Aberdeen’s Isaac Garcia and Henry Nelson broke a combined three meet records to lead the Bobcats to a team victory at the Ray Ryan Memorial Grays Harbor County Championship Meet on Saturday at Miller Junior High School in Aberdeen.

Garcia won three events in the annual county championships, breaking two meet records in the process.

The Bobcats junior leapt 22 feet, one inch to win the boys long jump event ahead of teammate Adonis Hammonds, who had a solid second-place jump of 21-04.

Garcia’s jump was a personal best and and broke the meet record off 22-00 set back in 1999 by Elma’s Scott Freymond by a mere one inch.

“I saw the meet record was 22 (feet), and so I knew I had to get 22,” Garcia said.

Garcia didn’t stop there as he ran a blistering 49.90 to win the 400-meter race, crushing the previous meet record of 50.84 set by Aberdeen’s Bryan Sidor in 2018.

“I didn’t think I was going to beat the 400 record, but I was going out hard and I heard Henry (Nelson) saying, ‘You’re going to break 50 (seconds).’ So I knew it was going to happen. I was super happy. That’s a dream to run 49.”

“After he broke the long jump record, he came running over to me from across the track screaming and yelling,” Nelson said of his teammate and friend’s reaction. “I knew our spirits were high then and so I was like, ‘You’re running sub-50.’ He said, ‘I don’t know.’ He sling-shotted off that corner and I said, ‘You’re sub-50! You’re sub-50!’ It was incredible.”

Garcia also won the triple jump with a personal-best mark of 43-10 to beat North Beach’s Sawyer Reither by more than 2.5 feet.

Not to be outdone, Nelson one-upped himself by breaking his own meet record with a time of 1:56.95, a record the senior set with a time of 1:57.88 last season at North Beach High School.

RYAN SPARKS | THE DAILY WORLD Aberdeen’s Henry Nelson broke his own meet record to in win the 800-meter race at the Ray Ryan Memorial Grays Harbor Championships on Saturday at Miller Junior High School in Aberdeen.

“It was very special because my brother is a freshman,” said Nelson, referencing his younger sibling, Toby, who placed second behind him in the 800. “He’s coming up, so I had to lower that (record) as much as I can.”

Garcia and Henry Nelson also combined to run the two final legs of Aberdeen’s victorious 4×400-meter relay team, joining freshmen Treven Clarkston and younger brother Toby Nelson to post a time of 3:34.94.

RYAN SPARKS | THE DAILY WORLD Aberdeen’s Henry Nelson (standing) and Isaac Garcia combined to win XXX events and break three meet records to lead the Bobcats to a first-place finish at the Ray Ryan Memorial Grays Harbor Championships on Saturday at Miller Junior High School in Aberdeen.

“We broke three records today and in the 4×400, we ran pretty well,” Henry Nelson said of his team’s performance. “I think we did amazing. For the past couple of years, we’ve had a pretty dominant showing at the all-county meet. It was nice to continue that.”

“Our team did amazing,” Garcia said. “Henry ran good. Everyone ran good.”

Additional Aberdeen event winners on Saturday were junior Landon Hamblin (shot put, 50-05); sophomore Kevin Sedgwick (high jump, 5-08); and the 4×100 thrower’s relay team of freshman Cooper Revel, senior Denny Linker, junior Cole Revel and junior Riley Wixson (54.71).

The Bobcats finished with 225 points, more than 100 points better than second-place Elma.

The Eagles boys team was led by sprinter Ricardo Guadarrama, who continued his early-season dominance in the sprints with wins in the 100 and 200-meter races.

RYAN SPARKS | THE DAILY WORLD Elma’s Ricardo Guadarrama crosses the line to win the 200-meter sprint at the Ray Ryan Memorial Grays Harbor Championships on Saturday at Miller Junior High School in Aberdeen.

