Colony boys, girls finish 3rd in Region III track meet

KENAI — The Colony Knights had a hold on the Kardinals Friday in terms of points, but admitted defeat by the end of the Region III Track and Field Championships Saturday.

On the girls’ side, the Lady Knights were bested by Kenai and Soldotna, who scored 153 and 121 points, respectively, to Colony’s 99. For the boys, it was the Kodiak Bears who came out on top both days with a total score of 154, followed by Kenai at 111 and a narrow miss by Colony at 110.

But, Colony head coach Tom Lincoln said the Knights gained a lot of personal records this weekend, and there should be more to come. He was a little concerned about peaking early going into the region meet, but he isn’t too worried about that now.

“After seeing the kids perform I think we’re right on target (for state),” Lincoln said.

The Knights had some big guns in the boys’ sprint races, he said, with junior Hunter Harwood leading the charge. Harwood bested Valley rival Jared Layton of Palmer in the 100-meter race by .04 seconds for the win, and claimed a region record in the 200 with a time of 23.05. Colony’s 400 and 800 relay teams — consisting of Harwood, Heita Kitagawa, Jacob Davis and Steven Bilafer — also took second and third, respectively.

The team that beat them? Palmer stars Layton, Chase Ferris, Nick Daniels and Tyler Spatz.

“We knew that we’d have a good chance in the 4x2 and we knew the 4x1 would be close,” said Palmer head coach Tim Popowski. “It was pretty close.”

Results were not finalized as of press time but Popowski said the boys ran another 1:33-plus to match their performance last weekend in the 400.

Despite missing the mark on the relays, Lincoln said the Colony boys’ team has performed better than usual individually. The fact that Colony’s sprinters have done so well this season is a bit of an anomaly, he said, as the boys’ team usually better dominates the longer races.

“Kodiak was deep in the distance and we just didn’t have that,” Lincoln said.

Jill Bowker posted the highest finish in the distance races for the Knights, finishing third in the girls’ 3,200-meter run.

“The Kenai girls are just kind of a well-rounded team overall,” Lincoln said.

The majority of Colony’s points were scored in the field events, with junior Chase Stevens grabbing four wins in the high jump, long jump, triple jump and 100-meter hurdles. Her male counterpart, sophomore Brandon Nicholson, also won the triple and high jumps, took third in the long jump and finished second in the 400-meter dash.

Lincoln said the pair were voted MVPs by the team for regularly scoring the most points for their team individually, in addition to just being good teammates.

“Brandon is usually a 40-point kid, and so is Chase,” Lincoln said.

Other top scorers for the Knights include Melvin Charles-White, who took third in the 300 hurdles, senior Isaiah Tira, who took third in the 110 hurdles, and Anna Condio took second in the long jump. Maria Cucullu also took second in the triple jump, and the girls’ 4x200 team took second in their relay.

In the discus, Asa Walling took third for the Colony boys and Kristina Tennesen took third for the girls.

Wasilla’s top scorer at the meet was Sylvia Tuisaula, who won the girls’ shot put with a throw of 35 feet, 10.5 inches, almost a foot farther than runner up Annie Quinn of Soldotna. Tuisaula’s teammate, Demi Glenn, finished third with 33-11.5. Tuisaula also took fifth in girls’ discus.

Sophomore Ceil Dunleavy, last year’s state champion in the high jump, also scored high for the Warriors, jumping 5 feet 4 inches to “tie” with Colony’s Stevens.

Riley Burroughs was Wasilla’s top runner for the weekend, placing fourth in the 3,200-, 1,600- and 800-meter runs.

Ruby Woodings led the Lady Moose in the running, finishing third in the 400, just ahead of teammate Rya Berrigan.

Coach Popowski said he’s looking forward to seeing his relay teams at state and hopes a few more individuals will qualify.

“We’re just gonna keep working, he said. “We hope to be pretty successful and get kids on podium at state.”

Contact Caitlin Skvorc at 352-2266 or caitlin.skvorc@frontiersman.com.

