2026 Track and Field

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WINIGER AND FIGUEIRA SHINE AT ICEBREAKER

      Gabriella Winiger and Felipe Figueira were both crowned champions at the highly competitive Icebreaker Invitational held at Issaquah High School on Saturday March 28^th. The seniors were not fazed by the large number of competitors in the meet that featured over 35 teams.  Winiger won her signature event, the pole vault with an 11ft-00 mark, tying her personal best in the process. The #3 all-time vaulter for Eastlake is currently ranked 2^nd in the 4A standings. Figueira remained undefeated this season with his win in the 110m hurdles (15.80).

     Troy Baker and Charlie Porter both took 3^rd place honors. Baker threw a monster personal record in the discus.  His mark of 138-08 was not only an over 9 ft. improvement to his previous best, but it also moved him up four positions on the Wolves all-time list to the 6^th spot. Meanwhile in the pole vault, Porter has managed over the past two meets to advance his personal record twice. At 13ft 6in he is now #3 on the all-time list for Eastlake and is currently ranked 10^th in 4A standings.

Other Notable Performances Included:

*Gaby Chencheva placed 5^th in the 800m (2:19.06) and is currently ranked 5^th in 4A.

*The girls 4x400m team of Bailee Martin, Maddy Wan, Chencheva and Jodha Om Prakash placed 6^th. Their time of 4:15.2 is the 8^th best in 4A this season.

*The boys 4x200m team of Justin Liu, Abinav Swain, Priyesh Geddi and Brady Vandemeid ran the 7^th best time in Wolves history with a 1:37.63 clocking.

Additional Point Scores Included:

4^th Place: Justin Liu, Labib Haque, Drew Aquino & Reece Wyman-4x100m relay (43.96)

5^th Place:  Jodhaa Om Prakash-Freshman 100m (13.89)

                Josiah Colbert, Tamaki Eguchi, Austin Poppino & Marie Lucina-Mixed 4x800m relay

                  (9:34.62)

6^th Place: Maddy Wan-100m (12.94)

               Kennedy Smith-Javelin (94-08)

8^th Place: Maddy Wan-200m (26.59)

               Maya Brand, Wan, Erin Harris & Om Prakash-4x100m relay (51.67)

               Erin Harris-Long Jump (15-3)

Next Up: The Wolves will head to Redmond on Wednesday April 1^st to compete in a dual meet, Over the weekend the varsity will head to historic Hayward Field to compete in the Oregon Relays. 

WOLVES DOMINATE HAZEN

     On March 26^th, the Eastlake Track and Field team took advantage of a rare sunny day to put on a clinic at their home meet against Hazen^.    The boys were sensational, winning 14 of their 17 events to soundly beat Hazen 100-45, while the girls were also victorious, compiling a 94-51 score. 

     Five Wolves capitalized on the nice day to win their individual events and to make their mark in the Wolves track and field record book:

*Senior Finn Waldron, who already held the #2 all-time mark for Eastlake in the shot put, improved by 3 inches with a 49-00 effort which moved him closer to record holder Gino Bresolin who went on to play Division 1 football at UTEP. Waldron also placed 2^nd in the discus.

*Senior Charlie Porter is off to a great start in the pole vault, setting a new personal record with a 13-00 mark and moving up on the all-time list to the #4 spot.

* Sophomore Maddy Wan continues to impress, running personal bests in the 200m in consecutive weeks.  Her new time of 26.5 moves her solidly into the #8 position, breaking the tie she established last week with current assistant sprint coach Azita Balsara. She also took top honors in the 100m (12.86) and was part of the winning 4x400m relay.

*Senior Felipe Figueira remained undefeated in all hurdle events this season winning both the 110’s and 300m races for the second week in a row.  His personal record of 15.40 moves him up one spot on the record board to #9.

*While only a sophomore, Troy Baker cracked the top 10 in the record books with a 3-foot improvement in the discus with a 129-01 toss.

