Colony boys, Wasilla girls earn team titles at Skyview Invitational

SOLDOTNA — Some see the Skyview Invitational as a sneak preview of the Northern Lights Conference championships. If that’s true, a pair of Mat-Su teams should be in the running for the conference crown.

The Colony boys and Wasilla girls claimed team titles at the Skyview Invitational in Soldotna on Saturday.

Colony senior Matt Jaronik won three events and finished second in another to lead the Knights to the boys’ team title. Jaronik, the defending NLC champion in the 200 and 400 meters, won the 100, 200 and 400 on Saturday. He was also second in the long jump on Friday. Anthony Bricker also posted a win for the Knights, finishing first in the 110-meter hurdles.

Devon Teeling led third-place Wasilla with a first-place finish in the shot put. Teeling was also second in the discus.

The Knights finished with 107.25 total points, well head of second-place Kenai Central’s 81.

The Wasilla girls also scored a lopsided win in the team standings.

Freshman Dajanae Harris and sophomore Morgan Dampier each won events to help Wasilla collect 120 overall points.

Harris edged Dampier to win the 100 and Dampier finished first in the 800.

Wasilla’s team of Keri Clump, Alison Kelley, Jenna Ford and Mandi Rinngenberg coasted to a win in the 3,200-meter relay. The Warriors finished 13 seconds ahead of second-place Soldotna.

A trio of Colony athletes won events to help the Knights finish third in the team standings. Shellina Irwin won the shot put and finished second in the discus. Laura Maresh was first in the long jump and Taylor Stewart won the triple jump.

Danielle Barney, the state runner-up in the discus last year, won the discus to lead the Houston Hawks. Bailey Stevenson won the high jump to lead Susitna Valley.

Skyview Invitational

Friday—Saturday

Skyview High School

Boys

Team scores – 1. Colony, 107.25; 2. Kenai Central, 81; 3. Wasilla, 76.25; 4. Anchorage Christian, 54.75; 5. Skyview, 43.5; 6. Grace Christian, 37; 7. Seward, 35.50; 8. Susitna Valley, 24; 9. Soldotna, 22.5; 10. Juneau-Douglas, 16; 11. (tie) Cook Inlet Academy and Homer, 14; 13. Nome-Beltz, 11.75; 14. Houston, 7; 15. Heritage Christian, 4; 16. Nikiski, 3.5; 17. Ninilchik, 2.

Individual results

100 – 1. Matt Jaronik, Col, 11.60; 2. Blake Niver, Col, 11.82; 3. YoRel Simmons, Col, 11.83; 4. Nick Nysewander—Kellard, SuV, 11.88; 5. Taylor Owens, Was, 11.95; 6. Stephen Pine, Was, 12.15.

200 – 1. Matt Jaronik, Col, 24.03; 2. Nick Nysewander—Kellard, SuV, 24.60; 3. Taylor Owens, Was, 24.65; 4. YoRel Simmons, Col, 24.68; 5. Richard Reynolds, Sky, 24.88; 6. Philip Bennett, Sol, 24.93.

400 – 1. Matt Jaronik, Col, 53.64; 2. Colton Schneider, Sol, 53.77; 3. Taylor Owens, Was, 55.16; 4. Colton Buzby, Hou, 55.79; 5. Quinton Metcalf, Gra, 56.17; 6. Pete Hanks, Her, 56.71.

800 – 1. Billy Kiefer, Ken, 2:06.61; 2. Andrew Buchanan, Sew, 2:09.14; 3. Josh Holly, CIA, 2:09.49; 4. Jaron Christenson, Was, 2:09.79; 5. Michael Johnston, Was, 2:10.86; 6. Andrew Arnold, Gra, 2:13.23.

1600 – 1. Billy Kiefer, Ken, 4:45.18; 2. Josh Holly, CIA, 4:46.76; 3. Zachary Bursell, Jun, 4:51.13; 4. Brett Chase, Sew, 4:51.87; 5. John Klein, Gra, 4:54.30; 6. Noah Ripley, Was, 4:55.50.

3,200 - 1. Z. Bursell, Jun 1:10.1; 2. A. Arnold, Grace 10:25.59; 3. S. Fischer, Was 10:26.67; 4. J. Klein, Grace 10:28.00; 5. A. Gillespie, Sew 10:30.75; 6. B. Holt, Sky 10:33.34.

110 hurdles – 1. Anthony Bricker, Col, 16.72; 2. Daniel Brandon, ACS, 16.88; 3. Luke Charters, ACS, 16.92; 4. Blake Niver, Col, 17.50; 5. Dillon Covey, Nin, 17.78; 6. Joe Sandahl, Ken, 18.28.

