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FAIRBANKS — The Colony Knights ran away with the girls team title during the Lathrop Invitational Saturday in Fairbanks.
Led by a clean sweep in the sprint events by junior Peggy Mathis, Colony amassed 230 total points in the team standings, and finished 75 points ahead of runner-up Lathrop. Mathis, who won three individual state titles as a member of the Wasilla Warriors on the same Lathrop track last season, finished first in the 100-, 200-, 400- and 800-meter events.
Mathis also set a state best for the 2014 season, clocking a time of 58.26 seconds in the 400.
Mathis helped the Knights earn eight individual wins. Chase Stephens won a pair of events for the Knights, finishing first in the long jump and 100 hurdles. Natalie Lautrup won the 300 hurdles and Maria Cucullu finished first in the triple jump for Colony High.
Colony placed at least one athlete in all 13 individual events in the meet. Three Knights placed in the top 8 of the high jump, 300 hurdles, 800 and 1,600 events.
Colony also won three of the four relay events, running to victories in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 relays.
The Colony boys finished second in the team standings with 145 points. Christian Sessom (1,600) and Lyon Kopsack (3,200) each earned individual wins. Like the girls, the Colony boys also won three of four relay events, grabbing first-place finishes in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 relays. The Colony boys placed athletes in the top 8 in 10 of the 13 individual events.
Lathrop Invitational
Friday-Saturday, Fairbanks
Girls team scores:
1. Colony 230; 2. Lathrop 155; 3. West Valley 92; 4. Valdez 38; 5. Delta 30; 6. Monroe 26; 6. (tie) Hutchison 26; 8. Eielson 23; 9. Glennallen 20; 10. Tri Vlaley 1; 10. (tie) North Pole 1.
Girls individual results:
100 — 1. P. Mathis, Col 12.85; 2. J. Davis, Lat 13.05; 3. E. Johnson, Eie 13.24; 4. A. Younker, Mon 13.39; 5. I. Casiano, WV 13.58; 6. C. Tookes, Lat 13.66; 7. V. Yanish, Hut 13.79; 8. A. Sommer, NP 13.90.
200 — 1. P. Mathis, Col 26.43; 2. P. Eagan, WV 28.06; 3. A. Saxon, Col 28.71; 4. V. Yanish, Hut 28.88; 5. A. Hebard, Lat 28.97; 6. N. Lautrup, Col 29.12; 7. Z. Langseth, Val 29.15; 8. K. Alexander, WV 29.76.
400 — 1. P. Mathis, Col 58.26; 2. A. Hebard, Lat 1:03.54; 3. H. Heinbaugh, Glen 1:03.92; 4. Z. Langseth, Val 1:04.92; 5. C. Dibert, Lat 1:05.04; 6. T. Haan, Col 1:05.22; 7. M. Kubichek, Lat 1:06.20; 8. A. Woods, Val 1:09.92.
800 — 1. P. Mathis, Col 2:23.32; 2. B. Gottmeier, WV 2:24.91; 3. H. Heinbaugh, Glen 2:26.16; 4. K. Maslen, Glen 2:31.83; 5. Z. Timoshenko, Del 2:33.46; 6. C. Geraghty, Col 2:33.76; 7. C. Powers, Col 2:34.61; 8. J. Difolco, WV 2:36.12.
1,600 — 1. B. Gottmeier, WV 5:30.88; 2. J. Difolco, WV 5:34.91; 3. C. Powers, Col 5:35.39; 4. A. Fournier, Lat 5:39.10; 5. C. Geraghty, Col 5:44.59; 6. K. Maslen, Glen 5:50.47; 7. E. Bowker, Col 5:50.62; 8. T. Spaic, Col 5:54.43.
3,200 — 1. A. Fournier, Lat 12:02.52; 2. J. Difolco, WV 12:04.87; 3. M. Meyerhofer, Col 13:25.51; 4. J. Kopsack, Col 13:37.97; 5. Z. Timoshenko, Del 14:01.82; 6. V. Joslin, Del 14:06.50; 7. S. Jung, Sel 14:29.46; 8. K. Mills, Del 14:29.46.
100 hurdles — 1. C. Stephens, Col 15.97; 2. N. Lautrup, Col 17.65; 3. M. McMillen, Val 19.63; 4. K. Gallegos, Lat 19.38; 5. B. Vivens, Eie 19.53; 6. C. Davis, Lat 19.77; 7. S. Britton, WV 20.21; 8. A. Woods, Val 21.12.
