Simon Rosselli won both the boys discus and shot put competitions and led the Mead Panthers to a class 4A team title at the Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association Track and Field Championships, taking place May 28-30.

 

The class 4A, 3A and 2A meet was held in Tacoma at Mount Tahoma High; the Class 1A, 2B and 1B meet was held in Yakima at Eisenhower High.

 

Rosselli, the Washington state record holder in the discus off to the University of Oregon next fall, won his third consecutive state title in the event, throwing 223 feet, 11 inches to shatter his own state meet record mark he set the previous year by over 18 feet. It's just the second time this season Rosselli has surpassed 220 feet and his first since throwing his US#1 225-6 at the Arcadia Invitational, which ranks No. 6 all-time in high school history.

 

But for the first time in his career, Rosselli was able to add an additional state title, winning the shot put with a throw of 68-0.75, just over 1.5 feet off the state meet record of 69-9.50 that's stood since 1977.

 

Rosselli's 20 points, which were the only event wins his team collected, guided Mead back on top of the podium stand for the first time since 2024 but this time at a different classification. The Panthers, who won the class 3A title in 2024, won the class 4A title with 55 points, defeating Olympia by two points. Mead clinched the program's ninth title after finishing second in the 4x400 relay to Issaquah.

 

Across all classifications, an abundance of all-time state and state meet records fell over the three-day period.

 

In distance events, Amin Fidaar of Rogers (Puyallup) broke Carl Moe's 2003 state meet record in the 1,600 by nearly half a second in 4 minutes, 4.57 seconds; Cohen Butler of Camas broke Ethan Coleman's 3,200 state meet record record of 8:49.00 by almost six seconds in 8:43.77; and Caden Durocher of Olympia broke Nick Boersma's 2012 800 state meet record of 1:49.87 by a little over a tenth of a second in 1:49.74.

 

Butler's 3,200 was a meet record across all divisions, lowering James Mwaura's time of 8:46.87 from 2018.

 

Freshman Quenton Lanese of Olympia re-broke both his own national freshman class records in the 1,600 and 3,200 races in 4:04.59 and 8:47.19, respectively. He finished second in both races.

 

Kenyon Andrews of Hazen ran another record-breaking performance in the boys 300 hurdles, breaking his own state meet record of 36.00 with a US#5 35.80, which is also a Washington all-time best.

 

Jonathan Allen of Hanford, only a sophomore, cleared a US#6 17-6 to win the boys pole vault and set an all-time Washington best.

 

Yevhen Zhmailo of Lake Washington, a future Oklahoma Sooner, swept both the long jump (24-0.75) and triple jump (49-0.25) titles for the second consecutive year.

 

The Mt. Si girls repeated its class 4A title with 60 points, beating Lake Stevens by four points. Mt. Si earned victories in the 4x200 (1:38.87) and 4x100 (47.26) relays and from Beliya Tidd in the long jump (18-2.50).

 

Skyline's Riley Crandall broke 200 meet record with a 24.09 and ran 11.87 to win the 100, completing the sprint double.

 

Anna Schneidler of Eastlake and Jazzlyn Rei-Smith of Curtis both ran under the state meet record in the girls 300 girls hurdles of 42.06 by Darhain Mills in 2015. Schneilder won the state title in 41.38 and Smith was second in 41.53.

 

Latham West of Bonney Lake won both the girls 1,600 (4:48.99) and 3,200 (10:18.99) titles in lifetime best efforts. Aubrey Wilems of Eastlake won the girls 800, also in a personal best of 2:08.91.

 

Sawyer Chubb of Chiawana ran a personal best 54.76 to win the girls 400.

 

 

The Mercer Island girls repeated the class 3A title with a dominating performance of 101 points, beat Gig Harbor by 51. The Islanders came away with four event wins, including a sweep of both the long and triple jump competitions from Aaliyah Khan, going 19-0 (+2.2 m/s) and 39-3. Lauren Balousek in the 400 (54.80) and the 4x400 relay (3:51.86) were the other two.

 

Cassidy Armstrong of Ballard, a Nike Cross Nationals All-American and future Duke Blue Devil, ran an impressive solo victory in the girls 3,200, running 10:13.69 to finish within less than three seconds of Allie Janke's state meet record of 10:10.83.

 

Savannah Hinton of Silas took down a long-standing girls 300 hurdles meet record of 42.12, held by Ginnie Powell since 2000, in 41.73. Hinton also won the 100 hurdles in 14.55.