Region III Championships

Saturday, Kenai

4A boys team scores:

1. Kodiak 154; 2. Kenai 111; 3. Colony 110; 4. Soldotna 86; 5. Palmer 39; 6. Wasilla 26.

4A girls team scores:

1. Kenai 153; 2. Soldotna 121; 3. Colony 99; 4. Kodiak 75; 5. Wasilla 46; 6. Palmer 31.

4A boys individual results:

Finals

High jump — 1. B. Nicholson, Col 6-4; 2. K. Orth, Ken 5-8; 3. W. Walker, Kod 5-6; 4. I. Tira, Col 5-4; 5. P. Cutright, Pal 5-2; 6. K. Vinson, Sol 5-0.

Long jump — 1. J. Jackman, Ken 21-0.5; 2. T. Duke, Sol 20-1; 3. B. Nicholson, Col 19-11.5; 4. J. Lee, Was 18-11; 5. B. Alcaide, Kod 18-8; 6. D. Gibbs, Sol 18-5; 7. B. Blumentritt, Sol 17-10.25; 8. N. Daniels, Pal 17-8.25.

Triple jump — 1. B. Nicholson, Col 44-06.75; 2. J. Jackman, Ken 43-04.0; 3. K. Danielson, Ken 40-05.75; 4. T. Cooper, Ken 39-10.75; 5. D. Gibbs, Sol 39-08.25; 6. J. Lee, Was 38-10.5; 7. J. Mangalus, Kod 38-04.75; 8. D. Eiman, Pal 38-01.5.

Shot put — 1. K. Pillans, Kod 48-06.0; 2. A. O’Guinn, Sol 41-07.0; 3. D. Best, Sol 41-02.25; 4. A. Alvarado, Col 40-07.0; 5. D. Kolomeychuk, Was 40-02.0; 6. A. Gilland, Col 39-01.5; 7. R. Carrington, Pal 38-01.75; 8. T. Wheeler, Pal 38-01.0.

Discus — 1. K. Pillans, Kod 147-09.0; 2. D. Best, Sol 121-02.0; 3. A. Walling, Col 119-06.0; 4. B. Frick, Was 118-07.0; 5. W. Tuisaula, Was 116-01.0; 6. A. Welborn, Ken 115-07.0; 7. A. O’Guinn, Sol 114-04.0; 8. T. Randall, Ken 113-07.0.

3200-meter run — 1. L. Thomet, Kod 9:02.4; 2. Jon. Theisen, Ken 9:23.4; 3. Jor. Theisen, Ken 9:43.5; 4. K. Osowski, Kod 9:49.6; 5. M. Parnell, Kod 9:58.42; 6. D. Peterson-Thompson, Col 10:06.3; 7. T. Knopp, Col 10:10.7; 8. D. Shuler, Sol 10:14.2.

100-meter dash — 1. H. Harwood, Col 11.38; 2. J. Layton, Pal 11.42; 3. J. Mangalus, Kod 11.51; 4. H. Kitagawa, Col 11.69; 5. B. Alcaide, Kod 11.70; 6. T. Randall, Ken 11.94; 7. N. Daniels, Pal 11.96; 8. S. Bilafer, Col 12.08.

200-meter dash — 1. H. Harwood, Col 23.05; 2. J. Mangalus, Kod 23.29; 3. B. Alcaide, Kod 23.52; 4. C. Ferris, Pal 23.55; 5. H. Kitagawa, Col 23.93; 5. 11.70; 6. T. Cooper, Ken 24.07; 7. J. Wilcox, Was 24.33; 8. S. Bilafer, Col 24.63.

400-meter dash — 1. L. Fried, Kod 51.76; 2. B. Nicholson, Col 51.38; 3. J. Meyer, Sol 53.40; 4. B. Furlong, Sol 54.00; 5. J. DeLaFuente, Kod 54.22; 6. N. Foote, Was 55.26; 7. C. Yancey, Sol 56.34; 8. T. Spatz, Pal 56.56.

800-meter run — 1. L. Thomet, Kod 1:55.96; 2. Jon. Theisen, Ken 1:56.26; 3. L. Fried, Kod 1:57.33; 4. Jor. Theisen, Ken 2:00.11; 5. Q. Fuller, Was 2:04.62; 6. M. Parnell, Kod 2:05.05; 7. K. Osowski, Kod 2:06.22.

