TACOMA — The Lakewood boys track team placed 11th overall with 23 points and the girls were 11th as well with 22 points at the 2A State Tournament at Mount Tahoma High School.

One of the consistent placers for Lakewood was junior Josh Dickey, who placed second in the 100 meters with a time of 11.18 seconds; sixth in the 200 meters in 22.61; and ran a leg in the 4×100 relay team that placed third with a time of 43.24.

“I felt pretty confident. I just did the best I could and focused on my technique,” he said about his 100-meter run. “I put in a lot of hard work in the offseason like stretching and doing planks.”

Dickey set a new school record of 10.86 seconds in the during the 100-meter preliminaries.

Running with Dickey in the 4×100 were Cruz Griffin, Tyler Courtney and Brett Bustad, who all felt good about their performances.

“We we’re ranked third coming in,” Griffin said. “We wanted to shoot for second. We had a bit of a mess up on my exchange. I guess it worked out. I’m not complaining.”

The relay team also set a school record in the preliminaries with a time of 42.68 seconds.

On the girls team, Megan Fenton placed second in the discus, throwing 113-04 meters, and Paige Shimkus was fourth in the javelin at 118-08 meters.

Lakewood coach Jeff Sowards said the intense heat on Thursday, which was around 80 degrees, caused the Cougars to underperform, but he was pleased with their efforts on Saturday.

“Thursday was not good day for us, we had a team meeting on Friday to try some things differently,” Sowards said. “Obviously, that paid off because everyone qualified on Saturday.”

Sowards contributed the successes of the season to Lakewood’s coaching staff and athletic trainer Nathan Zahn, who helped rehabilitate certain injuries.

-Placers for boys-

Josh Dickey was second in the 100 meters in 11.18 seconds; sixth in the 200 meters 22.61 and 13th in the long jump for 20-00.25 meters.

The 4×100 relay consisting of Cruz Griffen, Tyler Courtney, Brett Bustad and Dickey finished third in 43.24 seconds.

Douglas Davis was sixth in the 3200 meters in 9:29.84 and ninth in the 1600 meters in 4:24.41.

Kelson Brewer was sixth in the 300 hurdles in 40.9 seconds.

Bustad was 14th in the long jump for 19-10.75 meters and 14th in the triple jump for 41-02.75.

-Placers for girls-

Megan Fenton was second in the discus for 113-04 meters

Paige Shimkus was fourth in the javelin for 118-08 meters.

Bethany Fisher was sixth in the 400 meters in 1:00.08.

Britney Albro was sixth in the 800 meters in 2:21.34.

Reille Jones was sixth in the shot put for 36-09 meters.

Yareli Ochoa was ninth in the high jump with 4-10 meters.