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Eastlake girls earn trophy winning 4th in State!

Boys take 6th!

Three Course Challenge 

Last weekend marked the XC team’s 16^th year heading down to Seaside, Oregon for the 3-Course Challenge XC Invitational. This is a highlight of every season with the team focusing on grit and competing over running fast times. This year’s meet brought together over 100 team from OR, WA, BC, and CA. This unique XC meet requires the team to race athletes across 3 different race courses an Easy, Moderate, and Hard course. Each course features sand running, mud pits, and uneven terrain reflective in the venue of Camp Rilea military training center.

Competing in the large school division the Lady Wolves took 2^nd place and the Boys team snagged the 1^st place trophy.

Scoring for the Girls: Jane Roos, Sally Roos, Anna Schneidler, Claire Drake, Kiera Quinto, Fiona Wolf, and Abbey VanValkenburg. Scoring for the Boys: Justin Hom, Max Qu, Colin Thompson, Preston Daniels, Chase Beckstead, Zack Rikkinen, and Eli Yoon

Tahoma Co-Ed Relays

Hosted by Tahoma HS at Lake Wilderness Park the Tahoma Co-ed Relays brought together 50 schools with over 300 relay teams. The Wolves top 2 relay squads finished on the podium in 5^th and 7^th place! The 5^th place squad included Daniel Montano, Max Qu, Lukas Talius, Jane Roos, and Sally Roos. The 7^th Place team was Chase Beckstead, Colin Thompson, Preston Daniels, Anna Schneilder, and Fiona Wolf.

Home meet @ Beaver Lake

The first 5K of the season saw the Wolves XC against cross Kingco rivals Issaquah, Bothell, and Inglemoor. Both boys and girls worked on race tactics and pack strategies in the early season contest. Notable finishes were had by: junior rookies Holly Carroll and Grace Schorr. Freshmen Anna Schneilder finished 2^nd place as the #1 Wolf on the day. The girls team won overall against 2022 State runner up Issaquah by 1 point! The boys ran with strong pack tactics finishing 2^nd behind 2021 State Champions Issaquah. In the JV boys race Austin Poppino closed strong to be the top Wolf in the race and 2^ndplace overall, followed closely by Alex Hovnanyan. Dropping a big season opener Sean Dolan improved by over 80 seconds from last season breaking 20min for the first time as the #3 Wolf in the JV race.

Mega Meet @ St Edwards

Due to scheduling issues this 3-way meet turned into a defecto Kingco Preview with 7 of 10 Kingco schools racing at St. Edwards State Park. The Wolves battled Woodinville, Newport, North Creek, Skyline, Issaquah, and Inglemoor. The JV boys race had to be broken into 2 sections with 350 boys competing! On the varsity side Colin Thompson and Chase Beckstead ran very strong finishing as our #4 &6 runners and shattering 18min for the first time. Rookie Paolo Villanuevamixed it up with the varsity boys finishing as our #10 in 18:23. The Top JV boys were Zack Rikkinen, Austin Poppino, and Andrew Nohle all finishing within 10 seconds of each other. In the 2^nd JV boys race Eli Timmins, John Paliakkara, and Cael Weber showed strong pack tactics finishing within 7 seconds of each other. As did Aarav Srivastava and Alex Bishopp within 0.29 seconds in an epic kick! The girls mirror the great pack running of the boys with freshmen Saniya Riabinina and Amy Harlan finishing as our #7 & 8 within 2 seconds of each other. On the girls JV side Salma Abdelale finish 2^nd overall and #1 Wolf in her season debut. Spring time Track sprinters Erin Harris and Zephora Capusan pushed each other to season best times and monstrous kicks! The trio of Kiera Gorby, Rachel D’Souza, and Guiliana Dysart finished within 3 seconds of each other breaking 29min for the first time as well!

KINGCO & METRO PRE-SEASON JAMBOREE

The Boys and Girls Cross Country (XC) teams kicked off the season at Lower Woodland Park in Seattle against many of the Kingco league’s toughest programs. The massive Wolves XC team stands at 149 athletes, dwarfing last years team of 118. While most races are a 5K (3.1 miles), the Kingco Jamboree is only a 2 mile season tune up. The very hilly 2mi course may not have been fast but the Wolves improved their grit and mental toughness.

