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Spring State Championships Begin Thursday

Lindbergh boys tennis looks to repeat as state champs; Live Track and Field on WIAANetwork.com

The Lindbergh boys tennis team looks to repeat as 2A state champs Friday at the Nordstrom Tennis Center on the UW campus. The Eagles send five boys including Alan Kwiatkowski (boys singles), Adrian Villanuva/Sam Bayna and Boris Oks/Bobby Huynh in boys doubles. Lindbergh has one girl in the tournament, Quinn Osborn in singles.

Villanuva and Bayna finished in second place last year, their first round match is against a pair from Ellensburg. A possible rematch of last year's quarterfinals against Interlake's Joe Motto and Eric Radoi if they beat Ellensburg. Villanuva and Bayna won 6-3 6-3. They are in the upper bracket for doubles.

In the lower bracket is Oks and Huynh who face first timers from Lynden in the first round. Kwiatkowski opens with Nick Smith from Sehome. Osburn plays Ephrata's Bianca Schley.

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The tournament begins at 8 a.m. on Friday with girls matches inside and boys matches outside.

Quarterfinals will begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday with girls' matches inside and boys matches outside. Trophy matches for single will begin at 12 p.m.; Trophy matches for doubles will begin at 1:30 p.m. Complete brackets are available on the right side of this story.  

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3A Track and Field

Hazen sends five individuals and two relay teams to Mount Tahoma Stadium for the 3A track and field championships beginning Thursday. Below are the times for each event with athlete's name:

Keith Beasley (Hazen) 800 meter run Friday at 12:15 p.m.

Daniel Huie (Hazen) 800 meter prelims Friday at 12:15 p.m.

Hazen 4 x 400 relay prelims Thursday at 7:15 p.m.

Spencer Shear (Hazen) pole vault Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

Sarah Schoville (Hazen) 100 meter hurdles prelims Thursday at 5:55 p.m.

Hazen girls 4 x 100 meter relay prelims Friday at 3:56 p.m.

Airashay Rogers (Hazen) girls shot put Saturday at 10:10 a.m.

** Admission charge for event, additional information available here.***  

2A Track and Field

Lindbergh sends 15 individuals and 5 relay teams to state. Renton sends  5 individuals and 2 relay teams to Mount Tahoma Stadium starting on Thursday. Below are the times for each event with athlete's name:

Mitchell Hughey (Lindbergh) 800 meter prelims Friday at 12:05 p.m.

Adriel Paine IV (Renton) 800 meter prelims Friday at 12:05 p.m.

Travis Downen (Lindbergh) 1600 meter run Saturday at 2:35 p.m.

Mohamud Abdi (Lindbergh) 1600 meter run Saturday at 2:35 p.m.

Travis Downen (Lindbergh) 3200 meter run Thursday at 8 p.m.

Joe Simpson (Lindbergh) 110 meter hurdles prelims Thursday at 5:15 p.m.

Lindbergh boys 4 x 100 meter relay prelims Friday at 3 p.m.

Lindbergh boys 4 x 400 meter relay prelims Thursday at 6:45 p.m.

Omelyan Strembitskyy (Lindbergh) boys pole vault Friday at 1 p.m.

Trevonn Russell (Lindbergh) boys discus Saturday at 10:05 a.m.

Janayla Scott (Lindbergh) 100 meter dash Friday at 11:30 a.m.

Sarah Reiter (Lindbergh) 1600 meter run Saturday at 2:45 p.m.

Sarah Reiter (Lindbergh) 3200 meter run Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

Christina Wiley (Lindbergh) 100 meter hurdles Thursday at 5:45 p.m.

Lindbergh girls 4 x 100 meter relay prelims, Friday at 3:42 p.m.

Renton girls 4 x 100 meter relay prelims, Friday at 3:42 p.m.

Lindbergh girls 4 x 200 meter relay prelims, Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

Renton girls 4 x 200 meter relay prelims, Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

Lindbergh girls 4 x 400 meter relay prelims, Thursday at 8:15 p.m.

Kaitlin Zinsli (Lindbergh) girls pole vault, Friday at 9:30 a.m.

Janayla Scott (Lindbergh) girls long jump, Saturday at 10:10 a.m.

Janayla Scott (Lindbergh) girls triple jump, Friday at 5:50 p.m.

Aleisha Simpson (LIndbergh) girls shot put, Friday at 4:10 p.m.

Savannah Smith (Renton) girls 200 meter prelims, Friday at 6:45 p.m.

Savannah Smith (Renton) girls 400 meter prelims, Friday at 4:55 p.m.

Jazzlynn Joshua (Renton) girls high jump, Friday at 1:10 p.m.

** Admission charge for event, additional information available here.***

The WIAANetwork will have live coverage during all three days of the track meet. Links to those days are available below.

Thursday's evening session

Friday's morning session

Friday's evening session

Saturday's session

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