Colony junior notches track and field hat trick

WASILLA — Brandon Nicholson is on a tear.

For the second straight week, Nicholson notched the track and field hat trick. The Colony junior finished first in three individual events to help Colony finish second overall in the boys’ team standings of the Kenai Invitational April 23 in Kenai.

Nicholson won the high jump, long jump and triple jump events. Nicholson hit 6 feet to win the high jump, landed a mark of 20-9 in the long jump and 44-2.5 in the triple jump. He also finished second in the 400 meters.

Dakota Peterson-Thompson finished second in the 1,600 for the Colony boys.

Colony finished with 105 total points in the team standings, seven shy of first-place Anchorage Christian School.

Palmer, led by a pair of relay wins, finished third in the team standings, with 85 points.

Palmer won both the 400 and 800 relays. The Moose were also second in the 1,600 relay and third in the 3,200 relay.

Brady Southwick was the runner-up in two events, finishing second in the 110 and 300 hurdles. Chase Ferris was second in the 100.

Quincy Fuller led sixth-place Wasilla with a win in the 3,200 meters.

Colony used a pair of individual wins and a relay victory to finish third in the girls’ standings.

Kristian Tennesen won the girls’ discus for the fourth straight meet. Her latest victory came with a throw of 111-9. Anna Condio was first in the triple jump, and Colony won the 3,200 relay race.

Colony finished with 81.5 total points in the girls’ standings.

Palmer and Wasilla finished tied in the girls’ standings with 42 points each.

Ceil Dunleavy, a two-time defending state champion in the girls’ high jump, finished first in the event for Wasilla, with a mark of 5-5. Palmer was led by a victory in the 1,600 relay.

Kenai Invitational

Friday, Saturday at Kenai Central

Boys team scores: 1. Anchorage Christian Schools, 112; 2. Colony, 105; 3. Palmer, 87; 4. Soldotna, 86; 5. Kenai Central, 69.5; 6. Wasilla, 45.5; 7. Grace Christian, 41.5; 8. Cook Inlet Academy, 31; 9. Seward, 30.5; 10. Nikiski, 24.5; 11. Homer, 12; 12. Valdez, 6.5.

Boys individual results:

100 meters — 1. Holden Quinn, ACS, 11.24 seconds; 2. Josh Jackman, Ken, 11.37; 3. Chase Ferris, Pal, 11.46; 4. Preston Atwood, Sew, 11.61; 5. Jake Richter, Hom, 11.72; 6. Brenner Furlong, Sol, 11.83.

200 — 1. Holden Quinn, ACS, 22.97; 2. Chase Ferris, Pal, 23.26; 3. Noah Leaf, CIA, 23.33; 4. Jonathan Pomrenke, Col, 23.67; 5. Teddy Croft, Hom, 23.72; 6. Zane Vrvilo, Col, 23.78.

400 — 1. Frederick Onochie, ACS, 51.43; 2. Bradon Nicholson, Col, 51.67; 3. Sylvanus Edi, ACS, 53.32; 4. Tyler Spatz, Pal, 54.09; 5. Zane Vrvilo, Col, 54.65; 6. Preston Weeks, Sol, 55.74.

800 — 1. Aaron Swedberg, Sol, 2:01.66; 2. Levi Michael, Sol, 2:02.12; 3. Emmanuel Van Hout, Sol, 2:05.98; 4. Dakota Peterson-Thompson, Col, 2:07.04; 5. Blake Bennett, ACS, 2:08.30; 6. Luciano Fasulo, Hom, 2:10.17.

1,600 — 1. Blake Bennett, ACS, 4:41.37; 2. Dakota Peterson-Thompson, Col, 4:41.70; 3. Josiah Alverts, Pal, 4:45.51; 4. Hunter Kratz, Sew, 4:47.41; 5 (tie). Karl Greathouse, Was, 4:54.88; Alex Wuerth, ACS, 4:54.88.

3,200 — 1. Quincy Fuller, Was, 10:08.18; 2. Blake Bennett, ACS, 10:08.82; 3. Dakota Peterson-Thompson, Col, 10:16.22; 4. Hunter Kratz, Sew, 10:23.33; 5. Josiah Alverts, Pal, 10:23.40; 6. Alex Wuerth, ACS, 10:34.22.

110 hurdles — 1. Noah Leaf, CIA, 15.77; 2. Brady Southwick, Pal, 16.07; 3. Jarett Wilson, Ken, 16.40; 4. Ben Sobek, ACS, 16.71; 5. Wyatt Helton, Was, 17.07; 6. Matthew Daniels, Pal, 17.38.

