The Watch List: One Renton-area athlete to keep track of in each event at districts and state | Track & field

As track and field teams head into districts and then to state next week, here is the top local athlete (or in a couple of cases, athletes) to watch for.

Each placing was based on best time/distance this season and/or consistency or performance if it was close.

Boys

100 – Duncan Mackay (Hazen)

200 – Mackay

400 – Michael McGillivrary (H)

800 – Eric Bice (Liberty)

1,600 – Bice

3,200 – Trevor Thompson (Lindbergh)

110 H – James Holland (H)

300 H – Troy Solly (Lib)

4×100 – Lindbergh (Derek Roseboro, Devan Bickham, Adam Freed and Frank Cange)/Renton (Robert Reeves, Laudon Thomas, Evan Curry and P.J. Benedictus)

4×400 – Liberty (Solly, Bice, Devin Bennett and Joshua Gordon)

Shot put – Peter Stacy (Lib)

Discus – Joseph Watson (Renton)/Stacy

Javelin – Stacy

High jump – Gordon

Pole vault – Kyle Martin (H)

Long jump – Benedictus

Triple jump – Benedictus

School count: Liberty (8), Hazen (5), Renton (3), Lindbergh (2)

Girls

100 – Starr Williams (H)

200 – Taylor Williams (R)

400 – Elise Aylward (Lind)

800 – Megan Chucka (Lib)

1,600 – Sarah Reiter (Lind)

3,200 – Reiter

100 H – Amadi Bentley (R)

300 H – Bentley

4×100 – Hazen (Madison Dinger, S. Williams, Fabiana Stapleton and Airashay Rogers)

4×200 – Liberty (Brittain Monroe, Delane Agnew, Madison Birdsall and Elizabeth Ryker)

4×400 – Liberty (Agnew, Ryker, Chucka and Birdsall)

Shot put – Rogers

Discus – Lauren Hunter (Lind)

Javelin – Emily Pestl-Dimmitt (Lib)

High jump – Pestl-Dimmitt/Agnew

Pole vault – Danielle Richards (Lib)

Long jump – T. Williams

Triple jump – Hunter

School count: Liberty (7), Lindbergh (5), Renton (4), Hazen (3)

Other notes:

  • Both the Lindbergh boys and girls teams won the Seamount League meet.
  • The Liberty boys team went undefeated through the dual-meet season and finished second at the KingCo 3A meet.