Island drag racer Chris Barnes recently landed third place in the National Hot Rod Association’s (NHRA) Northwest Nationals.
The Vashon Pirates football team took to the field in pre-season action last Friday at Franklin Pierce High School in Tacoma.
The Seahawks aren’t the only local football team getting ready to start the fall season, as practices began last week for the Vashon High School (VHS) Pirates varsity and junior varsity (JV) football teams.
Brothers Josiah and Nathanael Thalhofer, VHS (FamilyLink) ’05, recently competed in the Ironman Triathlon in Whistler, B.C.
Virginia Miller, a 16-year-old island athlete, recently earned a silver medal for the javelin throw at the national Junior Olympic games.
After a successful year rowing for California’s NCAA crew team, Vashon High School graduate Mia Croonquist took two gold medals last weekend at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Just a year out of high school, she has now been a part of a U.S. national team four times.
The summer heat may have discouraged some of the adults, but nearly one-third of the more than 300 finishers of Saturday’s 35th annual Bill Burby Inspirational were in the 18-and-under categories. And some of them made it look easy, kicking up their speed as they neared the finish line.
Rule one: Apply sunscreen liberally. Rule two: Stay continually hydrated. Rule three: Stay under the shade of the cottonwood trees whenever possible.
The Bill Burby Inspirational 10K Run and 5K Run/Walk will celebrate 35 years this year on Saturday, July 18, when Russ Brazill fires off the starting gun promptly at 9 a.m.
Standout Vashon wrestler Adrian St. Germain continues to rack up honors and was recently chosen to be on the Washington State Schoolboy National Dual Team for the second year in a row.
Most rowing venues on the annual crew calendar are rivers, lakes, estuaries or bays that have been temporarily set up as a racing course. Nathan Benderson Park near Sarasota, Florida, is a noteworthy exception, having been designed and constructed solely as a world-class rowing venue.
The transition from junior to collegiate rowing is best understood in the tightness of the races.
At the WIAA State Track & Field Championship in Cheney last weekend, there was something for everyone. Akin to a circus but with just one large oval ring of entertainment, the meet featured nonstop competitive action and feats of athleticism in 17 different events sprinkled with random acts of inspiring sportsmanship.