Guadarrama also anchored the Eagles’ victorious 4×100 relay team, joining senior Jordan Meadows, senior Ryder Nelson and sophomore Cohen Finch to run a winning time of 45.08.

Ryder Nelson (300 hurdles, 42.34) and senior Kohan Morrison (javelin, 135-10) also won events for Elma.

Hoquiam sophomore Ryker Maxfield had a solid meet, leading the sixth-place Grizzlies with wins in the 1,600 and 3,200-meter distance races.

RYAN SPARKS | THE DAILY WORLD Hoquiam’s Ryker Maxfield (right) leads Montesano’s Benny Anderson during the boys 3,200-meter race at the Ray Ryan Memorial Grays Harbor Championships on Saturday at Miller Junior High School in Aberdeen.

Third-place North Beach was led by senior Elton Rockey, who ran a 17.67 to win the 110-meter hurdles.

Ocosta placed fifth overall and was led by a first-place finish from senior Elijah Perry in the pole vault.

The combo team of Oakville-North River had an event winner on Saturday as junior Lewis Koser won the discus with a throw of 143-02.

In the girls competition, Elma placed first in a close race to the team title, tallying 156 points to edge Aberdeen (151 points) and Hoquiam (126.5), which placed second and third, respectively.

RYAN SPARKS | THE DAILY WORLD Elma’s Georgia Burkhart outruns the field to win the 300-meter hurdles at the Ray Ryan Memorial Grays Harbor Championships on Saturday at Miller Junior High School in Aberdeen.

The Eagles won just three events – two by senior Georgia Burkhart (300 hurdles, triple jump) and one from junior Sophia Varnadore (100 hurdles) – compared to seven event wins from Hoquiam and six from Aberdeen.

But Elma had depth with 21 top-five finishes as a team, more than the Bobcats (19) and Grizzlies (15) to earn the team title.

Aberdeen was led by multi-event winner Mia Hallak (1600, 3200), junior Rylee Brooks (discus, 104-08) and junior Haylee Jahner (high jump, 5-01).

RYAN SPARKS | THE DAILY WORLD Aberdeen’s Mia Hallak (right) and Montesano’s Samantha Schweppe compete in the girls 1,600-meter race at the Ray Ryan Memorial Grays Harbor Championships on Saturday at Miller Junior High School in Aberdeen.

Hoquiam was led by freshman phenom RenaèJah Burtenshaw, who won the 100 meters (12.90), the 200 (26.99) and the long jump (16-03.5).

The Grizzlies also got wins from the junior thrower Sydney Gordon (shot put, 34-10.5), junior pole vaulter Keren Parra (7-0), the 4×100 relay team and the 4×200 relay team.

Montesano placed fourth and got event wins from senior Samantha Schweppe (3200, 12:00.19) and junior Paige Busz (javelin, 97-08.5).

North Beach placed fifth led by senior Katana Capoeman’s win in the 400 (1:11.19).

