Jumper leads Knights to boys’ title at Kenai Invite

PALMER — Colony’s top jumper helped the Knights leap past the defending conference champions.

Colony senior Brandon Nicholson scored three wins to lead the Knights to the boys’ team title during the Kenai Invitational last weekend at Kenai Central High School.

Nicholson, the defending 4A state champion in the boys’ triple jump, finished first in the triple jump, long jump and high jump during the Kenai meet. Nicholson’s mark of 21 feet, 10 inches in the long jump is a personal record. With Nicholson’s wins, Colony finished with 105 total points in the team standings, about a dozen ahead of runner-up Kodiak, the defending Northern Lights Conference champs.

Palmer finished fourth in the boys’ team standings with 88 points and Wasilla was sixth with 53. Larry Cutsforth led the Moose with a first-place finish in the 400 meters. Cutsforth also teamed with Matthew Daniels, Nick Johnson and Chance Tucker in Palmer’s win in the 800-meter relay.

Coleen Geraghty scored an individual and relay win to help Colony finish third in the girls’ standings with 86 points. Geraghty was first in the 800. Geraghty, Jill Bowker, Alyssa Miles and Cathelyne Powers won the 3,200 relay for the Knights.

Colony finished three points ahead of fourth-place Palmer in the team standings. Madi Ko factored into a pair of wins for the Moose. Ko used a personal record of 34-3 to win the triple jump. She also joined Ruby Woodings, Zoe Copp and Shayna Madruga in a victory in the 400 relay.

Defending state champion Ceil Dunleavy led the Wasilla girls with a victory in the high jump. Dunleavy hit 5-5 to win the event.

Kenai Invitational

Friday-Saturday, Kenai

Boys team results: 1. Colony, 105; 2. Kodiak, 93.5; 3. Soldotna, 89; 4. Palmer, 88; 5. Kenai Central, 58; 6. Wasilla, 53; 7. Homer, 50.5; 8. Nikiski, 32; 9. Anchorage Christian, 30; 10. Cook Inlet Academy, 29; 11. Grace Christian, 19; 12. Valdez, 14.

Girls team scores: 1. Kenai Central, 120; 2. Soldotna, 96; 3. Colony, 86; 4. Palmer, 83; 5. Homer, 73; 6. Grace, 63; 7. Kodiak, 55; 8. Wasilla, 22; 9. Seward, 18; 10. Wasilla Lake Christian, 13; 11. Valdez, 11; 13. Su Valley, 8; 12. Houston, 8; 14. Nikiski, 3.

Boys individual results:

100 — 1. Brenner Furlong, Sol, 11.49; 2. Isaac Averill, Nik, 11.52; 3. Josh Jackman, Ken, 11.61; 4. Jonathan Pomrenke, Col, 11.78; 5. Teddy Croft, Hom, 11.84; 6. E'Vion Scott, Col, 12.14.

400 — 1. Larry Cutsforth, Pal, 53.31; 2. Camrin Yturbe, Kod, 53.60; 3. Jack Hannah, Kod, 53.84; 4. PJ Cutright, Pal, 55.56; 5. Isaak Bell, Was, 55.61; 6. Corbit Brewer, Kod, 56.22.

200 — 1. Josh Jackman, Ken, 23.14; 2. Brenner Furlong, Sol, 23.38; 3. Noah Leaf, CIA, 24.02; 4. Teddy Croft, Hom, 24.04; 5. PJ Cutright, Pal, 24.77; 6. Zane Vrvilo, Col, 24.93.

800 — 1. Blake Bennett, ACS, 2:06.44; 2. Keith Osowski, Kod, 2:06.46; 3. Luciano Fasulo, Hom, 2:09.19; 4. Teddy Croft, Hom, 24.04; 5. PJ Cutright, Pal, 24.77; 6. Jared Brant, Hom, 2:12.96.

1,600 — Blake Bennett, ACS, 4:33.85; 2. Keith Osowski, Kod, 4:41.49; 3. Lev Robertson, Pal, 4:47.19; 4. Eliasson VanPelt, Was, 4:51.52; 5. Luciano Fasulo, Hom, 4:53.54; 6. Bill Rich, Hom, 4:54.24.

3,200 — 1. Blake Bennett, ACS, 9:41.27; 2. Keith Osowski, Kod, 9:57.27; 3. Eliasson VanPelt, Was, 10:22.54; 4 (tie). Bill Rich, Hom, Brenden Thompson, Kod, 10:31.73; 6. Jeffrey Lautrup, Col, 10:32.16.

