Here’s what you need to know about the 2022 WA high school track and field state championships

2022 WIAA STATE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

May 26-28

Class 4A/3A/2A at Mount Tahoma High School, Tacoma

Class 1A/2B/1B at Eastern Washington University, Cheney

Heat sheets and live results for all six classifications will be available on the WIAA website.

Schedule: 4A/3A/2A: Thursday — Field events begin at 3 p.m. Track events begin at 3:30 p.m. Friday — Field events begin at 9 a.m. Track events begin at 11 a.m. Saturday — Both field and track events begin at 10:30 a.m. 1A/2B/1B: Thursday — Both field and track events begin at 4 p.m. Friday — Both field and track events begin at 10 a.m. Saturday — Field events begin at 9:55 a.m. Track events begin at 10 a.m.

Tickets: Single day — $7 adults, $5 students/seniors/military for Thursday and $11/8 for Friday and Saturday. Full tournament — $25 adults, $19 students/seniors/military.

2019 team champions: 4A boys — Walla Walla. 4A girls — Tahoma. 3A boys — Kamiakin. 3A girls — Holy Names Academy 2A boys — Sequim. 2A girls — Bellingham. 1A boys — Lakeside of Nine Mile Falls. 1A girls — Okanogan. 2B boys — Adna. 2B girls — Asotin. 1B boys — Mount Vernon Christian. 1B girls — Oakesdale.

The skinny: The track and field state championships are set to return to Tacoma and Cheney this weekend following a two-season pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 track and field season was canceled in its entirety, while the 2021 season was condensed without a postseason. While most defending state champions, as well as former state placers and participants have since graduated, many who competed as freshmen in 2019 are set to return, along with promising newcomers set to appear at the state event for the first time. Here’s a look at some of the top athletes to watch for this weekend (times and marks as recorded on athletic.net).

4A — Emerald Ridge freshman JaiCieonna Gero-Holt is already nationally ranked in the high jump in her first high school season after jumping 6-0 3/4 in April. Only Butler (N.C.) junior Cheyla Scott has jumped higher this season at 6-2. Gero-Holt also has the top time in the state in the girls 110 hurdles at 14.49. … Kentridge’s Saydi Orange ranks third nationally in the girls javelin (157-0), while Hanford’s Katelynn Gelston is 10th nationally in the discus (160-5). … Bellarmine Prep’s Ella Borsheim has the top time in the state in the 3,200 this spring (10:12.84) — which also ranks 14th nationally — and second-best time in the state in the 1,600. … Olympia’s Ethan Coleman enters the meet with the top times in 4A in the boys 1,600 (4:09.79) and 3,200 (8:51.09). His personal-best in the 3,200 is also the top time statewide this spring. … Central Valley’s AJ Acoy McGlofin ranks tied for 11th nationally in the boys high jump at 6-10. … Two Federal Way jumpers — Esther Akinlosotu (40-2.75) and Cassandra Atkins (38-9.75) — have the top marks in the state this spring in the girls triple jump. … South Kitsap has the top times in the state this spring in both the girls 4x200 (1:42.21) and 4x400 (3:53.94) relays, as well as the second-best time in the 4x100 following last weekend’s district meet.

3A — Capital’s Amanda and Hana Moll enter the meet ranked Nos. 1 and 2 in the nation in girls pole vault. Amanda Moll has the nation’s top mark at 14-9 1/2, while Hana Moll has also cleared 14 feet at 14-5 1/4 and has the top mark in the state in the girls 100 hurdles this spring. … Walla Walla’s Dash Sirmon is the top-ranked athlete in the state in the boys division in both the javelin (219-4) and long jump (24-0 1/2) this spring. His personal-best mark in the javelin thrown last month also ranks third nationally, and enters the week as the state’s best throw this spring by 18 feet. … Seattle Prep’s Will Floyd has the No. 19 time nationally in the boys 400 (46.84). … Arlington’s Aiden Emerson has the No. 13 time nationally in the boys 1,600 (4:06.55) as well as the top time in the state in the 800 (1:52.33). … Juanita’s Ashley Schroeder ranks sixth nationally in the girls javelin (150-3), while Kelso’s Erin Tack ranks 14th (146-8).

2A — The sprinters with the top three times statewide entering the weekend in the boys 100 are set to appear in the 2A race in Sehome’s Jacob Andrews (10.55), Sehome’s Carter Birade (10.6) and Foster’s Lyricc Lopez (10.63). Andrews also has the state’s top time in the 200 (21.24), while Lopez ranks third (21.51). … Lopez also has the top time in the state in the boys 300 hurdles (36.26), while Squalicum’s Andre Korbmacher has the No. 2 time (37.87). ... Korbmacher also has the No. 7 time nationally and top time in the state this spring in the boys 110 hurdles (13.63), while Birade has the No. 2 time in the state and is ranked tied for 12th nationally at 13.69. ... Sehome’s Zack Munson ranks 19th nationally in the boys 3,200 at 8:53.12. … Hockinson’s Cody Wheeler has the No. 12 mark nationally in the javelin (201-4).

1A/2B/1B — Rainier’s Jeremiah Nubbe has already set the state record in the boys discus, tossing a 207-4 at a league meet in April, and enters the weekend looking to defend the 2B title he won in the event as a freshman in 2019. Nubbe’s state-best throw this spring also ranks second nationally, and he is the only thrower in the state this season to throw 200-plus feet in the event. Nubbe also ranks third in the state this spring in the shot put (55-8). He is also a nationally-ranked hammer thrower, his 234-6 1/2 throw in April trailing only Woonsocket (R.I.) senior Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan (238-3) this season. … Bear Creek sophomore Braelyn Baker has the top times statewide this season in both the girls 100 (11.87) and 200 (24.71), as well as the top time in 1A in the 300 hurdles (44.47) and top mark in the long jump (17-11 1/4).