Retiring teacher, coach urges Colony grads to ‘find their 68’
By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
PALMER — With Wasilla’s Ceil Dunleavy and a heavy dose of the Colony Knights, Valley girls dominated the jumps during the Palmer Invitational at Palmer High School.
Dunleavy, the two-time defending state champion in the high jump, won the event for the fourth time this season. She also matched a career high, with a mark of 5 feet, 6 inches. Colony senior Chase Stephens finished second in the event, with a leap of 5-4, but won two other events. Stephens won the long jump and triple jump events. She hit 17-4 in the long and 35-6 in the triple.
Dunleavy also used a career-best of 33-5 to finish third in the triple jump.
Colony’s Madeline Ko recorded runner-u finishes in both the long and triple jumps. Colony’s Lily Sessom was fourth in both the high jump and long jump. Colony’s Anna Condio was third in the triple jump.
Valley athletes grabbed the top four spots in a three jump events.
Thanks to Brandon Nicholson Colony also ruled the boys’ jump. Nicholson swept the three events for the Knights. He hit 5-10 to win the high jump 19-11.75 in the long jump and 44-1.5 in the triple jump.
Led by their jumpers, the Knights cruised to the team titles in the girls’ class and finished second in the boys' standings. Colony collected 258 total points on the girls’ side, finishing more than 100 points ahead of runner-up Anchorage Christian. Palmer won the boys' team titles with 125 points, and Colony was second at 118.
Kristian Tennesen also won the girls’ discus for the Knights. Dakota Peterson-Thompson won the boys’ 3,200 for the Knights. Brady Southwick led Palmer with a victory in the boys’ 300 hurdles.
Palmer Invitational
Friday-Saturday, Palmer High School
Girls team scores:
1. Colony 195; 2. Anchorage Christian 124; 3. Grace Christian 81; 4. Palmer 76; 5. Wasilla 57;
Boys team scores:
1. Palmer 125; 2. Colony 118; 3. ACS 117; 4. Wasilla 74; 5. West Anchorage 76;
Girls individual results:
100 meters — 1, Hines, Katherine, South Anchor, 12.65. 2, Ealum, Tanner, Anchorage Ch, 12.79. 3, Bailly, Kaitlyn, South Anchor, 13.58. 4, Freeman, Elizabeth, Colony, 13.90. 5, Le Bon, Chantal, Wasilla, 13.96. 6, Senden, Tate, Palmer, 14.21. 7, Pikulthong, Jib, Palmer, 14.34. 8, Jacobsen, Gloria, Glennallen, 14.49.
200 — 1, Ealum, Tanner, Anchorage Ch, 25.71. 2, Hines, Katherine, South Anchor, 25.92. 3, VanPelt, Allison, Houston, 28.49. 4, Newton, Sarah, Grace Christ, 28.70. 5, Miller, Katie, Colony, 29.11. 6, Parks, Mary Kate, Anchorage Ch, 29.15. 7, Thompson, Cimera, Colony, 29.39.
400 — 1, Ealum, Tanner, Anchorage Ch, 57.13. 2, Woodings, Ruby, Palmer, 1:02.16. 3, Berrigan, Rya, Palmer, 1:02.84. 4, Newton, Sarah, Grace Christ, 1:04.07. 5, VanPelt, Allison, Houston, 1:04.79. 6, Bailly, Kaitlyn, South Anchor, 1:05.33. 7, Vasquez, Carissa, Wasilla, 1:07.55. 8, Davis, Jessie, Anchorage Ch, 1:08.29.
800 — 1, Gerlach, Briahna, Glennallen, 2:24.92. 2, Balsan, Elizabeth, Anchorage Ch, 2:26.49. 3, Geraghty, Coleen, Colony, 2:29.48. 4, Powers, Cathelyne, Colony, 2:31.44. 5, Bowker, Elisabeth, Colony, 2:32.66. 6, Gannon, Grace, Grace Christ, 2:33.12. 7, O’Hara, Tessa, Anchorage Ch, 2:38.29. 8, Jackson, Mazzy, Grace Christ, 2:43.39.
