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HOMER — Saturday was a good day for the Palmer boys relay teams.
Nick Daniels, Tyler Spatz, Jared Layton and Christopher Doty combined to win the 400- and 800-meter relay events during the Homer Invitational Saturday in Homer.
The Palmer squad posted a time of 47.48 seconds to win the 400 relay, and finish just ahead of runner-up Wasilla (47.64). The same group of four used a mark of 1:39.73 to win the 800 relay.
Brady Southwick was also a winner for Palmer, which finished fifth in the boys’ team standings with 56 total points. Southwick won the 110-meter hurdles.
Wasilla led Valley teams with third-place finishes in the boys’ and girls’ standings. Marshall Comer (discus) and Kenneth Frick (110 hurdles) each finished second for the Wasilla boys. Mariah Burroughs was third in the 1,600 and fourth in the 800 for the Wasilla girls. Alex Mathis was third in the 3,200 for the Warriors.
Palmer placed ninth in the girls’ team standings. Jonna Laitnen led the Palmer girls with a second-place finish in the discus.
For the complete results, see frontiersman.com/sports.
Valley teams return to the track to participate in the Mat-Su Mini, slated for today at 2:30 p.m. at Palmer High School.
Homer Invitational
Friday-Saturday, Homer
Boys team scores:
1. Kenai Central, 128; 2. ACS, 97; 3. Wasilla, 96; 4. Nikiski, 73; 5. Palmer, 56; 6. Homer, 51; 7. Skyview, 44; 8. Soldotna, 28; 9. Valdez, 26; 10. Glennallen, 25; 11. Grace Christian, 18; 12. Cook Inlet Academy, 4; 13. Ninilchik, 1.
Boys individual results:
100-meter dash — 1. Eric Johnson, Gra, 11.57 seconds; 2. Jordan Sondergaard, Gle, 11.76; 3. Keefe McIntosh, Val, 11.80; 4. Vincent Aumavae, Pal, 11.85; 5. Josh Jackman, Ken, 11.93; 6. Mosiah Renk, Was, 11.95.
200 — 1. Josh Jackman, Ken, 23.48; 2. Jordan Sondergaard, Gle, 23.86; 3. Eric Johnson, Gra, 23.88; 4. Michael Todd, ACS, 24.10; 5. Keefe McIntosh, Val, 24.33; 6. Aaron Miller, Gle, 24.61.
400 — 1. Michael Todd, ACS, 52.74; 2. Aaron Miller, Gle, 53.33; 3. Justin Gentz, Was, 55.34; 4. Preston Weeks, Sol, 56.09; 5. Josh Wolfe, Was, 56.45; 6. Uri Simmers, ACS, 56.86.
800 — 1. Jonah Theisen, Ken, 2:02.35; 2. Micah Hilbish, Sky, 2:02:48; 3. Jordan Theisen, Ken, 2:03.70; 4. Pedro Ochoa, Hom, 2:06.99; 5. Travis Cooper, Ken, 2:08.20; 6. Colton Pulver, Was, 2:08.57.
1,600 — 1. Jonah Theisen, Ken, 4:27.93; 2. Jordan Theisen, Ken, 4:27.98; 3. Pedro Ochoa, Hom, 4:43.50; 4. Colton Pulver, Was, 4:44.35; 5. Ivan David Isaacs, Gra, 4:54.04; 6. Travis Cooper, Ken, 4:55.54.
3,200 — 1. Jonah Theisen, Ken, 9:49.10; 2. Jordan Theisen, Ken, 9:51.97; 3. Pedro Ochoa, Hom, 10:02.56; 4. Ty Marshall, Was, 10:33.69; 5. Colton Pulver, Was, 10:40.36; 6. Daniel Shuler, Sky, 11:03.15.
110 hurdles — 1. Brady Southwick, Pal, 16.73; 2. Kenneth Frick, Was, 19.25; 3. Caleb Drumm, Was, 19.54; 4. Ryan Toney, Sol, 19.92; 5. Wyatt Monear, Was, 20.00; 6. Sam Mireles, Nin, 20.09.
300 hurdles — 1. Connor Seay, Hom, 43.50; 2. Matt Thomas, Was, 43.58; 3. Brady Southwick, Pal, 45.65; 4. Kenneth Frick, Was, 45.87; 5. Noah Leaf, CIA, 46.87; 6. Daniel Reynolds, ACS, 47.95.
