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April 29, 2007
Frontiersman staff
PALMER - The Palmer boys got the best of Colony for the second consecutive week, taking home the top spot in the Palmer Relays Track Meet Friday and Saturday at Palmer High. Palmer placed second last week at the Skyview Invite, one spot ahead of the Knights.
The Colony girls also finished second, finishing just five points behind Juneau-Douglas.
Palmer Relays
Friday-Saturday
Palmer High School
Team Scores
Girls: 1. Juneau, 79, 2. Colony, 74; 3. West, 70; 4. (tie) Service, 49 and Cook Inlet Academy, 49; 6. Palmer, 48; 7. Wasilla, 43; 8. Eagle River, 35; 9. Homer, 24; 10. East and Grace Christian, 20; 12. Chugiak, 18; 13. South Special Olympics; 14. Heritate, 8; 15. Houston, 4; 16. Palmer Special Olympics, 2.
Boys: 1. Palmer, 80; 2. Colony, 65; 3. Service, 61; 4. West, 59; 5. (tie) Chugiak and Juneau, 54; 7. Grace, 41; 8. Wasilla, 40; 9. Homer, 36; 10. Eagle River, 17; 11. Heritage, 14; 12. (tie) Su Valley and Cook Inlet Academy, 1.
Individual Results
Girls:
100 Meter Dash (Special Olympics) - 1. Allen, Karlisha, ESO, 16.64; 2. Pete, Felicia, SOSO, 17.94; 3. Masneri, Deanna, ESO, 18.33; 4. Thielemann, Amber, ESO, 18.77+ 5. Giffiths, Kathryn, PSO, 20.34; 6. McEwan, Samantha, SOSO, 20.43; 7. Stewart, Amy, SOSO, 21.98; 8. Tucker, Alyssa, SOSO, 22.26; 9. Weaver, Pearl, PSO, 26.26; 10. Melton, Maggie, ESO, 27.55; 11. Rayborn, chelsey, PSO, 50.84.
100 Meter dash - 1. Jayne, Brandy, ERHS, 13.45; 2. Arnold, Alexis, Grace, 13.92; 3. Critchett, Marina, Homer, 13.95; 4. Orvash, Lindsey, Palmer, 14.16; 5. Atwood, Kristy, Wasilla, 14.18; 6. Arneson, Sadie, Cook Inlet, 14.2;
400 Meter Dash - 1. Forsi, Brooke, Cook Inlet, 1:02.21; 2. Fisher, Evelyn, JUN, 1:03.71; 3. bailey, Mychaela, SERV, 1:04.36; 4. Bowker, Megan, Colony, 1:04.93; 5. Klaar, Erika, Homer, 1:05.60; 6. Mumma, Britany, ERHS, 1:05.83
100 Meter Hurdles - 1. Jayne, Brandy, ERHS, 16.84; 2. Putnam, Hillarie, Wasilla, 17.46; 3. Smithwick, Amie, Cook Inlet, 17.91; 4. Nickerson, Katy, JUN, 17.96; 5. Wilkerson, Amerosia, CHUG, 18.01; 6. Niewoehner, Kaitlin, JUN, 18.31
300 Meter hurdles - 1. Wheeler, Stacy, West, 49.69; 2. Nickerson, Katy, JUN, 52.12; 3. Smith, Kassandra, West, 53.32; 4. Niewoehner, Kaitlin, JUN, 54.60; 5. Hoffman, Rachel, Wasilla, 54.70; 6. Skvorc, Erin, Colony, 54.93
4x100 Meter Relay - 1. Palmer (Orvash, Rissew, Bohman, Beetch), 55.10; 2. Cook Inlet Academy, 55.30; 3. Service, 55.99; 4. Juneau, 56.32; 5. West, 57.21; 6. Wasilla, 57.36
4x100 Meter Relay - 1. Palmer (R. Zimmer, M. Zimmer, L. Zimmer, Tooke), 1:00.20; 2. Colony, 1:00.53; 3. West, 1:01.90; 4. Homer, 1:02.21; 5. Wasilla, 1:05.68.