 

Shorewood, for the time in program history, won the boys team title, scoring 68 points to Liberty of Issaquah's 49. The Thunderbirds earned 45 of those points from Jaden and Tyler Marlow's combined efforts. Jaden, competing in four events, scored 30 points, including 20 from wins in the pole vault (15-6) and long jump (23-4.25w), and Tyler, competing in two events, scored the other 15, including 10 in his win in the javelin (185-8).

 

Sutton Flint of Liberty of Issaquah was the highest point scorer, winning four events in the boys 100 (10.54), 200 (21.32), 100 hurdles (14.33) and 300 hurdles (36.76).

 

Eddie Bruner Jr. of Lincoln of Tacoma ran 46.62 to win repeat his boys 400 title.

 

Mana Voss of Central Kitsap won both the boys 800 (1:51.09) and 1,600 (4:06.55) titles.

 

 

One of the top performers of the weekend, Anacortes' Dylan Rowell completed a Quentin Nauman-like triple to guide Anacortes to a third consecutive class 2A boys team title.

 

Rowell, a future Gonzaga Bulldog, broke the class 2A state meet records in the 800 (1:51.45), 1,600 (4:03.65) and 3,200 (8:50.12) races, scoring 30 of Anacortes' 81 points. His 1,600 time is also the state meet record across all divisions, besting Owen Powell's time of 4:03.68 from 2025.

 

The Sehome girls took home the program's seventh title, and second consecutive, with an astounding 101 points, beating Cedarcrest by 50.

 

The Mariners, led by members of the Nike Cross Regional Northwest championship team, earned 61 points from all three distance events. 20 of those points came from Kjirsten Ludeman, winning the 800 and 1,600 titles in meet records of 2:06.68 and 4:49.33. Ludeman also achored the Mariners' winning 4x400 relay, which also ran a meet record 3:51.62.

 

Nike Indoor Nationals All-American Laine McKenzie of Cedarcrest won both the girls long jump (18-10.75) and triple jump (39-2) titles.

 

Kela Noji of Nathan Hale, the daughter of American high jump legend Rick Noji, broke the meet record in the girls 100 in 11.77 and won the 200 in a wind-aided 23.99.

 

Lauren Matthews of West Valley of Spokane won the girls 400 in 55.89.

 

 

Hammer thrower standout Kimberley Beard scored 28 points in all three field events and led King's to a fifth consecutive class 1A title with 65.5 points.

 

Beard, a two-time Nike Outdoor Nationals hammer champion heading to the University of Illinois next fall, threw lifetime best marks in all three events, including winning marks of 41-9.25 in shot put and 153-5 in discus. She was second in the javelin, throwing 124-9.

 

The Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) boys, for the first time since 2019, won the class 1A team title, scoring 74 points. The Eagles won five events, including two individual titles from Brody Doran in the 100 (10.70w) and 200 (21.34w).

 

 

The Freeman boys completed back-to-back class 2B titles and won the program's fifth title with 75 points. Trenton Sandborn cleared 6-10 in the high jump and ran a wind-aided 14.06 in the 110 hurdles, winning a unique double-title for the Scotties. Sandborn also finished second in the 300 hurdles to his teammate, Tyce Gilbert, who won it in 38.50.

 

Freshman Faith Jenkins contributed to 40 points for the La Conner girls, leading the Braves to the program's first state title with 60 points. Jenkins won both the 100 (12.42w) and 200 (25.25w) and anchored the winning 4x100 (50.22) and 4x200 (1:45.81) relays.

 

 

The Naselle girls, winning the program's first 1B title, and Pope John Paul II girls, repeating champions, shared the class 1B title by each scoring 64 points, recording the first tie ever between two girls teams in class 1B state history.

 

Naselle's top performer was June Miller, winning both the 400 (57.64) and high jump (5-2). Ruby Henry won the 1,600 (5:32.92) and 3,200 (11:27.86) as the top scorer for Pope John Paul II.

 

Garden City Academy, a private school in Wenatchee that opened in fall 2024, won the school's first state title across all sports, scoring 63 points. Josiah Harris won the 300 hurdles (39.92) and anchored the winning 4x100 (44.50) and 4x400 (3:29.32) relays, scoring 30 points for the Farmers.

 

 

Class 4A - Mead boys 55 points; Mt. Si girls 60 points - RESULTS

 

Class 3A - Shorewood boys 68 points; Mercer Island girls 101 points - RESULTS

 

Class 2A - Anacortes boys 81 points; Sehome girls 101 points - RESULTS

 

Class 1A - Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) boys 74 points; King's 65.5 points - RESULTS

 

Class 2B - Freeman boys 75 points; La Conner girls 60 points - RESULTS

 

Class 1B - Garden City Academy boys 63 points; Naselle, Pope John Paul II girls 64 points - RESULTS