The Soldotna track and field teams swept the SoHi Invitational on Friday and Saturday at Soldotna High School.
On the boys side, the Stars scored 159.5 points, while runner-up Grace Christian had 119. Kenai was third with 105, Nikiski was sixth with 14 and Cook Inlet Academy tied for ninth with four points.
On the girls side, Soldotna had 194 points while runner-up Grace had 92. Kenai was third with 86 and Nikiski was sixth with 20.
“It was good to keep on track for our goals and fun to see the kids compete hard,” Soldotna coach Phil Leck said.
Leck said the goal is to win the Region 3/Division I title and for another solid finish at state. The Soldotna girls have been in the top five at the last three Division I state meets, while the boys have been in the top five at the last two.
“Something that goes unnoticed is we’re doing that against schools with three times our enrollment,” Leck said.
Saturday was windy and cold, but Leck said there were still feel-good stories. SoHi’s Ashlee Anderson won the discus with a personal record of 96 feet, 1 inch.
“She’s a senior who’s worked four years to get better,” Leck said. “Probably the highlight of my weekend was watching her win that event.”
Leck said Daniel McRorie is a similar yes-coach athlete, so it was also fun watching him win the 300-meter hurdles at 45.81 seconds.
Also on the boys side for the Stars, Dylan Dahlgren won the shot put and discus. Nate Johnson won the 400, 800 and triple jump. Leigh Tacey II won the 100 and 200.
The Stars also took the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 relays. James Innes, McRorie, Ethan Sewell and Jared Williams won the 800, Tacey II, Wyatt Faircloth, Innes and Finnley Loop won the 1,600, and Loop, Elijah Jedlicki, Jacob Strausbaugh and Jonathan Gordon won the 3,200.
Sewell also took the high jump for the Stars.
For the Soldotna girls, Gracie Bras took the 100, Jordan Strausbaugh won the 3,200 and Anaulie Sedivy won the 300 hurdles.
Bras teamed with Ellie Burns, Katelyn Morrison and Kaytlin McAnelly to win the 800 relay. Strausbaugh teamed with Annie Burns, Ellie Burns and Sedivy to win the 1,600 relay, and both Burns and Kaidence Shaeffer to win the 3,200 relay.
Leck said Bras, who was second in the 200 and set a personal record in finishing fourth in the long jump, continues to have a good season on the heels of an impressive opening weekend at the Big C Relays.
Mandi Sisley, Angelina Chavarria, Telotha Braden and Carson Dement also won the 400 relay for the Stars.
The Kenai boys got a win from Jacob Begich in the long jump and a victory from the 400 relay of Tyler Hippchen, Reagan Graves, Begich and James Sparks.
For the Kenai girls, Emma Beck won the shot put and Emilee Wilson won the triple jump.
Rylee Ellis had a standout performance for the Nikiski girls. She won the long jump and also took the 800.
SoHi Invitational
Friday, Saturday
BOYS
Team scores: 1. Soldotna, 159.5; 2. Grace, 119; 3. Kenai, 105; 4. Redington, 30; 5. Colony, 20.5; 6. Nikiski, 14; 7. Houston, 9; 8. Tri-Valley, 8; 9 (tie). Bethel, Cook Inlet Academy, 4.
Unified team scores: 1. Homer, 82; 2. Soldotna, 29.
100 — 1. Leigh Tacey II, Sol, 12.21 seconds; 2. Jacob Begich, Ken, 12.43;3. Jaden Spaulding, Red, 12.46; 4. Wyatt Faircloth, Sol, 12.49; 5. Kaleb Boyce, Gra, 12.50; 6. Trenton Hawes, Hou, 12.83.
100 unified — 1. Kamdyn Doughty, Hom, 14.79; 2. James Trissel, Hom, 16.07; 3. Albert Freeman, Hom, 17.49; 4. Marcus Heistumen, Sol, 19.65; 5. Noah Moore, Sol, 27.90; 6. Jacoby Moore, Sol, 39.72.
200 — 1. Leigh Tacey II, Sol, 24.29; 2. Jacob Begich, Ken, 24.47; 3. Pharrel Carter, Red, 24.82; 4. Wyatt Faircloth, Sol, 25.06; 5. James Innes, Sol, 25.14; 6. Reese Rodriguez, Col, 25.24.
