My high school (King's) had 3 guys make it. Faidley had an off day. He had just finished the 300 hurdles, and still had the 4x400 ahead of him, so he was not as focused on the pole vault as he might have been. He cleared 10-6.
Dan Stueckle got on a bigger pole for the first time in warmups, and it worked great for him! He cleared 11-9 on his first try, a 3" PR, and good for 6th place.
Robb avoided NH3 (he NH'd as a freshman and soph) and cleared 12'6" for 3rd. He has a lot more in him, but was blowing through his pole the whole meet, and did not feel ready to try a new pole.
The Freeman and Kalama guys looked good as always. They are just sophomores and freshman, so I expect big things out of them in the future!
Man... did my feet hurt after standing in the fieldhouse all day!
I left for the track as soon as these guys were done... just missed the 1A Boys 4x400... but I find out that our girls team is down to Seattle Academy by 1 point heading into the 4x400!
In a very exciting race, we held our lead over SAAS. They got passed in the last 5 meters by another team, giving us the one point victory!
Our girls won 57-56 and our boys got 4th. Someday we will sweep it all... (the past 2 years, our boys and girls have both won XC, and girls won track).
That was the 3rd consecutive title for our girls, and for the first time in years, we did not win a single event! Somehow, winning by one point was more exciting than the year we won with 160 something points
But enough rambling about how much my HS team rocks... here are the 1A boys results!
Boys Pole Vault 1A
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   National:  18-02.25 1999       Eric Eshbach, Orangefield (Texas)       ÂÂ
   2002 1st:     14-01             Jake Depell, Freeman                    ÂÂ
   2002 2nd:     13-00             Kyle Wyle, Royal                        ÂÂ
   2002 3rd:     12-00             Tyler Merck, Seattle Academy            ÂÂ
       WIAA: ! 17-04.75 1969       Casey Carrigan, Orting                  ÂÂ
    1A Meet: #   16-07 1969       Casey Carrigan, Orting                  ÂÂ
   Name                   Year School                 Finals Points
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 1  980 Hatch, Kevin       10 Freeman              13-06.00   10 ÂÂ
 2 1442 Sanchez, Joel         Toutle Lake          12-06.00    8 ÂÂ
 3 1059 Waldburger, Robb   11 King's              J12-06.00    6 ÂÂ
 4  990 Sayres, Conor      10 Freeman             J12-06.00    5 ÂÂ
 5 1043 Odem, Jacob         9 Kalama               12-00.00    4 ÂÂ
 6 1056 Stueckle, Dan      11 King's               11-09.00    3 ÂÂ
 7 1537 Kee, Cameron       12 Oroville             11-06.00    2 ÂÂ
 8  805 Jacobson, David    11 Bear Creek           11-00.00    1 ÂÂ
 9 1340 Johnson, Dylan     10 Sea. Academy        J11-00.00 ÂÂ
 10 1050 Faidley, Chris     11 King's               10-06.00 ÂÂ
 11 1296 Perry, Jose         9 Rainier             J10-06.00 ÂÂ
 12  808 Gross, Brett       11 Bellevue Ch.        J10-06.00 ÂÂ
 13 1006 Golding, Gerry      9 Goldendale          J10-06.00 ÂÂ
 14 1336 Garcia, Adrian     11 Royal                10-00.00 ÂÂ
 15 1009 Patton, Sean       11 Goldendale            9-00.00 ÂÂ
 15  895 Georgeson, Jeff    10 Cle Elum              9-00.00 ÂÂ
 -- 1289 Burnett, Tyrel     10 Rainier                    NH ÂÂ
They did a great job. I just kept them relaxed and confident.