Cruiser track and field dominates at home meet

The Eatonville High School track and field team dominated at the league meet it hosted last week. Both the boys and girls grabbed first-place overall wins by huge margins, besting the second-place teams by 49 points.

Between the two teams, the Cruisers won 17 of the 31 events in which they competed.

Each team also had a number of athletes record personal bests at the meet. For the boys, Joseph Mueller bested his 800 meters time of 2 minutes, 32.40 seconds from the 2021 season by 8 seconds with a time of 2:24.41.

For the girls, Brooke Blocker beat the competition in the javelin by 7 feet. That ranks her fifth all time at Eatonville High. She also beat her discus throw by 7 feet, recording the sixth-longest distance in Eatonville history. Grace Coonrod posted a personal best in the 3,200 meters.

The Cruisers had three athletes who claimed multiple first-place victories on the day.

For the girls, Hannah Hanson had three victories in the 100- and 200-meter races. In addition, she was a member of the first place 4x100-meter relay team. Blocker won both the discus and the javelin. Hannah Kralik took first place in the pole vault and as a member of the 4x100-meter relay team. Coonrod won two races in the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters.

For the boys, Mueller won the 800-meter and 1,600-meter races. Logan Taylor also won both the high jump and triple jump.

Below is the full list of first-place finishers for Eatonville:

Boys 

400: Cameron Peace: 58.10

800: Joseph Mueller: 2:24.41 (PR)

1,600: Joseph Mueller: 5:14.86

3,200: Ben Morrish: 12:36.20

4x100: Job Kralik, Dylan Norman, Ky Nation, Evan Wimbles: 46.11

Shot Put: Kyle Cox: 45-10.75

Discus: Tristan Lewis: 119-9.5

High Jump: Logan Taylor: 5-4

Triple Jump: Logan Taylor: 38-11

Girls

100: Hannah Hanson: 14.24

200: Hannah Hanson: 28.50

800: Cheyanne Price: 3:05.37 (PR)

1,600: Grace Coonrod: 5:57.65

3,200: Grace Coonrod: 13:02.19 (PR)

4x100: Hannah Hanson, Ella Gendreau, Hannah Kralik, Jenae Roulst: 55.13

Shot Put: Brook Blocker: 28-9 (PR)

Javelin: Brooke Blocker: 108-9 (PR)

Pole Vault: Hannah Kralik: 7-6

Team scores

Girls 

Eatonville 126

Napavine 77

Elma 72

Kalama 54

Mary M. Knight 16

Boys 

Eatonville 130

Elma 81

Napavine 66

Kalama 64