By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

A even dozen athletes from West Seattle qualified for this coming Thursday, Friday and Saturday's state Class 3A track and field meet to be held at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

Cass Elliott of West Seattle High School led the pack at the Sea-King District meet that concluded Friday, qualifying second in the boys 300-meter low hurdles with a time of 41.20 seconds.
Teammate Chaaka Trahan took third in the boys 110-meter high hurdles with a time of 15.46, and he also qualified sixth in the long jump at 20 feet, 7.75 inches.

Lani Taylor of the Wildcats qualified in three girls events, taking third in the district meet in the 400-meter run in 57.47, fourth in the 100 in 12.93 and sixth in the 200 in a 26.31.
Lorna Sailai of Chief Sealth came in third in the girls shot put at 34-05.00 ahead of Lexi Ione of West Seattle (33-04.00).

Natalie Fuller of West Seattle also scored a third place finish, reaching 34-09.00 in the triple jump.
The Chief Sealth foursome of Assa Kaba, Imani Carey, Chloe Myers and Quinn Wiley combined for third place in the girls 400-meter relay in 50.35 and also qualified fifth in the 800 relay in 1:47.02.
Ronnie Parker of Chief Sealth finished fourth in the boys triple jump at 43-10.00 and Chris Nunez of West Seattle snagged sixth in the boys 300 hurdles in 42.13 to also reach state.