Boys state track: Union’s King, Washougal’s Bischoff save best for last (video)

“I figured out what I was doing wrong,” King said. “It was there, but it didn’t quite come together.”

Defending champion Nolan Van Amen led wire to wire. The South Kitsap senior went over 183 feet on his first throw, eventually winning in 184-8.

“Nolan pretty much won on the first throw so it was tough to battle back,” King said.

Washougal’s Joshua Bischoff also had his best throw at the end. He added a fourth-place medal in the 2A shot put to his second-place finish in the discus Thursday.

The senior was sixth entering his final toss. On the final attempt of his high school career, Bischoff had a personal-best of 50 feet, 5.75 inches.

“On my last throw, my coach told me to think of one thing that I should do and put all my force into that one thing,” Bischoff said. “So I choose to put my arm out as far as I could. That gave me the distance I needed.”

Hockinson senior Kedrick Johnson added a fifth-place medal in the triple jump to the 2A long jump title he won the previous day. He dislocated his shoulder on his final leap Thursday and was one foot off his season best Friday.

Woodland’s Jacob Davis placed fourth in the 110 hurdles finals.

In Friday’s preliminary heats, Union’s Jilven Refil clocked the fastest times in the 100 meters (10.87 seconds) and 200 meters (22.29). He entered the state meet with the fastest times in both events.

Camas senior Adam Ryan’s 800 meter time of 1:53.19 was the fastest in Friday’s preliminaries and the third-best time this season in Class 4A. He also ran the fifth-fast preliminary time in the 400 meters.

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

Class 4A State Championships

At Tacoma

Friday’s Finals

Winner and local athletes

110 hurdles – 1, Nick Johnson (Gonzaga Prep) 14.05; 8, Carter Clay (Union) 15.40.

Discus – 1, Nolan Van Amen (South Kitsap) 184-8; 2, Bailey King (Union) 180-2.

Triple jump – 1, Mason Sallee (Federal Way) 48-0.5.

High jump – 1, Mitchell Jacobson (Walla Walla) 6-10; 9, Garrett Davies (Mountain View) 6-0.

Pole vault – 1, Roman Ruiz (Chiawana) 15-6; 6, Trevor Bushman (Union) 14-0; 13, Jacob Bedont (Camas) 13-0; 14, Aaron Yewman (Skyview) 13-0; 15, Jed Shaver (Evergreen) 12-6.

Preliminaries (top 8 to finals)

100 meters – 1, Jilven Refil (Union) 10.87; 8, Michael Ugarov (Union) 11.28.

200 – 1, Jilven Refil (Union) 22.29.

400 – 5, Adam Ryan (Camas) 49.18; 13, Orin Johnson (Evergreen) 51.27.

800 – 1, Adam Ryan (Camas) 1:53.19; 7, Mason Scheidel (Skyview) 1:53.85; 9, Dustin Zimmerly (Camas) 1:55.54; 11, Cade Greseth (Camas) 1:57.87.

400 relay – 12, Union (Jilven Refil, Michael Ugarov, Cameron Townsen, Ryan Grimm) 43.82.

Class 3A State Championships

At Tacoma

Friday’s Finals

Winner and local athletes

110 hurdles – 1, Chris Diaz (Shorewood) 14.43.

Discus – 1, Wyatt Musser (Kamiakin) 185-10.

Shot put – 1, Nicholas Blair (Everett) 55-0.5; 10, Mason Schell (Columbia River) 46-8.25.

Javelin – 1, Jacob Barnes (Mount Spokane) 187-7.

Long jump – 1, Tyson Penn (Bellevue) 24-1.25; 8, David Tran (Prairie) 21-9.5.

Preliminaries (top 8 to finals)

300 hurdles – 6, Michael Schmidt (Prairie) 40.06.

Class 2A State Championships

At Tacoma

Friday’s Finals

Winner and local athletes

110 hurdles – 1, Benjamin Doucette (Bellingham) 14.27; 4, Jacob Davis (Woodland) 15.51.

Shot put – 1, Ben Malquist (Sehome) 51-11; 4, Joshua Bischoff (Washougal) 50-5.75; 16, Aubrey Kraft (Washougal) F .

High jump – 1, Emmanuel Thornton (Franklin Pierce) 6-4; 9, Malik Lewis (Hudson’s Bay) 5-10; 14, Zach Vasilas (Ridgefield) 5-8.

Triple jump – 1, Emmanuel Thornton (Franklin Pierce) 46-0; 5, Kedrick Johnson (Hockinson) 43-5.25; 9, Matt Rotundo (Washougal) 41-8.75

Pole vault – 1, Joey Weiler (R.A. Long) 15-10.

Preliminaries (top 8 to finals)

100 meters – 14, Kedrick Johnson 11.52.

400 – 8, Brandon Lehto (Ridgefield) 51.39.

800 – 7, Brandon Lehto (Ridgefield) 1:59.58.

300 hurdles – 7, Jacob Davis (Woodland) 40.14; 8, Cole Walker (Hockinson) 40.39; 11, Stephen Chan (Hudson’s Bay) 41.81.

400 relay – 13, Hockinson (Kedrick Johnson, Aidan Mallory, Peter Schultz-Rathbun, Cole Walker) 45.09; 15, Woodland (Damon Holland, Hunter Raney, Tyler Flanagan, Jacob Davis) 45.31.

Class 1A State Championships

At Cheney

Friday’s Finals

Winner and local athletes

Javelin – 1, Zach Annanie (Lakeside) 183-7; 13, Nick Lamberton (Seton Catholic) 134-11; 14, Dustin Johnson (King’s Way) 133-4.

Discus – 1, Jose Padilla (Chelan) 195-0.

Triple jump – 1, Joe Lang (Royal) 44-8.5.

Preliminaries (top 8 to finals)

800 – 14, Brock Schoene (Seton Catholic) 2:05.96.

110 hurdles – 8, Jeremy Scott (La Center) 16.76.

1600 relay – 11, La Center (Jeremy Scott, Kellen Sullivan, Tanner Dreyer, Thomas Dreyer) 3:36.78