Soldotna’s Dylan Dahlgren makes a throw in the shot put during the first day of the Palmer Invitational on Friday, May 7, 2021 at Palmer High School in Palmer, Alaska. (Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Frontiersman)

Soldotna’s Dylan Dahlgren makes a throw in the shot put during the first day of the Palmer Invitational on Friday, May 7, 2021 at Palmer High School in Palmer, Alaska. (Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Frontiersman)

Soldotna girls win Palmer Invitational

The Soldotna girls track and field team won the Palmer Invitational on Friday and Saturday in Palmer.

The Stars scored 168 points, while runner-up Grace had 89. The Kenai girls won the weight persons team scores.

On the boys side, Palmer won with 109.5, while Wasilla was second with 108 and Soldotna was third with 95.

Erika Arthur won the 3,200 meters, Drysta Crosby-Schneider won the long jump, and Ellie Burns, Arthur, Jordan Strausbaugh and Crosby-Schneider won the 1,600 relay to lead the Stars.

Homer’s Laura Inama had a big meet, winning the 100 and 300 hurdles. Also from the peninsula, Caitlyn Martin, Malena Grieme, Malerie Nunn and Emilee Wilson won a sprint medley for Kenai, and Julianna Hamilton, Aicha Kisena, Grace Morrow and Denali Bernard won a weight relay.

For the Soldotna boys, Dylan Dahlgren won the discus, Avery Reid, Trenton O’Reagan, Zachary Burns and Eli Cravens won the 400 relay, and Eli Cravens, Burns, Jaren Nash and O’Reagan won the 800 relay.

For Kenai, Maison Dunham won the 800. For Seward, Trey Ingalls won the 300 hurdles.

Palmer Invitational

Friday, Saturday

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Palmer, 109.5; 2. Wasilla, 108; 3. Soldotna, 95; 4. Colony, 84.5; 5. Grace, 73.5; 6. Kodiak, 68; 7. ACS, 53.5; 8. Seward, 31; 9. Kenai, 25; 10. Su Valley, 24; 11. Valdez, 21; 12. Homer, 14; 13. Redington, 8; 14. Nikiski, 6; 15. Delta, 3; 16. Houston, 2.

100 meters — 1. Christopher Spring, Col, 11.73 seconds; 2. Mason Reynolds, Was, 11.87;3. Timothy Grisso, Was, 11.91.

100 unified — 1. Lance Parkinson, 39.44.

200 — 1. Tucker Christiansen, Pal, 23.65; 2. Mason Reynolds, 23.69; 3. Trenton O’Reagan, 23.82.

400 — 1. Tucker Christiansen, Pal, 52.80; 2. Micah Fields, Kod, 53.56; 3. Matt Sanders, ACS, 53.66.

800 — 1. Maison Dunham, Ken, 2:02.68; 2. Nathanael Johnson, Sol, 2:03.10; 3. Cole Fritzel, Gra, 2:06.07.

1,600 — 1. Preston Wethington, Gra, 4:34.17; 2. Micah Fields, Kod, 4:36.20; 3. David Sliwinski, Gra, 4:36.71.

3,200 — 1. Micah Fields, Kod, 9:48.60; 2. Preston Washington, Gra, 9:48.83; 3. Tobias Buchanan, Col, 10:02.43.

110 hurdles — 1. Jeffrey Provost, Val, 17.12; 2. Trey Ingalls, Sew, 17.96; 3. Kade Reynolds, Was, 18.29.

300 hurdles — 1. Trey Ingalls, Sew, 42.70; 2. Kade Reynolds, Was, 44.27; 3. Deshawn Campbell, Was, 45.15.

400 relay — 1. Soldotna (Reid, O’Reagan, Burns, Cravens), 45.30; 2. Wasilla, 45.49; 3. Colony, 46.43.

400 relay unified — 1. Homer, 1:27.60.

400 weight relay — 1. Grace (Blackshear, Boerger, Jedlicka, Lentfer), 51.15; 2. Palmer, 52.15; 3. Wasilla, 52.53.

800 relay — 1. Soldotna (Cravens, Burns, Nash, O’Reagan), 1:36.32; 2. Colony, 1:37.50; 3. Palmer, 1:39.62.

1,600 relay — 1. Grace (Daggett, Sliwinski, Wethington, Fritzel), 3:42.70; 2. Soldotna, 3:42.91; 3. Palmer, 3:43.31.

3,200 relay — 1. Kodiak (Roberts, Bruce, Bruce, Fields), 8:52.53; 2. ACS, 8:53.99; 3. Grace, 8:59.84.

SMR 100-100-200-400 — 1. Palmer (Merritt, Glastetter-Riggs, Heard, Armstrong), 1:55.71; 2. Soldotna, 1:57.37; 3. Evans 1:59.30.

Shot put — 1. Orion Harper, Kod, 47—4; 2. Dylan Dahlgren, Sol, 45—5; 3. Peter Kolomeychuk, Was, 43—0.

Shot put unified — 1. Lance Parkinson, Hom, 13—2.25.

Triple jump — 1. Felix Robertson, Col, 38—8.25; 2. Tommy Cronin, Sew, 37—9.5; 3. Ryan Owens, Pal, 37—.75.