300 hurdles – 1. AJ Hull, Ken, 43.04; 2. Blake Niver, Col, 43.17; 3. Anthony Bricker, Col, 43.59; 4. Daniel Brandon, ACS, 45.54; 5. Luke Charters, ACS, 45.77; 6. Jesse Atherton, Sew, 46.62.

400 relay – 1. Skyview (Jordan McNamara, Albert White, Kyle Pietro, Kyle Shedd), 46.32; 2. Colony, 48.61; 3. ACS, 48.63; 4. Homer, 49.03; 5. Wasilla, 50.29; 6. Soldotna, 50.58.

800 relay – 1. Skyview (Vlad Federer, Albert White, Jasen Sounveri, Kyle Shedd), 1:38.05; 2. Su Valley, 1:39.71; 3. Soldotna, 1:40.18; 4. Seward, 1:42.70; 5. Houston, 1:42.73; 6. Wasilla, 1:43.33.

1600 relay – 1. Kenai Central (Joe Sandahl, AJ Hull, Adam Agosti, Billy Kiefer), 3:45.00; 2. Seward, 3:47.18; 3. Soldotna, 3:49.18; 4. Wasilla, 3:49.34; 5. Grace, 3:50.74; 6. Su Valley, 3:53.77.

3200 relay – 1. Grace (Andrew Arnold, Quinton Metcalf, Jacob Kirk, Joseph Dillon), 8:39.34; 2. Seward, 8:52.82; 3. Wasilla, 9:01.80; 4. Skyview, 9:02.96; 5. Homer, 9:45.01; 6. Houston, 10:28.73.

High Jump – 1. Tyler Spalding, Ken, 6—0; 2. Tanner Enloe, Col; 3. (tie) Augustus Simmers, ACS, and Jeremy Head, Nome; 5. Lathen Brashears, Was, 5—6; 6. Dylan Figley, SuV, 5—4.

Long jump - 1. T. Spalding, Ken 19-0.25; 2. M. Jaronik, Col 18-10; 3. C. Bydlon, Was 18-5; 4. A. White, Sky 17-3.75; 5. I. Edwards, Was 16-11.5; 6. S. Parrish, Nik 16-11.5.

Triple Jump – 1. Tyler Spalding, Ken, 40—9; 2. Ryan Scott, ACS, 39—5; 3. Jeremy Head, Nome, 38—8; 4. Greg Michaelson, Col, 38—7; 5. Tanner Enloe, Col, 38—4.5; 6. Aaron Richwine, ACS, 37—7.5.

Discus – 1. Tyler Spalding, Ken, 126—2; 2. Devon Teeling, Was, 125—10; 3. Derrick Parham, Sky, 118—7; 4. Aaron Richwine, ACS, 114—0; 5. Brian Sears, Gra, 108—8; 6. Cache Summers, Col, 104—10.

Shot put -1. D. Teeling, Was 41-11.75; 2. R. Kaike, Hom 39-11.5; 3. A. Richwine, ACS 39-5; 4. E. Johnson, Grace 38-4; 5. A. Rodriguez, Sky 38-3.75; 6. A. Vreeman, Her 37-6.5.

Girls

Team scores – 1. Wasilla, 120; 2. Kenai Central, 79; 3. Colony, 70; 4. Juneau-Douglas, 50; 5. Skyview, 49; 6. Soldotna, 43; 7. Anchorage Christian, 29; 8. Kenny Lake, 24; 9. Grace Christian, 20; 10. Houston, 15; 11. Seward, 14; 12. Nikiski, 11; 13. Susitna Valley, 10; 14. Cook Inlet Academy, 7; 15. (tie) Heritage Christian and Ninilchik, 1.

Individual results

100 – 1. Dajanae Harris, Was, 12.79; 2. Morgan Dampier, Was, 13.04; 3. Sadie Arneson, CIA, 13.42; 4. Chantell Bennett, ACS, 13.47; 5. Cori Schleich, Was, 13.52; 6. Jelly Nolden, Soldotna, 13.87.

200 – 1. Lierin Flanagan, Ken, 26.41; 2. Dajanae Harris, Was, 27.51; 3. Gabriella Serventi, Gra, 28.49; 4. Cori Schleich, Was, 28.76; 5. Paris Cooper, Skyview, 28.91; Gladys Nickerson, Was, 29.03.

400 – 1. Lierin Flanagan, Ken, 59.61; 2. Morgan Dampier, Was, 1:01.78; 3. Bailey Beeson, Ken, 1:02.59; 4. Paris Cooper, Sky, 1:06.00; 5. Bree Mucha, Sol, 1:06.80; 6. Gabriella Serventi, Gra, 1:07.08.

