Issaquah track and field hosted Mt Si for our first home meet, where we finished with 2 first-place team finishes and 21 individual event wins.

Our first win in the 110m hurdles from Toren Garcia in a PR of 15.90, and the 100m hurdles were won by Erin Chollman in 18.23. The boy’s 1600m was won by Brennen Rickey in 4:36.57, followed up by the girl’s 1600m, where Jane Harig won in 5:46.48. The boy’s 4x100m was won by the quartet of Carlo Saez, Austin Schildt, Micah Seiffert, and Kelton Jones (45.75). Into the 400m, the boy’s race was won by Benjamin Lucas in 53.82, and the girl’s race was won by Ilora Farren in 1:03.55. The 300m hurdles was won by Toren Garcia in a state-leading 39.89, and Connor Rickey took home the victory in the 800m in 2:01.28, while Clara Michael won the girl’s race in 2:24.92. The 3200m was won by Connor Rickey (9:59.72), and Issaquah won the boy’s 4x400m, with a team of Matthew Fischer, Braydon Staples, Benjamin Lucas, and Ilyaas Motiwalla (3:46.59). 

On the field, Mackenzie Bice won both the high jump (4’6″), while Carson Naehr (6’0″) and Wyatt Chollman (172’6″) won high jump and javelin, respectively. KJ Strunk won the boy’s discus (113’10”) and shot put (44’11”), and Evie Adams won long jump (13’10”). Domfo Abekah won the girl’s triple jump (32’1″), while Aryan Singh won boy’s triple jump (34’5″). At the pole vault, Nolan Menting set a new personal best with a 12′ vault for the event win, as did Sole Miller in a vault of 9′. 

There were so many second and third place finishes, writing it in prose just isn’t feasible! See them listed below:

• Carson Naehr (110mH, 2nd, 16.77)
• Tatiana Rivas (100mH, 2nd, 18.39)
• Chase Sawyer (100m, 3rd, 11.84)
• Alexander Yahn (1600m, 2nd, 4:41.29)
• Elena Gehrke (400m, 2nd, 1:04.02)
• Nora Doyle-Newe (400m, 3rd, 1:04.63)
• Shontel Bradley-Polk (300mh, 2nd, 47.57)
• Anthony Dubovitsky (300mh, 3rd, 48.67)
• Avani Akerar (300mh, 3rd, 54.00)
• Henry Tait (800m, 2nd, 2:04.47)
• Sally Davis (800m, 2nd, 2:31.77)
• Cate Shipley (800m, 3rd, 2:34.36)
• Girl’s 4x400m (2nd, 4:29.65)
• Nicholas Barran (shot put, 2nd, 43’6″)
• Jayce Grant (discus, 2nd, 101’8″)
• Wyatt Chollman (discus, 3rd, 88’4.5″)
• Amelie Santi (discus, 2nd, 68’3.5″)
• Ellory Schofield (discus, 3rd, 64’4″)
• Erin Chollman (javelin, 3rd, 84’4″)
• Aryan Singh (high jump, 2nd, 5’6″)
• Jacob Bradley-Polk (high jump, 3rd, 5’4″)
• Katherine Dillon (high jump, 2nd, 4’4″)
• Daniela Jaeschke (high jump, 3rd, 4’4″)
• Dexter Zablocki (pole vault, 3rd, 10′6″)
• Lucy Stevenson (pole vault, 2nd, 8’0″)
• Lola Kagetsu (pole vault, 3rd, 7’0″)
• Domfo Abekah (long jump, 2nd, 13’9″)
• Ariana Simms (long jump, 3rd, 13’8″)
• Evie Adams (triple jump, 2nd, 31’5″)
• Gemma Babuin (triple jump, 3rd, 29’2″)

Issaquah won both of the team contests, with the girls winning 76.5-69.5 and the boys winning 105-40. 

For our first hosted invite–where we had more over 20 schools and 700 students competing–Issaquah showed that home court advantage matters. When it was all said and done, Issaquah girls won the meet over all, and Issaquah boys came in a close second place team finish. Issaquah athletes also brought home 7 event wins.

Our first victory came in the mixed 4x800m relay, where Ellie Miller, Nora Doyle-Newe, Braydon Staples, and Sailor Story ran 9:40.30. Our girls 4x200m of Kamarrie Spencer, Domfo Abekah, Madelyn Kraemer, and Sena Pittman (1:46.58) set a new season’s best and won the event. Our next win came in the women’s long jump, where Domfo Abekah won with a leap of 16’6.5″, and she also won the triple jump in 33’9″. These were jumps that put her at #7 and #3 for junior class records, respectively. Wyatt Chollman won the boy’s javelin, throwing 173’0″, setting a mark that puts him #8 all time for Issaquah High and #7 for seniors. Back to the track, Sena Pittman won the 400m in 59.45, While not a win, Toren Garcia finished second overall in the 300mh, which earned him the junior class record and puts him #3 all time for Issaquah High. The final individual event on the track was the 3200m, where Connor Rickey brought home the individual win in a time of 9:13.51. This time earns Connor the junior class record, and puts him #4 all time. Of note, Alexander Yahn (3rd) and Henry Tait (4th) ran 9:17.25 and 9:17.79, where Alex dipped under the previous junior class record and both cemented themselves in the top 10 all time. A master class by the distance group!

Again, to go through the second through fifth place finishes in prose would take too long! See them listed below:

• Carson Naehr (high jump, 2nd, 5’10”)
• KJ Strunk (javelin, 2nd, 156’1″)
• Toren Garcia (110mH, 4th, 15.63)
• Avani Akerkar (100mH, 5th, 17.85)
• Christian Talluto (freshman 100m, 3rd, 12.28)
• Shane Olsen (100m, 4th, 11.52)
• Kylee Pachuilo (freshman 100m, 3rd, 13.56)
• Sally Davis (freshman 1600m, 2nd, 5:27.59)
• Daniela Jaeschke (400m, 5th, 62.79)
• Avani Akerkar (300mh, 5th, 51.70)
• Sena Pittman (200m, 3rd, 26.68)
• Boy’s 4x400m (5th, 3:35.36)
• Girl’s 4x400m (4th, 4:19.05)

Issaquah girls won a very close team contest over Skyline 96.5-96, and Issaquah boys finished second to Skyline boys 106-80.5. Skyline brought home the combined team title.

Eagles head up 228th on Tuesday April 5th, for our dual meet against Skyline! Fly Eagles, Fly!