Royal City girls place second at Quincy Invite
Ted Escobar/The Sun Tribune - The Knights' Kay Lester turned in a strong performance at the Quincy Invite, placing second in the 1600 and 3200-meter events and third in the 800.
Ted Escobar/The Sun Tribune - Noelia Juarez ran the anchor leg on Royal's 4x400 relay that finished second at the meet.
QUINCY — Royal's Maggie Delay won both the 100-meter hurdles (15.73 seconds) and the triple jump (34 feet, 7.5 inches) to lead the Knights to a second-place finish in the 17-team, predominantly 2A girls meet on Saturday at the Quincy Invitational.
It was a day for racing, under cloudy skies with no wind and the Columbia Basin track and field athletes stepped up.
Karen Billingsley is coming off a solid appearance at the 2A state cross-country. The Ephrata junior led from start-to-finish in the 3200, eventually pulling away from Royal's Kay Lester, who was in the mix all day long. She finished second in the 1600 (5:40.01) and the 3200 (12:49.89), as well as third in the 800 (2:40.80).
Noelia Juarez was third in the 400 (1:00.36) and fourth in the 200 (27.88). Juarez also ran the anchor leg on the Knights 4x200 relay that finished fifth. The lineup included Gracelynne Miller, Abigail Delay, Maggie Delay and Juarez. That same group finished second in the 4x400 relay (4:22.34).
Wahluke's Jessica Arellano was fourth in the 3200.
On the boys side, the Knights finished eighth.
Royal hurdler Arturo Villa stepped up with a fine showing in the 110-meter high hurdles, finished second in 16.06.
“I like competing against the bigger schools, it's a big lift when you can come in here and win,” said Villa. “I like the atmosphere in track. Everyone is competing hard against each other, but everyone's friendly… especially at the finish line, everyone tells each other good job. Everybody wants the same thing and you have to respect that.”
Wahluke's Tony Avalos was third in the high jump.
For complete results, go to Quincy Invite on athletic.net.
Boys team scores:
- Ephrata, 103.5.
- Omak, 83.
- Toppenish, 77.
- Cashmere, 66.
- Manson, 53.
- Quincy, 48.
- Odessa-Harrington, 44.
- Royal, 36.
- Cle Elum/Roslyn, 31.
- Okanogan, 28.
- Oroville, 25.
- Wilbur/Creston, 23.
- Cascade, 22.
- Naches Valley, 15.
- Wahluke 8.
Girls team scores:
- Cashmere, 112.
- Royal, 92.
- Ephrata, 85.
- Cel Elum/Roslyn, 69.
- Okanogan, 54.
- Cascade, 50.
- Quincy, 45.
- Wilbur/Creston, 37.
- Almira/Coulee-Hartline, 33.
- Lind-Ritzville, 27.
- Toppenish, 24.
- Omak, 20.
- Wahluke, 17.5.
- Oroville, Naches Valley, 12.
- Waterville 1.
- Odessa-Harrington, 4.