YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — After not being on the shot-put radar all season on Okinawa, Pinkey McBride picked the last meet of the regular season, 1,000 miles to the north, to earn her biggest victory.

On her very first try of the day, McBride tossed the shot 10.58 meters, shattering the Kanto Plain Association of Secondary Schools championship meet record of 10.19 meters (See results below).

“I usually don’t think about anything when I throw,” McBride said. “But before I threw it, I felt an adrenaline rush. I said to myself, ‘This is it, this is what I came here for,’ and I got my best throw.”

That effort came in the preliminary round, qualifying her for the final, which she won with a put of 10.17, well further than the 8.37 of Tegra Bowie, a military dependent at Zion Christian Academy, who won the Okinawa island championship last month.

“Awesome,” said McBride’s coach, Charles Burns. “She did a great job.”

Kubasaki took eight total gold medals in an event that crowns Kanto Plain champions, but also welcomed Kubasaki, Zion and the new track club attached to Robert D. Edgren High School, the Misawa Flyers of northern Japan, as non-scoring guests.

St. Mary’s International repeated its boys team title, as did the American School In Japan in the girls standings.

Host Yokota placed second in the boys standings and third in the girls.

The Panthers’ girls won both relays, breaking their meet and league record of 50.6 seconds in the 400 relay, clocking a 49.8 — the first time any girls team had ever run a sub-50 time in the event. They also recorded 1-2-3 sweeps of the 100 and 200.

“We’re going to keep breaking them, too,” said Lindaya Brown, who ran the anchor leg. “We work hard, we’re dedicated, we have good teamwork, we know our strengths and weaknesses, we just work together.”

Kinnick senior Joel Pettigrew “made it worth the trip,” according to Devils coach Matt Martinez, as he swept the golds in the shot put (13.14 meters) and discus (34.98).

“I’m very impressed with Joel,” Martinez said of Pettigrew, who qualified for the finals in each event last year but didn’t place. “He kept at it and it paid off. He wanted to come out and perform, and he did.”

Fellow Kinnick senior Leonard Lynce, who had been hampered all season by a groin pull and a strained hip flexor, capped his career by tying for the 200 gold.

“It’s a good way to go out,” he said.

But it was the Dragons who enjoyed a field day, with two of their premier athletes enjoying huge comebacks after being saddled by injuries all season.

Tony Price, a sophomore sprinter who recorded the region’s best 100-meter time of 11.06 seconds in the Petty Memorial Meet, claimed four golds, capturing the 400, tying for first in the 100 and running legs in both the 400 and 1,600 relays.

“It feels great,” said Price, who pulled a hamstring in the Petty meet at Kubasaki last month and later suffered from Achilles’ tendinitis. “I finally feel like I’m back on the team now, doing what we do.”

Serafina Smith, a senior who went undefeated last year, had seen limited action since returning last month from a stress fracture in her left ankle and was nagged by a pulled quadricep muscle heading into the Kanto meet.

But she looked like her old self as she captured the 100 hurdles, clocking a 15.66, two-tenths of a second better than Catherine Thornton of ASIJ.

Other Kubasaki gold medalists included Brian Davis, who won the boys 110 hurdles. Stephen Thompson won the high jump at 1.85 meters and helped the Dragons win the 400 and 1,600 relays.

“The kids enjoy being here and it’s fun,” Burns said. “We proved the folks down south can do this. The weather is nice and they can run.”

Kanto Plain Association of Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships

At Bonk Field, Yokota High School, Yokota Air Base, Japan

Saturday’s results

Boys team scores (league teams only)

1, St. Mary’s International, 116; 2, American School In Japan, 101; 3, Yokota, 93; 4, Nile C. Kinnick, 72; 5, Christian Academy In Japan, 23; 6, Yokohama International, 22; 7, Zama American, 7.

Boys individual results:

Shot put: 1, Joel Pettigrew, Kinnick, 13.14; 2, Roderic Thomas, Kinnick, 12.83; 3, Joe Saffold, Yokota, 12.21; 4, Pavel Kachailov, St. Mary’s, 12.20; 5, Sean Keely, ASIJ, 11.56; 6, James Scott, Yokota, 11.41.

Discus: 1, Joel Pettigrew, Kinnick, 34.98; 2, James Scott, Yokota, 33.89; 3, Roderic Thomas, Kinnick, 33.33; 4, Pavel Kachailov, St. Mary’s, 29.87; 5, Joe Saffold, Yokota, 28.89; 6, Sho Gray, CAJ, 28.87.