400 relay — 1. Palmer (Daniels, Spatz, Layton, Doty), 47.48; 2. Wasilla, 47.64; 3. Glennallen, 48.27; 4. Homer, 48.73; 5. Kenai, 49.02; 6. Nikiski, 49.35.
800 relay — 1. Palmer (Doty, Layton, Daniels, Spatz), 1:39.73; 2. Homer, 1:42.19; 3. Skyview, 1:45.37; 4. Valdez, 1:48.09; 5. CIA, 1:49.03.
1,600 relay — 1. ACS (N. Simmers, Lopez, U. Simmers, Todd), 3:39.41; 2. Kenai, 3:47.41; 3. Palmer, 3:48.50; 4. Wasilla, 3:48.55; 5. Skyview, 3:54.59; 6. Homer, 4:00.06.
3,200 relay — 1. Skyview (Hemphill, Musgrave, Shuler, Yancey), 8:52.95; 2. ACS, 9:23.02; 3. Homer, 9:59.97; 4. Soldotna, 10:32.00.
Shot put — 1. Mason Lloyd, Ken, 40 feet, 10 inches; 2. Asa Quimby, Nik, 39—7; 3. Randy Kohutek, ACS, 39—1 1/2; 4. Brian Peters, ACS, 39—1; 5. Tom Randall, Ken, 38—11; 6. Dalton Best, Sol, 38—10.
Discus — 1. Nate Simmers, ACS, 129—1; 2. Marshall Comer, Was, 124—11; 3. Adam O’Guinn, Sky, 113—5; 4. Luke Johnson, Nik, 113—3; 5. Daniel Reynolds, ACS, 111—10; 6. Tom Randall, Ken, 108—10.
High jump — 1. Seth Carstens, Nik, 5—8; 2. Patrick Stanton, Val, 5—6; 3. Luke Johnson, Nik, 5—6; 4. Isaac Fife, Was, 5—4; 5. Brady Southwick, Pal, 5—2; 6. Dawson Bauman, Valdez, 5—0.
Long jump — 1. Seth Carstens, Nik, 19—2 3-4; 2. Nate Simmers, ACS, 19—1 1-4; 3. Caleb Wolfe, Was, 18—2 3-4; 4. Josh Jackman, Ken, 18—1; 5. Drew Gibbs, Sol, 18—3-4; 6. Vincent Aumavae, Pal, 18—1-4.
Triple jump — 1. Tim Duke, Sky, 41—4 1-2; 2. Nate Simmers, ACS, 40—8 3-4; 3. Preston Weeks, Sol, 38—9 1-2; 4. Drew Gibbs, Sol, 37—9 1-2; 5. Matt Thomas, Was, 36—11 3-4; 6. Uri Simmers, ACS, 36—7 1-4.
Girls team scores:
1. Soldotna, 111; 2. Kenai Central, 81; 3 (tie). ACS, Wasilla, 69; 5. Homer, 47; 6 (tie). Grace, Skyview, 46; 8. Glennallen, 41; 9. Palmer, 39; 10. Valdez, 38; 11. Nikiski, 30.
Girls individual results:
100 — 1. Tanner Ealum, ACS, 12.58; 2. Kaylee Fisher, Sky, 13.40; 3. Daisy Nelson, Sol, 13.41; 4. Christina Ellis, Gra, 13.56; 5. Kerry Ross, Nik, 13.60; 6. Angie Cardoza, Hom, 13.78.
200 — 1. Tanner Ealum, ACS, 26.11; 2. Jodi Davis, Gra, 27.84; 3. Sarah Newton, Gra, 28.18; 4. Daisy Nelson, Sol, 28.19; 5. Kaylee Fisher, Sky, 28.46; 6. Lindsey Wong, Sol, 28.54.
400 — 1. Tanner Ealum, ACS, 59.13; 2. Daisy Nelson, Sol, 1:02.70; 3. Dani McCormick, Sol, 1:03.36; 4. Aurora Waclawski, Hom, 1:04.46; 5. Ziza Shemet Pitcher, Hom, 1:04.81; 6. Hannah Heinbaugh, Gle, 1:04.98.
800 — 1. Allie Ostrander, Ken, 2:18.47; 2. Olivia Hutchings, Sol, 2:25.46; 3. Dani McCormick, Sol, 2:27.83; 4. Mariah Burroughs, Was, 2:29.06; 5. Hannah Heinbaugh, Gle, 2:33.43; 6. Sadie Fox, Sol, 2:33.62.