1,600 — 1, Gerlach, Briahna, Glennallen, 5:09.56. 2, Block, Jordyn, Colony, 5:24.85. 3, Powers, Cathelyne, Colony, 5:26.11. 4, Bowker, Jill, Colony, 5:28.47. 5, Geraghty, Coleen, Colony, 5:30.03. 6, Gannon, Grace, Grace Christ, 5:30.96. 7,
Meeds, Maggie, South Anchor, 5:32.05. 8, O’Hara, Tessa, Anchorage Ch, 5:41.06.
3,200 — 1, Gerlach, Briahna, Glennallen, 11:11.17. 2, Jackson, Mazzy, Grace Christ, 12:18.41. 3, Gannon, Grace, Grace Christ, 12:22.01. 4, Demientieff, Charlee, Grace Christ, 12:44.04. 5, Annett, Grace, Grace Christ, 12:54.72. 6, Block, Izabella, Colony, 13:33.24. 7, Block, Jordyn, Colony, 13:33.55. 8, Crist, Tommi, Redington, 13:35.54. Girls 100 Meter
100 hurdles — 1, Kirby, Katherine, West Anchora, 16.04. 2, VanderWeide, Annie, Grace Christ, 17.44. 3, Pickett, Gretta, West Anchora, 17.76. 4, Tedrick, Amy, Anchorage Ch, 18.70. 5, Richards, Micah, Palmer, 19.10. 6, Stotler, Danielle, Colony, 19.88. 7, Ko, Madeline, Colony, 20.76.
300 hurdles — 1, Pickett, Gretta, West Anchora, 47.56. 2, Ko, Madeline, Colony, 48.23. 3, Langseth, Zoe, Valdez, 49.33. 4, VanderWeide, Annie, Grace Christ, 50.24. 5, Willardson, Annie, Colony, 51.40. 6, Kirby, Katherine, West Anchora, 51.50. 7, Sessom, Lily, Colony, 52.00. 8, Stotler, Danielle, Colony, 55.00.
400 weight person relay —1, Colony ‘A’ (Tennesen, Kristina , Cowan, Rosalee , Cucullu, Jessica , Looney, Grace ), 59.45. 2, Palmer ‘A’ (Flint, Sapphira , Johnson, Shawna , Pikulthong, Jib , Senden, Tate ), 1:00.99. 3, Anchorage Christian ‘A’ (Williams, Amir , Land, Becca , Edmonds, Hannah , Tedrick, Amy ), 1:03.04. 4, Anchorage Christian ‘B’ (Caudel, Erin , Quick, Gabby , Castillo, Kallie , Carr, Chaunice ), 1:05.73. 5, Wasilla ‘A’ (Barnes, Megan , Comer, Megan , Lichtschlag, Jana , Wanser, Natalia ), 1:06.95.
400 relay — 1, Wasilla ‘A’ (Burt, Jestine , Gittlein, Kathryn , Dunleavy, Ceil , Kelly, Kaylyn ), 54.60. 2, Palmer ‘A’ (Flint, Sapphira , Johnson, Shawna , Pikulthong, Jib , Senden, Tate ), 55.15. 3, Anchorage Christian ‘A’ (Quick, Alexis , McCaffrey, Paige , Tebbits, Flora , Sutter, Joelle ), 55.56. 4, Grace Christian ‘A’ (Plaster, Brooke , Overson, Nikki , Kniegge, Elianna , Markel, Jenna ), 57.61. 5, Houston ‘A’ (May-Thomas, Chanel , Koreze-Richards, Deni , Bean, Corrie , Kapuniai, Cassie ), 57.69. 6, Valdez ‘A’ (Baczuk, Hali , Langseth, Linnea , Grey, Destiny , Merioles, Kathryn ), 57.76. 7, Colony ‘B’ (Miller, Elizabeth , Miller, Madeleine , Gross, Ilse , Malone, Taylor ), 58.28. --, Colony ‘A’ (Freeman, Elizabeth , Hayes, Lacey , Thompson, Cimera , Miller, Katie ), DNF.
