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Vote now for The News Tribune's Boys Athlete of the Week (May 26 to 31)
Vote now for The News Tribune's Athlete of the Week for contests played between May 26-31. Voting will remain open until noon Wednesday. The polls are located below. You can read about all of the candidates and their accomplishments below. Note: If you are not seeing the poll at the bottom of the story, try opening the story in a different browser, such as Chrome or Safari. Votes emailed will not be counted. Want to nominate a South Sound high school athlete in the future? Email reporter Jon Manley ( or Tyler Wicke (twicke@ or send a direct message on Twitter/X (@manley_tnt or @WickeTyler) with the athlete's first and last name, school, year, position and a stat line from game(s) during the past week. Nominations must be submitted by 5 p.m. Sunday. Nicholas Altheimer, Curtis track and field — Senior sprinted to three state titles at the WIAA Track & Field championships at Mount Tahoma in the 4A Boys 100M Dash (10.59), 200M Dash (21.07), and the 4x100M Relay (40.93). Owen Brown, Mount Rainier track and field — Rams senior claimed the 4A Boys Triple Jump state title with his final leap at Mount Tahoma's WIAA Track & Field championships. Eddie Bruner Jr., Lincoln track and field — Abes junior set a personal record in his 3A Boys 400M title run (46.94) and won his second title with Lincoln's 4x100M Relay (41.69). Xavier Bunn, Tumwater track and field — T-Birds senior took home two gold medals in the 2A Boys Triple Jump (45-5.5) and 4x100M Relay (41.78) at Mount Tahoma's WIAA state meet. Ethan Carter, Eatonville track and field — Cruisers senior captured the 2A Boys Pole Vault state title (15-6) at the WIAA Track & Field championships at Mount Tahoma. Marvis Christian, Franklin Pierce track and field — Cardinals senior successfully defended his 2A Boys Long Jump title (22-8.75) at the WIAA state meet at Mount Tahoma. Mateo Cordero, Mount Tahoma track and field — Won the Mixed 100M Dash Unified title at the WIAA Track & Field championships on his home track (11.79). Jake Cuda, Gig Harbor baseball — Had a strong start in 3A state tournament loss to Kennewick, going five innings, allowing three hits, one run, walking three and striking out two. Andy Glaze, Steilacoom track and field — Sentinels senior won the 2A Boys 800M title (1:53.56) at the WIAA state meet at Mount Tahoma. Carson Godfrey, Olympia track and field — Bears junior won 4A Boys Shot Put title (60-10.5) at the WIAA Track & Field championships at Mount Tahoma. Kanai Kennedy, Mount Tahoma track and field — Freshman sprinter captured the 3A Boys 100M Dash state title on his home track (10.80) at the WIAA Track & Field championships at Mount Tahoma. Ethan Mar, Gig Harbor baseball — Went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a walk in 3A state tournament semifinal loss to Kennewick. Jett Reed, Puyallup baseball — Pitched 4 1/3 innings in relief in Puyallup's 4A state tournament semifinal loss to Lake Washington, allowing no hits, no runs and walking one. Jordan Smith, Timberline track and field — Blazers senior won the 3A Boys 300M Hurdles title at the WIAA state meet at Mount Tahoma. Gage Thompson, Puyallup baseball — Hit a solo home run to left field, scoring Puyallup's lone run in its 4A state tournament semifinal loss to Lake Washington. Geron White, Federal Way track and field — Eagles senior soared to repeat state high jump titles (6-11.25) and claimed the 3A Boys Triple Jump championship (46-6.25) at Mount Tahoma's WIAA state meet.