Discus — 1. Dylan Dahlgren, Sol, 147-1; 2. Cort Sandefur, Red, 128-11; 3. Brynn Miller, Pal, 125-1.

High jump — 1. Brynn Miller, Pal, 6-2; 2. Dylan Jeffus, Was, 6-0; 3. Bryson Jolley, SuV, 5-8.

Long jump — 1. Dylan Jeffus, Was, 19-7.25; 2. Trenton O’Reagan, Sol, 19—5.5; 3. Deshawn Campbell, Was, 19—1.75.

Unified long jump — 1. Lance Parkinson, Hom, 2-2.

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Soldotna, 168; 2. Grace, 89; 3. Colony, 79.5; 4. ACS, 71; 5. Homer, 59; 6. Palmer, 51.5; 7. Seward, 41; 8. Kenai, 32.5; 9. Wasilla, 26; 10. Nikiski, 22; 11. Birchwood, 20; 12. Kodiak, 19; 13. Su Valley, 15.5; 14. Houston, 5; 15. Valdez 1.

100 — 1. Laura Inama, Hom, 13.42; 2. Carissa Houck, ACS, 13.55; 3. Trinity Alex-Mayer, ACS, 13.79.

100 unified — 1. Kiana Elkins, Del, 19.96.

200 — 1. Brennyn Edwards, Gra, 27.09; 2. Drysta Crosby-Schneider, Sol, 27.69; 3. Carissa Houck, ACS, 28.07.

400 — 1. Brennyn Edwards, Gra, 59.51; 2. Drysta Crosby-Schneider, Sol, 1:00.57; 3. Jordan Strausbaugh, Sol, 1:02.24.

800 — 1. Sophie Wright, Pal, 2:25.26; 2. Megan Nelson, Gra, 2:31.29; 3. Jordan Strausbaugh, Sol, 2:32.40.

1,600 — 1. Megan Nelson, Gra, 5:29.67; 2. Jordan Strausbaugh, Sol, 5:34.16; 3. Erika Arthur, Sol, 5:39.39.

3,200 — 1. Erika Arthur, Sol, 11:55.42; 2. Megan Nelson, Gra, 11:58.38; 3. Hailey Ingalls, Sew, 12:17.11.

100 hurdles — 1. Genevieve Trevithick, Gra, 17.29; 2. Carissa Houck, ACS, 17.41; 3. Bethany Richmond, Sol, 18.05.

300 hurdles — 1. Laura Inama, Hom, 49.05; 2. Bailey Epperheimer, Nik, 51.06; 3. Mia Nappi, Sew, 52.93.

400 relay — 1. Palmer (Christiansen, Marshall, Zola, Whisenhunt), 55.22; 2. Su Valley, 56.42; 3. Soldotna, 56.73.

400 weight relay — 1. Kenai (Hamilton, Kisena, Morrow, Bernard), 1:05.95; 2. Palmer, 1:06.86; 3. Colony, 1:13.62.

800 relay — 1. Grace Christian (Trevithick, Schmeling, Coverdell, Edwards), 1:55.71; 2. Nikiski, 1:55.74; 3. Soldotna, 1:57.12.

1,600 relay — 1. Soldotna (Burns, Arthur, Strausbaugh, Crosby-Schneider), 4:17.45; 2. Homer, 4:26.30; 3. Colony, 4:37.91.

3,200 relay — 1. ACS (Brower, Martin, Carter, Brower), 10:41.44; 2. Seward, 10:42.31; 3. Homer, 10:54.77.

SMR 100-100-200-400 – 1. Kenai Central (Martin, Grieme, Nunn, Wilson), 2:07.41; 2. Palmer, 2:07.66; 3. Homer, 2:16.81.

Discus — 1. Hanna Tennesen, Col, 113—01; 2. Autumn Fisher, Sol, 108—5; 3. Isabella Hays, Was, 106—4.5.

Shot put — 1. Hanna Tennesen, Col, 36-0; 2. Autumn Fischer, Sol, 35-8.5; 3. Isabella Hays, Was, 33-11.5.

High jump — 1. Elan Hilty, Kod, 4—10; 2. Katelyn Morrison, Sol, 4—8; 3. Angelina Chavarria, Sol, 4—8.

Triple jump — 1. Katelyn Morrison, Sol, 30—11.25; 2. Sophia Coverdell, Gra, 30—7.25; 3. Monica Bustillos, Col, 30—2.

Long jump — 1. Drysta Crosby-Schneider, Sol, 16-4.75; 2. Laura Inama, 16-2; 3. Leah Evans, Hom, 14—5.75.

Long jump unified — 1. Kiana Elkins, Del, 5-4.5.

Soldotna’s Gracie Bras sprints ahead of a Palmer runner during a preliminary heat of the girls 100 meters on the first day of the Palmer Invitational on Friday, May 7, 2021 at Palmer High School in Palmer, Alaska. (Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Frontiersman)

Soldotna’s Gracie Bras sprints ahead of a Palmer runner during a preliminary heat of the girls 100 meters on the first day of the Palmer Invitational on Friday, May 7, 2021 at Palmer High School in Palmer, Alaska. (Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Frontiersman)

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