State track qualifiers announced

WASILLA — A total of 68 Mat-Su track and field athletes will travel to the 2008 ASAA Alaska State Track and Field Championships Friday and Saturday at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks. Colony High School, whose boys and girls teams each placed second at last weekend’s Region III Championships, lead the way with 24 state-qualified athletes. Colony has 12 boys and 12 girls in the meet. Palmer will bring the next-largest team, with 19 athletes (seven girls, 12 girls), while the Wasilla Warriors have 12 athletes (nine girls, three boys) in the meet. Houston has two boys and one girl in the Class 4A meet.

The Susitna Valley Rams will send 10 athletes to the Class 1-2-3A meet, which will be held simultaneously with the Class 4A event.

For more information on the state meet, visit www.asaa.org

Track and Field

State Qualifiers

Class 4A

Wasilla

Girls (9) — Kahla Oosting (long jump), Jessica Gross (4X800, 4X400), Keri Clump (4X800, 800, 4X400), Alison Kelly (4X800, 800, 4X400), Kendra Nelson (4X800, 4X400), Katie Bialka (4X800), Skyler Nuss (100 hurdles), Rachel Hoffman (100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, 4X400), Kelly Mackenzie (100 hurdles, 300 hurdles

Boys (3) — Josiah Stewart (triple jump), John Knowles (discus, shot put), Beebo Russel (discus)

Colony

Girls (12) — Siobhan Johansen (high jump, 300 hurdles), Sierra Hodgson (high jump, long jump, triple jump), Megan Wilson (long jump, triple jump), Katie Troxel (discus), Shellina Irwin (shot put), Sydney Stewart (3200, 4X800), Heidi Doner (3200, 4X800, 1600), Megan Bowker (4X800, 400), Maria Wick (4X800), Katie Forsner (4X800), Charity Bonn (4X800), Ellen Van Gorder (400)

Boys (12)— Antone Zagars (high jump, long jump, 3200, 4X800), Brian Cox (high jump, long jump, triple jump, 4X200), Matt Jaronik (long jump, 4X200, 400, 4X400), Jesse Thornock (long jump, triple jump), John Jensen (triple jump), Cody Huggins (3200, 4X800, 1600, 800), Brad Truax (4X800, 4X200, 400, 800), Matt Swan (4X800, 4X200, 400, 4X400), Doug Gray (4X800, 300 hurdles, 4X400), Dave Gray (4X800, 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles, 4X400), Todd Atwood (4X200), Jaron Murphy (4X200, 300 hurdles, 4X400)

Palmer

Girls (7) — Tabitha Corbin (long jump, 100), Monica Nuernberg (discus), Erika Chambers (discus), Geneva Ratcliff (discus, shot put), Erin LaMere (shot put), Jacqueline Lutz (1600), Morgan Whitfield (400)

Boys (12)— Tony Guzman (long jump, triple jump, 110 hurdles, 4X200), Jake Parisien (3200, 4X800, 1600, 800), Ryan Cunningham (4X800, 4X400), Kevin Smith (4X800, 400, 800, 4X400), Rick LeCheminant (4X800, 800, 4X400), Davis Dunlap (4X800), Thorton DePriest (4X800, 4X400), John Daly (100, 4X200, 200, 4X100, 4X400), John Scoresby (100, 4X200, 4X100), Anthony Anderson (4X200), Devin Konkler (4X100, 400, 200, 4X400), Chris Forkner (4X100, 4X200)

Houston

Boys (2) — Israel Morales (discus), Dustin Dodds (300 hurdles)

Girls (1) — Jessica Larrabee

Class 1-2-3A

Susitna Valley

Girls (4) — Ashley Evans (high jump, 4X200), Caitlin Hunt (high jump, long jump, 4X200), Missy Scott (4X200), Marina Cron (4X200),

Boys (6) — Nick Nysewander-Kellard (100, 200, 4X200), Mike Stevenson (4X200), Jens Timmers (4X200), Patrick Fitzgerald (4X200), Grant Hicks (4X200), Steen Timmers (4X200),