Knights sweep Mat Valley Mini Meet

PALMER — Members of the Colony Knights track and field team have spent time in recent practices shoveling snow off their track. Wednesday, the Knights had the chance to hit the track without their shovels and swept the team standings of the first Valley meet of the year.

Colony captured first in both the boys’ and girls’ classes during the Mat Valley Mini at Colony High.

The Knights boys and girls combined for five individual wins and three relay victories during the seven-school meet. Senior Jon Pomrenke used a personal best time of 22.79 seconds in the 200 meters to help the Knights amass 167 total points in the boys team standings. Brayden Reeves also finished with a personal record in the triple jump, and finished first with a leap of 38 feet, seven inches. Jarek Schultz added a victory in the boys’ discus.

Presley Peterson led the Colony girls with a win in the girls’ triple jump, hitting 31-7.5 along the way. Hannah Tennesen finished first in the girls’ shot put.

Colony also won the boys and girls 400-meter relay events, and the girls 3,200 relay.

Allison VanPelt and Olivia Davies each won a pair of events for Wasilla, which finished second in the girls’ team standings with 90 points. VanPelt scored a personal record time of 1:03.63 with her win in the 400 meters. She also won the 1,600. Davies, a prep basketball standout, enjoyed an impressive debut for the Wasilla track team. Davies won the girls’ long jump with a leap of 17-3, a distance that is better than any mark recorded during the 2017 4A girls state meet.

Davies also finished first in the 300 hurdles. Cheyenne Green won the discus for the Wasilla girls.

Wyatt Helton led the Wasilla boys with a first-place finish in the long jump. Amiqaq Maclean was first in the 400 for the Palmer boys.

Throwers lead Knights in Anchorage track and field meet

The throwers helped the Colony boys open their season with a top-3 finish during the Pro/Whit Championship April 6-7 at The Dome in Anchorage.

Four different Knights placed in the boys’ shot put and discus as Colony finished with 69 total points in the team standings. Senior Jarek Schultz won the discus with a throw of 129 feet, 4 inches, and also placed eighth in the shot put. Andres Ramirez-Nunn used a personal best of 44-2 to finish as the runner-up in the shot put. Bale Carr was fourth in the shot and Jon Pomrenke finished eighth in the discus.

Pomrenke placed in three events. He was also fifth in the 200 meters and seventh in the 100. Matthew Clyde posted a runner-up finish in the 110-meter hurdles and was eight in the 300 hurdles. Jake Hessinger was fifth in the 300 hurdles.

Presley Peterson led the Colony girls with a pair of top-3 finishes. Peterson was second in the high jump, with a mark of 5-1, and third in the long jump. Lily Sessom was fifth in the triple jump and eighth in the long jump. Grace Looney finished eighth in the shot put, while Kaitlin Laesch-Gray was eigth in the discus.

Abi Kenley finished seventh in the 100 and Laurine Sutherland was eight in the 300 hurdles.

Colony finished seventh overall in the girls team standings.

Contact Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman sports editor Jeremiah Bartz at sports@frontiersman.com.

Mat Valley Mini Meet

Wednesday, Colony High

Boys team scores:

1. Colony 167; 2. Grace Christian 76; 2. (tie) Wasilla 76; 4. Palmer 29; 5. Susitna Valley 25; 6. Redington 7; 7. Wasilla Lake Christian 5.

Girls team scores:

1. Colony 143; 2. Wasilla 90; 3. Grace Christian 53; 4. Palmer 24; 5. Redington 20; 6. Susitna Valley 14; 7. Wasilla Lake Christian 6.

Boys individual results:

200 meters — 1. J. Pomrenke, Col 22.79; 2. M. Kuentzel, Gra 23.08; 3. O. Wyche, Col 23.83; 4. Z. Vrvilo, Col 23.84; 5. T. Christiansen, Pal 24.58; 6. D. Pinard, SV 24.85; 7. J. Jurasek, Col 24.94; 8. J. Matthews, Was 25.34.

400 meters — 1. A. Maclean, Pal 54.41; 2. G. Block, Col 55.67; 3. J. Waterhouse, Col 56.31; 4. M. Kuentzel, Gra 56.36; 5. R. Fuller, Was 57.30; 6. H. Hayes, Was 58.35; 7. D. Pinard, SV 59.51; 8. D. Moody, Pal 1:00.51.

1,600 meters — 1. G. Martin, Gra 4:51.36; 2. H. Hayes, Was 5:03.22; 3. L. Fritzel, Gra 5:04.21; 4. T. MacDonald, SV 5:05.35; 5. K. Greathouse, Was 5:09.80; 6. N. Iverson, Col 5:11.89; 7. C. Colver, Col 5:13.76; 8. E. Jones, Gra 5:16.88.

300 hurdles — 1. M. Clyde, Col 44.36; 2. H. Parsons, Was 46.41; 3. W. Helton, Was 46.97; 4. L. Erwin, Col 47.23; 5. F. Robertson, Col 46.87 6. S. Drumm, Was 49.35; 7. O. Shields, Col 49.94; 8. W. Christiansen, Col 50.19.