300 hurdles — 1. Noah Leaf, CIA, 41.08; 2. Brady Southwick, Pal, 42.20; 3. Jarett Wilson, Ken, 42.58; 4. Jonathan Railing, ACS, 42.82; 5. Melvin Charles-White, Col, 44.07; 6. Koby Vinson, Sol, 44.34.

400 relay — 1. Palmer, 46.01; 2. Colony, 47.02; 3. CIA, 47.24; 4. Kenai, 47.70; 5. Nikiski, 48.74; 6. Palmer, 48.87.

800 relay — 1. Palmer, 1:34.00; 2. ACS, 1:37.84; 3. Kenai, 1:39.16; 4. Wasilla, 1:40.51; 5. Palmer, 1:43.28; 6. Seward, 1:45.37.

1,600 relay — 1. Soldotna, 3:37.56; 2. Palmer, 3:42.63; 3. ACS, 3:43.59; 4. Colony, 3:51.72; 5. Valdez, 3:53.66; 6. Kenai, 3:54.43.

3,200 relay — 1. Soldotna, 8:39.49; 2. Seward, 8:51.04; 3. Palmer, 8:58.52; 4. Colony, 9:16.69; 5. Grace, 9:27.76; 6. Wasilla, 9:29.81.

Shot put — 1. Dalton Best, Sol, 48 feet, 8.75 inches; 2. Luke Johnson, Nik, 44—9.75; 3. Frederick Onochie, ACS, 42—0; 4. Alex Alvarado, Col, 40—6.75; 5. Ryan Sheldon, Gra, 40—4; 6. Austin Gilland, Col, 39—9.

Discus — 1. Dalton Best, Sol, 149—5; 2. Ben Frick, Was, 123—4; 3. Luke Johnson, Nik, 121—1; 4. Tobias Randall, Ken, 117—9; 5. Ian Johnson, Nik, 116—10; 6. James Coulombe, Gra, 113—11.

High jump — 1. Brandon Nicholson, Col, 6—0; 2. Keenan Orth, Ken, 6—0; 3 (tie). Braden Nieder, Gra, Lane Kaltenbach, ACS, 5—6; 5 (tie). Aaron McCollum, Nik, Jonathan Kingsland, Sew, Jarett Wilson, Ken, Jonah Coats, Val, 5—4.

Long jump — 1. Brandon Nicholson, Col, 20—9; 2. Josh Jackman, Ken, 20—8; 3. Brogan Nieder, Gra, 19—4.5; 4. Lane Kaltenbach, ACS, 19—2; 5. Tanner Reed, Was, 18—3; 6. Braden Nieder, Gra, 18—1.

Triple jump — 1. Brandon Nicholson, Col, 44—2.5; 2. Brogan Nieder, Gra, 41—6; 3. Josh Jackman, Ken, 41—3; 4. Logan Shrader, Sol, 39—11.5; 5. Preston Weeks, Sol, 39—9; 6. Donovan Eiman, Pal, 38—10.5.

Girls team scores: 1. Soldotna, 109; 2. Homer, 101; 3. Colony, 81.5; 4. Kenai Central, 70.5; 5. Anchorage Christian Schools, 67; 6 (tie). Palmer, Wasilla, 42; 8. Grace, 38.5; 9. Glennallen, 35; 10. Valdez, 31.5; 11. Seward, 27.5; 12. Houston, 13; 13. Nikiski, .5.

Girls individual results:

100 — 1. Daisy Nelson, Sol, 12.54; 2. Kaylee Veldstra, Hom, 12.83; 3. Tekaiya Rich, Ken, 13.11; 4. Hallie Landess, Sol, 13.40; 5. Angie Cardoza, Hom, 13.64; 6. Annie VanderWeide, Gra, 13.74.

200 — 1. Daisy Nelson, Sol, 26.68; 2. Zoe Langseth, Val, 27.97; 3. Mary Kate Parks, ACS, 28.24; 4. Ziza Shemet Pitcher, Hom, 28.52; 5. Tekaiya Rich, Ken, 28.82; 6. Alia Bales, Hom, 29.19.

400 — 1. Daisy Nelson, Sol, 1:02.16; 2. Rya Berrigan, Pal, 1:03.72; 3. Ziza Shemet Pitcher, Hom, 1:03.72; 4. Sarah Newton, Gra, 1:04.92; 5. Sarah Wolf, Hom, 1:06.51; 6. Gloria Jacobsen, Gle, 1:07.78.