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‘I'm proud': Curtis' Altheimer races to 4A 100M final at state track and field
Nicholas 'Nico' Altheimer wants to be 'that guy' in Washington — the state's top sprinter and fastest man. He's still one race short of the gold medal, but Thursday's 4A Boys 100-meter dash preliminaries certainly proved the Curtis star right. Altheimer put on a show from the sixth and final heat, bolting to the finish line faster than any sprinter in any classification (10.52) at Mount Tahoma Stadium. He took down a 4A field of 41 total runners and outlasted Kentridge's Berry Crosby (10.59) for Thursday's top time, now locked into Saturday's 4A 100-meter final with a chance to win it all. Altheimer said he felt shaky near the halfway point of his sprint. By watching, you never would've known. 'I felt like I messed up, but it is what it is,' Altheimer said, smiling ear-to-ear. 'I had a nice time. 'The final's going to be something nice.' The Curtis senior owns the state's fastest 100-meter (10.35) and 200-meter (21.02) dashes this spring. He's the final leg of the Vikings 4x100 relay, which set a state record at last week's district meet as the only group to break the 41-second mark, and should contend in the 4A Boys 300-meter hurdles. 'At the beginning of the season, I didn't want to run a relay,' he said. 'We slowly started getting better. And now, we're the only team to ever go under 41 (seconds). 'We feel like we're going to break our record and take this thing all the way.' And he's part of a Curtis track and field program that took home both West Central District III titles, boys and girls. There's talent everywhere, from sprinters and distance specialists to throwers and jumpers alike. 'We've grown so much,' Altheimer said. 'We're basically like a big old family. I love my team. They're the reason I am who I am, too.' Curtis junior Shelby Duah won her preliminary heat in Thursday's 4A Girls 100-meter hurdles (15.23), battling headwinds to finish third in a field of 20. She joins Altheimer in a quest for the gold medal. 'Every single (Viking) here has a chance to win state,' Duah said. 'They're very inclusive and super fun to be around.' Owen Brown let the suspense build. Mount Rainier's senior triple-jumper was last to fly in Thursday's 4A Boys triple jump final at Mount Tahoma Stadium, needing to eclipse 45-8 for the gold. The problem? Brown had never eclipsed 45-7 in his high school career. He'd need a new personal record despite swirling winds on a sunny Tacoma day. 'I just knew I had to run faster,' Brown said. 'I put all my phases together and got a big jump.' We're not sure you can script the final triple jump of his Mount Rainier career any better. On his sixth and last attempt of the afternoon, Brown flew 46 feet and one inch — clearing Gonzaga Prep's Feso Ogbozor by five inches. Class 4A had a new triple jump champion in the unlikeliest of ways. 'It feels good,' he said. 'I've put in the work all season and was able to PR on my last jump.' Lake Washington's Yevhen Zhmailo, the state leader in triple jump this season (50-9.5) and favorite to win Thursday's 4A title, was unable to compete due to an arm injury suffered Tuesday. Puyallup's Justin Temple Jr., the defending 4A champion, grabbed the bronze medal in his repeat bid (45-5.75). 'I just found out today,' Brown said of Zhmailo's absence. 'I would've loved to compete against him, so I just hope he gets better.' Brown, meanwhile, took up triple jumping only a year ago — clearing just 36 feet in his first weeks of training. By this time last spring, he improved six feet, to 42. Make it 46-1 for the new state champ. 'Last high school meet, and I get to PR,' he said. 'It's nice.' Remember the name: Mount Tahoma's Kanai Kennedy has arrived. The T-Birds freshman crushed an overall field of 32 runners by 0.15 seconds in Thursday's 3A Boys 100-meter preliminaries (10.79), a treat for the home crowd at Mount Tahoma Stadium that locks him into Saturday's final race. 'A lot of headwinds, but I came through,' Kennedy said. 'I feel strong.' Kennedy won last week's West Central District III championships in a personal-record 10.61 seconds, the seventh-fastest recorded time in the state this spring. And with three state meets still to come, it's difficult to project a ceiling for the Mount Tahoma freshman. 'It's fun (here at state),' Kennedy said. 'There's a lot of new people I get to meet. I just get out here, make good memories, and have fun. 'Every time I line up at the blocks, I want to win. I just want to win every time.' – Curtis' Kellen McInelly ran a 4:11.09 mile to finish third in the 4A Boys 1600-meter run. Tahoma's Cooper Boyle finished fourth (4:11.19). – Olympia distance runner Sydney Kosa finished second in the 4A Girls 1600-meter run (4:47.45) and Bonney Lake's Latham West took fifth (4:53.05). – Kentridge's Berry Crosby (10.59) and Jordan Miller (10.62) won their preliminary heats in the 4A Boys 100-meter dash to qualify for Saturday's final. Only Curtis' Altheimer was faster among a total field of 41. – He doesn't hail from the South Sound, but Mercer Island's Owen Powell won Thursday's 3A Boys 1600-meter run (4:03.68) — breaking the state meet record held by Lakes' Izaic Yorks from 2012 (4:04.77). 'I was really decisive with my moves today,' Powell said. 'I had a plan going around 800 (meters) to go, and I stuck with that plan. Because I was so decisive and went hard at that moment, that really helped me today.' – Kent-Meridian's Marcella Jones took home silver in the 3A Girls Long Jump (18-11.5) and finished runner-up to Mercer Island's Aaliyah Khan (19-4.5), who set a new meet record. – It's a tie! Olympia's Lydia Bailey and Mariner's Drea Harris shared the leaderboard's top spot in the 4A Girls Shot Put at Mount Tahoma Stadium (41-10.5). – Lincoln's Dre Sio-Fetaui, a three-star football recruit, finished seventh in the 3A Boys Discus Throw (161-7). – Tumwater's Aaron Paul finished runner-up in the 2A Boys High Jump (6-6), and T-Birds senior McKayla Clary grabbed fifth in the 2A Girls Javelin Throw (122-1).