400 — 1. Nate Johnson, Sol, 52.74; 2. Geremu Daggett, Gra, 53.68; 3. Leigh Tacey II, Sol, 54.06; 4. James Innes, Sol, 55.74; 5. George Wright, Ken, 56.91; 6. Wyatt Lucas, TV, 57.07.
800 — 1. Nate Johnson, Sol, 2:04.87; 2. Armands Veksejs, Ken, 2:05.43; 3. Ty Elliott, Gra, 2:05.52; 4. Seth Lochmann, Gra, 2:06.90; 5. Gregory Fallon, Ken, 2:11.09; 6. David Sliwinski, Gra, 2:12.17.
1,600 — 1. Seth Lochmann, Gra, 4:39.93; 2. Gregory Fallon, Ken, 4:41.70; 3. Ty Elliott, Gra, 4:41.85; 4. David Sliwinski, Gra, 4:42.36; 5. Robbie Annett, Gra, 4:52.92; 6. Aiden Zingone, Gra, 4:53.89.
3,200 — 1. David Sliwinski, Gra, 9:51.13; 2. Seth Lochmann, Gra, 9:52.41; 3. Ty Elliott, Gra, 10:09.47; 4. Aiden Zingone, Gra, 10:13.84; 5. Robbie Annett, Gra, 10:16.24; 6. Ben Thatcher, Gra, 10:20.08.
110 hurdles — 1. Geremu Daggett, Gra, 17.66; 2. Clayton Jackson, Gra, 17.84; 3. James Sparks, Ken, 19.51; 4. Delen Byrd, Ken, 19.90; 5. Wayne Mellon, Sol, 20.34; 6. Dawson Cowell, Red, 23.55.
300 hurdles — 1. Daniel McRorie, Sol, 45.81; 2. Wyatt Faircloth, Sol, 45.82; 3. Matthew Krol, Ken, 46.58; 4. Wayne Mellon, Sol, 48.91; 5. Ransom Hayes, Ken, 49.56; 6. Delen Byrd, Ken, 50.17.
400 relay — 1. Kenai (Hippchen, Graves, Begich, Sparks), 47.39; 2. Grace, 50.10; 3. Tri-Valley, 51.75; 4. Bethel, 55.66; 5. Soldotna, 1:04.30.
400 unified relay — 1. Homer (Albert Freeman, Kamdyn Doughty, James Trissel), 1:18.81; 2. Soldotna, 1:45.66.
800 relay — 1. Soldotna (Innes, McRorie, Sewell, Williams), 1:39.57; 2. Kenai, 1:40.63; 3. Colony, 1:41.80; 4. Grace, 1:43.02; 5. Houston, 1:46.87; 6. Tri-Valley, 1:48.17.
1,600 relay — 1. Soldotna (Tacey II, Faircloth, Innes, Loop), 3:50.62; 2. Kenai, 3:51.23; 3. Grace, 3:51.65; 4. Bethel, 4:21.27.
3,200 relay — 1. Soldotna (Loop, Jedlicki, Strausbaugh, Gordon), 9:24.03.
Shot put — 1. Dylan Dahlgren, Sol, 50—3.5; 2. Sandefur, Red, 43—1.25; 3 (tie). Steger, Sol, Hass, Col, 41—.5; 5 (tie). Benjemin Holladay, Col, Luke Miller, Sol, 40—.75.
Shot put unified — 1. Kamdyn Doughty, Hom, 33—8; 2. James Trissel, Hom, 25—0; 3. Albert Freeman, Hom, 21—8; 4. Marcus Heistumen, Sol, 21—0; 5. Noah Moore, Sol, 12—2; 6. Jacoby Moore, Sol, 4—8.
Discus — 1. Dylan Dahlgren, Sol, 145—11; 2. Cort Sandefur, Red, 142—5; 3. John Wright, Ken, 131—3; 4. Grizzly Beard, CIA, 130—4; 5. Luke Lentfer, Gra, 110—2; 6. Ethan McNulty, Col, 110—1.
