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WASILLA — Colony’s Anna Condio won four events to lead Colony to a lopsided victory in the girls’ team standings of the Valley Frosh/Soph Meet at Wasilla High School on Tuesday afternoon.
Condio finished first in the 100, 200, 300 hurdles and long jump events to help the Knights amass 172 total points. Runner-up Wasilla finished with 91.
Gin Berry (400), Catrina Nugent (100 hurdles) and Carmen Soto (triple jump) also won events for the Colony girls. Sylvia Tuisaula (shot put), Ceil Dunleavy (high jump), Alex Mathis (1,600) and Riley McLellan (800) won individual events for runner-up Wasilla.
Kimberly Quincy finished first in the discus for Houston.
The Knights edged Wasilla to win the boys’ team title. Colony finished with 126 total points, only two ahead of Wasilla.
Melvin Charles-White posted three wins for Colony, finishing first in the 400, 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles. Palmer’s Nick Daniels also boasted three victories, winning the 100, 200 and long jump. Wyatt Monear (discus), Dylan Simons (shot put) and Karl Greathouse (800) recorded first-place finishes for Wasilla. Johan Timmers led Susitna Valley with a win in the triple jump, and Aaden Hendricks won the high jump for Houston.t
Boys team scores:
Colony 126; 2. Wasilla 124; 3. Houston 64; 4. Palmer 63; 5. Susitna Valley 50.
Boys individual results:
100 meters — 1. N. Daniels, Pal 12.62; 2. J. Wilcox, Was 12.68; 3. C. Ward, Was 13.01; 4. G. Rau, Hou 13.33; 5. J. Leath, Col 13.52; 6. I. Uti, Was 13.83; 7. A. Farris, Pal 14.10; 8. J. Doty, Pal 14.15.
200 — 1. N. Daniels, Pal 25.01; 2. M. Charles-White, Col 25.33; 3. F. Ledbetter, Was 25.85; 4. J. Wilcox, Was 26.00; 5. A. Farris, Pal 27.78; 6. A. Dobbs, Was 28.16; 7. J. Leath, Col 28.22; 8. I. Uti, Was 28.87.
400 — 1. M. Charles-White, Col 58.53; 2. F. Ledbetter, Was 58.54; 3. J. Knutsen, Hou 1:02.57; 4. N. Griffith, Hou 1:02.82; 5. K. Torres, Was 1:03.03; 6. J. Timmers, SV 1:03.10; 7. M. Jurasek, SV 1:06.14; 8. A. Hendricks, Hou 1:07.44.
800 — 1. K. Greathouse, Was 2:15.78; 2. B. Bowker, Col 2:17.02; 3. V. Sanderson, Col 2:18.44; 4. S. Deering, Col 2:32.30; 5. A. Dobbs, Was 2:34.75; 6. M. Jurasek, SV 2:35.59; 7. B. Grover, Col 2:37.52; 8. M. Lynn, Col 2:51.88.
1,600 — 1. J. Knutsen, Hou 5:37.11; 2. S. Deering, Col 5:48.01; 3. J. Ukena, Col 5:52.41; 4. B. Grover, Col 5:53.76; 5. M. Lynn, Col 5:54.96; 6. D. Schollser, SV 6:04.90; 7. D. Cordero, Pal 6:05.45; 8. W. Hildreth, Was 9:20.32.
110 hurdles — 1. M. Charles-White, Col 54.30; 2. W. Monear, Was 18.72; 3. A. Farris, Pal 21.61; 4. N. Savel, Pal 22.01.
300 hurdles — 1. M. Charles-White, Col 54.30; 2. J. Timmers, SV 56.62.
400 relay — 1. Houston 53.85; 2. Palmer 1:01.75; 3. Palmer 1:01.75.
800 relay — 1. Su Valley 1:59.41.
High jump — 1. A. Hendricks, Hou 4-8; 2. J. Leath, Col 4-6.
Long jump — 1. N. Daniels, Pal 17-1; 2. D. Simons, Was 14-3.5; 3. J. Knutsen, Hou 14-3; 4. A. Hendricks, Hou 14-2.25; 5. M. Origer, Hou 12-10; 6. J. Leath, Col 12-9.5.
Triple jump — 1. J. Simmers, SV 21-2.25; 2. D. Simons, Was 30-4.25; 3. M. Jurasek, SV 29-11.25; 4. N. Helton, SV 29-6.75.