1600-meter run — 1. L. Thomet, Kod 4:14.0; 2. Jon. Theisen, Ken 4:16.9; 3. L. Fried, Kod 4:17.3; 4. Jor. Theisen, Ken 4:18.8; 5. J. Hannah, Kod 4:32.4; 6. M. Parnell, Kod 4:33.1; 7. Q. Fuller, Was 4:34.79; 8. K. Osowski, Kod 2:06.22.

110-meter hurdles — 1. T. Duke, Sol 15.45; 2. J. Jackman, Ken 16.63; 3. I. Tira, Col 17.19; 4. A. Alonzo, Kod 17.3; 5. T. Teuber, Kod 18.07; 6. M. Charles-White, Col 18.13; 7. H. Foster, Kod 18.28; 8. M. Clyde, Col 18.65.

300-meter hurdles — 1. T. Duke, Sol 39.16; 2. J. Jackman, Ken 42.09; 3. M. Charles-White, Col 43.61; 4. H. Foster, Kod 43.97; 5. S. Larrow, Sol 44.51; 6. K. Vinson, Sol 45.00; 7. I. Tira, Col 45.20; 8. C. Drumm, Was 47.16.

4A girls individual results:

High jump — 1. C. Stephens, Col 5-4; 2. C. Dunleavy, Was 5-4; 3. K. Harding, Ken 5-0; 4. M. DeGuzman, Kod 4-10; 5. R. Walker, Kod 4-10; 6. M. Cucullu, Col 4-8; 7. R. Barcelon, Kod 5-2.

Long jump — 1. C. Stephens, Col 16-3.25; 2. A. Condio, Col 15-5.75; 3. J. Wilson, Ken 15-5.25; 4. K. Harding, Ken 15-4.75; 5. R. Aquino, Kod 15-4.5; 6. A. Wagner, Was 14-11.25; 7. M. Cucullu, Col 14-2; 8. E. Groseclose, Pal 13-7.25.

Triple jump — 1. C. Stevens, Col 34-04.0; 2. M. Cucullu, Col 32-06.5; 3. J. Wilson, Ken 31-11.75; 4. A. Wagner, Was 31-07.5; 5. R. Aquino, Kod 30-11.25; 6. H. Ramsell, Sol 30-10.5; 7. C. Dunleavy, Was 30-08.25; 8. K. Buehner, Was 28-08.75.

Discus — 1. A. Beck, Ken 120-11; 2. A. O’Guinn, Sol 41-7; 3. D. Best, Sol 41-2.25; 4. A. Alvardo, Col 40-7; 5. D. Kolomeychuk, Was 40-2; 6. A. Gilland, 39-1.5; 7. R. Carrington, Pal 38-1.75; 8. T. Wheeler, Pal 38-1.

Shot put — 1. S. Tuisaula, Was 35-10.5; 2. A. Quinn, Sol 34-11.0; 3. D. Glen, Was 33-11.5; 4. R. Walker, Kod 33-05.0; 5. A. Smylie, Pal 31-11.75; 6. K. Tennesen, Col 31-02.5; 7. A. Beck, Ken 31-02.0; 8. S. Buresh, Pal 29-00.75.

3200-meter run — 1. A. Ostrander, Ken 9:58.7; 2. O. Hutchings, Sol 11:26.1; 3. J. Bowker, Col 11:33.2; 4. R. Burroughs, Was 11:36.7; 5. I. Bergholtz, Ken 11:39.9; 6. C. Powers, Col 11:51.8; 7. S. Contraras, Pal 12:07.4; 8. Z. Bigley, Kod 12:11.8.

100-meter dash — 1. K. Whannell, Ken 13.2; 2. T. Rich, Ken 13.61; 3. H. Landess, 13.87; 4. H. Macatuno, Kod 13.92; 5. T. Hilton, Sol 14.02; 6. B. Coghill, Ken 14.10; 7. M. Smith, Sol 14.26; 8. C. Monroe, Pal 14.56.