     Senior Reece Wyman and sophomore Aubrey Wilems were outstanding in both winning three events.  Wyman, a senior who is new to Eastlake this year, took top honors in the 100m (11.24), 200m (23.23) and anchored the winning 4x100m relay that included Justin Liu, Labib Haque, and Drew Aquino (44.99).  In her first track meet of the season, 2025 Cross Country 4A Cross Country Champion Aubrey Wilems, won the 1600m (5:24), 800m (2:20) and anchored the winning 4x400m relay that included Bailee Martin, Jordon Om Prakash and Wan.

     Both the boys’ and girl’s squad displayed their depth by sweeping the top places in multiple events including:

*Boys 1600m:  Zack Rikkinen (4:43), Olen Emilusen, Aiden VanHaltren, Aarush Thadani, Keshav Mohan, Yonatan Turgeman, Hrthick Wadia, Kelvin Sibley, Austin Poppino and Paolo Villanueva.

* Girl’s Pole Vault:  Kate Thomas (8-06), Meilana Moran, Gaia Galpert, Claire Drake, Kennedy Smith, Sophia Biden, and Tia Sahagian.

*Boys 200m: Wyman, Aquino, Haque, Jonah Yoon, Liu, and Brady Vandermeid.

*Girls’ 1600m: Wilems, Rio Tabion, Gaby Chencheva, Allanha Irwin, Sydney Lamb and Julia Yakushev

*Boy’s Discus: Baker, Waldron, Nicholas Cook, Vardaan Chopra, and Jack Ort

*Girl’s 3200m: Iris Wheelwright (12:18), Eliana Schenck, Saniya Riabinina, Tamaki Eguchi and Ayla Caywood

*Boys 3200m: VanHaltren (10:57), Evan Johnson and Luke Pedersen

*Boy’s 400m: Yoon (53.44), Priyesh Geddi and Ryan McHugh

*Girl’s 200m: Wan, Jodas Om-Prakas and Bailee Martin

*Girl’s 800m: Wilems, Lucian, and Hasita Karthic

Additional Winners Included:

Kavya Sudhakar-triple jump (32-03)

Veronika Velychko-long jump (14-04)

Kennedy Smith-discus (92-06)

Hudson Conn-high jump (5-06)

Kiera Merrigan-300m hurdles (51.80)

Siena Smith, Gia Kim, Emily Waldron, and Pranati Bhat-4x100m relay (1:01.7)

Ananya Barde, Martin, Zoe Sweet and Angelina Lu-4x200m relay (1:58.9)

Pax Jacobsen-javelin (112-05)

Additional 2^nd and 3^rd Place Scorers:

Haque & OmPrakas-100m

Alex Hovnanyan-800m

Tyler Campbell & Ekaansh Agrawal-triple jump

Merrigan-100m hurdles

Grace Tolo & Brandon Johnson-300m hurdles

Josiah Colbert & Smith-javelin

James Sutherland-110m hurdles

Dane Hockett-high jump

Behrett Bratlien & Karthic-long jump

Reagan Penaloza-discus

BOYS TOP ISSAQUAH IN OPENER

FIGUEIRA AND WAN OFF TO STRONG STARTS

    The Eastlake track and field squad opened their season by hosting Issaquah March 19^th in what amounted to a constant downpour.  The boys came out strong, beating the Eagles, who placed 3^rd in the State Meet last year, 72-59.  The girls also had a good start to the season, narrowly losing to the always strong Eagle’s girls’ team, 71-64.

     Leading the boys with three wins was senior hurdler Felipe Figueira who won both the 110m (15.70) and 300m hurdle races.  His time of 40.99 in the 300m event was a personal best and earned him a top 10 ranking on the Wolves all-time list.  He also ran the 2^nd leg on the winning 4x400m relay team which included Keshav Mohan, Brady Vandermeid and Jonah Yoon.

     Sophomore sprinter Maddy Wan was sensational for the girl’s squad, winning both the 100m (12.77) and 200m (26.52) in personal records.  She is now 7^th all time in the 100m and is tied for 8^th in the 200m with current assistant coach Azita Balsara who ran that time in 2021. Wan also ran a leg on the winning 4x100m (51.01) relay that included Maya Brand, Erin Harris, and Jodhaa Om-Prakas.