400 relay — 1. Colony 45.88; 2. Palmer 46.37; 3. Colony B 49.37; 4. Wasilla Lake Christian 49.68; 5. Grace Christian 50.19; 6. Redington 50.66; 7. Susitna Valley 51.48.

3,200 relay — 1. Grace Christian 9:39.67; 2. Colony 9:44.06; 3. Wasilla 10:48.62; 4. Colony B 11:02.15; 5. Redington 11:25.29; 6. Wasilla B 12:41.21.

Shot put — 1. A. Binder, Gra 45-1.5; 2. J. Coulombe, Gra 41-11.25; 3. B. Carr, Col 41-10.5; 4. J. Schultz, Col 41-7; 5. A. Ramirez-Nunn, Col 39-3.75; 6. G. Frazier, Pal 36-10; 7. A. Jolley, SV 35-9.5; 8. J. White, Pal 35-3.25.

Discus — 1. J. Schultz, Col 134-10; 2. A. Binder, Gra 120-00; 3. J. Coulombe, Gra 116-5; 4. A. Jolley, SV 104-10; 5. J. Pomrenke, Col 99-0; 6. T. Pasa, Col 94-1; 7. J. White, Pal 82-3.

Long jump — 1 W. Helton, Was 19-1.75; 2. H. Hayes, Was 18-9.5; 3. D. Pinard, SV 18-2.5; 4. B. Reeves, Col 18-0.5; 5. S. Wright, Col 17-10.75; 6. P.McMahon, Col 17-9.25; 7. W. Christiensen, Col 17-8.75; 8. A. Bell, Was 17-3.75.

Triple jump — 1. B. Reeves, Col 38-7; 2. H. Hayes, Was 37-10; 3. M. Clyde, Col 37-7.5; 4. S. Wright, Col 37-2; 5. J. McPhail, Col 36-6; 6. F. Robertson, Col 36-3.5; 7. A. Bell, Was 33-11.75; 8. C. Wagle, Was 32-8.25.

Girls individual results:

200 meters — 1. L. Ellis, Gra 26.88; 2. T. Roderick, SV 27.74; 3. O. Davies, Was 28.40; 4. A. Kenley, Col 28.79; 5. M. Schmeling, Gra 29.21; 6. A. Caldwell, Red 30.21; 7. C. Parsons, Was 30.33; 8. A. Davison, Pal 30.45.

400 — 1. A. VanPelt, Was 1:03.63; 2. L. Ellis, Gra 1:04.00; 3. T. Roderick, SV 1:08.71; 4. V. Madruga, Pal 1:09.12; 5. T. Irsik, Pal 1:09.83; 6. C. Parsons, Was 1:10.55; 7. A. Davidson, Pal 1:11.08; 8. A. Johnston, Col 1:11.70.

1,600 — 1. A. VanPelt, Was 5:26.07; 2. J. Bowker, Col 5:48.02; 3. M. Jackson, Gra 5:54.24; 4. G. Annett, Gra 5:55.68; 5. K. Deering, Col 6:04.78; 6. C. Demientieff, Gra 6:06.81; 7. A. McLaughlin, Gra 6:13.76; 8. N. Bell, Col 6:15.55.

300 hurdles — 1. O. Davies, 51.18; 2. S. Lund, Col 53.04; 3. L. Palmberg, WLC 54.79; 4. L. Sutherland, Col 56.34; 5. L. Engebretsen, Col 58.48; 6. C. Smith, Col 1:00.84; 7. M. Davis, Col 1:01.57; 8. M. DeVries, Gra 1:03.41.

400 relay — 1. Colony 54.77; 2. Wasilla 1:00.17; 3. Grace Christian 1:00.23; 4. Colony 1:02.89.

3.200 relay — 1.Colony A 10:58.48; 2. Grace Christian 11:22.19; 3. Colony B 12:35.80.

Shot put — 1. H. Tennesen, Col 31-3.5; 2. C. Green, Was 28-8; 3. A. Yundt, Col 28-4.75; 4. C. Rise, Pal 26-1; 4. (tie) M. Kilpatrick, Pal 26-1; 6. T. Tupua, Red 25-10.5; 7. N. Winsor, Red 25-2.5; 8. M. Williams, Pal 24-8.5.

Discus — 1. C. Green, Was 80-9; 2. N. Winsor, Red 73-11; 3. K. Laasch-Gray, Col 72-6; 4. A. Yundt, Col 69-8; 5. J. Monear, Was 67-11; 6. T. Tupua, Red 61-8; 7. C. Rice, Pal 61-6; 8. J. Schultz, Col 58-10.

Long jump — 1. O. Davies, Was 17-3; 2. P. Peterson, Col 15-11; 3. A. Kenley, Col 13-6; 4. H. McSorley, Was 13-0; 5. A. burke, Was 12-9.5; 6. J. Mastny, Col 12-8.75; 7. H. Yundt, Col 12-8.25; 8. K. Keene, Red 11-1.75.

Triple jump — 1. P. Petersen, Col 31-7.5; 2. A. Straub, Col 26-3; 3. J. Mastny, Col 25-3.5.