800 relay — 1, Colony ‘A’ (Freeman, Elizabeth , Willardson, Annie , Hayes, Lacey , Miller, Katie ), 1:54.96. 2, Anchorage Christian ‘A’ (Davis, Jessie , Parks, Mary Kate , Tebbits, Flora , Sutter, Joelle ), 1:55.50. 3, Wasilla ‘A’ (Vasquez, Carissa Wagle, Richelle , Dunleavy, Ceil , Kelly, Kaylyn ), 1:55.69. 4, Valdez ‘A’ (Watts, Jade , Langseth, Linnea , Howard, Kassandra , Langseth, Zoe ), 1:56.76. 5, Palmer ‘A’ (Johnson, Shawna , Pikulthong, Jib , Richards, Micah , Senden, Tate ), 1:57.48. 6, Grace Christian ‘A’ (Newton, Sarah , Overson, Nikki , Plaster, Brooke , Markel, Jenna ), 1:57.55. 7, Houston ‘A’ (May-Thomas, Chanel , Koreze-Richards, Deni , Bean, Corrie , Kapuniai, Cassie ), 2:01.25. 8, Redington ‘A’ (Caldwell, Aileia , Erickson, Kailey , Lytle, Harley , Crist, Tommi ), 2:06.44. 9, Palmer ‘B’ (Flint, Sapphira , Dinwiddie, Maya , Reid, Madison , Ushmann, Emma ), 2:08.15.
1,600 relay — 1, Anchorage Christian ‘A’ (O’Hara, Tessa , Balsan, Elizabeth , Sutter, Joelle Ealum, Tanner ), 4:20.61. 2, Palmer ‘A’ (Berrigan, Rya , Bingham, Eva , Dixon, Savanna , Woodings, Ruby ), 4:25.67. 3, Valdez ‘A’ (Watts, Jade , Merioles, Kathryn , Howard, Kassandra , Langseth, Zoe ), 4:34.26. 4, Grace Christian ‘A’ (Gannon, Grace , Laker, Sarah , Jackson, Mazzy , Newton, Sarah ), 4:40.10. 5, Colony ‘A’ (Sutherland, Laurine , Powers, Cathelyne , Olsen, Lisbeth , Ulman, Tashia ), 4:43.41.
3,200 relay — 1, Palmer ‘A’ (Dixon, Savanna , Berrigan, Rya , Bingham, Eva , Woodings, Ruby ), 10:31.17. 2, Grace Christian ‘A’ (Laker, Sarah , Beveridge, Abigail , Demientieff, Charlee , Annett, Grace ), 11:15.54. 3, Anchorage Christian ‘A’ (Davis, Jessie , Fuller, Ashley , Hofacker, Makenzie , O’Hara, Tessa ), 11:38.34.
High jump — 1, Dunleavy, Ceil, Wasilla, 5-06. 2, Stephens, Chase, Colony, 5-04. 3, Le Bon, Chantal, Wasilla, 5-02. 4, Sessom, Lily, Colony, 4-10. 5, Howard, Kassandra, Valdez, J4-10. 6, Condio, Anna, Colony, J4-10. 7, Clary, Paige, Colony, 4-08. 8, Berry, Gin, Colony, J4-08. 9, Grey, Destiny, Valdez, 4-00
Long jump — 1, Stephens, Chase, Colony, 17-04. 2, Ko, Madeline, Colony, 16-06.75. 3, Condio, Anna, Colony, 15-08.75. 4, Sessom, Lily, Colony, 15-04.25. 5, Boslough, Flurina, West Anchora, 15-04. 6, Walker, Dupree, West Anchora, 15-02.75. 7, VanderWeide, Annie, Grace Christ, 14-11. 8, May-Thomas, Chanel, Houston, 14-07.50.
Wasilla,
Triple jump — 1, Stephens, Chase, Colony, 35-06. 2, Ko, Madeline, Colony, 34-00. 3, Dunleavy, Ceil, Wasilla, 33-05. 4, Sessom, Lily, Colony, J33-05. 5, VanderWeide, Annie, Grace Christ, 32-11. 6, Condio, Anna, Colony, 31-06. 7, Berry, Gin, Colony, 30-00.50. 8, Jacobsen, Gloria, Glennallen, 29-10.