     On the distance side of the meet, sophomore Gaby Chencheva was the top scorer, winning the 1600m in a personal record of 5:13.8 and also the 800m (2:27.6).  The girls’ distance squad swept the 800m by taking the top 7 spots with Rio Tabion, Marie Lucian, Eliana Schenck, Sydney Lamb, Tamaki Eguchi and Alannah Irwin following Chencheva. Not to be undone, the boys team swept the top 12 spots in the 800m when Alex Hovnanyan won the boys race in a good early season time of 2:06.54.  He was followed by Zack Rikkinen, Keshav Mohan, Aiden VanHaltren, Olen Emilusen, Josiah Colbert, Jonah Yoon, Karthik Sivajumar, Arjun Deka, Adrian Wang, Nathan Kent-Horton and Hrithik Wadia.  

     The boys shot put and the girls pole vault also featured sweeps with Finn Waldron winning the shot put (46.05) followed by teammates Nicholas Cook, Troy Baker and Pax Jacobsen and Gabi Winiger winning the pole vault (10-06) with Meilani Moran, Kate Thomas and Gaia Galpert claiming the top four spots.

Additional Meet Highlights:

*Kennedy Smith won the javelin (79-06) and placed 2^nd in the discus.

* In addition to running a leg on the winning 4x100m relay, Erin Harris won the long jump in  a personal record of 15-01 and placed 2^nd in the 100m.

*Finn Waldron went on to place 2^nd in the discus after winning the shot put.

*Troy Baker won the discus in a personal best toss of 126-04 and also placed 3^rd in shot put.

*Hudson Conn (high jump) and Tyler Campbell (triple jump) both had exceptional starts to their seasons by winning their events and setting personal records.

*Seniors Kiera Merrigan (100m hurdles) and Charlie Porter (pole vault) both started the season with wins in their respective events.

Additional 2^nd Place Point Scorers:

Gryffen Brandt-100m

Drew Aquino-200m

Jonah Yoon-400m

Matipa Richardson-high jump

Abinav Swain-long jump

Ananya Barde-triple jump

Additional 3^rd Place Point Scorers:

Labib Haque-100m &200m

Jodah Om-Prakas-200m

Zack Rikkinen-1600m

Rio Tabion-1600m

Pax Jacobsen-javelin

Daniel Pons-high jump

Veronika Velychko-triple jump

Ekaansh Agrawal-triple jump

Next Up:  The Wolves are in full swing next week, hosting Hazen on Thursday March 26^th and then the varsity athletes will compete in the Issaquah Icebreaker Invitational on Saturday March 28^th.

RIKKINEN WINS SHAMROCK RUN

The Eastlake Track and Field distance squad opened the 2026 season by competing in the Shamrock run in downtown Kirkland on Saturday March 14^th.  Battling snow, rain and freezing temperatures, senior Zack Rikkinen was crowned champion leading a 1-3 sweep for the Wolves that included Aiden Vanhaltren and Kelvin Sibley.  Rikkinen, who will compete collegiately next year at  Dennison University in Ohio, covered the 10k course in 34:02.  Olen Emilsen and Luke Pedersen also cracked the top 10 by placing 6^th and 7^th.

Not to be outdone, the girls team swept the top 5 spots in the women’s division.   Aubrey Wilems, who was the first Eastlake athlete to win the 4A cross country championships last fall and Rio Tabion, who will compete for Seattle University next year, tied for first in a time of 41:42.  Gaby Chencheva, Allahna Irwin and Marie Lucian completed the sweep, while Eliana Schenck and Ayla Caywood finished in the top 10, placing 8^th and 9^th.

The entire Wolves Track and Field Squad will be at home on Thursday March 19^th for the first dual meet of the season against Issaquah. 

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2025 Cross Country:

Aubrey Wilems State Champion!

6th Place Girls Team at State!

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2025 Track & Field Season:

Congrats to the Eastlake Girls' Team, who took 2nd in Washington State 4A!  Also congrats to all individual competitors!

Find T&F Meet Recaps on the T&F News Page

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2024 Cross Country:

3rd Place Girls Team at State!

Girls' KingCo Champs!

Boys' 2nd Place KingCo!

Find XC Meet Recaps on the XC News Page

🎃 Pumpkin Dash 2024 Results 🎃

Great newspaper article about Troy & Jody's legacy as Eastlake coaches.  Check it out!

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