Region II Track: Su Valley frosh flies

Susitna Valley freshman sprinter Nick Nysewander-Kellard won both the 100- and 200-meter dash Saturday at the Region II Championships at Skyview High School in Soldotna.

Nysewander-Kellard also ran a leg of the Rams’ second-place 4x200 meter relay team, earning the meet’s most outstanding track athlete award in the process.

Overall, Su Valley finished a distant second to Heritage Christian, which racked up 191 points to the Rams’ 85.

Bill Kelly earned a second place finish in the triple jump, while Grant Hicks was the runner-up in the discus.

On the girls’ side, Su Valley finished in a second-place tie with Heritage, finishing 88 points back of host Cook Inlet Academy.

Caitlin Hunt won the girls’ high jump with a leap of four feet, eight inches to beat Tok’s Daisy Morgan by two inches. Hunt also teamed up with Missy Scott, Marina Cron and Ashley Evans to earn a victory in the girls’ 4x200 meter relay.

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Cook Inlet Academy, 155; 2 (tie). Heritage, Su Valley, 67; 4. Tri Valley, 53; 5. Ninilchik, 52; 6. Tok, 22; 7. Cantwell, 15.

100 meters — 1. Sadie Arneson, CIA, 14.23 seconds; 2. Ashley Bartolowits, Nin, 14.41; 3. Lauren Bauder, CIA, 14.44; 4. Emily Railing, Her, 14.64; 5. Bekah Ziegman, Tri, 14.73; 6. Cori Carter, Tri, 14.76.

200 — 1. Brooke Forsi, CIA, 27.59; 2. Lauren Bauder, CIA, 29.50; 3. Caitlin Hunt, SuV, 30.16; 4. Bekah Ziegman, Tri, 30.48; 5. Emily Railing, Her, 31.10; 6. Cori Carter, Tri, 31.68.

400 — 1. Brooke Forsi, CIA, 1:00.91; 2. Courtney Talerico, Tri, 1:08.10; 3. Bekah Ziegman, Tri, 1:08.47; 4. Daisy Morgan, Tok, 1:11.92; 5. Missy Scott, SuV, 1:22.63.

800 — 1. Holly Kopp, CIA, 2:40.60; 2. Courtney Talerico, Tri, 2:48.75; 3. Daisy Morgan, Tok, 3:03.79; 4. Anitra Winkler, Can, 3:04.28; 5. Windy Gore, Can, 3:22.23; 6. Hillary Domke, CIA, 3:23.00.

1,600 — 1. Holly Kopp, CIA, 5:49.75; 2. Anitra Winkler, Can, 6:14.69; 3. Cori Carter, Tri, 6:27.30; 4. Missy Scott, SuV, 6:46.94; 5. Hillary Domke, CIA, 7:40.52.

3,200 — 1. Holly Kopp, CIA, 12:30.17; 2. Courtney Talerico, Tri, 13:17.99; 3. Ashley Evans, SuV, 15:55.81; 4. Hillary Domke, CIA, 15:04.24.

100 hurdles — 1. Amie Smithwick, CIA, 17.47; 2. Lela Denton, Her, 20.34.

300 hurdles — 1. Amie Smithwick, CIA, 50.27; 2. Cori Carter, Tri, 57.23; 3. Lela Denton, Her, 57.58.

400 relay — 1. CIA (Arneson, Smithwick, Forsi, Bauder), 53.99; 2. Ninilchik, 59.80; 3. Heritage, 1:02.03.

800 relay — 1. Su Valley (Scott, Cron, Hunt, Evans), 2:07.71.

1,600 relay — 1. CIA (Forsi, Kopp, Smithwick, Arneson), 4:30.91.

3,200 relay — 1. Heritage (Halsey, Anderson, Railing, Whisman), 17:32.59.

High jump — 1. Caitlin Hunt, SuV, 4 feet, 8 inches; 2. Daisy Morgan, Tok, 4—6; 3. Brianna Goins, Nin, 4—6; 4. Ashley Evans, SuV, 4—6; 5. Ashley Bartolowits, Nin, 4—2; 6. Bekah Ziegman, Tri, 4—2.

Long jump — 1. Ashley Bartolowits, Nin, 15—1 1-2; 2. Caitlin Hunt, SuV, 13—10; 3. Grace Halsey, Her, 13—2 1-2; 4. Daisy Morgan, Tok, 12—11 3-4; 5. Sadie Arneson, CIA, 11—2 3-4; 6. Windy Gore, Can, 11—1.

Triple jump — 1. Brianna Goins, Nin, 28—1 1-2; 2. Lauren Bauder, CIA, 27—4 1-2; 3. Ashley Evans, SuV, 24—10; 4. Missy Scott, SuV, 24—7; 5. Tiffany Smith, CIA, 19—5 1-2.

Shot put — 1. Haley Michel, CIA, 27—6 1-2; 2. Timaney Anderson, Nin, 26—10 3-4; 3. Jessica Anderson, Her, 25—4 1-2; 4. Tiffany Smith, CIA, 24—4 1-2; 5. Ariel Moore, SuV, 21—1-2; 6. Bethany Whisman, Her, 20—4 1-2.

