Houston boys win Seward Invitational

SEWARD — With less than a week until the region championship meet, the Houston boys team is showing the Hawks have the potential to be a top team in the upcoming Region III-3A meet, which is slated to start Friday at Nikiski High School.

This past week, Houston used 80 points in the team standings to win the Seward Invitational and finish ahead of region rivals, such as Anchorage Christian, Grace Christian and host Seward.

“We were hoping for some good times, getting ready for regions and state. But for us, it’s always nice to get a win when we can,” Houston head coach Pat Egelus said.

Heading into the meet, Egelus said he wasn’t quite sure what to expect from the 10-team invitational. He knew solid teams from Houston’s conference would be there, but wasn’t sure which teams would be at full strength. At that point, Egelus said the Hawks were focused on using the Seward Invite as a way to continue to prepare for regions.

“We were kind of fine-tuning at that point,” Egelus said. “We’re a small team. We kind of knew where the points were going to come from.”

By winning the Seward Invite, Egelus said he knows his boys team has the potential to be in the hunt for a top spot in the region meet, and that’s what he’s stressed to his athletes since.

“Looking at where everyone is sitting, I think we’re going to be in the chase,” Egelus said. “That’s a fun thing for these kids, something to build for.”

Seniors Charlie Buzby and Ben Bayne each won a pair of events, and also helped the Hawks win a pair of relay events.

Buzby used a time of 11.94 seconds to win the 100 meters, and finished first in the 200 with a time of 23.74. Buzby is currently ranked first in the 123A class in the 200 and second in the 100.

Bayne swept the hurdles events for the Hawks, finishing first in the 110 (17.82) and 300 hurdles (43.55).

Buzby, Bayne, Matt Barron and Dustin Griffith combined to win the 400 relay, with a mark of 47.94. The same group also won the 800 relay, with a time of 1:39.82.

Colony finished fifth in the boys’ standings with 52 points. Gatwech Both led Colony with a win in the triple jump. Both was also third in the long jump. Ken McCoy finished second in the 200 and third in the 300 for Colony.

Palmer finished sixth in the standings. James Nisbett finished second in the 100. Palmer was also second in the 400 relay.

Palmer senior Taylor Blake led Valley girls with a win in the shot put. Blake used a throw of 37 feet, 6.25 inches to finish first.

Seward Invitational

Tuesday, Seward

Boys team scores:

1. Houston 80; 2. Seward 73; 3. Anchorage Christian 66; 4. Grace 65; 5. Colony 52; 6. Palmer 31; 7. Homer 26; 8. Nikiski 13; 9. Cook Inlet 8; 10. Ninilchik 3.

Boys individual results:

100 meters — 1. C. Buzby, Hou 11.94; 2. J. Nisbett, Pal 12.22; 3. K. McCoy, Col 12.27; 4. L. Jones, Col 12.45; 5. J. Davis, Col 12.49; 6. G. Both, Col 12.72.

200 — 1. C. Buzby, Hou 23.74; 2. K. McCoy, Col 24.64; 3. L. Jones, Col 24.82; 4. M. Todd, ACS 25.00; 5. J. Davis, Col 25.42; 6. B. Craft, Col 25.65.

400 — 1. P. Atwood, Sew 55.17; 2. S. Reinert, Hom 55.20; 3. A. Simmers, ACS 56.11; 4. M. Moore, Sew 56.37; 5. F. Winkle, Gra 56.97; 6. I. Isaacs, Gra 58.04.

800 — 1. A. Eller, Gra 2:10.38; 2. D. Serventi, Gra 2:10.62; 3. M. Marshall, Sew 2:11.66; 4. A. Monzon, ACS 2:12.37; 5. M. Moore, Sew 2:15.09; 6. L. McLaughlin, Gra 2:15.50.

1,600 — 1. M. Knotek, Sew 4:47.37; 2. A. Monzon, ACS 4:50.80; 3. D. Serventi, Gra 4:54.56; 4. M. Marshall, Sew 4:58.14; 5. G. Sorensen, Gra 5:00.39; 6. T. Thorne, Nin 5:01.18.

110 hurdles — 1. B. Bayne, Hou 17.82; 2. T. Zweifel, Sew 18.32; 3. I. Tira, Col 19.06; 4. H. Beard, Sew19.14; 5. J. Turner, Gra 19.99; 6. M. Charles, Col 21.65.

300 hurdles — 1. B. Bayne, Hou 43.55; 2. Hom 44.05; 3. C. Seay, Hom 45.25; 4. C. Hoffman, ACS 45.84; 5. T. Berry, Sew 47.71; 6. B. Southwick, Pal 49.38.

400 relay — 1. Houston 47.94; 2. Palmer 49.54; 3. Seward 54.00.

