Cruiser Boys Track Wins District Title

The 2022 Evergreen League Champions, the Eatonville Cruiser boys track team, traveled to Vancouver, WA looking to capture a district title at the Southwestern Washington 1A District IV meet held at Seton Catholic High School on Thursday.

The Eatonville Cruiser boys track team poses for a photo after winning the SWW 1A District Championship while Head Coach Geoff Olson holds the district title trophy. Photo: Erik Swartout

The Cruiser boys dominated their competition and came away SWW 1A District IV Champions. Eatonville would capture the first by a landslide, coming away with 138 points overall, beating the second-place team La Center by 50 points.

Picking up first-place finishes for the Cruisers and punching their ticket to State were Job Kralik (200M), Austin Wicker (400M), Kyle Cox (Shot Put), Jake Wood, (Javelin), and Ethan Carter (Pole Vault). Kralik would also punch his ticket to state in the 100M and Long Jump. Cox and Wood would do the same in the Discus. Joey Mueller would also qualify for state in the 1600M.

Alex Lambert claimed a first-place finish in the Pole Vault for the girls with a personal-best mark of 8’2” to punch her ticket to the State championships and help give the girls team a 7th place overall finish.

Eatonville will send eight athletes to the State championships on May 26-28 at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, WA.