Underclassmen lead Wasilla girls to second-place finish at The Dome

ANCHORAGE — Freshman Jenna Ford and sophomore Morgan Dampier each won events to lead the Wasilla Warriors girls track and field squad to a second-place finish during a 14-team meet at The Dome in Anchorage on Saturday.

Ford, who won a Region III title in cross-country running for the Warriors this past fall, finished first in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11 minutes of 50 seconds. Ford edged Kenny Lake standout Kailey Wilson in the race and now holds the state’s top time in the event. The freshman also finished third in the 1,600.

Dampier won the 800 for the second time in less than a week. Her time of 2:25.13 was more than five seconds better than second-place Nikki Wray of Dimond. Dampier also won the 800 during a meet at The Dome last Tuesday. In addition to her win, Dampier was second in the 100 and 400, and third in the 200.

Wasilla finished with 58.5 total points, almost half of first-place Dimond’s total, but the Warriors did edge Kenai Central, the defending Northern Lights Conference champions, to take second.

Senior John Knowles swept the throwing events to lead Wasilla to a fifth-place finish in the boys’ standings. Knowles, the defending state champion in the shot put, posted a throw of 50 feet and 11.5 inches to win the shot put. His toss of 159.5 feet left him with first place in the discus. Knowles’ throw in the discus is also the best in the state this season.

Senior Manny Curtis finished second in the high jump for Wasilla.

The Warriors will return to The Dome this weekend to compete in the Big C Relays on Friday and Saturday. Colony, Palmer, Houston and Susitna Valley are also scheduled to compete.

Boys team scores:

1. Bartlett 70.5; 2. East Anchorage 64; 2. (tie) Dimond 4; 4. Service 51.5; 5. Wasilla 46.5; 6. Grace Christian 45; 7. West Anchorage 35; 8. South Anchorage 27; 9. Chugiak 19; 10. Kenai 18.25; 11. Anchorage Christian School 11; 11. (tie) Eagle River 11; 13. Heritage Christian 4.5.

Boys individual results:

100 meter — 1. C. Chenault, Bar 11.55; 2. D. Sollars, South 11.63; 3. E. Canady, East 111.75; 4. C. Holley, East 11.86; 5. D. Gray, Dim 11.99; 6. M. Nichols, East 12.00.

200 — 1. J. Jack-Nixon, Dim 23.09; 2. D. Sollars, South 23.21; 3. E. Canady, East 23.56; 4. J. Hale, Bar 23.59; 5. C. Chenaut, Bar 23.66 6. M. Nichols, East 24.11.

400 — 1. J. Jack-Nixon, Dim 50.96; 2. J. Hale, Bar 52.80; 3. C. Holley, east 52.91; 4. J. Owolabi, ER 52.92; 5. J. Lane, Ser 53.09; 6. T. Owens, Was 53.10.

800 — 1. C. Mamikuninan, Ser 1:59.10; 2. H. Roelle, West 2:02.43; 3. A. Arnold, Grace 2:03.83; 4. J. DeBrill, East 2:04.58; 5. J. Dillon, Grace 2:04.92; 6. K. Ebert, East 2:05.83.

1,600 — 1. J. lane, Ser 4:31.14; 2. J. Kirk, Grace 4:31.91; 3. A. Arnold, Grace 4:40.60; 4. B. Brewster, South 4:44.74; 5. H. Roelle, West 4:44.74; 6. A. Wheatall, Ser 4:45.73.

3,200 — 1. J. Kirk, Grace 9:43.0; 2. J. Klein, Grace 10:41.0; 3. S. Fischer, Was 10:42.5; 4. B. Wheatall, Ser 10:48.8; 5. N. Ripley, Was 10:50.1; 6. R. Turpin, Dim 10:51.8.

110 hurdles — 1. B. DeLoria, East 16.71; 2. T. Wilson, Ser 16.73; 3. T. Rohde, Chu 17.22; 4. L. Charters, ACS 17.35; 5. M. McCloskey, Dim 17.69; 6. E. Bauer, South 17.60.

300 hurdles — 1. T. Rohde, Chu 42.45; 2. J. Oen, Ser 44.03; 3. J. Charters, ACS 44.63; 4. P. Pena,, West 44.75; 5. J. Tennant, East 44.95; 6. J. Corr, Dim 45.19.

800 relay — 1. Dimond 1:35.17; 2. East 1:35.26; 3. Bartlett 1:37.27; 4. West 1:38.72; 5. Wasilla 1:39.42.

