All four of the public high schools in Bellevue gathered at Interlake on Thursday for the All-City track and field meet, which has been a staple in the city for more than 40 years.

Newport (88) took the team scoring title, followed by Interlake (81), Bellevue (55) and Sammamish (40).

For the Knights, James Dupar won the 100 meter hurdles (16.34) and joined Thomas Mirante, James Whiteside and Kevin Martin to pick up a win in the 1,600 meter relay (3:37.7). Marrese also had the top discus throw of the day at 127’8 while Matt Toles won the high jump by two inches at 5’8 and John Bay checked in with the best triple jump of the afternoon at 39’1.75.

Bellevue’s performance was highlighted by the personal record in the javelin throw for defending 3A state champion Tanner Lien at 190’3.

“I’ve been shooting for it [the personal record] all season and the city meet isn’t a bad time to hit it,” Lien said. “My throws have been going up consistently every week.” Lien said he is trying to break the school record of 211 feet, which is suddenly within reach for the senior. He was closely followed by teammate Matt Gilbert, who tossed an impressive 180’7, which was nearly 40 feet farther than the third place finisher.

Michael Kneip brought home the shot put for the Wolverines at 47’5″.

The only Bellevue runner to pick up a victory was Phillip Matthews, who posted a 4:34.9 in the 1,600 meter run.

The Saints earned the most individual titles on the day on the boys side and were spurned on by the impressive performance of Dominic Jackson (11.4) and Richard Gehlhausen (11.5) in the 100 meters. Gehlhausen showed his versatility as well by winning the 300 meter hurdles at 41.9.

Evan Turman nipped Newport’s Mirante in the 400 meters by only a tenth of a second at 53.1 and Ashish Suntosh took home the 800 meters with a mark of 2:03.4. Samuel Giner had a dominating performance in the 3,200 meters, winning with a time of 9:48, over 6 seconds better than the second place finisher.

Ryuji Kawashima also broke away from the field, vaulting 14 feet even to win the event by over 2 full feet.

Adam Swartz was the star of the meet for the Totems, winning the long jump at 19’9″ and anchoring the Totems’ winning 1,600 meter relay team, which won the race at a mark of 44.0.

“It feels great, there’s not a better rush than coming through the finish line after a win,” Swartz said.

The Totems were the benefactors of a botched hand-off by Bellevue, which was jostling for the lead position when they dropped the baton between the third and final legs of the race. Swartz said he and teammates Taylor Ragan, Austin Lee and James Moy have been perfecting their exchanges in an effort to avoid a similar fate.

“Our hand-offs have been money all year,” Swartz said. “Every day we work on them and get better and better.”

Things on the girls side were even tighter in the team scoring, with the Wolverines (84) nipping Interlake by three points and Newport finishing only a single point behind the Saints. Sammamish finished with a team score of 31.

Bellevue freshman Floriane Kameni continued her head-turning first season of prep track, winning the 100 meters (13.0), long jump (personal record of 16′ 3.25″) and triple jump (32′ 1.5″). Kameni also teamed with Alli Cahill, Chanel Colinares and Emily Chinn to bring home the 1,600 meter relay at 52.8, just two-tenths of a second ahead of Interlake’s foursome.

Kameni said after the meet she felt her group had “good legs” in the 1,600 and was also pleased with her personal record in the long jump. Heading into postseason meets, Kameni has her focus on Alanna Coker of Juanita, who has the fourth fastest time in all of 3A and is tops in 3A KingCo in the 100 meters at 12.34.

Sammamish’s day was also highlighted by a freshman, Lindsey Vander-Molen, who won the 200 meters by just a tenth of a second over Bellevue’s Chinn at 28.0.

For the Saints, Summer Hanson won the 400 (60.2) and 800 (2:24.2), Nikki Waghani took the 3,200 (11.19.0) and Montana Malarkey-Kessler brought home a win in the 300 meter hurdles at 49.7.

Hanson joined Emma Ostlund, Eleanor Tansley and Malarkey-Kessler to win the 1,600 meter relay as well, blowing away the field by over 5 seconds at 4:20.1. Senior Brenda Agus also had a memorable day in her final All-City meet, winning both the Discus (99’1) and Javelin (99’4) for the Saints.

Newport used their superior depth to climb up in the team scoring and also won two individual championships with sophomore Jessica Spray winning the 1,600 by nearly a full ten-seconds (5:30.9) and juniors Justina Grubb and Kristine Wong both landing a meet-best high jump of 5-feet even.