All-comer’s track meet

Malia Schulz, 12, stretches before participating in the 10- to 12-year-old girls race.

Girls preparing at the starting line for a 200-meter dash.

Ben Diacogiannis, 17, takes off at the sound of the whistle for the 100-meter dash.

Kayden Hicks, 5, jumps over a hurtle during the 50-meter dash.

Olivia VanRyswyk, 8, from Canada, attends the all-comers track and field meets while her older brother practices. Here she finishes first in a girls 8- to 10-years-old 200-meter dash, with her mother cheering from the sideline.

Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, 43, assistant professor of Geology at Western Washington University, cheers her daughter Naomi Stelling, 5, from the finish line. Caplan-Auerbach and her family attend a few meets a summer, “It’s great and fun, especially for the kids.”

Caplan-Auerbach enthusiastically hugs her son Tucker Stelling, 5, after he finishes a 200-meter dash.

Josh Bates, 6, enthusiastically displays his first place ribbon to his friends and family.

Josh Bates, 6, Sean Ford, 6 and Zoe Bates, 4.5 show off their ribbons.

MacKenzie Anderson, 14, runs to pole vault over a 6.5-foot-tall bar.

Western Washington University student Tyler Nichols, 20, practices pole vaulting over a 7-foot-tall bar. Nichols also throws for Western’s Track and Field team.