Girls 4x200 Meter Relay - 1. Palmer (Orvash, R. Zimmer, Rissew, Meyer), 1:53.97; 2. Colony), 1:55.65; 3. Eagle River, 2:01.67; 4. Cook Inlet Academy, 2:01.89; 5. West, 2:02.90; 6. Wasilla, 2:09.59
4x400 Meter Relay - 1. Juneau (Krehlik, Miller, Fisher, Delabruere), 4:23.79; 2. Service, 4:29.54; 3. Cook Inlet Academy, 4:31.96; 4. Colony, 4:33.58; 5. West, 4:34.28; 6. Palmer, 4:34.96
4x800 Meter Relay - 1. West (Keegan, Roelle, L. Luch, M. Luch), 10:21.40; 2. Eagle River, 10:28.15; 3. Wasilla, 10:29.52; 4. Colony, 10:58.92; 5. Grace Christian, 11:08.70; 6. Service, 11:38.80
Girls 800 Sprint Medley - 1. Service, 2:02.10; 2. Colony, 2:02.89; 3. Juneau, 2:03.00; 4. Cook Inlet Academy , 2:04.77; 5. Homer High School 2:07.71; 6. Grace Christianl, 2:13.56
Girls 1600 Sprint Medley FROSH/SOPH - 1. Cook Inlet Academy, 4:47.13; 2. Colony, 4:50.00; 3. Wasilla, 4:56.27; 4. Juneau, 4:57.79; 5. Chugiak, 5:02.53; 6. Grace Christian, 5:13.96
Girls High Jump - 1. (tie) Putnam, Hillarie, Wasilla, and Frost, Crystal, Service, 4-10; 3. (tie) Bartholomew, Annie, JUN, Zager, Annie, Service, Hodgson, Sierra, Colony, Egbe, Jacqueline, West, Timmers, Kristjana, Su Valley, 4-06 and Zimmer, Rashayne, Palmer
Girls Long Jump - 1. Ely, Kristie, JUN, 14-07; 2. Delabruere, Alison, JUN, 13-06.25; 3. Dukart, Chantil, West, 13-05.25; 4. Van Gorder, Ellen, Colony, 12-08; 5. Beetch, Kailyn, Palmer, 12-04.50; 6. Forstner, Katie, Colony, 12-03
Girls Triple Jump - 1. Putnam, Hillarie, Wasilla, 33-01.50; 2. Ely, Kristie, JUN, 32-07; 3. Hodgson, Sierra, Colony, 32-02; 4. Johnson, Jenna, Wasilla, 31-02.25; 5. Wheeler, Stacy, West, 30-09.50; 6. Zager, Annie, Service, 30-03
Girls Shot Put - 1. Arnold, Alexis, Grace, 34-05.50; 2. Layland, Lindsay, Homer, 32-11.50; 3. Bennett, Holly, JUN, 30-07; 4. Elvie, Amber, SERV, 30-05.50; 5. Coon, Alex, Colony, 30-04.50; 6. Temple, Reba, Homer, 29-11.50
Girls Discus - 1. Riopelle, Rebecca, Grace, 97-04; 2. Coon, Alex, Colony, 93-11; 3. Troxel, Katie, Colony, 93-10; 4. Bennett, Holly, JUN, 83-08; 5. Layland, Lindsay, Homer, 81-03; 6. Dooley, Erin, West, 80-02
5000 Meter Run - 1. Andrew, Farrell, SERV, 19:23.00; 2. Weber, Bethany, Grace, 19:37.00; 3. Whism, Bethany, HER, 19:49.00; 4. Morris, Kassandra, Houston, 19:59.00; 5. Denton, Lela, HER, 20:12.00; 6. Nagel, Abby, Colony, 20:18.00
100 Meter Shuttle Hurdle - 1. Juneau (Nickerson, Vance, Niewoehner, Bartholomew), 1:16.59; 2. West 1:19.52.
Boys
100 Meter Dash - 1. Lauvao, Salemale, West, 11.74; 2. Arnold, Blake, Grace, 11.75, 3. Williams, Otis, Wasilla, 11.82; 4. Pernula, Jake, JUN, 11.83, 5. Daly, John, Palmer, 11.89; 6. Bean, Jesse, Wasilla, 11.99
400 Meter Dash - 1. Hewitt, Ethan, CHUG, 50.39; 2. Edwards, Drew, Grace, 51.82; 3. Preston, Demetrius, SERV, 53.62; 4. Truax, Bradley, Colony, 53.75; 5. Smith, Kevin, Palmer, 54.37; 6. Phelps, Cody, SERV, 54.56
110 Meter Hurdles - 1. Benning, Levi, JUN, 15.62; 2. Ward, Shaun, CHUG, 15.65; 3. Hoyer, Isaiah, West, 16.62; 4. Breen, David, West, 16.64; 5. Kinney, Matt, Homer, 17.97; 6. Gray, Doug, Colony
300 Meter Hurdles - 1. Ward, Shaun, CHUG, 39.83; 2. Benning, Levi, JUN, 40.45; 3. Gray, David, Colony, 44.14; 4. Hoyer, Isaiah, West, 44.89; 5. Zimmerman, Tyler, Grace, 45.67; 6. Gorski, Dana, ERHS, 46.42