Full results available at athletic.net.

~~~

Results

Boys team standings

1, Aberdeen, 225 points. 2, Elma, 123.5. 3, North Beach, 108.5. 4, Montesano, 86. 5, Ocosta, 55.5. 6, Hoquiam, 43.5. 7, Oakville, 24. 8, Wishkah Valley, 7. 9, Taholah, 2.

Top three placements

100 meters: 1, Ricardo Guadarrama, Elma, 11.33. 2, Cordell Roberts, Aberdeen, 11.78. 3, Micah Schroeder, Aberdeen, 11.82.

200: 1, Guadarrama, Elma, 22.97. 2, Roberts, Aberdeen, 24.54. 3, Noah Aquino, North Beach, 24.75.

400: 1, Isaac Garcia, Aberdeen, 49.90 (meet record). 2, Aquino, North Beach, 54.14. 3, Jerrell Bayless, Montesano, 54.79.

800: 1, Henry Nelson, Aberdeen, 1:56.95 (meet record). 2, Toby Nelson, Aberdeen, 2:10.88. 3, Colton Sweet, Montesano, 2:11.32.

1600: 1, Ryker Maxfield, Hoquiam, 4:41.38. 2, Benny Anderson, Montesano, 4:46.01. 3, Sweet, Montesano, 4:51.37.

3200: 1, Maxfield, Hoquiam, 10:05.53. 2, Anderson, Montesano, 10:26.52. 3, Cecil Gumaelius, Aberdeen, 10:49.46.

110 hurdles: 1, Elton Rockey, North Beach, 17.67. 2, Logan Mullins, Elma, 17.93. 3, Kenneth Frank, North Beach, 19.89.

300 hurdles: 1, Ryder Nelson, Elma, 42.34. 2, Rockey, North Beach, 44.51. 3, Mullins, Elma, 47.09.

4×100 relay: 1, Elma (Jordan Meadows, Nelson, Cohen Finch, Guadarrama), 45.05. 2, Aberdeen (Braxton Gozart, Roberts, William Johnson, Schroeder), 45.82. 3, Montesano (Kaden Stott, Thomas Flink, Jerrell Bayless, Mason Rasmussen), 46.07.

4×100 throwers relay: 1, Aberdeen (Cooper Revel, Denny Linker, Cole Revel, Riley Wixson), 54.71. 2, Elma (Kohan Morrison, Luke Schneider, Kaiden Avery, James Harding), 54.72. 3, North Beach (Isaac Chi, Adin Wollum, George Harmon, Sonny Terrell), 55.92.

4×400 relay: 1, Aberdeen (Treven Clarkston, Toby Nelson, Garcia, Nelson), 3:34.94. 2, Elma (Kole Boice, Ashton Brown, Aaron Tuttle, Guadarrama), 3:44.39. 3, North Beach (Malik Jackson, Rockey, Sawyer Reither, Noah Aquino), 3:59.09.

Shot put: 1, Landon Hamblin, Aberdeen, 50-05. 2, Shaun Straka, Montesano, 46-09. 3, Cole Revel, Aberdeen, 42-00.

Discus: 1, Lewis Koser, Oakville-North River, 143-02. 2, Straka, Montesano, 127-05. 3, Michael Priest, Ocosta, 121-06.

Javelin: 1, Kohan Morrison, Elma, 135-10. 2, Levi Wheeler, Montesano, 127-07. 3, Benjamin Kimbrel, Oakville-North River, 122-03.5.

High jump: 1-tie, Kevin Sedgwick, Aberdeen, 5-08. 1-t, Hammonds, Aberdeen, 5-08. 3, Parker Johnson, North Beach, 5-06.

Pole vault: 1, Elijah Perry, Ocosta, 8-00. 2, Roman Jones, Hoquiam, 7-06. 3-t, Nash Emmitt, North Beach, 7-00. 3-t, Salvador Medrano, Ocosta, 7-00.

Long jump: 1, Garcia, Aberdeen, 22-01 (meet record). 2, Hammonds, Aberdeen, 21-04. 3, William Johnson, Aberdeen, 18-11.

Triple jump: 1, Garcia, Aberdeen, 43-10. 2, Reither, North Beach, 41-04. 3, Billy Burns, Ocosta, 36-07.

RYAN SPARKS | THE DAILY WORLD Elma’s Ryder Nelson (right) leads North Beach’s Elton Rockey (second from left) to win the boys 300-meter hurdles at the Ray Ryan Memorial Grays Harbor Championships on Saturday at Miller Junior High School in Aberdeen.

~~~

Girls team standings

1, Elma, 156. 2, Aberdeen, 151. 3, Hoquiam, 126.5. 4, Montesano, 119. 5, North Beach, 99.5. 6, Ocosta, 18. 7, Oakville, 3.

Top three placements

100: 1, RenaèJah Burtenshaw, Hoquiam, 12.90. 2, Hailey McElroy, Montesano, 13.34. 3, Katlyn Brodhead, Hoquiam, 14.27.

