Spring Sports Finish Strong

Spring Sports concluded last week with representatives from Boys Golf, Boys and Girls Tennis, and Boys and Girls Track and Field competing.

Track and Field

It’s been 14 years since Washougal had a individual State Champion in Track and Field, but the fantastic senior duo of Dylan Croeni and Brendan Casey continued to leave their mark of excellence on the season and the record books, as each brought home State Championships in 2011. Dylan got things started on Thursday with a State Best, and new School Record time of 9:23.61 in the 3200M. He followed that up on Friday with a 4^th place finish in the 1600M. Brendan chucked the Javelin 177’ 8”, a new personal best, to place 2^nd on Friday morning. He followed that up in the afternoon with a vault of 14’ 6” to take home the State Championship in the Pole Vault. The points earned by Brendan and Dylan were enough to place 5^th as a team, one point behind Cheney (The WIAA awards trophies to the top 4 teams). Also competing for the boys team were Sean Eustis and Isaac Bischoff.

The girls team had two representatives competing in three events. Returning to the State Meet in the 100 Hurdles and 300 Hurdles was Kelley Young. Kelly made the final in the 100 Hurdles and brought home a 5^th place medal. Kelley broke the school record that she set as a Junior three times this season. It now stands at 15.44, the time that she ran at district to qualify for the State Meet. Also competing for the girls team was Kaitlyn Johnson in the 100M.

Girls & Boys Tennis

Another stellar performance was turned in at the State Tennis Tournament by Bolivian foreign exchange student Niko Lima-Severich. Niko finished in 3^rd in the singles competition after losing a well played and exciting match to the eventual state champ in the semi-finals. The girls doubles team of Shelby DeLong and Allie Reeves played well and made the medal round placing 8^th. Also competing for the boys was the doubles team of Patrick McCarthy and Ian Cagle.

Boys Golf

Two boys advanced to the State Golf Tournament. Connor O’Neill made the cut after the first round and finished in a tie for 14^th place. Beau Scott also represented the Panthers but did not advance to the second round.

Congratulations to all of our state competitors for making it to the “Main Stage” of each of your respective sports. The Panther nation is proud of you and appreciate the fact that you have chosen to represent your school and community through participation in athletics. Good job Panthers!