These South Sound athletes and teams won track and field state championships in 2023

Lauren Smith
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Below is a full list of South Sound high school athletes and teams who won state titles in 2023 at both the Class 4A/3A/2A track and field state championships at Mount Tahoma Stadium in Tacoma and the 1A/2B/1B state championships at Eisenhower High School in Yakima.

Note: Athletes and teams listed in bold repeated as state champions.

Federal Way’s Jaylon Jenkins jumps en route to the 3A boys high jump state title by clearing 6’ 8” during the opening day of the WIAA state track and field championships at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Washington, on Thursday, May 25, 2023.
Federal Way’s Jaylon Jenkins jumps en route to the 3A boys high jump state title by clearing 6’ 8” during the opening day of the WIAA state track and field championships at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Washington, on Thursday, May 25, 2023.

4A BOYS

Team — Federal Way

100 ambulatory — Mateo Cordero, Curtis, soph. (12.79, state meet record)

200 ambulatory — Mateo Cordero, Curtis, soph. (26.66, state meet record)

1,600 — Isaac Briggs, Rogers, sr. (4:13.19)

300 hurdles — Alex Conner, Kentridge, sr. (38.1)

4x100 relay — Kentridge: Jonah Tongco, sr.; Berry Crosby, soph.; James Caribo, sr.; Alex Conner, sr. (41.93)

Shot put — Jacob Lane, Emerald Ridge, sr. (56-11)

Discus — Brendan Bourke, South Kitsap, sr. (169-6)

Javelin — Cameron Downing, Olympia, soph. (176-0)

High jump — Jaylon Jenkins, Federal Way, sr. (6-8)

Pole vault — Andrew Shirley, Curtis, sr. (15-0)

Long jump — Roman Hutchinson, Federal Way, sr. (23-9)

Triple jump — Roman Hutchinson, Federal Way, sr. (47-7 1/4)

Federal Way’s Cassandra Atkins (left) congratulates Tahoma’s Brooke Lynn following her state title in the 4A girls 200 meters during the final day of the WIAA state track and field championships at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Washington, on Friday, May 26, 2023.
Federal Way’s Cassandra Atkins (left) congratulates Tahoma’s Brooke Lynn following her state title in the 4A girls 200 meters during the final day of the WIAA state track and field championships at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Washington, on Friday, May 26, 2023.

4A GIRLS

Team — Emerald Ridge

100 ambulatory — Amelya Lester-Dame, South Kitsap, soph. (15.07)

200 — Brooke Lyons, Tahoma, sr. (24.72)

200 ambulatory — Amelya Lester-Dame, South Kitsap, soph. (31.54)

400 — Brooke Lyons, Tahoma, sr. (54.13)

110 hurdles — JaiCieonna Gero-Holt, Emerald Ridge, soph. (14.45)

4x100 relay — Curtis: Frankie Skipper, fr.; Ava Simms, sr.; Azariah Miller, soph.; Lenice Walston, sr. (48.07)

4x200 relay — Curtis: Lenice Walston, sr.; Noelle Lordahl, sr.; Azariah Miller, soph.; Ava Simms, sr. (1:42.47)

Javelin — JaiCieonna Gero-Holt, Emerald Ridge, soph. (139-3)

High jump — JaiCieonna Gero-Holt, Emerald Ridge, soph. (5-10)

Long jump — Cassandra Atkins, Federal Way, jr. (19-3 3/4)

Triple jump — Cassandra Atkins, Federal Way, jr. (40-8 1/2)

Central Kitsap’s Roderick Schenk (left) is congratulated by Yelm’s Bradyen Platt after throwing a new meet record 219’ 1” in the 3A boys javelin competition during the opening day of the WIAA state track and field championships at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Washington, on Thursday, May 25, 2023.
Central Kitsap’s Roderick Schenk (left) is congratulated by Yelm’s Bradyen Platt after throwing a new meet record 219’ 1” in the 3A boys javelin competition during the opening day of the WIAA state track and field championships at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Washington, on Thursday, May 25, 2023.

