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MAT-SU — Colony junior Matt Jaronik won three events during the Mat-Su Borough Championships track and field meet at Houston and Palmer this week.
On Tuesday, Jaronik eclipsed the 38-foot mark to win the boys’ triple jump. The following afternoon the defending state champion in the 400 won the 400 and 200-meter runs.
Wasilla junior John Knowles also won multiple events. Knowles swept the throwing events.
Wasilla’s Morgan Dampier (200 and 400) and Rachel Hoffman (100 hurdles and 300 hurdles) also won multiple events for the Warriors.
Mat-Su Borough
Championships
Wednesday, Palmer High School
Girls individual results:
100-meter — 1, Holen, Taylor, Houston, 14.16. 2, Nuenberg, Monica, Palmer, 14.46. 3, Nickerson, Gladys, Wasilla, 14.56. 4, Isshiki, Shiina, Wasilla, 14.66. 5, Corbin, Tabitha, Palmer, 14.68. 6, Hunt, Caitlin, Su Valley, 14.82. 7, Dampier, Haley, Wasilla, 14.89. 8, Psenak, Miranda, Palmer, 15.14. 9, Conant, Makayla, Wasilla, 15.16. 10, Hall, Robyn, Wasilla, 15.28.
200 — 1, Dampier, Morgan, Wasilla, 27.43. 2, Nickerson, Gladys, Wasilla, 29.16. 3, Holen, Taylor, Houston, 29.24. 4, Schleich, Cori, Wasilla, 29.33. 5, Zola, Hannah, Colony, 30.23. 6, Conant, Makayla, Wasilla, 30.41. 7, Scott, Missy, Su Valley, 30.53. 8, Isshiki, Shiina, Wasilla, 31.36. 9, Jordon, Jessica, Colony, 31.88. 10, Hall, Robyn, Wasilla, 32.08.
400 — 1, Dampier, Morgan, Wasilla, 1:05.68. 2, Whitfield, Tress, Palmer, 1:07.24. 3, Whitfield, Morgan, Palmer, 1:07.69. 4, Wick, Maria, Colony, 1:11.86. 5, Hogate, Megan, Houston, 1:16.28. 6, Huffman, Racheal, Colony, 1:17.17. 7, Troxel, Katie, Colony, 1:18.00.
800 — 1, Stevenson, Bailey, Su Valley, 2:35.62. 2, Nelson, Brooke, Wasilla, 2:37.29. 3, Winter, Gretchen, Palmer, 2:37.76. 4, Kelley, Alison, Wasilla, 2:38.13. 5, Smith, Kalene, Palmer, 2:42.88. 6, Foust, Kelli, Wasilla, 2:43.71. 7, Saiki, Kassie, Wasilla, 2:50.47. 8, Stewart, Taylor, Colony, 2:53.12. 9, Hull, Cecilia, Palmer, 2:54.77. 10, Morris, Kassandra, Houston, 3:01.15.
1,600 — 1, Hutchins, Alyssa, Colony, 5:37.12. 2, Pahkala, Jessica, Wasilla, 5:42.84. 3, Wick, Maria, Colony, 5:45.63. 4, Nelson, Brooke, Wasilla, 5:46.51. 5, Stewart, Sydney, Colony, 5:47.25. 6, Jahn, Abby, Colony, 5:49.20. 7, Kelley, Alison, Wasilla, 5:54.82. 8, Saiki, Kassie, Wasilla, 5:55.33. 9, Foust, Kelli, Wasilla, 5:55.75. 10, Falkner, Sydnee, Glennallen, 5:57.20.
100 hurdles — 1, Hoffman, Rachel, Wasilla, 17.61. 2, Nuss, Skyler, Wasilla, 18.13. 3, Rust, Kiera, Wasilla, 19.33. 4, Peterson, Sierra, Su Valley.
300 hurdles — 1, Hoffman, Rachel, Wasilla, 51.03. 2, Johansen, Siobhan, Colony, 51.80. 3, Larrabee, Jessica, Houston, 52.33. 4, Wuitschick, Lanisha, Palmer, 55.54. 5, Smith, Hannah, Palmer, 56.77. 6, Walczak, Katherine, Colony, 1:16.13.