110 hurdles — 1. Noah Leaf, CIA, 15.97; 2. Jarett Wilson, Ken, 16.28; 3. Abraham Van Hout, Sol, 16.84; 4. Matthew Daniels, Pal, 16.52; 5. Wyatt Helton, Was, 17.37; 6. Matthew Clyde, Col, 17.81.

300 hurdles — 1. Noah Leaf, CIA, 41.66; 2. Jarett Wilson, Ken, 42.87; 3. Abraham Van Hout, Sol, 43.10; 4. Jacob Hessinger, Col, 43.22; 5. Matthew Daniels, Pal, 44.82; 6. Joel Francisco, Kod, 45.81.

400 relay — 1. Soldotna (Gilbert, Vinson, Schrader, Furlong), 45.79; 2. Colony, 46.25; 3. Palmer, 46.54; 4. Nikiski, 46.94; 5. Kodiak, 48.98; 6. CIA, 49.27.

800 relay — 1. Palmer (Cutsforth, Daniels, Johnson, Tucker), 1:38.03; 2. Nikiski, 1:41.09; 3. Kodiak, 1:44.30; 4. Soldotna, 1:44.69; 5. Wasilla, 1:44.86; 6. Wasilla, 1:45.60.

1,600 relay — 1. Kodiak (Brewer, Carros, Yturbe, Hannah), 3:40.64; 2. Soldotna, 3:44.10; 3. Palmer, 3:47.14; 4. Wasilla, 3:50.08; 5. Homer, 3:52.33; 6. Colony, 3:57.46.

3,200 relay — 1. Homer (Rich, Davis, Brant, Fasulo), 8:35.09; 2. Kodiak, 8:36.37; 3. Colony, 9:14.82; 4. Soldotna, 9:19.41; 5. Wasilla, 9:36.80; 6. Colony, 9:45.69.

Triple jump — 1. Brandon Nicholson, Col, 45—3 1-2; 2. Nick Johnson, Pal, 41—8 1-4; 3. Donovan Eiman, Pal, 40—9 3-4; 4. Logan Schrader, Sol, 40—5 1-2; 5. Josh Jackman, Ken, 40—5; 6. Andreas Carros, Kod, 40—1 3-4.

Discus — 1. Wendell Tuisaula, Sol, 142—6; 2. Alex Binder, Gra, 135—8; 3. Jarek Shultz, Col, 129—10; 4. Ian Johnson, Nik, 124—9; 5. Jonathan Pomrenke, Col, 123—11; 6. Jay Miranda, Kod, 123—2.

High jump — 1. Brandon Nicholson, Col, 5—10; 2. Jarett Wilson, Ken, 5—8; 3. Jonah Coats, Val, 5—6; 4. PJ Cutright, Pal, Donovan Eiman, Pal, Dustin Woods, Val, 5—6.

Long jump — 1. Brandon Nicholson, Col, 21—10; 2. Josh Jackman, Ken, 20—9; 3. Wyatt Helton, Was, 19—11 1-2; 4. Jaden Caple, Pal, 19—11; 5. Logan Schrader, Sol, 19—10 1-2; 6. Alexander Spangler, Was, 18—3.

Shot put — n/a.

Girls individual results:

100-meter dash — 1. Kaylee Veldstra, Hom, 12.90; 2. Teeana Nicholai, Pal, 13.02; 3. Hayley Maw, Ken, 13.03; 4. Laura Ellis, Gra, 13.10; 5. Abigail Kenley, Col, 13.39; 6. Alyssa Bucho, Ken, 13.41.

400 — 1. Laura Ellis, Gra, 1:02.03; 2. Addison Gibson, Ken, 1:03.93; 3. HoneyRose Macatuno, Kod, 1:04.40; 4. Tatum Roderick, SuV, 1:04.82; 5. Brittany Taylor, Sol, 1:05.16; 6. Laila Denning, Kod, 1:07.23.

200 — 1. Laura Ellis, Gra, 27.33; 2. Kaylee Veldstra, Hom, 27.78; 3. Brittany Taylor, Sol, 28.09; 4. Hayley Maw, Ken, 28.14; 5. Shandra Cutsforth, Pal, 28.31; 6. Tatum Roderick, SuV, 28.69.

800 — 1. Coleen Geraghty, Col, 2:32.09; 2. Grace Gannon, Gra, 2:34.52; 3. Audrey Rosencrans, Hom, 2:35.95; 4. Autumn Daigle, Hom, 2:39.79; 5. Lauren Kuhns, Hom, 2:40.30; 6. Jill Bowker, Col, 2:40.60.