200-meter dash — 1. D. Nelson, Sol 26.98; 2. K. Whannell, Ken 27.32; 3. H. Landess, Sol 27.63; 4. T. Rich, Ken 28.24; 5. H. Macatuno, Kod 28.53; 6. B. Coghill, Ken 29.19; 7. N. Requier, Col 29.26; 8. C. Vasquez, Was 30.58.

400-meter dash — 1. D. McCormick, Sol 59.40; 2. D. Nelson, Sol 1:00.09; 3. R. Woodings, Pal 1:02.57; 4. R. Berrigan, Pal 1:03.93; 5. J. Block, Col 1:05.42; 6. J. Wilson, Ken 1:05.85; 7. C. Geraghty, Col 1:06.14; 8. E. Bowker, Col 1:06.76.

800-meter run — 1. A. Ostrander, Ken 2:12.78; 2. O. Hutchings, Sol 2:18.94; 3. D. McCormick, Sol 2:24.59; 4. R. Burroughs, Was 2:26.06; 5. A. Gibson, Ken 2:26.42; 6. Z. Bigley, Kod 2:26.67; 7. J. Block, Col 2:28.10; 8. S. Fox, Sol 2:29.34.

1600-meter run — 1. A. Ostrander, Ken 4:48.3; 2. Z. Bigley, Kod 5:20.6; 3. R. Boonstra, Ken, 5:22.1; 4. R. Burroughs, Was 5:22.9; 5. C. Powers, Col 5:27.9; 6. J. Bowker, Col 5:28.7; 7. S. Fox, Sol 5:29.5; 8. M. Erickson, Sol 5:37.0.

100-meter hurdles

1. C. Stephens, Col 16.49; 2. Y. Ahn, Kod 17.62; 3. K. Kilfoyle, Ken 17.72; 4. R. DelaCruz, Kod 18.39; 5. K. Earl, Sol 18.66; 6. H. Ramsell, Sol 18.67; 7. G. Miller, Pal 18.99; 8. A. Cox, Ken 19.12.

123A boys individual results:

Finals

Long jump — 1. B. Nieder, Gra 18-8; 2. C. Seay, Hom 18-2.5; 3. L. Kaltenbach, ACS 18-1; 4. B. Nieder, Gra 17-11.25; 5. P. Berry, Sew 17-4; 6. E. Davis, Sew 17-4; 7. A. McCollum, Nik 17-2.5; 8. T. Zweifel, ACS 16-2.5.

High jump — 1. B. Nieder, Gra 5-10; 2. J. Kingsland, Sew 5-8; 3. P. Stanton, Val 5-4; 4. L. Kaltenbach, ACS 5-4; 5. D. Bauman, Val 5-4; 6. L. Johnson, Nik 5-2.

Triple jump — 1. Bra. Nieder, Gra 38-09.25; 2. Bro. Nieder, Gra 38-05.75; 3. J. Shank, Hom 38-05.5; 4. T. Croft, Hom 38-02.5; 5. X. Bynum, Hou 37-08.75; 6. L. Kaltenbach, ACS 36-09.5; 7. E. Davis, Sew 36-04.5; 8. A. McCollum, Nik 35-08.75.

Shot put — 1. H. Hubbard, Sew 49-6; 2. L. Johnson, Nik 44-3.25; 3. R. Kohutek, ACS 41-11.74; 4. J. Koenman, Hou 40-2.5; 6. D. Hupp, Nik 36-3; 7. J. McCormick, Nik 35-1; 8. T. Scott, ACS 34-11.

Discus — 1. L. Johnson, Nik 120-02.0; 2. E. Davis, Sew 113-08.0; 3. H. Hubbard, Sew 112-02.0; 4. B. Bitler, Hou 110-01.0; 5. I. Johnson, Nik 110-00.0; 6. Z. Bronson, ACS 103-09.0; 7. J. Schmidt, Nik 100-04.0; 8. R. Mitchell, Hom 97-08.0.

