LAKE STEVENS — It would appear — at least for the Lake Stevens boys track team — that the clothes do in fact make the man.
Jeff Page, the Vikings’ head track coach, had been looking for one-piece purple and yellow speed suits for several years with little success.
He finally found a company that would custom-make the suits in Lake Stevens colors and his athletes debuted them Saturday with remarkable results.
Lake Stevens athletes won seven events and placed second in five others to win the boys team title at the Viking Classic for the third year in a row with 146 points — downing second-place Arlington by more than 60 points.
“We had a pretty good day,” Page said. “We had a lot of PRs (personal records) and the kids competed real well.”
Page was particularly pleased with Vikings’ 400-meter relay squad of Isaac Molstre, Dustin Adams, James Little and Tyler Reside.
“They ran as fast today as I thought they would run at the end of the year,” Page said. “We got those new speed suits and they ran speedy.”
The team recorded a time of 43.72 seconds, which puts it among the top-10 times recorded this season, according to www.athletic.net, a high school track website.
Lake Stevens received two victories from Brennan Frost: 21 feet, 9 inches in the long jump and 6-3 in the high jump. The Vikings also received victories from Colton Tupen in the 110 hurdles (15.56), Molstre in the 200 (22.77), Kyle VanSanten in the 3,200 (9:35.35) and Kelly Kurisu in the shot put (50-4).
Edmonds-Woodway’s Antoinne Wafer won the 400 (50.64) and teamed with Matt Pirie, Yonathan Yilma and Calvin Grover to win the 1,600 relay.
Shorecrest’s Roy McElmurry won the pole vault (14-0) and teammate Marek Domanski won the discus (162-7).
Arlington’s Marcus Dolan won the 100 (11.21) and teammate Bryan Mack won the triple jump (46-10.5). Mack was named “Athlete of the Meet” after finishing third in the 100 and second in both the long jump and the 400 relay.
Lake Stevens also won the combined competition, which is determined by adding the overall team scores from both the boys and girls competitions.
At Lake Stevens H.S.
Combined scores: 1. Lake Stevens 234; 2. Gig Harbor 199; 3. Eastmont 124; 4. Redmonds 122; 5. Arlington 121.5; 6. Shorecrest 103; 7. Edmonds-Woodway 91.5; 8. Yelm 75; 9. Coupeville 15.
Team scores: 1. Lake Stevens 146; 2. Arlington 85.5; 3. Gig Harbor 68; 4. Edmonds-Woodway 63; 5. Yelm 49; 6. Redmond 40; 7. Shorecrest 34; 8. Eastmont 26.5; 9. Coupeville 15.
110 hurdles—Tupen (LS) 15.56; 100—Dolan (A) 11.21; 1,600—Unterreiner (GH) 4:13.97; 400 relay—Lake Stevens (Molstre, Adams, Little, Reside) 43.72; 400—Wafer (EW) 50.64; 300 hurdles—Elvrom (Y) 41.18; 800—Young (R) 1:59.19; 200—Molstre (LS) 22.77; 3,200—VanSanten (LS) 9:35.35; 1,600 relay—Edmonds-Woodway (Pirie, Wafer, Yilma, Grover) 3:30.67; High jump—Frost (LS) 6-3; Long jump—Frost (LS) 21-9; Triple jump—Mack (A) 46-10.5; Shot put—Kurisu (LS) 50-4; Discus—Domanski (SC) 162-7; Javelin—Elvrom (Y) 177-8.5; Pole vault—McElmurry (SC) 14-0.
Girls track
Viking Classic At Lake Stevens, Gig Harbor won the meet with 131 points, far outdistancing second-place Eastmont (97.5). Host Lake Stevens finished third with 88 points. Kjirsten Jensen of Arlington won the shot put (37 feet, 9 inches) and the discus (122-0) to lead the Eagles, who placed sixth as a team with 36 points. Shorecrest’s Alexis Ramos won the 100-meter dash (13.09 seconds) and Lake Stevens’ Emily Andersen won the 300 hurdles (48.71). Gig Harbor’s Bree LeRoy was named “Athlete of the Meet” with victories in the 100 hurdles, high jump, triple jump and long jump.
