PJMS sweeps Palmer Invite

Sports editor

PALMER -- The Palmer Junior Middle School boys and girls track and field squads each won their respective classes at the Palmer Invitational Middle School Track and Field Meet at Palmer High School on Wednesday.

The PJMS boys, who earned 165 total points, were led by a trio of record-breaking performances. Eighth grader Jake Parisien won both the 800-and 1600-meter runs in record breaking fashion, shattering 10-year-old marks in each event. Parisien also helped his 4x400 squad break a record. The team of Parisian, Lucas Secoy, Ryan Cunningham and Bryce Jacobson set a new mark of 4 minutes and 15 seconds in the event.

The Palmer girls more than doubled the overall score of the second place finisher, en route to breezing past the competition in the team standings. PJMS finished with 216 total points, far ahead of second-place Colony's 96 points.

"I new we had a strong team," PJMS coach Gary Howell said. "I didn't realize how well the girls would do."

Matti Cox and Karen Oosting each had a pair of wins for the Mini-Moose. Oosting won the 110-meter hurdles and the 100, while Cox finished first in the 400 and 1,600.

Teeland Middle School finished second in the boys' class with 126 and Colony placed third with 42 points. The Teeland girls finished third with 58 points.

Palmer Invitational Middle School Track and Field Tournament

Wednesday, April 28

Team Scores

Boys: 1. PJMS 165; 2. Teeland 126, 3. Colony 42, 4. Su Valley 13 5. Wasilla 12, 6. Houston 10; Girls: 1. PJMS 216, 2. Colony 96, 3. Teeland 58, 4. Wasilla 33, 5. Houston 1, Su Valley 1

Individual results:

Boys: 110-meter hurdles: 1. A. Brehm- CMS 16.23, 2. Do. Gray- TMS 16.98, 3. R. Conrey 16.90 PJMS; 100: 1. D. Edwards- Grace 12.32, 2. T. Atwood- TMS 12.32, 3. C. Crieg- TMS 12.37; 800-relay: 1. PJMS 1:51:02, 2. TMS 1:54:00, 3. CMS 1:34:59; 1600: 1. J. Parisien- PJMS 4:39:59, 2. D. Gray- TMS 5:29.42, 3. T. Depriest- PJMS 5:30.28; 400-relay: 1. TMS 51.60, 2. CMS 53.30, 3. PJMS 53.78; 400: 1. D. Edwards- Grace 58.22, 2. B. Truax- CMS 59.72, 3. Da. Gray- TMS 1:00; 800: 1. J. Parisien- PJMS 2:09; 2. Da. Gray- TMS 2:27, 3. D. Moore- SV 2:28; 200: 1. T. Atwood- TMS 25.91; 2. D. Konkler- PJMS 26.25; 3. T. Guzman 26.97; 1600-relay: 1. PJMS, 2. Grace, 3. TMS; Triple Jump: 1. D. White- TMS 34'7", 2. B. Truax - CMS34'1'", 3. T. Guzman- PJMS 33'3"; Long Jump: 1. J. Carlson- PJMS- 15'2", 2. R. Conroy- PJMS- 14'10", 3. A. Sharrow- 14'7"; High Jump: 1. C. Krieg- TMS 5'2", 2. D. Gray- TMS 5', 2. D. Patterson- HMS 5':Discus: 1. D. Schindele- PJMS 107'1", 2. S. Sawyer 95'1", 3. K. Moll- Grace 93'7"; Shot put: 1. C. Dyson- ACS 36'6", 2. J. Van Raden- PJMS 35'3", 3. J. McPheters- Heritage 33'10".

Girls: 110-hurdles: 1. K. Oosting- PJMS 17.8, 2. K. Beetch- PJMS 17.9, 3. T. Anderson- PJMS 19.4; 100: 1. K. Oosting 13.8, 2. K. Larson-CMS 13.9; 3. K. Beetch- PJMS 14.2; 800 relay: 1. CMS 2:03, 2. PJMS 2:07, 3. TMS 2:10; 1600: 1. M. Cox- PJMS 5:50.23, 2. S. McGowen- PJMS 6:04.49, 3. H. Doner- CMS 6:05.35; 400 relay: 1. CMS 5.78, 2. TMS 58.40, 3. WMS 1:01.44; 400: 1. M. Cox- PJMS 1:07.04, 2. Na. Miller- WMS 1:09, 3. A. Swetzof- PJMS 1:09; 800: H. Doner- CMS 2:43, 2. D. Pietrok- PJMS 2:44, 3. S. McGowen- PJMS 2:47; 200: 1. M. Kellner-Rude-WMS 29.00, 2. K. Oosting- PJMS 29.44, 3. B. White- ACS 29.84; 1600 relay: 1. CMS 4:46, 2. PJMS 4:45, 3. TMS 5:07; Triple Jump: 1. A. Grazulis- CMS 26'4", 2. K. Forstner- CMS 25'8", 3. J. Elkins- TMS 25'7", Long Jump: 1. A. Swetzof- PJMS 14'5", 2. A. Bleicher- CMS 14'2", 3. K. Beetch- 13'7"; High Jump: 1. K. Theisen- PJMS 4'6", 2. K. Beetch- PJMS, K. Larson- CMS 4'4"; Discus: 1. G. Ratcliff- PJMS 75'4", 2. A. Simpson- TMS 70'11", 3. B. Day- PJMS 65'7"; 1. G. Ratcliff- PJMS 29'6", 2. A. Awetzof- PJMS 27'0", 3. A. Coon- TMS 26'3".