The Freshmen boys led off the day with strong performances from Yonatan Turgeman and Jonah Yoon finishing as the top 2 Wolves. On the Freshmen girls side Anna Schneidler finished 3^rd overall (7^th fastest EHS girl on the day) follow by the duo of Saniia Riabinina and Amy Harlan. All 3 finished in the top 8 overall. The Sophomores kept the strong performances rolling with Rodrigo Montano, Zack Rikkinen, and Aarush Thandani as the top 3 Eastlake boys. Sydney Lamb finished 2^nd overall (6^th fastest for Eastlake) and Kiera Quinto 6^th overall. The 11^th grade boys races had several Wolves up in the front pack, with Eli Yoon finishing 2^nd overall, Andrew Talius 8^th, Lukas Talius 12^th, Colin Thompson 14^th, and Preston Daniels 16^th.  The Girls side had a very strong showing as well with Jane Roos in 2^nd, Sally Roos in 3^rd, Fiona Wolf and rookie Holly Carroll in 7^th and 8^th and fellow rookie Grace Schorr in 12^th. Wrapping up the day with the senior races. Daniel Montano finished 4^th, Max Qu 7^th, and Chase Beckstead 8^th. For the girls, Abbey VanValkenburg closed with 3^rd and Vanessa Hepkin in 15^th.

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SCHOOL RECORDS DROP AT STATE TRACK MEET

HAGWELL AND QUINTO SET TWO SCHOOL RECORDS

Ava Hagwell and Peyton Quinto ended their Eastlake track careers in spectacular fashion on Saturday May 27^th at the State Meet in Tacoma by running on the 4x200m and 4x400m relays, both of which set new school records while placing 6^th and 2^ndplace respectively.  The 4x200m squad, which also included Peyton Glennon-Robbins and Sofia Robe ran a time of 1:44.16, surpassing the previous record of 1:44.18, which was set in 2013 by Ellie Woerner, Anna Carskaden, Audrey Knutsen and Maddy Kennedy.  Carskaden went on to run track at Cal Poly while Woerner played basketball at Boise State and the University of Portland.  In the 4x400m Allyssa Flindt and Jane Roos joined forces with Hagwell (University of Chicago recruit) and Quinto to courageously run a 3:58.63 clocking. All four girls ran under 60 seconds for their splits, narrowly missing the win to Camas. (Sally Roos ran in the prelims Friday night, helping the Wolves move on.)  The previous record of 3:59.71 was set by Ellie Talius, Alexia Bryant, Azita Balsara and Brooke Manson in 2018.  Talius went on to triple jump for Sandford while Manson is finishing up her middle-distance career at the University of Utah where she has been all Pac12 in the 800m multiple times.

HOM TWINS AND ZAHN PODIUM

Distance runners Connor Hom, Justin Hom and Noah Zahn all reached the podium over the three-day state meet.  Connor Hom got the Wolves off to a great start on Thursday by placing 2^nd in the 1600m in a personal best time of 4:14.04.  He is now 2^nd all time for EHS, surpassing Joey Corr who went on to run distance at the University of Minnesota and is less than a second away from the school record which is held by Nate Pendleton who ran distance for the Washington State Cougars.  Justin placed 8^th in a time of 4:20.8.  Both Hom brothers qualified for the finals of the 800m where Connor placed 3^rd in a time of 1:55.76, while Justin placed 4^th in a time of 1:56.11.  On Saturday afternoon Noah Zahn despite missing the first half of the season due to a foot injury, courageously lead the last half of the race and narrowly missed winning the 3200 with a third-place finish in a time of 9:19.76.  Zahn will continue his running career next year at Lehigh University where he will run both cross country and track for the Mountain Hawks.

BAKER AND KAPUR MEDAL

In their best showing in years, the field athletes made Eastlake proud.  Leading the way for the Wolves was discus thrower Kai Baker, who for the 2^nd week in a row, threw a huge personal best toss of 152-09 which earned him the silver medal!  Baker leaves EHS   3^rd all time in the discus, just behind Gino Bresolin who played college football at the University of Texas El Paso. Sophomore Addison Kapur, who already set the school record in the javelin this season, continued her stellar season by improving her record to 126-02 and by placing third, taking the bronze medal.  Masson Heisser also had a great day in the triple jump where he had a personal best leap of 43-04.75, good enough to make the finals where he placed 9^th.

