Keeping Track: Where area sports stars meet their future
Keeping Track: Where area sports stars meet their future
Wed, 03/14/2018
By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR
Brett makes it a Texas trio
Highline graduate Ryan Brett has left the Tampa Bay Rays organization and signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers that included an invitation to the Major League camp this spring.
Brett joins Chief Sealth graduate Keone Kela and Thomas Jefferson graduate Tony Barnette at the Rangers’ camp to form a threesome of local athletes.
Brett, a second baseman, signed with the Rangers as a free agent Jan. 10. He played for the Durham Bulls of the Rays organization this past year.
Kela and Barnette both return as mainstays in the Texas bullpen.
Barnette has a 2-0 record this spring, while Kela is 0-0 with a 3.86 earned run average and four strikeouts in 2.1 innings of work. Barnette also has four strikeouts only in five innings.
McPhee, Giomi enter NCAA play
Mount Rainier graduate Brittany McPhee and West Seattle graduate Lydia Giomi are both bound for the NCAA women’s basketball tournament with their respective teams – both of which are playing teams from Washington in the first round.
Giomi and the Oregon Ducks open against Seattle University with a 4:30 p.m. Friday home game in Eugene, while McPhee and the Stanford Cardinal will host Gonzaga at 3 p.m. Saturday in Palo Alto.
Both games can be seen on ESPN2.
Season ends for Seattle Pacific
The season has ended for Mount Rainier graduate Jordan McPhee and the Seattle Pacific University women’s basketball team.
The GNAC tournament champion Falcons fell to San Diego by a 64-51 score in their NCAA Division II tournament opener this past Friday.
McPhee scored seven points in the game to go with two rebounds, one assist and two steals.
Five compete for UW in track and field
Five area graduates are now members of the University of Washington track and field team.
Casey Burns from Kennedy Catholic is a senior jumper for the Huskies and Ballard graduate Carolyn Birkenfeld is a senior sprinter.
Monica Cohen from Ballard is in her sophomore season as a pole vaulter, while the UW’s freshman class includes Mount Rainier graduate Aiden Bosco (sprints and hurdles) and Chief Sealth graduate Assa Kaba (sprints). Kaba redshirted last year and Bosco is a true freshman.
Brown throwing for Cougars
The Washington State University track and field team includes Mount Rainier graduate Amani Brown, who is a junior thrower.
Three in Husky rowing program
Washington has three local graduates involved in its rowing program.
Phoebe Marks-Nicholas from Ballard is a senior for the Huskies and fellow former Beaver Nancy MacGeorge is a junior.
Austin Regier from Mount Rainier is a sophomore for the men.
Seattle Pacific has two rowers
There are two area graduates rowing for Seattle Pacific University.
Katy Graham is a sophomore from Ballard, while Jacqueline Kemp is a freshman from Burien who was home schooled.
Taylor running for Falcons
West Seattle graduate Lani Taylor is a sophomore sprinter for the Seattle Pacific University women’s track and field squad.
Dirks rowing at Seattle University
The Seattle University rowing program includes junior Chief Sealth graduate Jessie Dirks.