3200-meter run — 1. H. Kratz, Sew 10:18.0; 2. J. Beachy, Hom 10:24.0; 3. B. Bennet, ACS 10:25.0; 4. Z. Hamberger, Cor 10:45.6; 5. D. Waclawski, Hom 10:57.1; 6. A. Wuerth, ACS 11:33.9; 7. E. Carrol, Hom 11:40.2; 8. B. Moore, Sew 12:15.8.

100-meter dash — 1. S. Quinn, ACS 11.98; 2. J. Richter, Hom 12.01; 3. J. Shank, Hom 12.10; 4. X. Bynum, Hou 12.21; 5. D. VanderWeide, Gra 12.29; 6. B. Wilson, ACS 12.30; 7. P. Perry, Nik 12.47; 8. J. Roach, Gra 12.51.

200-meter dash — 1. S. Quinn, ACS 23.93; 2. T. Croft, Hom 24.63; 3. C. Seay, Hom 24.77; 4. U. Simmers, ACS 24.80; 5. B. Wilson, ACS 25.33; 6. J. Roach, Gra 25.37; 7. P. Perry, Nik 25.44; 8. C. Elsholz, ACS 25.78.

400-meter dash — 1. M. Todd, ACS 52.87; 2. U. Simmers, ACS 54.32; 3. L. Coverdell, ACS 54.78; 4. P. Berry, Sew 55.76; 5. Z. Howard, Val 56.73; 6. R. Kohutek, ACS 57.50; 7. Seth Brewi, Sew, 57.95.

800-meter run — 1. M. Todd, ACS 1:56.54; 2. M. Marshall, Sew 2:06.65; 3. J. Miller, ACS 2:07.29; 4. T. Zweifel, Sew 2:11.89; 5. S. LeMay, ACS 2:15.86; 6. C. Greene, Val 2:18.00; 7. J. Sanford, ACS 2:21.84; 8. Z. Grace, Hou 2:24.59.

1600-meter run — 1. M. Todd, ACS 4:42.7; 2. H. Kratz, Sew 4:44.0; 3. M. Marshall, Sew 4:44.2; 4. Z. Hamberger, Cor 4:54.87; 5. J. Beachy, Hom 4:57.2; 6. D. Gillespie, Sew 4:59.1; 7. D. Waclawski, Hom 5:01.0; 8. B. Bennet, ACS 5:02.57.

110-meter hurdles — 1. B. Peters, ACS 17.40; 2. B. Sobek, ACS 17.82; 3. J. Kingsland, Sew 17.96; 4. D. VanderWeide, Gra 18.11; 5. J. Railing, ACS 18.14; 6. B. Nieder, Gra 18.20; 7. K. Okamoto, Nik 18.53; 8. T. Cha, ACS 18.91.

300-meter hurdles — 1. C. Seay, Hom 43.16; 2. B. Peters, ACS 43.61; 3. J. Railing, ACS 43.92; 4. J. Kingsland, Sew 44.43; 5. T. Cha, ACS 46.46; 6. J. Gatpandan, ACS 48.6; 7. B. Sobek, ACS 49.00; 8. J. Hofacker, ACS 49.25.

123A girls individual results:

Finals

Long jump — 1. A. Parrish, Nik 16-2; 2. C. May-Thomas, Hou 15-5; 3. B. Perry, Nik 15-2.5; 4. M. Hart, Sew 13-1.75; 5. P. McCaffrey, ACS 13-7.25; 6. A. Woods, Val 13-7; 7. A. Markina, Gra 13-2.5; 8. K. MacDonald, Val 13-0.

High jump — 1. C. Crane, Hom 4-4; 2. V. King, Gra 4-2; 3. R. Thibodeaux, ACS 4-2; 4. M. Shamburger, Gra 4-0.

Triple jump — 1. A. VanderWeide, Gra 32-03.75; 2. A. Parrish, Nik 31-11.5; 3. B. Perry, Nik 29-03.5; 4. D. Koreze-Richards, Hou 28-10.0; 5. P. McCaffrey, ACS 27-06.75; 6. A. Markina, Gra 26-03.0; 7. F. Tebbits, ACS 25-02.5.