DISTANCE BOYS SWEEP DISTRICTS

CONNOR HOM WINS TWO INDIVIUAL TITLES

The Eastlake boys distance squad continued their spectacular season at the District State Qualifying Meet at Renton Memorial Stadium on May 17^th and 20^th.  In an encore performance to the King Co Championships that were held last week, the Wolves once again took top honors in the 800-3200m runs.  Junior Connor Hom lead the way winning both the 800 and 1600m, while his twin brother Justin was runner up in the 800m and had a state qualifying 4^th place finish in the 1600m.  Teammate Noah Zahn, who will compete in cross country and track next year at Lehigh University, claimed the 3200m title.  Ethan Pedersen also punched his ticket to the State Meet by placing 3^rd in that event. 

The record books took a beating in all three races.  In the 800m Connor and Justin both ran huge personal records of 1:52.87 and 1:53.42 respectively.  They are now the #2 and #3 all time behind Nathan Pixler who ran collegiately at the University of Colorado and was a WAC 800m champion for Seattle University.  In the 1600m Connor is third all time, moving ahead of Pixler with a time of 4:15.3 while Justin is 5^th all time with a 4:17.8, besting Adamson Bryant who went on to run cross country and track for Duke University. Zahn, who was sidelined with a foot injury the first part of the season ran a personal best in the 3200m in a time of 9:18.07 which is the 6th fastest at Eastlake.

The Wolves field events crew had their best district meet in years, qualifying four individuals to the State Meet.  Mason Heisser (triple jump), Addison Kapur (javelin), and Peyton Glennon-Robbins (long jump) were all runners up in their events while Kai Baker took third in the discus.  Kai Lane (javelin), Olukitan Sojinrin(triple jump), Azadeh Teague (discus) and Hannah Sahagian (pole vault) all narrowly missed qualifying by placing 5^th.   Baker threw a huge personal best of 147-04 in the discus and is now ranked 3^rd all time for the Wolves. Sahagian and Sojinrin also moved up in the record books with their marks.  Sahagian is now the 4^th best pole vaulter in history for the Wolves while Sojinrin is the 7^th best triple jumper.

The girls relay teams continued to impress by qualifying all three to the State Meet.  Glennon-Robbins, Sofia Robe, Peyton Qunito and Ava Hagwell all ran on both the 2^nd place 4x100m and 4x200m squads.  Their 49.82 clocking in the 4x100m gives them a 3^rd place all time.  Hagwell and Qunito combined with Alyssa Flindt and Sally Roos in the 4x400m’s runner’s up performance.  The time of 4:00.20 is 2^nd all time for the Wolves.  The boys 4x400m also placed 2^nd to qualify.  The team of Evan Harper, Justin Hom, Harry McHugh, and Connor Hom ran a 3:26.32, cracking the top ten in all time standings. 

Additional individual qualifiers include:

*Evan Harper continues his stellar senior season and will run both the 400m and 200m at State.  He placed 4^thin the 400m in a personal best time of 51.08 and ran the qualifying standard in the 200m with his 22.31 clocking.  He is now ranked 5^th on the all-time list for the 200m.

*Sally Roos, Jane Roos, and Harry McHugh qualified in 800m, 1600m and the 200m respectively by meeting the qualifying standard.  Sally’s time in the 800m (2:15.7) is 5^th all time for EHS.

Additional point scorers included:

5^th Place:  Alyssa Flindt:  400m (59.54) …5^th all-time.

6^th Place:  Matthew Secrist:  110m hurdles (15.70) ….8^th all time.

                  Kai Brown:  300m hurdles (41.10) …8^th all time.

                  Ava Hagwell:  400m

                  Jane Roos:  800m (2:16.4) ….6^th all time.

                  Peyton Quinto:  high Jump

7^th Place:  Secrist:  300m hurdles (41.13) …9^th all time.

                   Mason Heisser:  Long Jump

                   Flindt:  800m (2:18.18) ….8^th all time.

                   Addison Kapur:  shot put

8^th Place:  Trevor Galvin:  100m

                   Ethan Pedersen:  1600m

                   Andreas Johnson:  pole vault

                   Peyton Glennon-Robbins:  200m (26.22) …4^th all time.

                   Fiona Wolf:  3200m

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