The Blue Oval will have a tint of orange and black next week in Des Moines, as several Washington track members punched their ticket to state after cracking the top two in last night’s class 3A district meet in Mount Pleasant.
The Washington boys had seven events receive the automatic qualifier led by three-time champ Lance Sobaski. The junior wiped the floor in the long distance events winning the 800m (2:02), 1600m (4:36), and the 3200m (10:06). Elijah Morris advanced in a pair of events winning the 400m (50.53) and placing second in the 200m (22.99). Morris was pleased with his performances. “I felt good in the 400m. Times are slowing down everywhere, but I made it through and it was a fun race. This was only the second 200m I have done so that was interesting. Whatever happens next week at state I am happy with it.” Ethan Patterson will advance in the high jump winning with a leap of 6’0’’ and the sprint medley relay team broke a school record to finish second (1:35)
The 46th annual Washington girls track meet was last night and the Demons found a lot of success with a runner-up team finish.
The Orange and Black recorded 100 points to place second out of seven teams only behind Tipton with 113. Two events claimed the top spot including Molly Klinzman in the 100m (13.49) and Olivia Marek in the long jump (15’5’’). Other top performances included shuttle hurdle relay in second (1:14), Abby Kleese second in the 400m (1:07), Liaden Fillinger second in 400m hurdles (1:17), Kourtney Moeller third in the 100m (14.42), Grace Voss third in the 800m (2:41), Marek third in the 100m hurdles (17.92), and Ally Rees third in the shot put (32’1.5’’).
Plenty of track teams across Southeast Iowa congregated to Case Field last night for the annual Demon Relays and Washington showed out in front of the home crowd.
The Demon boys placed third out of 10 teams with 128 points while Iowa City Liberty took home the team title with 147. Seven events belonged to the Demons with three relays taking the top spot and four different individuals enjoying gold. Elijah Morris ran away with the 400m crown (50.95), Lance Sobaski in the 3200m (9:55), Kael Adam in the discus (137’9’’), and Ethan Patterson in the high jump (5’10’’). First place relays included the 4x100m relay of Spencer Sotelo, Wyatt Stout, Jacob Miller, and Patterson (45.36), the 4x200m relay of Sam Ackerman, Reece Mayer, Stout, and Aidan Ulin (1:37), and the 4x400m of Patterson, Morris, Cameron Vongpanya, and Sobaski (3:34). Five other Demon events cracked the top three. Mid-Prairie also competed and placed sixth with 40 points. Cain Brown led the team with a second pla