4x100 Meter Relay - 1. Palmer (Konkler, Daly, Benton, Forkner), 45.09; 2. West, 46.42; 3. Juneau, 46.87; 4. Service, 47.07; 5. Chugiak, 49.94; 6. Houston, 50.33
4x100 Meter Relay Field Person - 1. Homer (McWilliams, Rasmussen, Edge, Courtney), 50.69; 2. Juneau, 51.74; 3. Wasilla, 52.93; 4. Palmer, 53.09; 5. Palmer B, 54.65; 6. West, 55.01
4x200 Meter Relay - 1. Homer, 1:37.89; 2. West, 1:39.21; 3. Eagle River, 1:40.08; 4. Service, 1:41.57; 5. Grace Christian, 1:43.42; 6. Juneau, 1:48.00
4x400 Meter Relay - 1. Service (Jackson, Nees, Mamikunian, Preston), 3:36.15; 2. Palmer, 3:40.16; 3. Grace Christian, 3:40.16; 4. Homer, 4:07.75; 5. Heritage, 4:17.30; 6. West, 4:25.90
4x800 Meter Relay - 1. Grace Christian School (Edwards, Steck, Linnell, Zimmerman), 8:44.17; 2. Colony, 8:48.68; 3. West, 8:49.43; 4. Palmer, 9:00.10; 5. Heritage, 9:00.29; 6. Eagle River, 9:06.52
1600 Sprint Medley - 1. Palmer (LeCheminant, Daly, Konkler, Smith), 3:50.78; 2. Service, 3:53.96; 3. Colony, 4:03.47; 4. Juneau, 4:04.36; 5. Colony, 4:13.54; 6. Wasilla, 4:17.66
1600 Sprint Medley FROSH/SOPH - 1. Service, 4:06.33; 2. Palmer, 4:12.41; 3. Eagle River, 4:16.43; 4. Juneau, 4:18.00; 5. Heritage, 4:19.68; 6. Homer, 4:20.71
High Jump - 1. (tie) Jurgensen, Jeremy, Colony, and Jackson, Ben, SER, 6-02; 3. Zagars, Antone, Colony, 5-10; 4. (tie) Caitlin, Levi, Homer and Hoyer, Isaiah, West, 5-06; 6. Cliborn, Robert, Wasilla, 5-02
Long Jump - 1. Kearns, Aaron, JUN, 20-08.50; 2. Hewitt, Ethan, CHUG, 20-05; 3. Perace, Dexter, Wasilla, 19-03.25; 4. Jurgensen, Jeremy, Colony, 19-00.25; 5. Arnold, Blake, Grace, 18-10.25; 6. Jackson, Ben, SERV, 18-10
Triple Jump - 1. Kearns, Aaron, JUN, 39-01; 2. Zagars, Michael, Colony, 38-11; 3. Jackson, Ben, SERV, 38-07.75; 4. Hoyer, Isaiah, West, 37-10.25, 5. Thornock, Jesse, Colony, 36-02.25; 6. Jensen, John, Colony, 35-08.50
Shot Put - 1. Rasmussen, Erik, Homer, 52-08.25; 2. Keim, Oliver, West, 42-08; 3. McWilliams, Noah, Homer, 41-06.50; 4. Rosario, Ian, CHUG, 41-05.25; 5. Svedin, Nathan, Palmer, 40-05.25; 6. Barry, Matt, JUN, 39-02
Discus - 1. Svedin, Nathan, Palmer, 140-01.50; 2. Morales, Israel, Houston, 115-10; 3. Knowles, John, Wasilla, 115-09; 4. Slama, Max, Grace, 113-07; 5. Rosario, Ian, CHUG, 110-06; 6. Barry, Matt, JUN, 109-05.50
5000 Meter Run - 1. Parisien, Jake, Palmer, 16:05.25; 2. Stuart, Mikey, HER, 16:25.43; 3. Phelps, Cody, SERV, 16:28.74; 4. Singleton, Colin, ERHS, 17:01.75; 5. Zagars, Antone, Colony, 17:05.56; 6. Holly, Josh, Cook Inlet, 17:06.48
Shuttle Hurdle - 1. Colony, 1:07.97.
Mixed 4x100 Meter Relay Special Olym - 1. Service (Eldridge, Faaaliga, Krueger, Ramharter), 55.32; 2. East 55.97; 3. Wasilla, 1:04.95; 4. Palmer, 1:07.60; 5. Wasilla, 1:13.65; 6. Wasilla 1:16.03
Mixed Distance Medley - 1. West (Buklis, B. Luch, D. Luch, Delia), 12:05.67; 2. Service, 12:18.32; 3. Eagle River, 12:26.54; 4. Colony, 12:31.35; 5. Juneau, 12:36.62; 6. Grace, 12:42.23
Mixed Long Jump Special Olym - 1. Melton, Maggie, ESO, 30-11; 2. Marushack, Andy, SOSO, 14-05; 3. Munson, Elia, ESO, 13-09; 4. Florez, Ian, ESO, 13-04; 5. Herman-Deemer, Daniel, PSO, 12-06.50; 6. Pratte, Jessica, PSO, 12-04.50
Mixed Shot Put Special Olym - 1. Moralis, israel, HOSO, 41-03; 2. henry, Peter, ESO, 37-06; 3. Marushack, Andy, SOSO, 33-00; 4. Kakizaki, Kamueku, SOSO, 29-03; 5. Grove, Seth, HOSO, 28-00; 6. Jun Zhang, Hao, SOSO, 26-04.