Eagles returned home after spring break for their second of three home meets, this time against the Newport Knights. Our TEAM produced 133 personal and relay bests, brought home 17 individual/relay victories, and one incredible class record.

Starting with our amazing throws — most of which took place on Thursday — senior Mercedes Tinder continues her dominance. Tinder won both the shot (34’10”) and javelin (92′) with new PRs to go with. Sophomore KJ Strunk on the boy’s side won the javelin, throwing a near personal best (129’3″). Our horizontal and vertical jumps saw two victories: freshman Liliana Meissner in the high jump won with 4’6″ and junior Benjamin LaFramboise in the triple jump won in a new PR of 37’9.75″. Great job to our field folks on putting forth amazing efforts all around!

Senior Emma Wijsman, junior Daytona Crow, senior Anna Boone, and senior Trinity Cress won the 4x200m relay (1:50.59), and senior Sy’nia Williams and Wijsman went 1-2 in the 100m (13.29 tie). Williams continued her dominance on the day, winning the 200m (27.51). The 4x100m of Boone, Williams, Crow, and Wijsman also won (51.87). Truly amazing performances from our sprints!

The underclassmen Eagles of sophomore Elijah Miller (4:51.96), freshmen Henry Tait (4:55.55) and Elliot McIntosh (4:56.43) stormed to finish 1-2-3 in 1600m, all making new personal bests in the process. On the girl’s 1600m side, sophomore Mary Jane Harig (5:26.44), senior Darwin Hanson (5:38.10), and junior Anna Jensen (5:47.53) match the boy’s going 1-2-3. Great showing for the distance squad!

In the 110m hurdles, sophomore Sebastian Powers (17.32) and freshman Toren Garcia (17.64) finished 1-2, and Toren Garcia (45.03) and Sebastian Powers (45.33) swapped finish positions in the 300m hurdles. They have both blossomed into quite the amazing tandem getting over barriers.

The middle distance events continued the women’s team’s dominance — junior Sophia Mydlil won the 400m in 1:04.60, and senior Eliza Fuhs (2:32.80) in the 800m, both new PRs in the process. In the 800m, Connor Rickey became the first Issaquah freshman to break the 2-minute barrier, in a blistering time of 1:59.61. This moves him to 3rd Kingco/11th in 4A overall, the fastest freshman in the state of Washington, and the 15th fastest freshman in the nation. This is an incredible start to a career where the sky is the limit!

In the men’s and women’s 4x400m, both boy’s and girl’s teams won. These teams consisting of sophomore Greyson Pike, freshman Toren Garcia, senior Joshua Delgadillo, and senior Caleb Murphy (3:39.68), Daytona Crow, Sophia Mydlil, senior Charlotte Dennie, and Eliza Fuhs (4:29.54). So proud of the way our relay teams are developing, and carving out spots for themselves in the postseason!

The women’s TEAM came out victorious, scoring 90 points to Newport’s 59. Awesome job to all of our athletes who left it all out there, and are looking ahead to more opportunities for more improvements! Follow this link to full results.

Wednesday 4/27, we will host our final dual meet against Bothell HS. Events with begin at 4:30PM. Saturday 4/30, a small contingent will return to Shoreline Stadium for the Shoreline Invitational, events will begin at 9:00AM. Keep the speed train rolling, Eagles!