Royal boys, girls 1st at Windbreaker

Ted Escobar/The Sun Tribune - The Royal High girls (lane 7) and Wahluke High girls (lane 4) join River View, Connell and Kiona-Benton in the 400-meter relay at last Friday's Windbreaker Invitatonal Track Meet at Wahluke, a season kickoff for many of the SCAC East's track athletes. Royal took first, Wahluke third.

Ted Escobar/The Sun Tribune - Senior Arturo Villa, Royal’s state caliber hurdler wins the 110-meter race.

Ted Escobar/The Sun Tribune - Maggie Delay, Miss All Everything for the Royal girls, flies to a winning long jump mark.

by Ted Escobar
| March 27, 2017 1:00 AM

Ted Escobar/The Sun Tribune - Senior Arturo Villa, Royals state caliber hurdler wins the 110-meter race.

Ted Escobar/The Sun Tribune - Maggie Delay, Miss All Everything for the Royal girls, flies to a winning long jump mark.

ROYAL CITY — It was business as usual for the Royal High School track teams at Wahluke's Windbreaker Invitational last Friday.

The Knights won the boys competition with 129 points, and the girls took first place with 195. Quincy was a close second on the boys side with 120 points, and Kiona-Benton had 113.

The Royal girls blew the competition away, with second-place Quincy at 91 points. They were led by senior all-around performer Maggie Delay, who won three events, and junior Noelia Juarez, who won both hurdles races.

Royal won 11 of the girls events, including two relays.

Delay won the long jump with a school record 15-05.50. She took the pole vault at 8-0 and won the 100 hurdles in a school record time of 16:32.

Juarez, a long sprint specialist, took first place in the 200 with a clocking of 28.36. She doubled up in the 400 with a time of 1:03.35.

The Royal boys won their competition with depth. They won only three events but piled up the points with numerous placings.

The Knights were led by Arturo Villa's victory in the 110 hurdles and Fernando Soto's win in the 300 hurdles. The other victory came in a relay.

Girls results:

100 – 7. Maria Herrera. 14.80, PR.
200 – 1. Noelia Juarez, 28.36; 4. Gracelynn Miller, 29.41.
400 – 1. Noelia Juarez, 1:03.35; 3. Gracelynn Miller, 1:06.90.
800 – 1. Kay Lester, 2:41.49; 4. Lindsey Carrasco, 2:50.77, PR.
1600 – 3. Kay Lester, 6:04.01; 8. Ana Villafana, 6:38.35, PR,
3200 – 2. Ana Villafana, 14:19.39, SR; 3. Amanda Justo, 14:57.29, PR.
100H – 1. Maggie Delay, 16.32, SR; 8. Gina Grant, 20.33, PR.
300H – 1. Alicia Callahan, 54.57, SR.
400R – 1. Royal, 57.11;
800R – 2. Royal, 1:52.96.
1600R – 1. Royal, 4:25.47.
Shot – 2. Jennifer Ledezma, 31-09, PR; 9. Elizabeth Esparza, 23-05, PR.
Disc – 1. Jennifer Ledezma, 93-03, PR.
Jav – 4. Karen Romero, 74-11, PR; 9. Lesly Raygoza, 62-04.
HJ – 3. Anabelle Booth, 4-06; 6. Gina Grant, 3-10, PR.
PV – 1. Maggie Delay, 8-00.00; 2. Berenise Rodriguez, 7-06.00, PR.
LJ – 1. Maggie Delay, 15-05.50, SR; 9. Emma Wilhelm, 12-06.50, PR.
TJ – 1. Abigail Delay, 29-00.50; 2. Emma Wilhelm 28-03.00.

Boys results:

100 – 3. Victor Garcia, 12.09, PR; 9. Jose Enriquez, 12:54, PR.
200 – 4. Isaac Ellis, 26.07, PR; 7. Uriel Garcia, 26.32, PR.
400 – 2. Silver Beltran, 56.62, PR; 4. Isaac Ellis, 58.00, PR.
800 – 6. Miguel Villafana, 2:31.37, PR,
1600 – 4. Silver Beltran, 5:03.17, PR; 10, Alex Ramirez, 5:34.02, PR.
3200 – 4. Rudy Flores, 11:39.26, PR; 6. Alex Ramirez, 12:01.45, PR.
110H – 1. Arturo Villa, 18:05.
300H – 1. Fernando Soto, 45.30; 2. Arturo Villa, 46.25.
400R – 1. Royal, 47.31.
Shot – 2. Jose Jimenez, 41-00, PR; 6. Juan Hernandez, 37-08.
Disc – 6. Juan Hernandez, 96-00, PR; 11. Julian Rodriguez, 83-03.
Jav – 3. Ramses Gonzalez, 145-09; 14. Tyler Dorsing, 99-10.
HJ – 2. Gerrit Larson, 5-06.00, PR; 5. Gildardo Rincon, 5-02.00.
PV – 3. Cole Christensen, 8-00.00, PR.
LJ – 4. Gerrit Larson, 17-08; 8. Gildardo Rincon, 16-02.00, PR.
TJ – 4. Gildardo Rincon, 34-03.50.