At Lake Stevens H.S.
Team scores: 1. Gig Harbor 131; 2. Eastmont 97.5; 3. Lake Stevens 88; 4. Redmond 82; 5. Shorecrest 69; 6. Arlington 36; 7. Edmonds-Woodway 28.5; 8. Yelm 26.
100 hurdles—LeRoy (GH) 15.42; 100—Ramos (SC) 13.09; 1,600—Lord (R) 5:07.81; 400 relay—Eastmont (Abbott, Hocks, King, Putnam) 50.22; 400—Schroeder (GH) 58.15; 300 hurdles—Andersen (LS) 48.71; 800—Andrews (GH) 2:19.00; 200—Parrott (R) 27.20; 3,200—McMahon (R) 10.57.39; 800 relay—Eastmont (Abbott, King, Hocks, Hardgrove) 1:48.14; 1,600 relay—Gig Harbor 4:06.94; High jump—LeRoy (GH) 5-4; Long jump—LeRoy (GH) 17-10.5; Triple jump—LeRoy (GH) 35-2; Shot put—Jensen (A) 37-9; Discus—Jensen (A) 122-0; Javelin—Randall (E) 129-1; Pole vault—Williams (GH) 10-6.
Baseball
Snohomish 11, Meadowdale 1: At Snohomish, Max Foster and Ethan Hargrave each had two hits and Derek Jones hit a three-run home run as the top-ranked Panthers (4A coaches’ poll) cruised to the non-league win. Matt Gorman doubled for Meadowdale.
At Snohomish H.S.
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O’Neill, Dooley (3), McCabe (6) and Anselment. Leahy, Allen (4), Oglesby (5), Hargrave (6) and Ford, Chandler (4). WP—Leahy. LP—O’Neill. 2B—Gorman (M), Foster (S), Hargrave (S), West (S). HR—Jones (S). Records—Meadowdale 7-5 overall. Snohomish 11-1.
Burlington-Edison 4, Lakewood 3: At Burlington, three Lakewood errors led to three unearned B-E runs as the Cougars dropped the non-conference contest. Josh Spears doubled for Lakewood.
At Burlington-Edison H.S.
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Stauffer, Grafenauer (2), Dragich (4), Harkins (6) and Etchey. Jensen, Acoba and Holmkvist. WP—Jensen. LP—Stauffer. S—Acoba. 2B—Spears (L). HR—O’Neil (BE). Records—Lakewood 10-4 overall. B-E 7-3.
Boys soccer
Sultan 2, Coupeville 0: At Sultan, Matthew Beckers recorded his first varsity shutout at goalkeeper and Simon Chavez scored off an assist from Clint Simon as the Turks won the Cascade Conference contest. Sultan’s first score came via an own-goal by Coupeville.
At Sultan H.S.
Goals—Sultan: Chavez. Assists—Sultan: Simon. Goalkeepers—Coupeville: Adams. Sultan: Beckers. Records—Coupeville 1-9 league, 1-9 overall. Sultan 5-4, 6-5.
Lake Stevens 4, Oak Harbor 1: At Lake Stevens, Wyatt Lee garnered a goal and an assist and Carlos Linares, Vasily Bogdanoff and Nick Rowe added goals for the Vikings, who picked up the Wesco North victory. Kevin Flavin scored the lone goal for the Wildcats.
At Lake Stevens H.S.
Goals—Oak Harbor: Flavin. Lake Stevens: Lee, Linares, Bogdanoff, Rowe. Assists—Lake Stevens: Franzmann, Lee. Goalkeepers—Oak Harbor: O’Neil. Lake Stevens: Masse. Records—Oak Harbor 1-10 league and overall. Lake Stevens 5-3-2.
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