The Juanita High School girls track and field team won the district title Friday at the Southwest Complex in West Seattle. The girls competitions were dominated by Rebel senior Alanna Coker, who won four individual district titles for Juanita. Overall, Kirkland female athletes finished first in seven of the 16 events during the district championship.

The Juanita girls team won the meet with 104.5 points – 27.5 points better than the second place team Holy Names. The Juanita boys finished fifth overall with 59 points.

“The boys and girls really came out to compete and had the best day in Juanita history,” said Juanita head coach Neil Kells. “Combined, we won eight events … These athletes have been working hard all season to reach state and now we are taking 21 of them.”

The Lake Washington boys finished 11th and the girls finished 13th.

For Coker it was a big step forward in her goals for state. But her performance will go down as one of the greatest in school history for a district meet.

Coker began districts with a win in the long jump, an event she finished second in at the KingCo championship meet. Coker leaped to 18 feet – 11 inches better than her KingCo performance and the next closest competitor at districts.

From there, she continued to dominate, taking first in the triple jump by three feet with a distance of 38-feet, 7.75-inches. The senior showed why she is one of the fastest runners in the state, taking first in the 100-meters with a time of 12.36 seconds and the 200-meters with a time of 25.20.

Fellow Rebel senior Kate Cryderman also had a good couple of days in West Seattle, taking first in the discus with a distance of 123-feet, 9-inches, 10 feet better than the next closest competitor. Cryderman also won the shot put with a distance of 39-feet, 8.25-inches. She finished second during the javelin competition (115-feet, 5-inches).

Rebel Molly Grager gave the team its seventh first-place finish, winning the high jump with 5-feet, 4-inches. Grager also took third in the long jump (34-feet, 11.25-inches), while teammate Mikayla Jones placed fourth (34-feet, 5.5-inches).

“When you have only 24 girls on the team it can be hard to win dual meets, but a little easier in bigger meets because we have so many talented girls,” said Kells. “Eleven girls qualified out of Kingco’s for the District meet and when you have athletes like Alanna, Kate and Molly who have been great leaders for us this year, it was our time. Those three went into that meet and put their team on the back and lead them to the win. It was awesome.”

Rebel Lilja Jonsson tied for third in the high jump at five feet.

Lake Washington junior Sara Wilson helped carry the banner for the Kangs, finishing second in the 300-meter hurdles (46.68 seconds). Wilson also took third in the 100-meter hurdles (16.33 seconds).

In the 400-meter relay the Juanita team of Kaila Bass, Kathryn Wuchter, Alicia Kiehl and Regi Lammers took third (50.55 seconds), while the Lake Washington team of Michelle May, Shelby Bergren, Sara Wilson and Anneke Kniestedt finished seventh (4:09.72) in the 1,600-meter relay. Juanita finished just behind the Kangs, as Graer, Bass, Kiehl and Lammers took eighth (4:15.52).

Bass, Kathryn Wuchter, Lammers and Jones finished sixth in the 800-meter relay (1:47.78).

Lake Washington junior Shelby Bergren finished seventh in the 100-meters (12.94 seconds).

Boys competition

The Juanita boys’ finish was driven by depth, as they had just one individual event champion. But the Rebels also had 13 individual placings in the top 10 during the meet.

Juanita senior Alex Wallin won the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 39.59 seconds. Wallin went on to place third in the 110-meter hurdles (15.15 seconds) just ahead of teammate Vincent Ly, who placed fourth (15.77 seconds).

Juanita junior Kedrick Murphy placed second in the triple jump with a distance of 44-feet, 1-inch.

Lake Washington junior Kenyon Butler took second in the 400 meters with a time of 49.89 seconds.

Ly, Murphy, Alec Martin and Travis Marshall finished third overall in the 400-meter relay (43.34 seconds) for Juanita. Wallin, Santos Zaid, Marshall and Murphy teamed up to take fifth in the 1,600-meter relay (3:26.42).

Juanita senior Ryan Reid took fourth in the high jump with six feet, while teammate Christian Robertson’s 5-feet, 8-inches was good enough for seventh.

In the 100-meters, Marshall finishes fifth overall (11.29 seconds). Marshall also took fifth in the 200-meters (22.56 seconds).

Kang Filip Juric finished fifth in the 300-meter hurdles (42.81 seconds), just in front of Ly in sixth (43.86 seconds).

Lake Washington sophomore Devon Grove finished sixth in the 3,200-meters (9:27.7) and finished 10th in the 1,600 meters (4:32.77).

Anden Lewis of Lake Washington finished seventh in the pole vault with 11-feet, six inches.

The Rebel’s Re’Jon Booker took seventh in the triple jump (41-feet, 2.25-inches), while teammate Austin Chen finished 10th (40-feet, 2.25-inches).