400 relay — 1. Colony n/a; 2. Wasilla n/a; 3. Palmer n/a; 4. Houston n/a.
800 relay — 1, Wasilla ‘A’ (Nickerson, Gladys , Schleich, Cori , Dampier, Haley , Isshiki, Shiina ), 1:57.54. 2, Colony 1:59.05. 3, Su Valley 2:03.74.
1,600 relay — 1, Wasilla ‘A’ (Hoffman, Rachel , Clump, Keri , Schleich, Cori , Rust, Kiera ), 4:31.50. 2, Palmer 4:40.90.
3,200 relay — 1, Wasilla ‘A’ (Nelson, Brooke , Kelley, Alison , Clump, Keri , Dampier, Morgan ), 10:15.10. 2, Colony 10:27.33. 3, Palmer 11:11.48.
Long jump — 1, Wilson, Megan, Colony, 14-09. 2, Stewart, Taylor, Colony, 14-06.25. 3, Maresh, Laura, Colony, 13-08. 4, Nuss, Skyler, Wasilla, 13-06. 5, McPhail, Valencia, Colony, J13-06. 6, Dampier, Haley, Wasilla, 13-00.75. 7, Nickoli, Tanya, Palmer, 12-04.50. 8, Goulding, McKenzie, Wasilla, 12-01.50. 9, Whitfield, Morgan, Palmer, 11-09.75. 10, Arlow, Jenna, Palmer, 11-09.25.
Discus — 1, Irwin, Shellina, Colony, 98-08. 2, Troxel, Katie, Colony, 90-10. 3, Barney, Danielle, Houston, 90-09. 4, Chambers, Erika, Palmer, 88-01. 5, Huffman, Racheal, Colony, J88-01. 6, Nuenberg, Monica, Palmer, 84-03. 7, Zimmer, Rashayne, Palmer, 82-03. 8, Johansen, Gaynor, Colony, 80-11. 9, Dodds, Samantha, Houston, 80-02. 10, Pevan, Kaitlin, Wasilla, 78-10.
Boys individual results
100-meter — 1, Scoresby, John, Palmer, 11.78. 2, Nysewander-Kellard, Nick, Su Valley, 12.02. 3, Peshel, Rick, Colony, 12.36. 4, Origer, Anthony, Houston, 12.39. 5, Johnson, Leif, Wasilla, 12.48. 6, Pine, Stephen, Wasilla, 12.50. 7, Bydlon, Chris, Wasilla, 12.51. 8, Rodamer, Thomas, Wasilla, 12.59. 9, Ray, Chris, Colony, 12.70. 10, Michaelson, Greg, Colony, 13.17.
200 — 1, Jaronik, Matt, Colony, 23.75. 2, Scoresby, John, Palmer, 23.89. 3, Owens, Taylor, Wasilla, 24.45. 4, Putnam, Brogan, Houston, 24.73. 5, Nysewander-Kellard, Nick, Su Valley, 24.83. 6, Johnson, Leif, Wasilla, 25.27. 7, Peshel, Rick, Colony, 25.53. 8, Newman, Colton, Wasilla, 25.60. 9, Rodamer, Thomas, Wasilla, 25.69. 10, Origer, Anthony, Houston, 25.75.
400 — 1, Jaronik, Matt, Colony, 51.75. 2, Putnam, Brogan, Houston, 53.25. 3, Owens, Taylor, Wasilla, 53.92. 4, Niver, Blake, Colony, 54.92. 5, Turner, Jared, Colony, 55.23. 6, Dunlap, Davis, Palmer, 55.50. 7, Lambert, Hans, Glennallen, 55.95. 8, Kelly, Bill, Su Valley, 57.51. 9, Marshall, A.J, Wasilla, 58.36. 10, Crow, Ryan, Glennallen, 59.37.
800 — 1, Johnston, Michael, Wasilla, 2:11.64. 2, Enloe, Tanner, Colony, 2:12.63. 3, Wangberg, Blake, Colony, 2:16.30. 4, Thompson, Keith, Wasilla, 2:16.66. 5, Dunlap, Davis, Palmer, 2:23.72. 6, Meyerhofer, Abraham, Colony, 2:24.72. 7, Crow, Ryan, Glennallen, 2:25.91. 8, Sondergaard, Dillon, Glennallen, 2:27.58. 9, Jones, Alex, Colony, 2:27.78. 10, Lindsey, Matt, Houston, 2:28.44.