Long jump: 1, Chris Chism, Zion Christian Academy, 6.0; 2, Sandy Guilfoile, St. Mary’s, 5.99; 3, Brian Davis, Kubasaki, 5.97; 4, Josh Cunningham, Yokota, 5.94; 5, John Keith, Kubasaki, 5.87; 6, Mick Withers, ASIJ, 5.84.

High jump: 1, Stephen Thompson, Kubasaki, 1.85; 2, Thibault Kervarech, ASIJ, 1.80; 3, Paul Mgri, CAJ, 1.75; 4, Duncan Camacho, ASIJ, 1.70; 5, Sandy Guilfoile, St. Mary's, 1.70; 6, Brandon Brown, Kinnick, 1.60.

100 meters: 1 (tie), Nobu Mitsui, St. Mary’s, and Tony Price, Kubasaki, 11.4 seconds; 3, Josh Cunningham, Yokota, 11.9; 4, Rupert Orchard, ASIJ, 12.0; 5, Paul Jones, Zama, 12.2; Goldstein, YIS, 12.6.

110 hurdles: 1, Brian Davis, Kubasaki, 16.4; 2, Phillip Williams, Yokota, 16.6; 3, Tony Pearson, Yokota, 16.9; 4, William Lawrey, St. Mary’s, 17.9; 5, Bryan Knight, ASIJ, 18.4; 6, Andrew Harvey, ASIJ, 18.6.

200: 1 (tie), Nobu Mitsui, St. Mary’s, and Leonard Lynce, Kinnick, 23.5; 3, Woody Carter, Misawa Flyers, 23.7; 4, Mick Withers, ASIJ, 23.8; 5, Shamarr Howell, Yokota, 24.2; 6 (tie), Travis Ekmark, Kinnick, and Shamar Riddick, Misawa, 24.3.

400: 1, Tony Price, Kubasaki, 51.28; 2, Stephen Thompson, Kubasaki, 51.65; 3, Shamarr Howell, Yokota, 51.9; 4, Alex Hudak, St. Mary’s, 52.5; 5, Rupert Orchard, ASIJ, 52.4; 6, Minoru Teramoto, St. Mary’s, 52.6.

400 hurdles: 1, Rupert Orchard, ASIJ, 58.4; 2, Gino Bono, ASIJ, 58.6; 3, Phillip Williams, Yokota, 1 minute, 0.4 seconds; Yun Sueda, ASIJ, 1:03.8; 5, Thrift, Kinnick, 1:03.5; 6, Komatsu, ASIJ, 1:04.0.

400 relay: 1, Kubasaki, 44.6; 2, ASIJ, 45.3; 3, Misawa, 45.6; 4, St. Mary’s, 45.8; 5, Kinnick, 46.0; 6, YIS, 49.2.

800: 1, Alex Hudak, St. Mary’s, 2:03; 2, Peter Kamau, Misawa, 2:08; 3 (tie), Victor Eby, CAJ, and Mike Warzinski, Yokota, 2:10; 5, Graham Will, Kinnick, 2:12; 6, Thibault Kervarech, ASIJ, 2:13.

1,600: 1, JM Kwak, St. Mary’s, 4:52; 2, Bernhorster, YIS, 4:53; 3, Steven Brink, Yokota, 4:58; 4, Shin Bowers, ASIJ, 5:00; 5, Whitsh, St. Mary’s, 5:04; 6, Chris Chism, Zion, 5:05.

1,600 relay: 1, Kubasaki, 3:36.4; 2, Yokota, 3:38.8; 3, St. Mary’s, 3:39.1; 4, Misawa, 3:42.7; 5, ASIJ, 3:43.8; 6, Kinnick, 3:48.4.

3,200: 1, Bernhorster, YIS, 10:39.13; 2, JM Kwak, St. Mary’s, 10:39.29; 3, Langley, St. Mary’s, 10:48; 4, Shin Bowers, ASIJ, 10:51; 5, Steven Brink, Yokota, 10:54; 6, Sho Gray, CAJ, 10:57.

Girls team scores (league teams only): 1, American School In Japan, 117; 2, Yokota, 96; 3, International School of the Sacred Heart, 80½; 4, Seisen International, 75; 5, Christian Academy In Japan, 42; 6, Yokohama International, 7; 7, Zama American, 6½; 8, Nile C. Kinnick, 5; 9, St. Maur International, 1.

Girls individual results (all distances in meters):

Shot put: 1, Pinkey McBride, Kubasaki, 10.17; 2, Tegra Bowie, Zion Christian Academy, 8.37; 3, Hannah Sakamoto, Sacred Heart, 8.0; 4, Leyna Arbour, Sacred Heart, 7.87; 5, Yuri Koshibe, Seisen, 7.78; 6, Ashley Lucy, Yokota, 7.31.