Discus — 1. Lela Denton, Her, 79—9 1-4; 2. Haley Michel, CIA, 61—1-4; 3. Jessica Anderson, Her, 58—4 3-4; 4. Ariel Moore, SuV, 57—1 1-4; 5. Bethany Whisman, Her, 52—2 1-2; 6. Melani Benjamin, SuV, 42—4 3-4.

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Heritage, 191; 2. Su Valley, 85; 3. Ninilchik, 84; 4. Cook Inlet Academy, 66; 5. Tri Valley, 27; 6. Anderson, 24; 7. Seldovia, 8; 8. Cantwell, 2.

100 — 1. Nick Nysewander-Kellard, SuV, 25.11; 2. Robbie Smithwick, CIA, 25.58; 3. Cody Presley, Nin, 25.73; 4. Daniel McKee, Her, 26.43; 5. Everett Jake, Tri, 13.20; 6. Tim O’Leary, Sel, 13.23.

200 — 1. Nick Nysewander-Kellard, SuV, 25.11; 2. Robbie Smithwick, CIA, 25.58; 3. Cody Presley, Nin, 25.73; 4. Daniel McKee, Her, 26.43; 5. Everett Jake, Tri, 27.18; 6. Jonathan Talerico, Tri, 27.41.

400 — 1. Cameron Ramirez, Her, 55.06; 2. Bill Kelly, SuV, 57.00; 3. Pete Hanks, Her, 57.08; 4. Steen Timmers, SuV, 58.03; 5. Jesse Brady, her, 59.76; 6. Michael Horton, CIA, 1:08.34.

800 — 1. Josh Holly, CIA, 2:06.57; 2. Nate Miller, Her, 2:08.95; 3. Mikey Stuart, Her, 2:10.07; 4. Sean McKenzie, And, 2:20.25; 5. Jefferson Klapak, Nin, 2:20.73; 6. Justin Brady, Her, 2:24.42.

1,600 — 1. Allen Cassel, Her, 4:38.30; 2. Nate Miller, Her, 4:39.63; 3. Mikey Stuart, Her, 4:40.47; 4. Josh Holly, CIA, 4:44.54; 5. Jefferson Klapak, Nin, 5:00.15; 6. Andrew Talerico, Tri, 5:01.89.

3,200 — 1. Mikey Stuart, Her, 10:11.56; 2. Allen Cassel, Her, 10:17.55; 3. Josh Holly, CIA, 10:19.53; 4. Andrew Talerico, Tri, 10:50.11; 5. Justin Brady, Her, 10:58.17; 6. Jake Carter, Tri, 11:29.27.

110 hurdles — 1. Tim Dorsey, Her, 17.98; 2. Dillon Covey, Nin, 19.02; 3. Scott Litchfield, CIA, 24.09.

300 hurdles — 1. Tim Dorsey, Her, 45.50; 2. Jordan Schlegel, Her, 48.43; 3. Tyler Sutherland, Nin, 49.20; 4. Elias Curtis, SuV, 50.13; 5. Mike Jurasek, SuV, 1:00.09; 6. Sam Bennett, Nin, 1:00.16.

400 relay — 1. Heritage (Tompkins, Schlegel, McKee, Brady), 50.79; 2. Ninilchik, 52.09; 3. Su Valley, 54.50.

800 relay — 1. Heritage (Whisman, Tompkins, McKee, Schlegel), 1:44.44; 2. Su Valley, 1:45.68.

1,600 relay — 1. Heritage (Dorsey, Ramirez, Hanks, Cassel), 3:50.22; 2. Tri Valley, 4:05.11; 3. Su Valley, 4:06.23; 4. Ninilchik, 4:14.21.

3,200 relay — 1. Heritage (Ramirez, Cassel, Miller, Stuart), 9:04.71; 2. Tri Valley, 9:59.96; 3. Ninilchik, 10:11.86; 4. Su Valley, 12:32.15.

High jump — 1. Tyler Sutherland, Nin, 5—4; 2. Pete Hanks, Her, 5—2; 3. Chris Smith, Nin, 4—10.

Long jump — 1. Cody Presley, Nin, 18—8 1-2; 2. Cameron Ramirez, Her, 17—3 1-2; 3. Robbie Smithwick, CIA, 17—2; 4. Wyman Mireles, Nin, 16—9; 5. Nick Nysewander-Kellard, SuV, 16—7; 6. Josh Holly, CIA, 14—8 3-4.

Triple jump — 1. Jordan Schlegel, Her, 36—4; 2. Bill Kelly, SuV, 35—3 1-2; 3. Keith Harvey, Nin, 33—5 1-4; 4. Tim Dorsey, Her, 32—2 1-2; 5. Pete Hanks, Her, 31—1 1-4; 6. Matthew Krepel, SuV, 28—10.

Shot put — 1. James Hollis, And, 38—8 1-2; 2. Scott Litchfield, CIA, 37—9 1-2; 3. Tim O’Leary, Sel, 32—6 1-2; 4. Forest Morgan, SuV, 31—9; 5. Josh Tyrrell, Can, 31—4; 6. Chris Smith, Nin, 30—8 1-2.

Discus — 1. James Hollis, And, 112—7 3-4; 2. Grant Hicks, SuV, 99—11 1-2; 3. Robbie Smithwick, CIA, 95—10 1-2; 4. James Brady, Her, 92—2; 5. Scott Litchfield, CIA, 89—7 3-4; 6. Tim O’Leary, Sel, 82—0.