It was a track and field invitational party May 1 and local athletes showed they are ready for the run to state.

• Boys track and field

Tahoma High senior Derek Eager dominated in three field events at the Shoreline Invitational at Shoreline Stadium.

He took the shot put with a toss of 55 feet, 6.5 inches while the discus reached 187 feet, boosting him to the top of the state rankings.

Eager easily took the javelin event with a throw of 211-9. He has the top toss in the state with the javelin at 229-5 set April 7 at the Pasco Invitational.

Eager has signed a letter of intent to compete at UCLA next year.

The Tahoma boys finished sixth as a team at Shoreline with a score of 31.

North Central took first with 51.

The Kentwood boys took 10th with a score of 23.

Leading the way for the Conks was Tim Petit winning the 800 meters in 1 minute, 53.93 seconds.

The Kentlake boys came in 43rd.

• Girls track and field

The girls teams attended the Lake Washington Invitational at Lake Washington High in Kirkland.

Kentwood soared to the top with a score of 58.78.

Speedster Holly DeHart took first in two events, the 100 meters in 12.29 and the 200 in a state best time of 24.85.

The Conquerors won the 800-meters relay with Aiesha Goodlow, DeHart, Quincie Proctor-Guyton and Dana Wareham in 1:45.19.

The Tahoma girls team finished fifth with 37 points.

Leading the way was University of Washington-bound Tate Latimer winning the 100-meters hurdles in 15.01.

Lauren Clawson won the 1,600 in 5:09.89 and Julianna Mock the 3,200 in 11:34.69.

The Bears 400-meters relay team took the top time in 50.23. Running for Tahoma was Kassie Jensen, Cassidy Richmond, Paige Hammock and Mande McKinney.

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