800 relay — 1. Houston 1:39.82; 2. ACS 1:43.30; 3. Palmer 1:45.25; 4. Homer 1:45.71; 5. Grace 1:50.59; 6. Seward 1:52.68.

1,600 relay — 1. Grace 3:49.70; 2. ACS 3:52.97; 3. Seward 4:02.32; 4. Houston 4:17.88.

3,200 relay — 1. Grace 9:26.18; 2. Seward 10:00.98; 3. Houston 10:18.94.

Shot put — 1. G. George, Gra 52-9.5; 2. Z. Taplin, CIA 48-7; 3. H. Niekamp, Pal 43-2; 4. L. Johnson, Nik 41-5.5; 5. H. Hubbard, Sew 40-2.5; 6. M. Kalashnikov, Gra 39-9.5.

High jump — 1. A. Simmers, ACS 6-0; 2. S. Carstens, Nik 5-8; 3. G. Both, Col 5-6; 3. M. Barron, Hou 5-6; 5. J. Wheeler, Nin 5-4; 6. L. Johnson, Nik 5-4.

Triple jump — 1. G. Both, Col 40-8.25; 2. N. Simmers, ACS 40-2.75; 3. J. Terry, ACS 40-1; 4. M. Barron, Hou 37-9; 5. D. Adams, Pal 37-5; 6. D. Griffith, Hou 37-0.5.

Girls team scores:

1. Grace Christian 173; 2. Anchorage Christian 67; 3. Seward 56; 4. Homer 53; 5. Palmer 35; 6. Houston 15; 7. Ninilchik 13; 8. Colony 6; 9. Nikiski 2.

Girls individual results:

100 meters — 1. T. Ealum, ACS 13.67; 2. J. Davis, Gra 14.27; 3. C. Ellis, Gra 14.50; 4. T. Blake, Pal 14.62; 5. R. Riley, Nin 14.90; 6. M. Ealum, ACS 14.98.

200 — 1. T. Ealum, ACS 27.19; 2. E. Arnold, Gra 28.75; 3. C. Applegate, Gra 28.88; 4. K. Rowe, Gra 29.70; 5. C. Soistman, Hom 30.70; 6. L. Schmiedt, Gra 31.32.

400 — 1. C. Applegate, Gra 1:03.75; 2. A. Waclawski, Hom 1:03.88; 3. E. Arnold, Gra 1:04.48; 4. A. Schemet-Pitcher, Hom 1:06.53; 5. M. Osiensky, Pal 1:06.71; 6. M. Tsao-Wu, Gra 1:08.22.

800 — 1. C. Trujillo, Gra 2:34.14; 2. A. Waclawski, Hom 2:38.92; 3. M. Mitchell, Hom 2:40.58; 4. B. Hirsch, Hom 2:42.83; 5. K. Green, Gra 2:43.13; 6. E. Cusick, Gra 2:43.00.

1,600 — 1. C. Trujillo, Gra 5:34.15; 2. A. Trujillo, Gra 5:35.98; 3. S. Contrares, Pal 5:51.20; 4. H. Bohman, Pal 5:51.28; 5. B. Hirsch, Hom 5:54.68; 6. M. Mitchell, Hom 5:57.42.

100 hurdles — 1. J. Davis, Gra 17.95; 2. E. Brockman, Sew 18.32; 3. K. Rowe, Gra 19.20; 4. R. Riley, Nin 19.52; 5. L. Schmiedt, Gra 20.05; 6. C. Lujan, Pal 21.45.

300 hurdles — 1. J. Davis, Gra 52.75; 2. E. Brockman, Sew 55.04; 3. H. Gregg, Col 55.52; 4. L. Schmiedt, Gra 56.44; 5. L. Kutzner, Hou 1:02.95; 6. L. Gardner, Hou 1:17.83.

400 relay — 1. ACS 55.52; 2. Grace 56.76; 3. Seward 59.89; 3. Houston 1:00.74.

800 relay — 1. Grace 1:57.36; 2. ACS 1:58.21; 3. Seward 2:08.34; 4. Homer 2:09.84; 5. Houston 2:10.27.

1,600 relay — 1. Grace 4:29.12; 2. Homer 4:43.91; 3. ACS 4:53.76; 4. Seward 4:55.97.

3,200 relay — 1. Seward 10:57.80; 2. Grace 11:10.69; 3. Homer 11:45.06.

Shot put — 1. T. Blake, Pal 37-6.25; 2. Seward 35-10; 3. J. Voss, ACS 33-1.5; 4. A. Logan, Gra 30-0.5; 5. H. Conti, Nik 28-2; 6. H. Edmonds, ACS 26-9.5.

High jump — 1. B. Broderick, Gra 4-8; 2. D. Dickerson, ACS 4-6; 3. R. Riley, Nin 4-6; 4. O. Renk, Pal 4-6; 5. D. Hale, Hou 4-4; 6. A. Kausal, Pal 4-0.