Shot put — 1, Edmonds, Hannah, Anchorage Ch, 37-10.25. 2, Williams, Amir, Anchorage Ch, 33-09. 3, Ushmann, Emma, Palmer, 32-04.50. 4, Glenn, Demiana, Wasilla, 31-07.50. 5, Stotler, Danielle, Colony, 30-10.25. 6, Looney, Grace, Colony, 30-10. 7, Tennesen, Kristina, Colony, 30-01.50. 8, Tedrick, Amy, Anchorage Ch, 28-10.50. Anchorage Ch, 24-09.25. 20, Rice, Christine, Palmer, 23-00.75.
Discus — 1, Tennesen, Kristina, Colony, 113-10. 2, Williams, Amir, Anchorage Ch, 109-03. 3, Ushmann, Emma, Palmer, 93-01. 4, Holland, Hailey, Redington, 89-10. 5, Wagle, Richelle, Wasilla, 86-05. 6, Madruga, Kimberly, Palmer, 80-05. 7, Edmonds, Hannah, Anchorage Ch, 78-09. 8, Malashevich, Lera, Grace Christ, 77-09. Caudel, Erin, Anchorage Ch, 61-05.
Boys individual results:
100 meters — 1, Morman, Brett, South Anchor, 11.20. 2, Ferris, Chase, Palmer, 11.75. 3, Quinn, Holden, Anchorage Ch, 11.77. 4, Alexander, Nicholaus, Wasilla, 12.01. 5, Kolomeychuk, David, Wasilla, 12.07. 6, Potter, Austin, West Anchora, 12.37. 7, Ofiana, King Harry, West Anchora, 12.39. 8, Brown, Jared, Palmer, 12.46.
200 — 1, Morman, Brett, South Anchor, 22.43. 2, Quinn, Holden, Anchorage Ch, 23.10. 3, Simmers, Uri, Anchorage Ch, 24.29. 4, Vrvilo, Zane, Colony, 24.36. 5, Cork, Beau, Wasilla, 24.37. 6, Wilcox, Joshua, Wasilla, 24.88. 7, Johnson, Nick, Palmer, 25.16. 8, Ward, Charles, Wasilla, 25.30.
400 — 1, Onochie, Frederick, Anchorage Ch, 51.69. 2, Spatz, Tyler, Palmer, 53.44. 3, Vrvilo, Zane, Colony, 54.01. 4, Simmers, Uri, Anchorage Ch, 54.08. 5, Foote, Nicholas, Wasilla, 54.91. 6, Howard, Zach, Valdez, 55.27. 7, Bell, Isaak, Wasilla, 55.81. 8, Edi, Sylvanus, Anchorage Ch, 1:03.67.
800 — 1, Steele, Derek, South Anchor, 2:00.66. 2, Fuller, Quincy, Wasilla, 2:02.79. 3, Kavalok, Ryan, Palmer, 2:06.07. 4, Hull, Andrew, South Anchor, 2:08.73. 5, Bennett, Blake, Anchorage Ch, 2:09.76. 6, Borger, Logan, South Anchor, 2:10.37. 7, Johnson, Ellas, South Anchor, 2:12.46. 8, Wuerth, Alex, Anchorage Ch, 2:17.12.
1,600 — 1, Steele, Derek, South Anchor, 4:30.95. 2, Peterson-Thompson, Dakota, Colony, 4:32.75. 3, Fuller, Quincy, Wasilla, 4:35.29. 4, Bennett, Blake, Anchorage Ch, 4:37.07. 5, Borger, Logan, South Anchor, 4:44.07. 6, Meiwes, Luke, South Anchor, 4:44.46. 7, Everett, Atticus, West Anchora, 4:46.62. 8, Bailey, Koen, South Anchor, 4:47.60.
3,200 — 1, Peterson-Thompson, Dakota, Colony, 9:56.44. 2, Bailey, Koen, South Anchor, 10:10.11. 3, Young, Zach, Grace Christ, 10:33.86. 4, Sheldon, Cameron, Grace Christ, 10:41.05. 5, Peters, Jackson, Colony, 10:48.64. 6, Parks, William, Anchorage Ch, 10:50.43. 7, Mumma, Leif, Palmer, 10:52.18. 8, Bleakney, Hunter, Palmer, 10:53.99.
