Both Kirkland high school track and field teams performed well during the state championship meet at Mount Tahoma Stadium in Tacoma last week.
On the boys side, Juanita High School finished 13th overall as a team during the meet thanks to a good mix of events.
Juanita junior Makiah Gilmer finished third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.46 seconds.
The 400-meter relay team of Jared Holden, Gilmer, Salvon Ahmed and Dean Sise finished third with a time of 42.80 seconds.
Nathan Casebier of Juanita finished fifth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39 seconds.
Juanita’s relay team of Dylan Moctezuma, Randy Jones, Noah Kells and Jordan Emerick-Cayton took seventh in the 1,600-meter relay with a time of 3-minutes, 25.42 seconds.
Coulsen Wright of Lake Washington finished 13th overall in the high jump with a height of 5-feet, 10-inches.
Jones took 12th in the triple jump with 41-feet, 7.5-inches.
Alex Guerrero of Lake Washington finished 13th in the discus with a distance of 122-feet, 10-inches.
Lake Washington senior Coulsen Wright finished 10th in the javelin with a distance of 160-feet, 11-inches, while teammate Brandon Gockel was 14th with a distance of 143-feet, 2-inches.
Girls
The Kirkland girls teams did just as well, with Juanita finishing 19th overall in state and Lake Washington 30th.
Natalie Vetto of Lake Washington finished fourth in the javelin with a distance of 124-feet, 8-inches, while Juanita sophomore Natayah Bauer was sixth (117-feet, 1-inch).
Juanita senior Emily Peterson finished 14th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:49.82.
Lake Washington senior Lauren Curlanis finished eighth in the triple jump with a distance of 35-feet, 2-inches and then finished 10th in the long jump with a distance of 16-feet, 5.75-inches.
The Rebels had three athletes finish in the top 16 in discus, including Bauer in sixth overall (124 feet), Aubrie Cain in eighth (120-feet, 9-inches) and Allie Knerr in 15th (98-feet, 1-inch).