The frustration is evident in Steven Warner\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n
Warner, one of the state\u2019s elite track and field hurdlers, delivered some big performances last weekend at Mount Tahoma High during the Class 4A West Central District meet. Yet, it was Warner\u2019s misfortune in the 300-meter hurdles that everyone is still buzzing about.<\/p>\n
On the final stretch of the event, an opponent in a nearby lane came in contact with Warner\u2019s hurdle, causing it to bounce down to the ground and spring back up. A fraction of a second later, the Kentwood senior came crashing to the ground after attempting to clear the moving hurdle.<\/p>\n
Though Warner delivered the meet\u2019s top time during preliminaries (39.28), he was unable to get to his feet quickly enough to finish among the top six. The top six finishers in each event earned tickets to this weekend\u2019s state meet, which also is being held at Mount Tahoma High.<\/p>\n
\u201c(The hurdle) fell down, hit the ground and flew back up \u2026 Steven hit it hard and did a complete roll and tumble,\u201d said Kentwood coach Steve Roche. \u201cHe was in position to qualify for state and didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
Warner was in third place during the time of the fall.<\/p>\n
Meet officials did not see the infraction and, as per Washington Interscholastic Activities Association policy, don\u2019t look at any video that may be available for reviewing. A YouTube video clearly showed the infraction.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was going over the top (of the hurdle) and it rocked up and hit my trail leg pretty good and sent me flying a lane-and-a-half over,\u201d said Warner. \u201cI got up and was confused. I didn\u2019t know if it was real.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ironically, Warner was disqualified from state in the same event last year when his trail leg came in contact with a hurdle.<\/p>\n
Roche protest following the event was denied.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt came down to, their official didn\u2019t see it,\u201d said Roche. \u201cThey saw that he fell, but didn\u2019t see what caused him to fall. It\u2019s one of those circumstances in track and field, where they didn\u2019t see something they should have.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the misfortune, Warner still delivered a strong showing, taking first in the 110 hurdles (14.40) and leading off Kentwood\u2019s state-qualifying 4 x 400 relay team, which took sixth with a time of 3:26.84. Warner\u2019s time in the 110 hurdles established a new school record, one previously established in 1992 by assistant coach Rhamu McCoy.<\/p>\n
Warner hopes to take out his frustration this weekend at the state meet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not done by any means,\u201d he said. \u201cIt bothers me. I\u2019d like to go out and do really well in the 110s. But it\u2019s hard because it\u2019s my senior year and this is my last 300 hurdles ever (in high school) … it\u2019s a terrible way to go out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Warner, however, wasn\u2019t the only Kentwood athlete to establish a new school mark during the district track meet. Dana Wareham took third in the 400 with a time of 58.39, which also set a new school mark.<\/p>\n
Also punching state tickets for Kentwood is: Tim Pettit (800), Darrius Coleman (110 hurdles), Ricardo Tucker (300 hurdles), the 4 x 400 relay team (Warner, Pettit, Tucker and Tristan Askew), Cody Fishel (high jump), Holly DeHart (100, 200), Wareham (400), Kailey Ulland (3,200), the 4 x 200 relay team (Aiesha Goodlow, DeHart, Quincie Proctor-Guyton and Wareham), the 4 x 400 relay team (Alena Davis, DeHart, Kyra Gaines and Wareham), Alyx Toiana (shot put) and Jamie Larsen (pole vault).<\/p>\n
Kentwood also advanced a host of alternates going to the meet.<\/p>\n
\u201cOverall, if you\u2019re sending 19 kids to state, that\u2019s a good thing,\u201d Roche said. \u201cOne year, when I first started, we sent no one. The next year we sent one. It\u2019s awesome to get that many kids move on. That\u2019s a pretty special \u2026 it\u2019s fun to see our program grow like that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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