Discus: 1, Alecia Wallingford, Sacred Heart, 27.18; 2, Hannah Sakamoto, Sacred Heart, 25.32; 3, Ashley Lucy, Yokota, 23.69; 4, Maika Gray, CAJ, 22.88; 5, Ana Kullberg, CAJ, 22.0; 6, J. Lewer, YIS, 21.24.

High jump: 1, Sylvia Janska, Seisen, 1.45; 2, Megumi Doi, Seisen, 1.4; 3, Talai Butel, Sacred Heart, 1.35; 4, Mari Look, Sacred Heart, 1.35; 5, Janna Budge, ASIJ, 1.35; 6, Sofia Kovaleva, Seisen, 1.3.

Long jump: 1, Catherine Thornton, ASIJ, 4.76; 2, Teresa Molina, Seisen, 4.74; Sylvia Janska, Seisen, 4.57; 4, Youme Araki, ASIJ, 4.52; 5, Yuri Koshibe, Seisen, 4.49; 6, Brianna Roberts, Zama, 4.48.

100 meters: 1, Tamara Glover, Yokota, 12.9; 2, Lindaya Brown, Yokota, 13.2; 3, Charlotte Taylor, Yokota, 13.3; 4, Brianna Roberts, Zama, 13.5; 5, Sylvia Janska, Seisen, 13.6; 6, Sachiko Montgomery, ASIJ, 13.8.

100 hurdles: 1, Serafina Smith, Kubasaki, 15.56; 2, Catherine Thornton, ASIJ, 15.8; 3, Jennifer Reed, CAJ, 16.0; 4, Tomikawa, Sacred Heart, 16.1; 5, Ana Kullberg, CAJ, 16.9; 6, Megumi Doi, Seisen, 18.4.

200: 1, Charlotte Taylor, Yokota, 26.6; 2, Tamara Glover, Yokota, 26.8; 3, Lindaya Brown, Yokota, 27.5; 4, Catherine Thornton, ASIJ, 27.7; 5, Sabrina Burpo, Misawa Flyers, 27.8; 6, Tegra Bowie, Zion, 28.0.

310 hurdles: 1, Jennifer Reed, CAJ, 48.2; 2, Catherine Thornton, ASIJ, 49.5; 3, Teresa Molina, Seisen, 53.0; 4, Esther Lui, ASIJ, 53.4; 5, Mariko Makino, ASIJ, 54.1; 6 (tie) Thomas and Collins, Yokota, 54.7.

400: 1, Jennifer Reed, CAJ, 1 minute, 0.7 seconds; 2, Charlotte Taylor, Yokota, 1:01.0; 3, Victoria Sanders, Yokota, 1:02.0; 4, Janna Budge, ASIJ, 1:03.3; 5, Leyna Arbour, Sacred Heart, 1:03.9; 6, Kiki Howell, Yokota, 1:05.3.

400 relay: 1, Yokota, 49.8 (meet and league record; old record 50.6, Yokota, May 8, 2004); 2, Zion, 52.4; 3, ASIJ, 53.2; 4, Kubasaki, 54.2; 5, Seisen, 54.9; 6, Misawa, 55.2.

800: 1, Janna Budge, ASIJ, 2:25; 2, Teresa Molina, Seisen, 2:33; 3, Luna Koizumi, ASIJ, 2:35; 4, Bali, Sacred Heart, 2:36; 5, Carl’Meisha Wourman, Kinnick, 2:38; 6, Kusaka, Sacred Heart, 2:39.

1,600: 1, Luna Koizumi, ASIJ, 5:45; 2, Janna Budge, ASIJ, 5:49; 3, Lisa Nielsen, Kubasaki, 5:52; 4, Beth Nielsen, Kubasaki, 5:54; 5, Bali, Sacred Heart, 5:56; 6, Nako Nakatsuka, Sacred Heart, 6:02.

1,600 relay: 1, Yokota, 4:18; 2, Zion, 4:24.5; 3, Seisen, 4:24.9; 4, ASIJ, 4:30.3; Sacred Heart, 4:32.2; 6, Misawa, 4:32.9.

3,200: 1, Luna Koizumi, ASIJ, 12:12; 2, Beth Nielsen, Kubasaki, 12:34; 3, Lisa Nielsen, Kubasaki, 12:48; 4, Lakeisha Haynes, Zion, 12:59; 5, Nako Nakatsuka, Sacred Heart, 13:03; 6, Emily Cousins, ASIJ, 13:20.

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