MS wraps up athletics qualifiers

Middle school runners in the 14U girls 800m Heat 1 take off from the starting line in the last qualifiers of the PSS/McDonald’s All Schools Athletics 2022-2023 last Saturday at the Oleai Sports Complex track and field. (LEIGH GASES)

Middle school participants wrapped up their qualifiers in the 14U PSS/McDonald’s All Schools Athletics 2022-2023 last Saturday at the Oleai Sports Complex track and field.

The 14U boys 200m Top 4 in Heat 1 were Christopher Cruz from DanDan Middle School at 25.03; Keeanu Villanueva from Francisco M. Sablan Middle School at 28.21; Landon Pudney from Saipan International School at 28.46; and Yong Jun Lin from Hopwood Middle School at 30.93 seconds.

Heat 2 was topped by Agape Christian School’s Shulun He at 26.6; second was FMS’ Changhwan Ryu with a time of 27.33; and third was Tanapag Middle School’s Abraham Falig with a time of 27.59 seconds.

Heat 3 Top 3 were Kamron Pangelinan from DMS with a time of 28.45; HMS’ Yi Wei Zou at 29.07; and ChaCha Ocean View Middle School’s Jesse Lin with a time of 33.42 seconds.

SIS’ Audiescott Iakopo led Heat 4 with a time of 25.94; teammate SIS’ Mosha Sikkel with 26.58; and Saipan Community School’s Patrick McDonald with a time of 32.1 seconds.

In Heat 5, ACS’ Daniel Yang dominated with a time of 27.04; DMS’ Peter Camacho was second with 29.1; and third was FMS’ Peyton Basa with 33.38 seconds.

For the U14 girls 200m, Top 3 were ACS’ Barbara Wang with a time of 30.88; DMS’ Ayanna Stole at 32.33; and FMS’ Kohane Nishimura with a time of 33.01 seconds.

Heat 2 Top 3 were COVMS’ Paige Blanco who clocked in at 30.61; Tinian Junior High School’s Chae Yun at 33.93; and FMS’ Maryiel Baculod at 36.01 seconds.

In Heat 3, Tanapag Middle School’s Rhodalyn Zandueta took first place with a time of 31.22; Second was DMS’ Romalyn Ada with a time of 32.47; and third was TMS’ Rayven Quitano at 32.97 seconds.

In Heat 4 Tinian’s Ysabella Lenteja was first at 28.35; HMS’ Yelynn Ha was second at 31.23; and TMS’ Sari Barman was third at 32.08 seconds.

In the 14U 800m boys event, Michael Miller from Grace Christian Academy finished first with a time of 2:19.70; SIS’ Moshe Sikkel was second with a time of 02:28.97; third was ACS’ Daniel Song at 02:38.50.

In the U14 girls division, Aubrey White was first at 03:05.87; HMS’ Yelynn Ha was second with a time of 03:22.09; and third was Rhodalyn Zandueta with a time of 03:22.09.

The 3,000m 14U boys division was topped by ACS’ Raffy Cai with 11:20.29; second was teammate Daniel Song at 12:04.14; and third was DMS’ Landen Taflinger with a time of 12:21.08.

The girls division was led by DMS’ Addalee Taflinger with a finish time of 13:36.35 followed by ACS’ Barbara Wang with a time of 13:59.20 and SIS’ Faith Arriola with a time of 15:20.57.

In the field event of the 14U boys shot put, first was Kallan Seidler from DMS with a distance of 9.25m; second was KyMani Nabors from TJHS at 8.52m; third was David Ye from SCS with 7.88m.

The girls 14U division was led by Ka’isa San Nicolas from TJHS at 7.24m; teammate Paige Sandbergen at 5.94m; third was Alexa Mempin from DMS at 5.66m.
The last field event was the discus throw and the Top 3 in the 14U boys was Kallan Seidler with 20.99m; DJ Joab from SIS at 20.96m; and Peyton Basa at 20.34m.

In the girls division, Ka’isa San Nicolas topped it again with 17.05; Anastasia Minor from COVMS was second at 16.53; and Paige Sandbergen was third at 16.04.

The middle school and high school championship rounds are scheduled for Friday, May 5, and Saturday, May 6.