Shot put — 1. J. Knowles, Was 48-5.25; 2. C. Levao, Bar 47-2; 3. T. Dommek, Bar 44-3.25; 4. J. Kauffman, West 42-4.5; 5. M. Swensen, Dim 41-11.25; 6. T. Massalosalo, Bar 41.10.25.

Discus — 1. J. Knowles, Was 159-5; 2. M. Clarke, Bar 137-11; 3. M. Swensen, Dim 137-8; 4. M. Culp, Bar 126-6; 5. T. Dommk, Bar 123-2; 6. T. Holtman, West 120-4.

High jump — 1. T. Spalding, Ken 6-2; 2. M. Curtis, Was 5-10; 2. (tie) T. Bennett, Dim 5-10; 3 tied with 5-6.

Girls team scores:

1. Dimond 112; 2. Wasilla 58.5; 3. Kenai 56; 4. Bartlett 53; 5. South Anchorage 51.75; 6. Service 38; 7. West Anchorage 30; 8. Grace Christian 22.75; 9. Kenny Lake 13; 10. Eagle River 9 11. Nikiski 7; 12. Chugiak 6; 12. (tie) Heritage Christian ; 14. East Anchorage 5.

Girls individual results:

100 meter — 1. J. Tillmon, Bar 13.02; 2. M. Dampier 13.14; 3. B. Walker, Bar 13.17; 4. L. Flanagan, Ken 13.22; 5. J. Smelker, Ser 13.30; 6. D. Harris, Was 13.44.

200 — 1. L. Flanagan, Ken 26.48; 2. J. Todd, Dim 27.16; 3. M. Dampier, Was 27.40; 4. J. Tillmon, Bar 27.64; 5. S. Ferguson, Ser 28.02; 6. B. Beeson, Ken 28.14.

400 — 1. L. Flanagan, Ken 58.30; 2. M. Dampier, Was 59.06; 3. J. Todd, Dim 1:00.59; 4. S. Bagsby, Dim 1:01.10; 5. B. Beeson, Ken 1:01.68; 6. G. Serventi, Grace 1:03.98.

800 — M. Dampier, Was 2:25.13; 2. N. Wrey, Dim 2:30.49; 3. S. Bick, Bar 2:30.87; 4. C. Stophlet, South 2:31.41; 5. C. Wilcox, Dim 2:32.69; 6. E. Wheatall, Ser 2:32.79.

1,600 — 1. K. Yanoshet, South 5:28.47; 2. K. Culver, South 5:31.59; 3. J. Ford, Was 5:34.17; 4. K. Wilson, KL 5:34.31; 5. R. Kaser, South 5:37.4; 6. K. Lange, Chu 5:38.67.

3,200 — 1. J. Ford, Was 11.50.0; 2. K. Wilson, KL 11.51.3; 3. M. Applegate, Grace 11.58.7; 4. A. Hennessy, Dim 12.10.1; 5. D. Freistone, Dim 12.12.0; 6. E. Minge, South 12.13.2.

100 hurdles — 1. K. Engel, Dim 16.29; 2. L. Bassler, South 17.15; 3. J. Klecka, ER 17.43; 4. R. Kiyuteliuk, Bar 17.52; 5. S. DeVito, Ken 17.84; 6. S. LeClaire, Ser 18.01.

300 hurdles — 1. S. DeVito, Ken 49.78; 2. M. Vaitohi, Dim 49.96; 3. K. Engel, Dim 50.17; 4. C. Wilcox, Dim 51.17; 5. L. Bassler, South 51.33; 6. R. Kiyutelluk, Bar 51.88.

800 relay — 1. Dimond 1:47.07; 2. Kenai 1:52.86; 3. Service 1:53.04; 4. Bartlett 1:54.74; 5. Grace 1:56.16; 6. Eagle River 1:59.89.

Shot put — 1. P. Tufi, West 35-6.5; 2. A. Grant, Dim 32-5.5; 3. D. Masneri, Ser 29-4.25; 4. T. Foilefutu, Bar 29-0.75; 5. K. French, West 28-11.25; 6. T. Manu, East 28-8.

Discus — 1. P. Tufi, West 97-3; 2. A. Grant, Dim 92-7; 3. J. Anderson, Her 87-8; 4. K. Johnson, Nik 87-7; 5. K. French, West 86-6; 6. M. McVee, Chu 84-2.

High jump — 1. V. Kudinova, Ser 4-8; 2. M. Kueter, Bar 4-8; 3. K. Rust, Was 4-6.