3A BOYS

Team — Yelm

100 — Cooper Wilson, Bonney Lake, sr. (10.91)

110 hurdles — Jonathan Frazier, Lincoln, sr. (14.23)

300 hurdles — Jonathan Frazier, Lincoln, sr. (37.27)

Shot put — Brayden Platt, Yelm, jr. (61-10)

Discus — Isaiah Patterson, Yelm, jr. (177-4)

Javelin — Roderick Schenk, Central Kitsap, sr. (219-1, 3A state meet record)

Pole vault — Jordan Lasher, Yelm, jr. (15-6)

Triple jump — Trevontay Smith, Yelm, sr. (50-4 1/2, 3A state meet record)

Capital’s Hana Moll goes up and over the bar en route to a a state title and new meet record of 14’ 7” during the second day of the WIAA state track and field championships at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Washington, on Friday, May 26, 2023.
Capital’s Hana Moll goes up and over the bar en route to a a state title and new meet record of 14’ 7” during the second day of the WIAA state track and field championships at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Washington, on Friday, May 26, 2023.

3A GIRLS

800 — Julia Couch, Auburn Riverside, soph. (2:10.78)

1,600 — Julia Couch, Auburn Riverside, soph. (4:52.04)

4x100 relay — Capital: Lucy Heminway, sr.; Amanda Moll, sr.; Lilly Geuin, jr.; Hana Moll, sr. (48.13)

4x200 relay — Capital: Lucy Heminway, sr.; Amanda Moll, sr.; Addison Harrington, jr.; Hana Moll, sr. (1:42.54)

Shot put — Pray’Cesslily Kamuta, Lincoln, sr. (41-11 1/4)

High jump — Atreonia Garner, Spanaway Lake, sr. (5-3)

Pole vault — Hana Moll, Capital, sr. (14-7, 3A state meet record)

Triple jump — Addison Kelly, Silas, soph. (37-10 1/4)

Tumwater’s Annabelle Clapp, Reese Heryford, Cassidy Henin and Ava Jones celebrate following their state title in the 2A girls 4x200 relay during the final day of the WIAA state track and field championships at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Washington, on Friday, May 26, 2023.
Tumwater’s Annabelle Clapp, Reese Heryford, Cassidy Henin and Ava Jones celebrate following their state title in the 2A girls 4x200 relay during the final day of the WIAA state track and field championships at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Washington, on Friday, May 26, 2023.

2A GIRLS

Team — Tumwater

400 — Annabelle Clapp, Tumwater, jr. (59.1)

110 hurdles — Myquela Pride, Orting, soph. (15.68)

4x200 relay — Tumwater: Cassidy Hedin, fr.; Annabelle Clapp, jr.; Reese Heryford, soph.; Ava Jones, soph. (1:43.55)

4x400 relay — Tumwater: Cassidy Hedin, fr.; Ava Jones, soph.; Reese Heryford, soph.; Annabelle Clapp, jr. (4:02.4)

Shot put — Kamila Salanoa, Clover Park, jr. (38-6)

Triple jump — Myquela Pride, Orting, soph. (36-10 1/2)

1A BOYS

3,200 — Bodie Thomas, Vashon Island, fr. (9:13.84, 1A state meet record)

1A GIRLS

Javelin — Brooke Blocker, Eatonville, sr. (121-11)

2B GIRLS

High jump — Acacia Murphy, Rainier, soph. (5-2)

Pole vault — Ella Marvin, Rainier, soph. (9-9)

1B BOYS

Team — Evergreen Lutheran (tied with Mary Walker)

110 hurdles — Sam Plocher, Evergreen Lutheran, sr. (14.72, 1B state meet record)

300 hurdles — Sam Plocher, Evergreen Lutheran, sr. (39.87)

Javelin — Jack Pittenger, Evergreen Lutheran, sr. (157-10)

1B GIRLS

1,600 — Catelin King, Pope John Paul II, sr. (5:32.95)