Track and Field 2022 Season

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PEDERSEN WINS DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP

Ethan Pedersen continued his winning ways by being crowned Wesco-Kingco Bi-District Champ in his signature event the 3200m on Friday May 19^th at Lake Steven High School. Just a week earlier he had claimed the KingCo title in the same event with his teammate Noah Zahn placing 2^nd. Leading wire to wire and setting a personal record of 9:25.6, Pedersen left no question that he would be a contender in the state meet that will be held at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma on May 26^th-28^th. Zahn also punched his ticket to state by placing 4^th in a personal record of 9:30.18.

Pole vaulter Addy Keller, who will pole vault as a Lute next year at Pacific Lutheran University, tied for 2^nd, equaling her personal best mark of 11-00.  She heads to the state meet ranked 7^th in the state 4 A rankings and is the 3^rd best all-time vaulter at EHS.

The boys 4x400m relay were also runners up, advancing to state in a 3:24.74 clocking that gives them a 9th place all time ranking for EHS and a 3^rd place 4A ranking heading into the state meet. The relay was highlighted by the return from injury of senior Aaron Heisser. Running the 3^rd leg, Heisser, who will compete next year for Indiana Tech University, wowed the crowd by erasing a 30m lead to hand off in 1^st place by running an incredible split of 49.7. Joining him in the state qualifying relay were Sean Clark, Justin Hom, and Connor Hom.

Several Wolves will represent Eastlake in multiple events at the state meet:

*In addition to anchoring the state qualifying 4x400m relay, Connor Hom solidified his spots in both the 1600m and 800m at state by placing 3^rd in the 1600m in a time of 4:29.7 and by running of personal best time of 1:56.39 in the 800m and placing 5^th. His brother Justin narrowly missed a state berth in the 800m, despite running a great time of 1;56.43, which placed him 6^th. The Hom brothers moved up on the EHS all time list to the 6^th and 7^th position, surpassing Nate Pendleton who just finished up his career at Washington State University where he ran distance.

*Freshman sensation Jane Roos will represent Eastlake in both the 1600m and 3200m at the state meet. She placed 3^rd in the 1600m in a personal best time of 5:00.82, which gives her a 4^th place ranking on the all-time list at EHS, moving ahead of UW’s Chelsea Orr who ran on the national championship distance medley relay for the Huskies. Roos also placed 3^rd in the 3200m in a time of 10:47.25. She is ranked 6^th going into the state meet.

*Emily Van Valkenburg, the future Oregon State Beaver, also qualified for the state meet in both the 1600m and 3200m for the Wolves placing 4^th in both events in times of 5:01.5 and 10:48.47 respectively.

*Ava Hagwell, in addition to qualifying in the 400m by placing 4^th and running a time of  1:00.45, anchored the 4x400m relay that placed 4^th in a 4:07.7 clocking which gives the squad of 9^th all-time ranking. Joining her on the team were Ariya Mathrawala, Erin Schmidlin and Peyton Quinto.

*Senior Finn Bueffel leaped to a huge PR in the triple jump with a 41-00.50 that earned him a 4^th place state qualifying finish.  He will also serve as an alternate on the 4x400m relay that will compete at state.

Additional Wolves that placed at the District Meet:

Addison Kapur:  6^th place javelin

Zachary Kaczmaroski:  7^th place pole vault

Finn Bueffel:   7^th place long jump

Alyssa Flindt:  7^th place 800

Mi-la Guest, Carly Preston, Peyton Quinto, and Sofia Robe:  7^th place 4x100m relay

Preston, Robe, Quinto, and Hagwell:  7^th place 4x200m relay

Hannah Sahagian:  7^th place pole vaut.

Sean Clark:  8^th place 400m

Ethan Pedersen:  8^th place 1600m

Peyton Glennon-Robbins:  8^th place long jump (Currently ranked 6^th all-time for EHS, surpassing

University of Alabama soccer player Courtney Pixler)

Next Up:   Wolves who qualified will compete in the state meet May 26^th-28^th at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

Find more Meet Recaps on the News Page

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Historic XC Season

GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONS!
BOYS finish as best ever EHS team at State!

The Eastlake XC team finished the best combined Boys & Girls program in the State with the 5th place finish of the Boys team and the 1st Place finish of the Girls team!

The Boys ran a tough race against an outstanding 4A field of 16 teams and 152 runners. Ethan Pedersen led the squad with a 5th Place finish followed closely by Noah Zahn in 10th place. Ethan earning 1st Team All-State and Noah 2nd Team All-State. The Boys team finished 5th overall, which is the best team finish by an Eastlake Boys XC team at State (previous was 10th place). The boys team was also represented by: Justin Hom (68th), Connor Hom(75th), Chris Lynn(77th), Daniel Montano(116th), and Quinn Hulet(136th).

The Girls team flew out of the start in 1st place at the first mile split and never looked back. Finishing the 5K course with the fastest team average in Eastlake history and beating 2nd place Lewis and Clark by 40 points. Led by Jane Roos in 8th place the Lady Wolves put 4 girls in the top 14 and 5 in the top 24 places out of over 145 runners. Emily VanValkenburg in 11th, Fiona Wolf 13th, Sally Roos 14th, all joined Jane on the podium and earned 2nd Team All-State honors. Alyssa Flindt (24th), Claudia Wolf (53rd), and Ashley Lotzkar (58th) rounded out the amazing Girls team. 

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