{"id":10498,"date":"2009-06-01T14:21:35","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T21:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/state-track-k-ms-daigre-wins-schools-first-title-since-2006\/"},"modified":"2016-10-21T18:00:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T01:00:32","slug":"state-track-k-ms-daigre-wins-schools-first-title-since-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/state-track-k-ms-daigre-wins-schools-first-title-since-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"STATE TRACK: K-M’s Daigre wins school’s first title since 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"

Derrick Daigre nearly pulled off a dandy double Saturday afternoon during the Class 4A state track and field meet at Mount Tahoma High.<\/p>\n

Instead, Kent-Meridian\u2019s sophomore sensation settled for one \u2013 and a golden one at that.<\/p>\n

Daigre, who sports a lanky 6-foot-4, 156-pound frame that is built for speed, lit up the oval on a sunsplashed afternoon, bolting to personal-best 1:52.57 and leaving the competition behind in the 800-meter dash.<\/p>\n

Yet, Daigre came within an eyelash of winning a pair of titles. He brought home a silver medal in the 400 meter, a race in which he nearly caught winner Jacob Sealby of Wenatchee in the final 15 feet. Sealby stopped the clock in 49.01, just ahead of Daigre\u2019s 49.05.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought maybe he would die or give up a little bit,\u201d said Daigre. \u201cBut he stayed strong. I couldn\u2019t have asked for a better race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trying to chase down titles in the 400 and 800 is a particularly difficult task for any athlete to attempt due to the proximity of time in which they\u2019re run at during the state meet. After winning the 800, Daigre had a few hours to rest before trying to chase down Sealby.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a tough double, coming back with tired legs, especially after setting a (personal record) by two seconds in the 800,\u201d said K-M coach Ernie Ammons.<\/p>\n

Daigre\u2019s two big performances keyed Kent-Meridian\u2019s second-place finish in the team standings. The Royals collected 34 total points, tying for second place with Central Kitsap and Beamer. Mead won the team title with 49 points.<\/p>\n

The top four teams earn a trophy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just want to bask in the glory of what we had this year,\u201d Ammons said. \u201cIt was a pretty good run. To walk away with a state trophy on the boys\u2019 side is icing on the cake.\u201d<\/p>\n

The highlight of the day, however, belonged to Daigre, who became K-M\u2019s first champion in any sport since Jessica Duran won the 300 hurdles in the 2006 state track meet.<\/p>\n

And though he didn\u2019t pull off a victory in the 400, it proved to be one of the most exciting races \u2013 boys or girls \u2013 of the afternoon. The K-M sophomore trailed considerably with 70 meters remaining before finding his kick. At the finish line, Sealby\u2019s chest simply broke the tape a fraction of a second ahead of Daigre.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kid has a reserve tank in there that we didn\u2019t know about,\u201d said Ammons. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen that much foot speed out of him in the 800 \u2026 he just put it in overdrive and didn\u2019t look back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nor did the rest of the K-M boys.<\/p>\n

Marlowe Brim, making his second-straight state appearance, delivered a fourth-place performance in the shot put. Brim, who did not place at state last year, heaved the shot put 53-feet-1.75 inches.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the Internet, I was already ranked fourth,\u201d said Brim. \u201cI was happy in that sense, but I really wanted to move up and get first, second or third. I wanted to place in the top three.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, K-M also received a third-place finish from its 4 x 100 relay team of B.J. Arceneaux, Brandon Harris, Andrew Smith and David Jones. The contingent stopped the clock in 42.90 to earn the silver.<\/p>\n

Arceneaux, however, wasn\u2019t finished, taking home a fourth-place finish in the 200 with a time of 22.32.<\/p>\n

Add it all up, and things could not have gone much better for the Royals.<\/p>\n

\u201c(The second-place finish) exceeded any expectations we had going into the meet,\u201d said Ammons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Derrick Daigre nearly pulled off a dandy double Saturday afternoon during the Class 4A state track and field meet at Mount Tahoma High. Instead, Kent-Meridian\u2019s sophomore sensation settled for one \u2013 and a golden one at that. Daigre, who sports a lanky 6-foot-4, 156-pound frame that is built for speed, lit up the oval on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":10499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-10498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10498"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=10498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}