Interlake freshman steals show, Sammamish, Newport, Bellevue get titles | Prep sports news

All four Bellevue schools captured championships at conference track meets.

By Josh Suman • May 14, 2013 2:10 pm
Bellevue's Floraine Kameni won the triple jump competition going away at the KingCo championships.
Bellevue's Floraine Kameni won the triple jump competition going away at the KingCo championships.

Interlake freshman steals show

Interlake looks poised to continue its recent run of postseason success, and has added another dynamic freshman to the mix in 2013.

Riley Brown took the title in the 100 meters in 12 seconds, .73 seconds on Friday at Redmond High School and added a fifth place finish in the 200 for the Saints.

Noelle Mitchell and Claire Wendle were fourth and fifth respectively in the 400 for Bellevue, while Katherine Pener was second in the 800 for the Wolverines.

Interlake sophomore Antoinette Tansley was third in the event.

Nikita Waghani won the 1600 for Interlake in 5:11.01, with Penner fifth, and Waghani also took the 3200 as Interlake captured the top three spots with Anne Davis and Nadia Lucas second and third.

Sophomore Tiano Carson won the championship in the 100 hurdles for Interlake in 17.09 and was fourth in the 300 hurdles, just in front of teammate Morgan Conner.

Bellevue junior Floraine Kameni showed off her diversity, finishing fourth in the shot put at 32-03 and first in the long jump and triple jump. Her triple jump mark of 36-10.00 was the only mark of the day over 33-04.50.

Ayane Rossano won the pole vault for Bellevue at 11-00.00, just ahead of teammate Michelle Louie. Giovanna Park’s throw of 117-06 was nearly six feet in front of the second place finisher for the javelin title.

Sliwoski wins javelin for Newport

At the 4A meet, sophomore Julia Sliwoski won the javelin title for Newport with a throw of 122-05, more than six feet in front of her closest competitor. Charcel Wafter was fifth in the shot put for the Knights and Candace Ho finished in a tie for first in the pole vault with a mark of 10-06.00.

Sammamish finishes with titles in 2A

Sammamish took advantage of a long and trying 3A KingCo season, earning a number of titles at its 2A sub-district meet at Cedarcrest High School.

Sophomore Marissa Therriault won the 200 meters in 27.11 and finished fourth for the Totems in the 100. Rachel Rock was third in the 400 at 1:04.08.

Sophomore Pascale De Sa E Silva won the 1600 in 5:19.10, more than seven seconds in front of the second place finisher, and also ran away with the 3200 meter title by more than 18 seconds in 11:32.20.

Aya Mears was second in the 110 hurdles for Sammamish.

Teagan Whiteley, Rock, Ale Flores and Therriault won the 800 meter relay for Sammamish in 1:50.81.