1,600 — 1. Allie Ostrander, Ken, 4:55.32; 2. Briahna Gerlach, Gle, 5:19.34; 3. Mariah Burroughs, Was, 5:25.52; 4. Molly Mitchell, Hom, 5:32.97; 5. Sadie Fox, Sol, 5:35.90; 6. Alex Mathis, Was, 5:37.25.
3,200 — 1. Allie Ostrander, Ken, 10:19.17; 2. Briahna Gerlach, Gle, 11:18.56; 3. Alex Mathis, Was, 12:00.67; 4. Olivia Hutchings, Sol, 12:05.18; 5. Mariah Burroughs, Was, 12:06.00; 6. Sadie Fox, Sol, 12:11.98.
100 hurdles — 1. Tayla Cabana, Hom, 16.86; 2. Jodi Davis, Gra, 17.59; 3. Lauren Evarts, Hom, 17.81; 4. Melyssa McMillen, Val, 19.73; 5. Megan Herrera, Was, 19.93; 6. Alexis Quick, ACS, 20.08.
300 hurdles — 1. Jodi Davis, Gra, 48.56; 2. Zoe Langseth, Val, 51.55; 3. Casey Neill, Sky, 54.57; 4. Erin Fichtner, Was, 55.43; 5. Lauren Jones, Hom, 56.32; 6. Kathleen Davis, ACS, 56.52.
400 relay — 1. Skyview (Fisher, Tolliver, Ramsell, Gibbons), 54.59; 2. Nikiski, 55.64; 3. Wasilla, 55.86; 4. Soldotna, 56.17; 5. Kenai, 56.64; 6. ACS, 56.76.
800 relay — 1. Skyview (Hames, McNamara, Landess, Ramsell), 1:54.87; 2. Kenai, 1:56.69; 3. Soldotna, 2:10.07; 4. Valdez, 2:10.18; 5. ACS, 2:11.07.
1,600 relay — 1. Soldotna (Nelson, Wong, Hutchings, McCormick), 4:21.88; 2. Homer, 4:28.64; 3. Wasilla, 4:30.27; 4. Glennallen, 4:30.97; 5. ACS, 4:38.40; 6. Kenai, 4:39.58.
3,200 relay — 1. Glennallen (Heinbaugh, Cyr, Maslen, Gerlach), 10:16.56; 2. Palmer, 11:05.11; 3. Wasilla, 11:58.34; 4. Homer, 12:16.14; 5. ACS, 13:33.45.
Shot put — 1. Jennifer Voss, ACS, 34—5 3-4; 2. Makayla Wong, Sol, 33—2 1-4; 3. Ashley Logan, Gra, 32—6 1-4; 4. Hannah Edmonds, ACS, 32—2; 5. Cassidy Edwards, Was, 29—7 3-4; 6. Kiana Hendricks, Sol, 29—7 1-4.
Discus — 1. Makayla Wong, Sol, 109—8; 2. Jonna Laitinen, Pal, 103—2; 3. Jennifer Voss, ACS, 90—8; 4. Sylvia Tuisaula, Was, 83—8; 5. Ashley Logan, Gra, 81—5; 6. Annie Quinn, Sol, 79—5.
High jump — 1. Kiana Harding, Ken, 4—6; 2. Lindsey Wong, Sol, 4—6; 3. Alexandrea Kausal, Pal, 4—6; 4. Hollie Duncan, ACS, 4—4; 5. Crystal Crane, Hom, 4—4; 6. Olga Renk, Pal, 4—4.
Long jump — 1. Arianne Parrish, Nik, 15—2 3-4; 2. Zoe Langseth, Val, 15—1 1-4; 3. Julieanne Wilson, Ken, 14—9 1-2; 4. Kiana Harding, Ken, 14—4 1-2; 5. Crystal Crane, Hom, 13—11 1/2; 6. Shawna Johnson, Pal, 13—11 1/4.
Triple jump — 1. Hayley Ramsell, Sky, 30—1-2; 2. Andrea Wagner, Was, 28—3; 3. Alexandrea Kausal, Pal, 27_—2 1-2; 4. Katie Franciosi, Val, 26—2; 5. Shelby Gudgel, Val, 24—8 1-2.