200: 1, Burtenshaw, Hoquiam, 26.99. 2, McElroy, Montesano, 27.49. 3, K. Brodhead, Hoquiam, 28.99.

400: 1, Katana Capoeman, North Beach, 1:11.19. 2, Alana Murrieta, Elma, 1:13.95. 3, Emily Crossan, Elm a, 1:15.40.

800: 1, Mia Hallak, Aberdeen, 2:34.48. 2, Samantha Schweppe, Montesano, 2:44.02. 3, Zoe Ray, Montesano, 2:51.25.

1600: 1, Hallak, Aberdeen, 5:35.28. 2, Ailyn Haggard, Aberdeen, 5:42.52. 3, Schweppe, Montesano, 5:45.57.

3200: 1, Schweppe, Montesano, 12:00.19. 2, Ray, Montesano, 12:52.68. 3, Rebekah Stone, Ocosta, 14:44.43.

100 hurdles: 1, Sophia Varnadore, Elma, 18.39. 2, Sam Roundtree, Montesano, 19.07. 3, Brooklyn Reither, North Beach, 19.24.

300 hurdles: 1, Georgia Burkhart, Elma, 54.28. 2, Elka Cox, North Beach, 56.56. 3, Kylee Geelan, Montesano, 58.56.

4×100 relay: 1, Hoquiam (Emily Brodhead, Brittany Alcala, K. Brodhead, Burtenshaw), 53.50. 2, Montesano (Roundtree, Alice Nelson, Geelan, McElroy), 55.71. 3, Elma (Emily Escoffon, Zippy Valentine, Audreauna Kanios, Beta Valentine), 56.02.

4×100 throwers relay: 1, Aberdeen, 1:10.29. 2, Elma (Ella Ming, Charli Smith, Theona Felton, Natalie Henry), 1:13.21.

4×200 relay: 1, Hoquiam (Keren Parra, E. Brodhead, Alcala, K. Brodhead), 1:57.49. 2, Elma (Escoffon, Burkhart, Kanios, B. Valentine), 1:57.77. 3, North Beach (Mackenzie McCrory, Denahli Hoylman, Cox, Reither), 1:58.76.

4×400 relay: 1, Aberdeen (Serenity Allread, Anni Devine, Hallak, Haggard), 4:58.44. 2, Elma (Crossan, Delafuente, Destiny Whipple, Varnadore), 5:04.46. 3, Hoquiam (Lexi Black, Hannah Schlesser, Meg Roloff, Pauline Sophie Kummer-Schnee), 5:46.20.

Shot put: 1, Sydney Gordon, Hoquiam, 34-10.5. 2, Rylee Brooks, Aberdeen, 34-07. 3, Kanios, Elma, 28-10.

Discus: 1, Brooks, Aberdeen, 104-08. 2, Gordon, Hoquiam, 96-04. 3, Bella Bruner, Aberdeen, 91-02.

Javelin: 1, Paige Busz, Montesano, 97-8.5. 2, Jazmine Goldman, North Beach, 88-02. 3, Bentley Brown, Aberdeen, 85-05.5.

High jump: 1, Haylee Jahner, Aberdeen, 5-01. 2, Anica Reimer, Aberdeen, 4-06. 3, Kanios, Elma, 4-06.

Pole vault: 1-tie, Parra, Hoquiam, 7-0. 1-t, E. Brodhead, Hoquiam, 7-0. 3, Macenzie Osborne-Hansen, North Beach, 6-06.

Long jump: 1, Burtenshaw, Hoquiam, 16-03.5. 2, Escoffon, Elma, 13-07. 3, Capoeman, North Beach, 13-02.5.

Triple jump: 1, Burkhart, Elma, 32-02. 2, Reither, North Beach, 29-10.5. 3, Ines Horcajada, Aberdeen, 29-09.