Discus — 1. A. Logan, Gra 125-7; 2. L. Kromrey, Sew 104-9; 3. A. Williams, ACS 97-2; 4. H. Edmonds, ACS 80-3; 5. C. Litzen, Nik 79-5; 6. J. Sharral, Val 76-5; 7. K. Quincy, Hou 76-2; 8. A. Reynolds, ACS 75-0.

Shot put — 1. A. Logan, Gra 37-08.0; 2. H. Edmonds, ACS 37-04.0; 3. A. Williams, ACS 29-09.0; 4. K. Quincy, Hou 28-09.5; 5. L. Kromrey, Sew 28-02.0; 6. Jane Sharrai, Val 27-00.75; 7. A. Tedrick, ACS 26-08.5; 8. C. Litzen, Nik 26-08.0.

3200-meter run — 1. E. Balsan, ACS 11:20.4; 2. S. Hamberger, Cor 11:25.3; 3. R. Lindquist, Sew 11:39.6; 4. A. Rosencrans, Hom 12:05.8; 5. A. Mosley, Hom 12:31.9; 6. J. Braun, Sew 12:38.2; 7. A. Pfeiffenberger, Sew 12:39.4; 8. H. Wayner, Cra 12:52.7.

100-meter dash — 1. T. Ealum, ACS 12.75; 2. Z. Langseth, Val 13.52; 3. C. Ellis, Gra 13.56; 4. A. Cardoza, Hom 13.72; 5. V. King, Gra 13.86; 6. A. Parrish, Nik 13.93; 7. C. May-Thomas, Hou 14.24; 8. J. Sutter, ACS 14.26.

200-meter dash — 1. T. Ealum, ACS 25.27; 2. A. Waclawski, Hom 27.31; 3. Z. Langseth, Val 27.69; 4. S. Newton, Gra 27.82; 5. C. Ellis, Gra 27.89; 6. Z. Pitcher, Hom 28.35; 7. C. Epperheimer, Nik 29.21; 8. C. May-Thomas, Hou 29.70.

400-meter dash — 1. T. Ealum, ACS 56.06; 2. A. Waclawski, Hom 1:01.78; 3. Z. Pitcher, Hom 1:03.62; 4. C. Crane, Hom 1:05.48; 5. S. Wolf, Hom 1:06.6; 6. G. Gannon, Gra 1:09.57; 7. A. Woods, Val 1:09.99; 8. J. Sutter, ACS 1:12.66.

800-meter run — 1. E. Balsan, ACS 2:23.86; 2. R. Lindquist, Sew 2:24.32; 3. C. Applegate, Gra 2:25.75; 4. T. O’Hara, ACS 2:28.04; 5. A. Rosencrans, Hom 2:43.11; 6. H. Wayner, Gra 2:45.97; 7. H. Knott, Hom 2:47.33; 8. A. Pfeiffenberger, Sew 2:48.06.

1600-meter run — 1. S. Hamberger, Cor 5:10.8; 2. E. Balsan, ACS 5:16.1; 3. C. Applegate, Gra 5:35.9; 4. A. Rosencrans, Hom 5:42.3; 5. H. Wayner, Gra 5:53.0; 6. A. Mosley, Hom 5:54.0; 7. J. Braun, Sew 5:58.3; 8. A. Pfeiffenberger, Sew 6:02.1.

100-meter hurdles — 1. A. VanderWeide, Gra 17.51; 2. L. Evarts, Hom 17.63; 3. L. Jones, Hom 18.62; 4. E. Brockman, Sew 18.64; 5. A. Quick, ACS 18.80; 6. A. Tedrick, ACS 19.05; 7. K. Sarmiento, Sew 20.13; 8. V. King, Gra 20.23.

300-meter hurdles — 1. A. VanderWeide, Gra 48.82; 2. Z. Langseth, Val 49.30; 3. L. Evarts, Hom 50.20; 4. A. Quick, ACS 50.55; 5. L. Jones, Hom 54.62; 6. K. Davis, ACS 55.09; 7. E. Brockman, Sew 55.76; 8. K. Hauze, Sew 58.67.