110 hurdles — 1, Troxel, William, West Anchora, 15.66. 2, Sobek, Ben, Anchorage Ch, 16.56. 3, Southwick, Brady, Palmer, 16.81. 4, Helton, Wyatt, Wasilla, 17.49. 5, Daniels, Matthew, Palmer, 17.62. 6, Clyde, Matthew, Colony, 17.64. 7, Balcao, Will, South Anchor, 17.65. 8, Cha, Tommy, Anchorage Ch, 17.90.
300 hurdles — 1, Southwick, Brady, Palmer, 42.77. 2, Balcao, Will, South Anchor, 42.95. 3, Railing, Jonathan, Anchorage Ch, 43.46. 4, Hessinger, Jacob, Colony, 43.74. 5, Drumm, Caleb, Wasilla, 44.13. 6, Cha, Tommy, Anchorage Ch, 44.21. 7, Clyde, Matthew, Colony, 44.76. 8, Daniels, Matthew, Palmer, 45.76.
400 relay — 1, Palmer ‘A’ (Cutsforth, Larry , Daniels, Nick , Ferris, Chase , Spatz, Tyler ), 46.10. 2, Wasilla ‘A’ (Ward, Charles , Reed, Tanner , Walkemeyer, Jaden , Alexander, Nicholaus ), 46.18. 3, Anchorage Christian ‘A’ (Guillermo, Nathan , Edi, Sylvanus , Kaltenbach, Lane , Quinn, Holden ), 46.78. 4, Colony ‘A’ (Harwood, Hunter , Nero, Jordan , Scott, E’Vion , Vrvilo, Zane ), 47.36. 5, Grace Christian ‘A’ (Roach, Josh , Limstrom, Gregor , Lych, Alex , Limstrom, Anders ), 48.72. 6, Anchorage Christian ‘B’ (Thornton, Emery , Hayner, Kacey , Haecker, Joey , Willyerd, Jeremy ), 50.64. 7, Palmer ‘B’ (Caple, Jaden , Johnson, Nick , Yannayon, Christopher , Oviok, Jared ), 50.86. 8, Valdez ‘A’ (Coats, Jonah , Francis, Jacob , Sodergren, Kyle , Compehos, Kalen ), 51.10.
400 weight person relay — 1, Wasilla ‘A’ (Frick, Ben , Hongslo, Hunter , Kolomeychuk, David , Sodorff, Austin ), 49.25. 2, Anchorage Christian ‘A’ (Stoorza, Timothy , Bronson, Zach DeVille, Colter , Onochie, Frederick ), 51.33. 3, Colony ‘A’ (Carr, Blake , Schultz, Jarek , Pead, Cameron , York, Hunter ), 53.23. 4, West Anchorage ‘A’ 54.65. 5, Grace Christian ‘A’ (Coulombe, James , Cotter, Tyler , Rogers, Ben , Sheldon, Cameron ), 55.60. 6, Palmer ‘A’ 57.95.
800 relay — 1, Palmer ‘A’ (Daniels, Nick , Johnson, Nick , Ferris, Chase , Spatz, Tyler ), 1:34.95. 2, Wasilla ‘A’ (Ward, Charles , Cork, Beau , Walkemeyer, Jaden , Wilcox, Joshua ), 1:36.19. 3, Anchorage Christian ‘A’ (Guillermo, Nathan , Kaltenbach, Lane , Edi, Sylvanus , Onochie, Frederick ), 1:37.33. 4, Colony ‘A’ (Harwood, Hunter , Nero, Jordan , Scott, E’Vion , Vrvilo, Zane ), 1:38.97. 5, Palmer ‘B’ (Daniels, Matthew , Debach, Nicholas , Yannayon, Christopher , Caple, Jaden ), 1:39.03. 6, West Anchorage ‘A’ (Potter, Austin , Leon, Shanai Larabee, Jackson , Fisher, Mark ), 1:40.26. 7, Valdez ‘A’ (Greene, Cody , Compehos, Kalen , Coats, Jonah , Howard, Zach ), 1:40.53. 8, Anchorage Christian ‘B’ (Railing, Jonathan , Hofacker, Joel , Cha, Tommy , Sobek, Ben ), 1:41.32. (Rivera, Rafael , Petrini, Kenny , Ortiz, Ismael , Lord, Ryan ), 1:46.24. 12,
1,600 realy — 1, Palmer ‘A’ (Mayberry, Cameron , Kavalok, Ryan , Spatz, Tyler , Cutsforth, Larry ), 3:37.18. 2, Wasilla ‘A’ (Bell, Isaak , Wilcox, Joshua , Foote, Nicholas , Fuller, Quincy ), 3:39.00. 3, Anchorage Christian ‘A’ (Quinn, Holden , Cha, Tommy , Sobek, Ben , Simmers, Uri ), 3:46.65. 4, Palmer ‘B’ (Caple, Jaden , Brown, Jared , Whitesell, Jacob , Farris, Levi ), 3:50.03. 5, Valdez ‘A’ (Greene, Cody , Coats, Jonah , Hinkle, Aiden , Howard, Zach ), 3:51.55. 6, Grace Christian ‘A’ (Young, Zach , Fritzel, Luke , Martin, Riley , Schaezlein, Robert ), 3:54.16. 7, West Anchorage ‘A’ (Dan, Jules , Ortiz, Ismael , Tix, Cassidy , Woo, David ), 4:07.32. 8, Wasilla ‘B’ (Monear, Wyatt , arsons, Hunter , Miranda, Jose , Mackay, Tre ), 4:16.60.
