Renton athletes make their mark at state track meets

Published 4:42 pm Monday, June 1, 2015

Athletes from the three Renton high schools did well this past weekend during the 2A and 3A state track meets at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

Renton’s Shelly Sauls came home from this weekend’s competition with three medals, including a second-place finish in the 2A 200 meters and fourth-place finish in the 100 meters (Shorecrest’s Wurrie Njadoe won both events). Sauls finished just 0.82 seconds behind in the 200.

Sauls third medal came in the 4×200 relay in which the Renton team of Raylan Aplonio, Sauls, Savannah Smith and Olivia Carter earned a second-place finish, finishing a scant 0.02 seconds behind the winners, Bellingham.

Hazen’s Alicia Nguyen also placed in two events in the 3A girls meet, finished 11th in the high jump and 13th in the long jump.

On the boys 2A side, Lindbergh’s Isiah Banfro and D’Shaun Sims each brought home two individual medals.

Banfro finished second in the 200 meters and third in the 100 meters, just 0.11 and 0.04 seconds back of the winner, respectively.

Sims finished fifth in the discus and 10th in the shot put.

Other 2A state finishers on the boys side include the Renton 4×100 relay team of Maurice Hunter, Josiah Stroy, Tony Vo and Taiwan Washington finished seventh.

And in the pole vault, the Lindbergh trio of Robby Wiliams, Derek Anderson and Antonio Lim finished fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively.

In the 3A meet, Hazen’s Jesus Vargas finished eighth in the 800 meters while Parker Trewet finished eighth in the shot put.

On the girls side, Lindbergh’s Aajua Brooks finished third in the long jump while Lindbergh’s Feven Fessehatzion and Renton’s Tyra Beckman finished 13th and 16th in the 3200 meters and Lindbergh’s Riley Hill finished 10th in the javelin.

At the 3A girls meet, Hazen’s Sarah Hart also finished 15th in the 1600 meters and Michele Lilly finished 15th in the triple jump.