High jump — 1. Ethan Sewell, Sol, 5—6; 2 (tie). Ethan Ellis, Nik, Connor Klebs, Gra, Clayton Jackson, Gra, 5—2; 5 (tie). Joshua Miles, Col, Wyatt Lucas, TV, Myles Campbell, Red, 5—0.
Long jump — 1. Jacob Begich, Ken, 18—1; 2. James Sparks, Ken, 17—10.5; 3. Samuel Stapley, Hou, 17—5.5; 4. Daniel McRorie, Sol, 17—4; 5. David Martin, Ken, 16—8.75; 6. Joshua Miles, Col, 16—8.
Long jump unified — 1. Kamdyn Doughty, Hom, 13—4; 2. Albert Freeman, Hom, 12—.5; 3. James Trissel, Hom, 11—4; 4 (tie). Jacoby Moore, Sol, Elias Bouschor, Sol, 11—3; 6. Marcus Heistumen, Sol, 11—1.
Triple jump — 1. Nate Johnson, Sol, 39—7; 2. Dwight Mullins, Nik, 38—2; 3. David Martin, Ken, 36—6.5; 4. Joshua Miles, Col, 36—4.5; 5. Daniel McRorie, Sol, 35—9; 6. Isaac Chavarria, Sol, 35—4.
GIRLS
Team scores: 1. Soldotna, 194; 2. Grace, 92; 3. Kenai, 86; 4. Colony, 40.5; 5. Tri-Valley, 31; 6. Nikiski, 20; 7. Redington, 14.5; 8. Houston, 6; 9. Bethel, 1.
Unified team scores: 1 (tie). Homer, Soldotna, 30.
100 — 1. Gracie Bras, Sol, 14.09; 2. Malie Matthews, Col, 14.16; 3. Malena Grieme, Ken, 14.20; 4. McKinley Eddington, TV, 14.26; 5. Telotha Braden, Sol, 14.46; 6. Sierra Hershberger, Ken, 14.71.
100 unified — 1. Stella Dye, Hom, 25.44; 2. Trinity Phippin, Sol, 26.55.
200 — 1. Brennyn Edwards, Gra, 28.61; 2. Gracie Bras, Sol, 29.49; 3. Kaytlin McAnelly, Sol, 29.51; 4. Destiny Simmons, Red, 30.28; 5. Mandi Sisley, Sol, 30.39; 6. Telotha Braden, Sol, 30.59.
400 — 1. Brennyn Edwards, Gra, 1:03.47; 2. Jordan Strausbaugh, Sol, 1:04.78; 3. Savanna Stock, Nik, 1:05.60; 4. Ellie Burns, Sol, 1:05.98; 5. Kaidence Shaeffer, Sol, 1:11.20; 6. Hager El Serry, Ken, 1:11.72.
800 — 1. Rylee Ellis, Nik, 2:30.22; 2. Megan Nelson, Gra, 2:32.64; 3. Georgia Thatcher, Gra, 2:41.87; 4. Emilee Wilson, Ken, 2:42.50; 5. Jayna Boonstra, Ken, 2:46.60; 6. Emily Moss, Ken, 2:51.46.
1,600 — 1. Megan Nelson, Gra, 5:44.59; 2. Annie Burns, Sol, 5:52.73; 3. Jayna Boonstra, Ken, 6:00.85; 4. Jordan Ruffner, Sol, 6:06.91; 5. Emily Moss, Ken, 6:10.95; 6. Emilee Wilson, Ken, 6:14.67.
3,200 — 1. Jordan Strausbaugh, Sol, 11:47.28; 2. Annie Burns, Sol, 12:16.89; 3. Megan Nelson, Gra, 12:16.91; 4. Jayna Boonstra, Ken, 12:31.79; 5. Jordan Ruffner, Sol, 12:33.30; 6. Emily Moss, Ken, 13:15.34.
100 hurdles — 1. Hope Jackson, Gra, 18.13; 2. Brennyn Edwards, Gra, 18.26; 3. Angelina Chavarria, Sol, 18.30; 4. Adara Hagelund, Sol, 19.13; 5. Kaytlin McAnelly, Sol, 19.18; 6. Hallie Fischer, Sol, 20.58.