Shot put — 1. D. Simons, Was 34-4.5; 2. N. Sessom, Col 32-9.5; 3. A. Giland, Col 32-8; 4. N. Savel, Pal 29-11; 5. C. Ward, Was 29-10; 6. I. Uti, Was 27-1.
Discus — 1. W. Monear, Was 89-10; 2. A. Giland, Col 84-11; 3. C. Ward, Was 84-8.5; 4. I. Uti, Was 80-9.5 5. N. Sessom, Col 79-3.5; 6. D. Simons, Was 78-3.5; 7. N. Griffith, Hou 76-9.5.
Girls team scores:
Colony 172; 2. Wasilla 91; 3. Houston 89; 4. Susitna Valley 74.
Girls individual results:
100 meters — 1. A. Condio, Col 14.60; 2. A. Wagner, Was 14.64; 3. L. Kutzner, Hou 14.73; 4. R. Wagle, Was 15.32; 5. K. Atkinson, Col 15.44; 6. E. Foldenauer, Col 16.11; 7. S. Osborne, Was 16.30; 8. K. Bergstrom, Col 16.36.
200 — 1. A. Condio, Col 29.97; 2. C. May-Thomas, Hou 30.25; 3. A. Mitchell, Col 31.28; 4. K. Atkinson, Col 32.06; 5. M. Hodges, Hou 33.01. 6. J. Wright, Col 33.27; 7. S. Osborne, Was 33.66; 8. C. Nugent, Col 33.80.
400 — 1. G. Berry, Col 1:11.88; 2. B. Hartley, SV 1:12.49; 3. G. Minnick, Was 1:15.30; 4. G. Fargot, SV 1:17.28; 5. S. Osborne, Was 1:18.65; 6. R. Mathews, SV 1:20.22; 7. K. Gilliam, SV 1:20.42; 8. C. Harrell, SV 1:20.22.
800 — R. McLellan, Was 2:55.68; 2. B. Hartley, SV 3:07.49; 3. G. Fargot, SV 3:13.63; 4. C. Harrell, SV 3:20.96; 5. K. Gilliam, SV 2:27.07.
1,600 — 1. A. Mathis, Was 5:28.66; 2. R. McLellan, Was 6:01.29; 3. K. Gilliam, SV 6:36.60; 4. C. Harrel, SV 6:43.50; 5. D. Koreze-Richards, Hou 6:49.40.
100 hurdles — 1. C. Nugent, Col 20:47; 2. A. Mitchell, Col 22.50.
300 hurdles — 1. A. Condio, Col 55.42; 2. C. Nugent, Col 1:00.76; 3. A. Mitchell, Col 1:01.97.
400 relay — 1. Houston 59.43; 2. Colony 1:01.78.
800 relay — 1. Houston 2:08.58; 2. Colony 2:09.18; 3. Susitna Valley 2:11.33.
High jump — 1. C. Dunleavy, Was 4-8; 2. B. Hartley, SV 4-4.
Long jump — 1. A. Condio, Col 14-10.5; 2. C. May-Thomas, Hou 14-00; 3. E. Foldenauer, Col 12-4.25; 4. A. Merrill, Hou 11-7.5; 5. G. Berry, Col 11-6.75; 6. R. McCloud, SV 11-4.75; 7. D. Koreze-Richards, Hou 11-4.5; 8. M. Hodges, Hou 11-1.75.
Triple jump — 1. C. Soto, Col 25-9.75; 2. K. Quincy,
Hou 24-4.25; 3. E. Foldenauer, Col 21-9.
Shot put — 1. S. Tuisaula, Was 31-3; 2. K. Tennesen, Col 28-5; 3. S. Imoe, Was 26-1; 4. L. Kutzner, Hou 25-4; 5. K. Quincy, Hou 25-2; 6. C. Soto, Col 24-1; 7. F. Hueton, SV 22-9; 8. B. Erickson, Col 21-9.
Discus — 1. K. Quincy, Hou 69-11; 2. B. Erickson, Col 66-0; 3. S. Tuisaula, Was 64-0; 4. C. Soto, Col 59-6; 5. M. Moore, Hou 59-4; 6. R. Wagle, Was 58-10; 7. K. Hueton, SV 58-5; 8. S. Imoe, Was 56-8.