1,600 — 1. Grace Gannon, Gra, 5:30.41; 2. Ruby Woodings, Pal, 5:33.98; 3. Audrey Rosencrans, Hom, 5:38.57; 4. Allison VanPelt, Hou, 5:38.69; 5. Coleen Geraghty, Col, 5:39.34; 6. Autumn Daigle, Hom, 5:43.32.

3,200 — 1. Grace Gannon, Gra, 11:44.01; 2. Ruby Lindquist, Sew, 11:54.65; 3. Audrey Rosencrans, Hom, 11:55.08; 4. Lauren Kuhns, Hom, 12:13.18; 5. Ithaca Bergholtz, Ken, 12:15.58; 6. Arielle Himelbloom, Kod, 12:18.91.

100 hurdles — 1. Katie Kilfoyle, Ken, 17.45; 2. Hallee Blair, Kod, 17.59; 3. Sophie Thomas, Sol, 17.72; 4. Lizzie Palmberg, WLC, 17.99; 5. Holleigh Jaime, Sol, 18.28; 6. Kylie Ness, Sol, 18.40.

300 hurdles — 1. Katie Kilfoyle, Ken, 48.85; 2. Lizzie Palmberg, WLC, 48.86; 3. Hallee Blair, Kod, 49.78; 4. Madeline Ko, Pal, 51.06; 5. Sophie Thomas, Sol, 51.18; 6. Holleigh Jaime, Sol, 51.78.

400 relay — 1. Kenai (Bucho, Maw, Rich, Kilfoyle), 52.71; 2. Soldotna, 54.71; 3. Colony, 56.30; 4. Soldotna, 58.17; 5. Valdez, 58.47; 6. Colony, 59.84.

800 relay — 1. Kenai (Coghill, Wilson, Bucho, Maw), 1:52.62; 2. Palmer, 1:56.37; 3. Homer, 1:56.69; 4. Colony, 1:59.01; 5. Soldotna, 1:59.33; 6. Kodiak, 1:59.54.

1,600 relay — 1. Palmer (Woodings, Ko, Copp, Madruga), 4:26.87; 2. Kodiak, 4:32.01; 3. Kenai, 4:32.26; 4. Wasilla, 4:42.82; 5. Colony, 4:47.67; 6. Soldotna, 4:49.19.

3,200 relay — 1. Colony (Bowker, Geraghty, Miles, Powers), 10:19.23; 2. Homer, 10:26.46; 3. Kenai, 10:39.25; 4. Kodiak, 10:57.84; 5. Palmer, 11:15.44; 6. Colony, 12:13.53.

High jump — 1. Ceil Dunleavy, Was, 5 feet, 5 inches; 2. Kassandra Howard, Val, 4—10; 3. Coral Petrosius, Sew, 4—10; 4. Anna Condio, Col, 4—8; 5. Olivia Schwenk, Sol, 4—8; 6. Aliann Schmidt, Sol, 4—6.

Triple jump — 1. Madeline Ko, Pal, 34—3; 2. Julianne Wilson, Ken, 32—4 1-2; 3. Ruby Woodings, Pal, 32—1 3-4; 4. Shawn Johnson, Pal, 30—4 3-4; 5. Brooklyn Kopsack, Col, 29—11 1-2; 6. Chandra Christiansen, Kod, 29—8 1-4.

Shot put — 1. Abby Beck, Ken, 35—3; 2. Jenna Markel, Gra, 33—9; 3. Ituau Tuisaula, Sol, 33—7; 4. Annie Quinn, Sol, 33—5 3-4; 5. Emily Pieh, Sol, 32—1-2; 6. Emma Uschmann, Pal, 31—10.

Discus — 1. Abby Beck, Ken, 123—9; 2. Kristina Tennesen, Col, 116—10; 3. Emily Pieh, Sol, 111—2; 4. Annie Quinn, Sol, 96—3; 5. Ituau Tuisaula, Sol, 96—2; 6. Coral Petrosius, Sew, 91—9.

Long jump — Julianne Wilson, Ken, 16–7; 2. Chandra Christiansen, Kod, 15—5; 3. Madeline Ko, Pal, 15—3 1-2; 4. Anna Condio, Col, 15—2 1-2; 5. Victoria Malak, Was, 15—1 1-2; 6. Abigail Kenley, Col, 14—2.