300 hurdles — 1. Kaytlin McAnelly, Sol, 51.91; 2. Viviana Boney, Col, 52.29; 3. Hope Jackson, Gra, 52.55; 4. Anaulie Sedivy, Sol, 53.42; 5. Sierra Hershberger, Ken, 57.44; 6. Brandie Schwenk, Sol, 58.01.
400 relay — 1. Soldonta (Sisley, Chavarria, Braden, Dement), 56.50; 2. Tri-Valley, 57.15; 3. Houston, 59.74; 4. Colony, 1:01.26; 5. Grace, 1:02.45; 6. Redington, 1:04.18.
400 unified relay — 1. Homer (Stella Dye), 1:18.81; 2. Soldotna, 1:21.10.
800 relay — 1. Soldotna (Bras, E. Burns, Morrison, McAnelly), 1:55.93; 2. Tri-Valley, 2:03.23; 3. Colony, 2:18.41.
1,600 relay — 1. Soldotna (Strausbaugh, A. Burns, E. Burns, Sedivy), 4:31.83; 2. Grace, 4:43.62.
3,200 relay — 1. Soldotna (Strausbaugh, E. Burns, A. Burns, Shaeffer), 10:54.38.
Shot put — 1. Emma Beck, Ken, 32—5.75; 2. Denali Bernard, Ken, 30—.75; 3. Sophia Lentfer, Gra, 28—2.5; 4. Brook Lentfer, Gra, 28—1.5; 5. Erika Grover, Col, 28—0; 6. Calista Ousley, Col, 26—11.
Shot put unified — 1. Stella Dye, Hom, 9—3; 2. Trinity Phippin, Sol, 8—3.
Discus — 1. Ashlee Anderson, Sol, 96—1; 2. Alexia Pike, Red, 90—5; 3. Emma Beck, Ken, 90—0; 4. Audrie Fischer, Col, 89—4; 5. Madalyn Morris, Sol, 84—0; 6. Mia McCann, Col, 78—9.
High jump — 1. Ellie VanDeventer, TV, 5—1; 2. Adara Hagelund, Sol, 4—8; 3 (tie). Malia Matthews, Col, Katelyn Morrison, Sol 4—6; 5 (tie). Calista Ousley, Col, Destiny Simmons, Red, 4—4.
Long jump — 1. Rylee Ellis, Nik, 15—10.75; 2. Malena Grieme, Ken, 15—3.75; 3. Emilee Wilson, Ken, 15—3.5; 4. Gracie Bras, Sol, 15—3; 5 (tie). Angelina Chavarria, Sol, Krystin Yeager, Sol, Abbie Baird, Hou, 14—11.25.
Long jump unified — 1. Stella Dye, Hom, 7—5; 2 (tie). Sarah Frederickson, Sol, Trinity Phippin, Sol, 6—.25.
Triple jump — 1. Emilee Wilson, Ken, 31—7; 2. Adara Hagelund, Sol, 30—10.75; 3. Katelyn Morrison, Sol, 30—3; 4. Malerie Nunn, Ken, 30—.5; 5. Rylee McIntosh, Col, 28—3.5; 6. Kayla Mayo, TV, 27—11.
Homer track and field teams take third in Wasilla
The Homer track and field teams both took third Friday and Saturday at the Wasilla Invitational.
The Anchorage Christian Schools girls won the meet with 158.5 points, while Homer had 96. On the boys side, the Wasilla boys won with 193.5, while Homer had 111.
For the boys, Homer’s Seamus McDonough swept the 800 at 2:06.46, 1,600 at 4:32.66 and 3,200 at 9:48.96. Also in the top three were Aiden Brost finishing second in the 110 hurdles, the 800 relay in second, the 1,600 relay in third, Ryan Carroll in third in the high jump and Liam James in third in the long jump.
For the girls, Elena Badajos won the 3,200 in 13:06.70, Gracie Miotke was second in the 100 hurdles, Miotke was second in the 300 hurdles, Auden Cross was third in the discus and Brightly Thoning was second in the long jump.
Soldotna’s Gracie Bras, between Kenai Central’s Malena Grieme and Tri-Valley’s McKinley Eddington, wins the 100 meters on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at the SoHi Invitational at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. Grieme finished third. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Soldotna’s Nate Johnson runs to victory in the 400 meters at the SoHi Invitational on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
