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A Wasilla junior added another gold medal to her running resume and a Palmer senior earned his biggest cross-country win to date during the Region III Championships Friday at Kincaid Park in Anchorage.
Colony also swept the team titles as the Valley dominated the Region III-Division I storylines.
Wasilla’s Hailee Giacobbe scored her second straight Region III Division I girls title, using a time of 19 minutes, 19 seconds to finish first. Giacobbe is now a perfect 7 for 7 in her meets this year, and ran her fourth fastest time of the season at Kincaid. She finished 22 seconds ahead of Soldotna’s Sophia Jedlicki, the runner-up.
Giacobbe is also the defending Division I state champion.
Palmer senior Bodie Miller enjoyed a career day in the Division I boys race. Miller not only used a time of 16:12 to win his first region title, but it was also the first varsity cross-country running win of his career. In six races this season, Miller has been the runner-up three times. He also has third- and fourth-place finishes.
Colony swept the boys and girls team titles.
The CHS boys finished with 35 total points, nearly 20 better than runner-up Kodiak. Senior Trygve Vang-Thompson led the Knights boys, finishing as the runner-up with a time of 16:24. Gabriel Black (fourth, 16:45), Theodore Stamoolis (seventh, 17:15) and Raven Spangler (eight, 17:15) also finished in the top 10.
The Colony girls finished first in the team standings with 37 points. Junior Aubrey Virgin led her team at third, with a time of 19:44. Freshman Clara Sensabaugh (seventh, 20:39), freshman Kiysa LeCount (eighth, 20:49), junior Isela Austin (ninth, 20:55) and senior Jayda Iniguesz (10th, 21:00) also placed in the top 10.
Palmer junior Karley Tichenor led the Palmer girls with a fifth-place finish and time of 20:19.
Freshman Justin Dalitsch was sixth to lead the Wasilla boys at 16:52. Gabriel Carey was also 10th at 17:25.
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