Auburn Riverside senior Brittni Williams captured the long and triple jumps at the South Puget Sound League/Seamount League 3A sub-district track and field meet at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner this past weekend.
Williams, a three-year state qualifier, easily topped the competition at the meet, posting a leap of 16 feet, 10¾ inches mark in the long jump and a 36-11 in the triple jump.
Both marks qualified her for the West Central District III/Southwest District 4 meet Friday and Saturday at Sunset Chev Stadium.
The district meets gets under way at 3:30 p.m. Friday and continues at 11 a.m. Saturday. The top seven finishers move on top the state 3A championships May 28-30 at Mount Tahoma Stadium in Tacoma.
Also qualifying for the district meet for the Ravens is senior Alexi Chinn, who finished third in 100-meter dash with a 12.79-second finish. Freshman Aulane Mpouli also qualified with a 12.95 clocking.
The Ravens’ 400-meter relay team also punched its ticket to the district meet with Mpouli, Chinn, Williams and Jessica Willform placing sixth with a time of 51.80.
Meanwhile, Auburn Mountainview quailfied eight individuals and three relay teams to the district meet.
“Our girls really came to compete,” Auburn Mountainview coach Joel MacDougall said. “They set three school records and we had many season or lifetime bests.”
Although junior Tiffany Pott was unable to clear the bar at 5-5 in the high jump, her 5-4 was good enough for first place, trying a school record.
Junior Emily Ramey set a school record with a third place in the pole vault at 8-9.
Freshman Samantha Goedde’s second-place effort of 11:53.97 in the 3,200 also set a school record.
In the 400 relay, the team of Kelly Brudvik, Lily Lavine, Noemi Maya-Mendoza and Brianne Zaragoza-Jones won in 50.82.
The Lions’ 800-meter relay team, with the same members as the 400 relay, finished third (1:47.89).
The 1,600 relay team qualified with Lavine, Pott, Molly House and Kylie Lewis racing to sixth (4:23.42).
House, a sophomore hurdler, placed in both hurdle events, grabbing second in the 100 and fourth in the 300, with times of 15.95 and 47.88, respectfully.
Maya-Mendoza, a senior, was seventh in 200 (27.48) and junior Zaragoza-Jones was fifth in long jump (15-5).
In the throwing events, senior Heaven Palaita qualified for district in the shot put (36-7) and discus (98-10).
Freshman Mikaila Moe was seventh in triple jump (32-2¾), rounding out Auburn Mountainview’s district qualifiers.
For Auburn, freshman Rebecca Thareek qualified for district in three events, taking first in the 300 hurdles (46.28), third in the high jump (5-2) and fourth in the 100 hurdles (16.02).
Thareek also was part of the Trojans’ 800 relay team – along with Kaitlyn Gross, Haley Hunsaker and Makayla Sonstelie – that finished seventh (1:52.59).
