Sports Bainbridge Island
Friday, April 4, 2014 • Bainbridge Island Review
www.bainbridgereview.com
Page A9
Catch them if you can: Speedy Spartans are set for season BY BRIAN KELLY
Bainbridge Island Review
Some of these Spartans have run in these circles before. Coach Andy Grimm said Bainbridge returns to track and field this year with a veteran girls team with lots of depth at middistance. Bainbridge also has a young boys team that will be led by state veterans Taylor Wilson (Javelin) and Jack Odell(High Jump). Wilson, a senior, who claimed second place in the javelin at the state 3A track meet in 2013 with a terrific toss of 182 feet, has signed with the University of Idaho. Odell, also a senior, finished in eighth place at last year’s state meet.
SPRING ’14
SPARTAN SPORTS PREVIEW
TRACK AND FIELD
Last year, the Bainbridge boys team ended the season at eighth in the league, and the Spartan girls finished at fifth. Where the teams themselves place at the end is not the point, and that’s something that guides Grimm, now in his 16th year as coach, through the season. “The way the track meets work in Metro, [it’s] about qualifying for the end of the season. They keep score, theoretically, but we don’t focus on team scores,” he said. “We’re trying to get as many kids qualified for the league championships [as we can].”
Luciano Marano | Bainbridge Island Review
BHS sophomore Amanda Siefert practices the hurdles before the team’s first Metro meet at Bainbridge High. Wilson and Odell, “those two are the two kind of known quantities on the boys side,” Grimm said. Wilson is rebounding from an ankle sprain which will delay the start of his competing this season,
however. On the girls’ side, the Spartans expect to be buoyed by its middistance depth and versatility in the 400 and 800. In addition to training for their own events, middle distance run-
ners can also more easily run a shorter, faster race, Grimm said. “A 400-meter kid can come down and run a one and a two,” he said. “That’s where I feel the strength of this team is.” Returning veterans for the team
include junior Mikelle Ackerley, who took fourth place at state in the 800-meter; and Danielle Bogardus, a senior who finished at 10th place in the triple jump with a turn to speedy | A11
Spartans topple Sealth, West Seattle in first Metro track meet win BY BRIAN KELLY
Bainbridge Island Review
The Spartans slipped past Sealth and West Seattle in Metro League track late last week at Bainbridge High in the first meet of the season. Bainbridge took first in girls track, with 65.50 points. Chief Sealth followed in second (35.50) and West Seattle was third, (33). The Spartan boys also claimed first, with 64 points. Chief Sealth was second (57) and West Seattle, third (13). The Bainbridge girls were unstoppable in the mid-distance events. The Spartans swept the top five spots in the 400-meter dash, with Mikelle Ackerley claiming first in 1:02.10. Fellow Spartan Alison Wise was second in 1:02.60, and Natalie Ackerley followed by a whisper at 1:02.90 for third place.
Wise also won the 800-Meter run with a first-place time of 2:39.40. Mikelle Ackerley was second in 2:41.70. Bainbridge also went one, two, three in the 1600-meter run. Allison Murphy was first in 5:38.80. Naomi Von Ruden came in second for Bainbridge at 5:41.70, and Kellie Miller was third, with a time of 5:46.30. The Spartans were also competitive in the hurdles — Amanda Siefert placed first in the 300-meter hurdles (53.10 seconds) — and Bainbridge absolutely owned the relay races. The Bainbridge A Relay team of Lindsay Wienkers, Bailey List, Danielle Bogardus and Aerin Amore placed first in the 4x100, and the same Spartan foursome won the 4x200. The relay team of Amore, Wienkers, turn to track | A11
Luciano Marano | Bainbridge Island Review
The Spartans’ girls 4x100-meter relay team — Lindsay Wienkers, Bailey List, Danielle Bogardus and Aerin Amore — placed first last week.