Track and Field: Bingham, Wolves race to district meet berths

Murray Bingham and the Wolves are headed to districts with plenty of momentum on their side.

Sequim’s boys and girls tracksters earned 20 entries in the West Central District meet this week after strong efforts at the sub-district meet in Bremerton on May 12.

Bingham, a junior, won a pair of events, edging teammate Alec Shingleton in the 800-meter run with a personal record 1:59.28 — the sixth-best 800 2A mark in the state, according to athletic.net — and added a win in the 1,600-meter race with a 4:33 effort.

He helped Sequim’s boys place second out of seven teams in the standings with 118 points, behind league champ North Kitsap (168).

Riley Cowan threw a personal best 165 feet, 11 inches in the javelin for an event win, the 2A’s eight-best throw of the spring. Teammate Payton Glasser was third (139-7).

Riley Martin came off an injury to race to a blistering 15.39-second finish in the 110-meter high hurdles, and looks to be one of the favorites at both district and state meets; Martin holds the second-best 2A mark in the state (15.14).

Shingleton picked up a pair of second place finishes, in the 400 (51.91, a PR) and 800 with a 2:01 finish, his best mark this season.

Liam Byrne set a personal best with a 13-foot mark in the pole vault to take second place.

Fisher Jensen earned a pair of district berths after strong runs in the 300-meter hurdles (43.00) and third in the 110-meter hurdles (16.55, a personal best).

Sequim freshman Logan Laxson placed third in the 400-meter race, a personal best 53.33 mark, for a district berth.

Glasser picked up a second district meet entry with a 5-6 mark in the high jump, while Sequim’s Darren Salazar did the same after finishing fourth in the 200 meters (23.66).

Binham, Shingleton, Salazar and Laxson teamed up to take second in the 4×400 relay, finishing less than a second behind Bremerton with a 3:31 finish.

Laxson, Salazar, Cowan and Silas Isenberger took third in the 4×100 relay (45.08).

Elizabeth Sweet led the Sequim girls with a first place finish in the pole vault, matching a personal best with a 10-foot 6-inch vault.

Teammate Shayli Schuman was second in the 100-meter hurdles with a 16.95-second finish.

Kristinna Barnett set a personal best in her 800 finals race (2:37) to place fourth.

Sequim’s 4×200 relay earned a district entry, as Barnet, Daisy Ryan, Mary McAleer and Telicia Busby raced to fourth place with a 1:55.22 effort.

Lindsey Leader just missed a district berth with a 78-7 mark in the discus, placing sixth.

Sequim’s girls were seventh at the sub-district meet with 30 points. Port Angeles took top honors with 156 team points and North Kitsap taking second (131).

The West Central District 3 meet is set for May 18-19 in Renton, with the top five athletes in each event earning a spot at the class 2A state finals at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, May 24-26.