3,200 relay — 1, Palmer ‘A’ (Mayberry, Cameron , Alverts, Josiah , Robertson, Lev , Kavalok, Ryan ), 8:42.31. 2, Anchorage Christian ‘A’ (Wuerth, Alex , Stoorza, Timothy , Sanford, John , Bennett, Blake ), 8:43.69. 3, Valdez ‘A’ (Hinkle, Aiden , Disney, James , Greene, Cody , Howard, Zach ), 9:12.96.
High jump — 1, Nicholson, Brandon, Colony, 5-10. 2, Coats, Jonah, Valdez, 5-08. 3, Nieder, Braden, Grace Christ, 5-06. 4, Kaltenbach, Lane, Anchorage Ch, 5-04. 5, Greathouse, Kaleb, Wasilla, J5-04. 6, Nieder, Brogan, Grace Christ, J5-04. 7, Mcphail, Julian, Colony, J5-04. 8, Eiman, Donovan, Palmer, J5-04.
Long jump — 1, Nicholson, Brandon, Colony, 19-11.75. 2, Troxel, William, West Anchora, 19-02. 3, Reed, Tanner, Wasilla, 18-11.25. 4, Nieder, Brogan, Grace Christ, 18-10. 5, Holgate, Johnathon, Colony, 18-08.25. 6, Johnson, Nick, Palmer, 18-06. 7, Cork, Beau, Wasilla, 18-05.75. 8, Caple, Jaden, Palmer, 17-08.50.
Triple jump — 1, Nicholson, Brandon, Colony, 44-01.50. 2, Nieder, Brogan, Grace Christ, 40-09.75. 3, Eiman, Donovan, Palmer, 39-02. 4, Simmers, Uri, Anchorage Ch, 38-06.25. 5, Johnson, Nick, Palmer, 37-01.75. 6, Jurasek, Joshua, Colony, 36-10.75. 7, Mcphail, Julian, Colony, 36-09. 8, Nieder, Braden, Grace Christ, 35-10.75.
Shot put — 1, Leakona, Tafitonga, West Anchora, 42-04.25. 2, Tovio, Justin, West Anchora, 41-08. 3, Alvarado, Alex, Colony, 41-06.25. 4, Frick, Ben, Wasilla, 41-02. 5, Kolomeychuk, David, Wasilla, 41-01.50. 6, Binder, Alex, Grace Christ, 40-10. 7, Sotoa, Rapi, West Anchora, 40-08. 8, Onochie, Frederick, Anchorage Ch, 40-06.
Discus —1, Binder, Alex, Grace Christ, 123-09. 2, Alvarado, Alex, Colony, 118-03. 3, Bitler, Ben, Houston, 113-08. 4, Sotoa, Rapi, West Anchora, 113-06. 5, Layton, Jared, Palmer, 113-01. 6, Roth, Justin, Palmer, 111-04. 7, Dorsey, Hamza, Wasilla, 108-04. 8, Bronson, Zach, Anchorage Ch, 105-09.