800 – 1. Morgan Dampier, Was, 2:19.36; 2. Ivy O’Guinn, Sky, 2:19.38; 3. Kailey Wilson, Kenny Lake, 2:32.04; 4. Keri Clump, Was, 2:33.26; 5. Alison Barnwell, Sew, 2:36.11; 6. BethAnne Davis, Gra, 2:38.43.

1600 – 1. Kailey Wilson, Kenny Lake, 5:28.26; 2. Jenna Ford, Was, 5:28.61; 3. Leah Francis, Jun, 5:35.78; 4. Alison Barnwell, Sew, 5:38.03; 5. Mariah Applegate, Gra, 5:43.46; 6. Bree Mucha, Sol, 5:45.99.

3200 – 1. Ivy O’Guinn, Sky, 11:32.25; 2. Kailey Wilson, Kenny Lake, 11:40.87; 3. Jenna Ford, Was, 11:41.70; 4. Alison Barnwell, Sew, 11:48.57; 5. Leah Francis, Jun, 11:59.06; 6. Mandi Rinngenberg, Was, 12:02.26.

100 hurdles – 1. Emily Sharp, Jun, 15.45; 2. Shaynee DeVito, Ken, 17.02; 3. Samantha Sharp, Jun, 17.12; 4. Leah Sandahl, Ken, 17.49; 5. Mariah Ulen, Sol, 17.59; 6. Kiera Rust, 17.65.

300 hurdles – 1. Shaynee DeVito, Ken, 51.78; 2. Siobhan Johansen, Col, 53.87; 3. Elisha Hollers, Sky, 55.12; 4. Chantell Bennett, ACS, 55.14; 5. Sydney Roumagoux, Sky, 56.75; 6. Claire Gillespie, Hou, 58.54.

400 relay – 1. Kenai Central (Bailey Beeson, Sasha Thompson, Samantha Hull, Leah Sandahl), 54.05; 2. Soldotna, 55.36; 3. ACS, 56.28; 4. Juneau, 56.67; 5. Skyview, 57.03; 6. CIA, 57.79.

800 relay – 1. Kenai Central (Leah Sandahl, Shaynee DeVito, Bailey Beeson, Lierin Flanagan), 1:51.93; 2. Wasilla, 1:53.65; 3. Juneau, 1:55.61; 4. ACS, 1:56.43; 5. Soldotna, 1:58.02; 6. Skyview, 1:58.57.

1600 relay – 1. Kenai Central (Leah Sandahl, Shaynee DeVito, Bailey Beeson, Lierin Flanagan), 4:19.24; 2. Wasilla, 4:33.64; 3. Soldotna, 4:41.21; 4. Juneau, 4:44.92; 5. Grace, 4:45.64; 6. Skyview, 4:46.42.

3200 relay – 1. Wasilla (Keri Clump, Alison Kelly, Jenna Ford, Mandi Rinngenberg), 10:26.42; 2. Soldotna, 10:39.20; 3. Grace, 10:41.85; 4. Colony, 10:45.67; 5. Seward, 10:59.98; 6. Kenai Central, 11:05.84.

Shot put – 1. Shellina Irwin, Col, 35—10.75; 2. Mercedes (Annette) Highley, Jun, 33—3.25; 3. Jillian Troisi, Was, 32—2.5; 4. Olivia James, ACS, 31—11; 5. Tessa Adelmann, Sew, 31—8; 6. Chayna Ward, Was, 30—7.

Discus – 1. Danielle Barney, Hou, 108—10; 2. Kassandra Johnson, Nik, 100—07; 3. Shellina Irwin, Col, 99—8; 4. Gaynor Johansen, Col, 91—7; 5. Jessie Duke, Sol, 89—6; 6. Megan Hansen, Nik, 88—2.

High Jump – 1. Bailey Stevenson, SuV, 4—10; 2. Mariah Ulen, Sol, 4—10; 3. Taylor Stewart, Col, 4—8; 4. Savanna James, Hou, 4—6; 5. (tie) Callie Quinlan, ACS, Marlee Cunningham, Sky and Brianna Goins, Nin, 4—4.25.

Long jump – 1. Laura Maresh, Col, 14—8.25; 2. Taylor Stewart, Col, 14—8; 3. Casee Penrod, Sky, 14—7.25; 4. Dajanae Harris, Was, 14—6; 5. Iris Neary, Jun, 13—10.75; 6. Taylor Steiner, Was, 13—10.

Triple jump – 1. Taylor Stewart, Col, 32—5; 2. Kiera Rust, Was, 32—1.5; 3. Debbiey Simmers, ACS, 31—11; 4. Casee Penrod, Sky, 31—0; 5. (tie) Laura Maresh, Col and Siobhan Johansen, Col, 30-9.