By Mike Maltais
The Liberty Bell High School varsity track and field team took 17 athletes to the 2B District 5/6 Championships at Ephrata on Saturday (May 24) and following a performance that included a new school record and 20 personal bests, 13 of those will advance to the state championships at Eastern Washington University in Cheney Friday and Saturday (May 30 – 31).
Those who placed among the top two district finishers and qualified for state include seniors Liam Daily, Austin Watson, Jaymis Hanson, Cesar Dominguez, Kelsey Jensen, Hannah Hafsos, and Lilly Schlotzhauer (relay alternate); juniors Jose Dominguez and Jessica Johnson; sophomores Ben Klemmeck, Claire Waichler, and Micah Klemmeck (relay alternate); and freshman Lauren Fitzmaurice.
“We will be competing in nine events on the boys’ side and five events on the girls’ side,” said coach Rocky Kulsrud.
The school record came in the boys’ 4 x 400-meter relay, beating last year’s previous best by over a second.
Jensen, Hanson, Dominguez and Daily notched the new mark at 3 minutes, 31.17 seconds. Three of those four runners — Jensen, Dominguez and Daily — set the old record of 3:32.25 in 2013. Hanson replaced 2013 graduate Justin McMillan on this season’s team.
Daily and Ben Klemmeck owned the 800-, 1,600-, and 3,200-meter runs. Watson won the long jump and Fitzmaurice the 300-meter hurdles.
2B district boys’ results
100 meters
7 Jose Dominguez, 12.68
200 meters
5 Jose Dominguez, 24.94
400 meters
4 Cesar Dominguez, 54.00
6 Andrew Reggiatore, 57.42
800 meters
1 Liam Daily, 2:01.93
4 Morgan Ott, 2:13.03
1,600 meters
1 Liam Daily, 4:32.82
2 Ben Klemmeck, 4:37.71
3,200 meters
1 Ben Klemmeck, 10:22.59
5 Josiah Klemmeck, 11:07.03
100-meter hurdles
2 Kelsey Jensen, 16.65
300-meter hurdles
3 Micah Klemmeck, 44.30
4×100-meter relay
1 Cesar Dominguez, 45.28
Jaymis Hanson
Jose Dominguez
Austin Watson
4×400-meter relay
1 Kelsey Jensen, 3:31.17
Jaymis Hanson
Cesar Dominguez
Liam Daily
Javelin
6 Andrew Reggiatore, 126-01
High jump
2 Jaymis Hanson, 6-00.00
3 Jake Pennock, 5-06.00
Long jump
1 Austin Watson, 21-00.50
5 Jose Dominguez, 18-03.00
6 Andrew Reggiatore, 17-02.50
Triple jump
2 Jaymis Hanson, 39-11.50
6 Andrew Reggiatore, 35-05.25
2B district girls’ results
200 meters
5 Hannah Hafsos, 30.68
800 meters
3 Lilly Schlotzhauer, 2:59.08
1,600 meters
2 Claire Waichler, 5:54.15
3 Lilly Schlotzhauer, 6:38.81
3,200 meters
2 Claire Waichler, 12:32.04
100-meter hurdles
2 Lauren Fitzmaurice, 18.03
4 Jessica Johnson, 19.23
300-meter hurdles
1 Lauren Fitzmaurice, 53.48
4×400 relay
2 Hannah Hafsos, 4:44.62
Jessica Johnson
Claire Waichler
Lauren Fitzmaurice
Long jump
4 Lauren Fitzmaurice, 14-07.75
Boys’ team scores
1 Kittitas 150
2 Liberty Bell 140
3 Bridgeport 122
4 Manson 62
5 Riverside Christian 60
6 Lake Roosevelt 49
7 Oroville 48
8 White Swan 6
Girls’ team scores
1 Kittitas 148
2 Oroville 104
3 Bridgeport 70
4 Liberty Bell 68
4 Riverside Christian 68
6 Lake Roosevelt 64
7 Manson 63
8 White Swan 16
