 54 seconds flat, an 11-second victory which currently places him third in the state in the event. Shouman’s record, set in 1987, was 1:54.3.
Sophomore Katie Lord’s incredible high jump of 5-5 at last week’s Issaquah-Redmond track meet broke a 29-year old school record set by Kris Falk, whose previous mark was 5-4.
At the Newport meet, the boys’ team lost 90-55, and the girls eked out a 80-70 win.
Sprinter Nikolaj LaCour took both the sprint events, tying for first with Newport freshman Neal Buckels with a 12.0 in the 100 and winning the 200 outright in 24.4.
Michael Gilroy won the 400 in 54.7 and distance specialist Miles Hille lapped the field in the 1600, running 4:35, 20 seconds ahead of his nearest competitor.
Newport dominated the Mustangs in the field, the lone win being Tyler Coffman with his third win in the triple jump this season, a leap of 38 feet, 9 inches.
On the girls’ side, Katherine Smiley tied with Newport senior Randi Boseman, running a 12.8 in the 100 meters, and won the 200 in 27.4.
Allie Nichols (2:26.7) and Devin McMahon (2:29.2) finished 1-2 in the 800, McMahon took the 1600 in 5:25.3, and distance runners Holly Young, Jenna Sanders and Andie Young taking the top three spots in the 3200, with Holly dominating the field with a time of 12:02.7.
In the field, Katie Ulvestad’s javelin toss of 83-3 was one foot better than Newport senior Maggie Roe’s best effort, and Darcy Hardwick added to her impressive jumping season with long jump (16-1.75) and triple jump (32-2) victories.
MUSTANGS LOSE 30-HIT SLUGFEST AGAINST SKYLINE
The Spartans and Mustangs combined for an incredible 30 hits and 20 runs at Redmond High on Thursday night during a 4A Kingco fastpitch game, but Skyline was able to hold on late for an 11-9 win.
The Spartans put up four runs in the first, and Redmond responded by plating three in both the first and second innings, highlighted by four straight hits from Lindsay Cristobal, Christine Ho, Louise Chouinard and Riley Flynn.
In the second, the Mustangs banged out three extra-base hits to take a two-run lead, but Skyline’s timely hitting doomed the home squad as they put up five runs in the middle of the game to take the lead for good.
The Mustangs, who left 11 runners stranded on base, had the tying run at the plate in the seventh, but were only able to score once in the inning.
Offensively, Cristobal, Chouinard, Flynn, Jenny Eisenmann and Stephanie Gero all had two hits in the game.
The Mustangs play again tonight against Roosevelt at Lower Woodland Park at 4 p.m.
DAVIS’ TWO HOME RUNS NOT ENOUGH AGAINST NEWPORT
In an important matchup between two teams vying for the top spot in the standings, Newport came from behind to slip past Redmond 4-3 on Thursday night at Hartman Park.
Dylan Davis, swinging the hottest bat in the conference, was the only player to figure out Newport ace Jared Fisher, belting two home runs off of him in the first and fourth innings, providing all of the Mustangs’ offense.
The Knights were held at bay until the seventh inning, as standout Trace Tam Sing dealt the Mustangs a crushing blow, a three-run home run to put Newport ahead for good as the Mustangs were unable to score in the seventh.
With the loss, Redmond dropped to 9-3 (12-4) this season into a tie with Newport (9-3, 12-3).
OVERLAKE BEATS BELLEVUE CHRISTIAN
The Owls were once again led by team co-captain Reid Fredrickson in a 169-189 win over the Vikings at the Golf Club at Redmond Ridge on Thursday afternoon.
Fredrickson fired a five-over-par 40 to pace the Owls, who had five of six players shoot 45 of lower. The Vikings were led by Harrison Glassey, who medaled with a 38.
The Owls next play against Cedar Park Christian at Echo Falls on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.
OWLS’ TENNIS NETS CLOSE WIN OVER CARDINALS
The Overlake School girls’ tennis team played out some gutty performances on Thursday afternoon to defeat the Cardinals 3-2 in league tennis action.
Needing to win three of five matches, Overlake phenom Lana Robins made quick work of Olga Vitrak 6-1, 6-1, but her younger sister Julia Robins had to grind out a tough match 6-4, 7-5.
The story of the match was the thrilling No. 1 doubles match between Overlake’s Catherine Jessen and Emily Walter and Seattle Academy soccer standout Sierra Keeler playing with Lanise Laube.
The Owls won the first set 6-3 before losing the second set 7-5, forcing a tiebreak that went the distance, with Jessen and Walter escaping 11-9 to seal the team win.