300 hurdles — 1. N. Lautrup, Col 50.62; 2. Z. Langseth, Val 52.59; 3. Z. Sanchez, Lat 53.55; 4. H. Gregg, Col 54.55; 5. M. Cucullu, Col 55.07; 6. K. Gallegos, Lat 55.10; 7. C. Davis, Lat 55.58; 8. A. Condio, Col 56.67.
400 relay — 1. Lathrop 53.81; 2. Eielson 54.80; 3. West Valley 55.56; 4. Monroe 59.46; 5. Colony 59.80; 6. Colony B 1:04.85; 7. Delta 1:05.76.
800 relay — 1. Colony 1:55.47; 2. West Valley 1:56.09; 3. Lathrop 1:56.71; 4. Eielson 1:59.84; 5. Lathrop 2:02.55; 6. Monroe 2:06.75; 7. Colony B 2:15.43; 8. Delta 2:19.43.
1,600 relay — 1. Colony A 4:40.20; 2. Colony B 4:53.19; 3. Delta 4:45.38; 4. Lathrop 4:56.58.
3,200 relay — 1. Colony 10:22.53; 2. Lathrop 10:39.59; 3. Colony B 11:28.84; 4. Delta 12:09.83.
Discus — 1. P. Coryell, WV 89-10; 2. K. Tennesen, Col 83-5.5; 3. I. Casiano, WV 78-3.75; 4. T. Levi, Lat 76-10.5; 5. E. Fickes, Val 75-4.25; 6. P. Boonprasert, Lat 73-5.5; 7. A. Hannan, Del 72-10; 8. B. Erickson, Col 68-10.
Shot put — 1. T. Levi, Lat 35-10.25; 2. P. Boonprasert, Lat 30-8; 3. K. Tennesen, Col 27-11.25; 4. P. Coryell, WV 27-4.25; 5. K. Allen, WV 26-11; 6. E. Fickes, Val 25-10; 7. K. Foster, Col 25-7.5; 8. C. Cox, Mon 24-9.5.
Triple jump — 1. M. Cucullu, Col 29-89; 2. K. Gallegos, Lat 28-10; 3. M. Carroll, Lat 28-8; 4. V. Yanish, Hut 28.2.25; 5. M. Warner, Lat 27-10.5; 6. C. Tookes, Lat 27-1.5; 7. D. West, Lat 25-1.5; 8. K. Hoppner, Mon 25-0.
High jump — 1. L. Heinrichs, Hut 4-8; 2. A. Clark, Hut 4-8; 3. C. Stephens, Col 4-8; 4. A. Saxon, Col 4-8; 5. M. Cucullu, Col 4-8; 6. M. Perry, Lat 4-6; 7. D. West, Lat 4-6; 8. B. Slater, WV 4-6.
Long jump — 1. C. Stephens, Col 15-5.25; 2. Z. Langseth, Val 14-10.25; 3. A. Condio, Col 14-3.5; 4. J. Davis, Lat 14-1.25; 5. V. Yanish, Huth 14-0; 6. A. Clark, Mon 14-3; 7. S. Britton, WV 12-7; 8. B. Zabrina, TV 12-3.25.
Boys team scores:
1. Lathrop 230.5; 2. Colony 145; 3. West Valley 103.5; 4. Glennallen 38.5; 5. North Pole 36; 6. Eielson 34; 7. Monroe 28.5; 8. Delta 16; 9. Tri-Valley 12; 10. Effie Kokrine 7; 11. Valdez 5; 12. Hutchison 4.
Boys individual results:
100 — 1. A. Griffth, Eie 10.99; 2. L. Wright, NP 11.26; 3. C. Sudduth, WV 11.38; 4. L. Jones, Col 11.53; 5. T. Phillips, Lat 11.56; 6. J. Cannon, Lat 11.66; 7. P. Cooks, WV 11.66; 8. J. Cummings, WV 11.69.
200 — 1. N. Beshaw, Glen 22.27; 2. T. Phillips, Lat 23.51; 3. T. Jennis, Lat 23.54; 4. L. Jones, Col 23.68; 5. A. Miller, Glen 24.25; 6. B. Hoppough, Lat 24.33; 7. J. Cummings, WV 24.43; 8. H. Harwood, Col 24.86.
400 — 1. J. Cannon, Lat 53.36; 2. J. Sondergaard, Glen 53.55; 3. A. Miller, Glen 54.39; 4. N. Tsigonis, Lat 54.92; 5. B. Koenig, WV 55.79; 6. L. Schneider, Lat 55.97; 7. K. O’Dell, Hut 56.17; 8. D. Swenson, WV 58.20.
800 — 1. K. Simon, WV 2:02.37; 2. C. Sessom, Col 2:04.93; 3. B. Schafer, Col 2:08.53; 4. D. Peterson-Thompson, Col 2:09.71; 5. E. Hoefler, WV 2:10.56; 6. S. King, Lat 2:11.75; 7. M. Donaldson, WV 2:11.94; 8. D. Tatarenko, Del 2:12.77.