1,600 — 1, Mangelsdorf, Wylie, Palmer, 4:48.96. 2, Enloe, Tanner, Colony, 4:49.97. 3, Chamberlain, Baruch, Wasilla, 4:50.37. 4, Fischer, Simon, Wasilla, 4:57.70. 5, Reimer, Alex, Colony, 5:03.03. 6, Wangberg, Blake, Colony, 5:03.42. 7, Ripley, Noah, Wasilla, 5:03.95. 8, Thompson, Keith, Wasilla, 5:04.63. 9, Gocke, Andy, Houston, 5:07.25. 10, Booth, Josiah, Colony, 5:11.81.
110 hurdles — 1, Dodds, Dustin, Houston, 17.45. 2, Elder, Garrett, Houston, 20.02. 3, Day, Joe, Palmer, 20.48.
300 hurdles — 1, Schirack, Wade, Wasilla, 44.36. 2, Bricker, Anthony, Colony, 44.56. 3, Dodds, Dustin, Houston, 45.44. 4, Newman, Colton, Wasilla, 47.10. 5, Elder, Garrett, Houston, 48.05. 6, Niver, Blake, Colony, 48.11. 7, Day, Joe, Palmer, 48.60. 8, Wise, Pat, Palmer, 49.46.
400 relay — 1, Palmer ‘A’ (Ahrens, Coleman , Forkner, Christopher , Scoresby, John , Kemp, Jered ), 48.38. 2, Glennallen 49.99. 3, Wasilla 50.14. 4, Su Valley51.00. 5, Houston 52.45.
800 relay — 1, Houston ‘A’ (Dodds, Dustin , Putnam, Brogan , Origer, Anthony , Locken, Kent ), 1:36.51. 2, Wasilla 1:38.09. 3, Colony 1:40.49. 4, Palmer1:42.04. 5, 1:44.81.
1,600 relay — 1, Wasilla ‘A’ (Johnston, Michael , Christenson, Jaron , Schirack, Wade , Owens, Taylor ), 3:41.71. 2, Colony 3:49.18. 3, Colony B 4:21.43.
3,200 relay — 1, Wasilla ‘A’ (Thompson, Keith , Johnston, Michael , Christenson, Jaron , Chamberlain, Baruch ), 9:05.73. 2, Colony 9:11.59. 3, Houston 10:28.48. 7, Colony 9:53.42.
Long jump — 1, Bydlon, Chris, Wasilla, 19-04. 2, Jaronik, Matt, Colony, 18-07. 3, Nysewander-Kellard, Nick, Su Valley, 17-06.75. 4, Curtis, Manny, Wasilla, 17-04.25. 5, Bricker, Anthony, Colony, 17-03.25. 6, Ahrens, Coleman, Palmer, 16-11.25. 7, Christenson, Jaron, Wasilla, 16-08.25. 8, Fan, Eric, Colony, 16-05.75. 9, Lenfestey, Steven, Colony, 16-05.25. 10, Scott, Chris, Colony, 16-00.25.
Discus — 1, Knowles, John, Wasilla, 152-01. 2, Lafe, Christopher, Wasilla, 128-04. 3, Zoerb, David, Palmer, 120-05. 4, Marden, Jesse, Palmer, 118-07. 5, Mitchell, JD, Palmer, 111-00. 6, Bailes, Darryl, Wasilla, 106-04. 7, Smith, Anthony, Colony, 103-07. 8, Barley, Jace, Colony, 90-06. 9, Konkler, Daniel, Palmer, 89-01. 10, Scheibe, Kyle, Palmer, 88-01.
Mat-Su Borough
Championships
Tuesday, Houston High School
Girls individual results
1, Pahkala, Jessica, Wasilla, 12:58.19. 2, Stevenson, Bailey, Su Valley, 13:01.98. 3, Saiki, Kassie, Wasilla, 14:04.48. 4, Foust, Kelli, Wasilla, 14:08.88. 5, Young, Haley, Wasilla, 14:10.78. 6, Bohman, Grace, Palmer, 14:11.79. 7, Kelley, Alison, Wasilla, 14:33.03.