800 — 1. Elizabeth Balsan, ACS, 2:22.41; 2. Briahna Gerlach, Gle, 2:22.83; 3. Ruby Woodings, Pal, 2:28.75; 4. Aurora Waclawski, Hom, 2:29.97; 5. Briahna Gerlach, Gle, 2:30.17; 6. Kellie Arthur, Sol, 2:35.54.

1,600 — 1. Elizabeth Balsan, ACS, 5:17.77; 2. Ruby Lindquist, Sew, 5:24.66; 3. Briahna Gerlach, Gle, 5:28.67; 4. Ruby Woodings, Pal, 5:42.86; 5. Alli Van Pelt, Hou, 5:44.27; 6. Tessa O’Hara, ACS, 5:47.03.

3,200 — 1. Briahna Gerlach, Gle, 11:28.29; 2. Ruby Lindquist, Sew, 11:47.46; 3. Ithaca Bergholtz, Ken, 11:48.02; 4. Alli Van Pelt, Hou, 11:50.92; 5. Jill Bowker, Col, 12:01.62; 6. Cathelyne Powers, Col, 12:14.19.

100 hurdles — 1. Lauren Evarts, Hom, 16.45; 2. Jestine Burt, Was, 17.61; 3. Katie Kilfoyle, Ken, 18.10; 4. Brooke Satathite, Ken, 18.37; 5. Lauren Jones, Hom, 18.45; 6. Maggie Adkins, Sew, 18.62.

300 hurdles — 1. Zoe Langseth, Val, 49.23; 2. Lauren Evarts, Hom, 50.37; 3. Lindsey Wong, Sol, 50.81; 4. Emily Werner, Sol, 51.97; 5. Katie Kilfoyle, Ken, 52.61; 6. Sarah Hollers, Ken, 52.89.

400 relay — 1. Kenai, 53.76; 2. Homer, 53.98; 3. Colony, 54.82; 4. Palmer, 55.46; 5. Wasilla, 55.69; 6. Homer, 56.91.

800 relay — 1. Soldotna, 1:52.77; 2. Kenai Central, 1:54.97; 3. Homer, 1:55.97; 4. Soldotna, 1:57.58; 5. ACS, 1:58.83; 6 (tie). Seward, Grace, 1:59.52.

1,600 relay — 1. Palmer, 4:25.97; 2. ACS, 4:29.20; 3. Homer, 4:34.52; 4. Soldotna, 4:34.87; 5. Valdez, 4:35.84; 6. Grace, 4:54.28.

3,200 relay — 1. Colony, 10:31.41; 2. Homer, 10:37.41; 3. Palmer, 10:41.46; 4. Kenai Central, 10:51.18; 5. Grace, 11:05.35; 6. Colony, 11:36.65.

Shot put — 1. Hannah Edmonds, ACS, 35—11.5; 2. Annie Quinn, Sol, 34—7.5; 3. Sylvia Tuisaula, Sol, 33—11.5; 4. Abby Beck, Ken, 32—7; 5. Emily Pieh, Sol, 31—8.5; 6. Demiana Glenn, Was, 31—1.5.

Discus — 1. Kristina Tennesen, Col, 107—10; 2. Abby Beck, Ken, 106—6; 3. Emily Pieh, Sol, 100—8; 4. Amir Williams, ACS, 94—0; 5. Sylvia Tuisaula, Sol, 88—2; 6. Coral Petrosius, Sew, 84—3.

High jump — 1. Ceil Dunleavy, Was, 5—5; 2. Chantal Le Bon, Was, 4—10; 3 (tie). Kassandra Howard, Val, Lindsey Wong, Sol, Anna Condio, Col, Lily Sessom, Col, 4—8.

Long jump — 1. Annie VanderWeide, Gra, 14—11.75; 2. Anna Condio, Col, 14—11.5; 3. Victoria Malak, Was, 14—7.25; 4. Gin Berry, Col, 14—5.75; 5. Cheyenne Gillette, Hom, 14—5.5; 6. Lindsey Wong, Sol, 14—5.

Triple jump — 1. Anna Condio, Col, 30—7; 2. Gloria Jacobsen, Gle, 30—6.25; 3. Mary Kate Parks, ACS, 29—6; 4. Denali Wurst, Sol, 29—5; 5. Jessee Tompkins, Gra, 29—3; 6 (tie). Brooke Satathite, Ken, Lily Sessom, Col, 29—.25.