1600 — 1. C. Sessom, Col 4:41.39; 2. S. King, Lat 4:45.12; 3. B. Schafer, Col 4:47.73; 4. T. Sayre, WV 4:49.84; 5. M. Donaldson, WV 4:50.45; 6. A. Beehler, Lat 4:51.56; 7. L. Kopsack, Col 4:55.01; 8. D. Peterson-Thompson, Col 4:57.43.
3,200 — 1. L. Kopsack, Col 10:11.02; 2. E. Hoefler, WV 10:15.74; 3. T. Sayre, WV 10:29.41; 4. D. Tatarenko, Del 10:58.83; 5. K. Brune, Lat 11:27.26; 6. A. Bravo, WV 11:27.64; 7. Q. Vinlove, WV 11:30.86; 8. V. Underwood, Lat 11:40.47.
110 hurdles — 1. D. Millington, Lat 16.69; 2. N. Jensen, Lat 16.83; 3. S. Carney, WV 18:08; 4. J. Minder, Mon 18.16; 5. I. Tira, Col 18.41.
300 hurdles — 1. D. Millington, Lat 43.84; 2. A. Walter, Mon 45.67; 3. N. Jensen, Lat 46.16; 4. J. Minder, Mon 46.21; 5. M. Charles-White, Col 47.83; 6. A. Parker, Lat 48.32; 7. I. Tira, Col 48.42; 8. R. Crooks, Eie 48.84.
400 relay — 1. Lathrop 44.25; 2. West Valley 44.95; 3. Lathrop B 46.78; 4. Colony 47.37; 5. Eielson 47.43; 6. North Pole 47.84; 7. Glennallen 47.98; 8. West Valley B 49.12.
800 relay — 1. Colony 1:37.57; 2. Lathrop 1:37.77; 3. Eielson 1:40.70; 4. West Valley 1:41.36; 5. Monroe 1:45.46; 6. Delta 1:53.91.
1,600 relay — 1. Colony A 3:39.71; 2 Glennallen 3:49.10; 3. Lathrop 3:52.46; 4. West Valley 3:55.79; 5. Delta 4:11.67; 6. Eielson 4:11.99; 7. Lathrop 4:12.11; 8. Colony 4:22.21.
3,200 relay — 1. Colony 8:23.17; 2. Lathrop 9:22.01; 3. West Valley 9:52.60; 4. North Pole 9:55.91; 5. Colony B 9:57.78; 6. Delta 10:02.21; 7. Lathrop 10:04.04; 8. Monroe 10:44.81.
Discus — 1. J. Dickson, Lat 127-9; 2. F. Summers, Col 125-6.5; 3. J. Webb, Lat 122-3.75; 4. R. West, WV 120-8; 5. J. Martines, WV 118-8.5; 6. J. Floyd, Col 115-2; 7. L. Juhl, TV 113-5; 8. J. Dickson, Lat 104-4.25.
Shot put — 1. D. Coger, Lat 49-2.75; 2. L. Wright, NP 43-10.75; 3. E. Agae, Lat 43-6; 4. F. Summers, Col 43-0.75; 5. B. Davis, NP 42-10.75; 6. J. Dickson, Lat 40-7.75; 7. L. Juhl, TV 40-7.5; 8. J. Webb, Lat 40-6.5.
Triple jump — 1. D. Millington, Lat 39-10; 2. J. Welch, Lat 39-3; 3. L. Jones, Col 38-10.5; 4. L. Juhl, TV 35-10.25; 5. K. Martin, Lat 35-9.25; 6. C. Ambrose, EK 34-5.25; 7. J. Lunceford, Hut 33-10; 8. N. Jensen, Lat 33-5.
High jump — 1. J. Welch, Lat 6-4; 2. S. Hursh, NP 5-6; 2. (tie) B. Nicholson, Col 5-6; 4. P. Stanton, Val 5-6; 4. (tie) D. Swenson, WV 5-6; 4. (tie) L. Button, Mon 5-6; 7. I. Tira, Col 5-4; 8. L. Bonham, NP 5-4.
Long jump — 1. A. Griffith, Eie 19-4.25; 2. J. Welch, Lat 18-7.5; 3. D. Alexander, Lat 18-4.25; 4. B. Nicholson, Col 18-1.75; 5. C. Ambrose, EK 17-1.5; 6. L. Juhl, TV 17-0; 7. K. Martin, Lat 16-10; 8. C. Seminarrio, Lat 16-7.5.