High jump — 1, Hunt, Caitlin, Su Valley, 4-08. 2, Stevenson, Bailey, Su Valley, 4-04. 3, Rust, Kiera, Wasilla, J4-04. 4, Maresh, Laura, Colony, 4-02. 4, Scott, Missy, Su Valley, 4-02. 4, Barney, Danielle, Houston, 4-02. 4, Larrabee, Jessica, Houston, 4-02. 5, Stewart, Taylor, Colony, J4-02. 5, Hall, Robyn, Wasilla, J4-02. 5, Dahms, Kirsten, Palmer, J4-02.
Triple jump — 1, Stewart, Taylor, Colony, 33-08. 2, Rust, Kiera, Wasilla, 32-08. 3, Johansen, Siobhan, Colony, 32-05. 4, Nelson, Brooke, Wasilla, 31-01. 5, Wilson, Megan, Colony, 30-04. 6, Maresh, Laura, Colony, 29-03.75. 7, Dahms, Kirsten, Palmer, 28-06.25.
Shot put — 1, Irwin, Shellina, Colony, 33-08. 2, Ryneski, Kelsey, Wasilla, 29-09.75. 3, Johansen, Gaynor, Colony, 28-11. 4, Zimmer, Rashayne, Palmer, 28-08. 5, Swenson, Kortnie, Colony, 27-03.50. 6, Troxel, Katie, Colony, 26-11. 7, Huffman, Racheal, Colony, 26-08.25. 8, Pevan, Kaitlin, Wasilla, 25-10.50. 9, Nuenberg, Monica, Palmer, 25-05.50. 10, Psenak, Miranda, Palmer, 25-04.
Boys individual results — 1, Mangelsdorf, Wylie, Palmer, 10:37.65. 2, Chamberlain, Baruch, Wasilla, 10:41.49. 3, Fischer, Simon, Wasilla, 10:46.90. 4, Patterson, Travis, Houston, 10:49.74. 5, Ripley, Noah, Wasilla, 10:53.96. 6, Johnston, Michael, Wasilla, 11:15.36. 7, Gocke, Andy, Houston, 11:23.28. 8, Thompson, Keith, Wasilla, 11:24.05. 9, Dallas, Matthew, Palmer, 11:33.64. 10, Lathem, Davin, Su Valley, 13:42.33.
High jump — 1, Reese, Aaron, Houston, 5-02. 2, Scott, Chris, Colony, J5-02. 3, Kelly, Bill, Su Valley, 5-00. 4, Curtis, Manny, Wasilla, J5-00. 5, Dilley, David, Houston, 4-10. 5, Wise, Pat, Palmer, 4-10. 5, Marshall, Sean, Wasilla, 4-10. 5, Smith, Anthony, Colony, 4-10.
Triple jump — 1, Jaronik, Matt, Colony, 38-07. 2, Turner, Jared, Colony, 38-04. 3, Reese, Aaron, Houston, 38-01.25. 4, Ahrens, Coleman, Palmer, 38-01. 5, Curtis, Manny, Wasilla, 37-00.25. 6, Bricker, Anthony, Colony, 36-11.50. 7, Anderson, Tyler, Wasilla, 36-01.50. 8, Smith, Anthony, Colony, 36-00.75. 9, Scott, Chris, Colony, 34-02.25. 10, Christenson, Jaron, Wasilla, 34-02.
Discus — 1, Knowles, John, Wasilla, 47-07. 2, Lafe, Christopher, Wasilla, 46-03.50. 3, Mitchell, JD, Palmer, 41-03.50. 4, Bailes, Darryl, Wasilla, 38-09.50. 5, Fan, Eric, Colony, 37-11. 6, Zoerb, David, Palmer, 36-04. 7, Marden, Jesse, Palmer, 36-03. 8, Smith, Anthony, Colony, 35-01.25. 9, Kelley, Ransome, Palmer, 34-06.75. 10, Schirack, Wade, Wasilla, 34-01.50.