In their first year in Division II cross country running, the Kenai Kardinal girls raced to the Division II girls team championship and were lead by the girls individual champion, KCHS senior Jaycie Calvert.
Calvert, in the DII girls race, outran the field in the 5-K event posting a time of 19:22 and defeating Homer’s Autumn Daigle (defending 2017 champion) by 24 seconds. Kenai adds to the Kardinal trophy case with a Division II team title to go with the Division I championship won in 2015. Calvert’s individual championship was the second-straight for a peninsula runner and the first for a Kardinal since Allie Ostrander in 2014.
The Kardinals placed five runners in the top-16 including: Calvert, 1st; Logan Satathite in fifth, Brooke Satathite in sixth, Leah Fallon in eighth and Summer Foster in 16th.
The Kardinal boys placed fifth in the team scoring. Maison Dunham placed sixth in 16:46. Joe Hamilton finished 22nd and Tucker Mueller, 25th.
In Division I, The Soldotna Star girls placed eighth in the team scoring. Freshman Jordan Strausbaugh lead SoHi with a 16th place finish in a time of 20:00. The SoHi boys finished seventh overall, ahead of Region III champion Colony. Mekbeb Dembrock finished 16th with a time of 16:57. Bradley Walters placed 23rd.
ASAA State Cross Country Running Results: Champions
Division II Girls
Team Champion: Kenai Runner-Up: Grace Christian
Individual Champions: Girls-Jaycie Clavert, KCHS
Division II Boys
Team Champion: Grace Christian Runner-Up: Sitka
Individual Champions: Boys-Tristian Merchant, Anchorage Christian
Division I Girls
Team Champion: Juneau Runner-Up: Service
Individual Champions: Kendall Kramer, West Valley Runner-Up: Sadie Tuckwood, Juneau
Division I Boys
Team Champion: Dimond Runner-Up: Chugiak
Individual Champions: Daniel Bausch, Chugiak
ASAA State Cross Country Running Results By Classification
Division II Girls Team Scores — 1. Kenai Central, 36 points; 2. Grace Christian, 63, 3. Homer 75; 4. Monroe Catholic, 121; 5. Petersburg, 171; 6. Galena, 178; 7. Anchorage Christian, 197; 8. Sitka, 209; 9. Nome, 225; 10. Bethel, 272; 11. Nenana, 285; 12. Haines, 292; 13. Cordova, 327.
Girls Individual— 1. Jaycie Calvert, Kenai Central 19:22 2. Autumn Daigle, Homer 19:46 3. Katie Bast, Monroe Catholic 19:51 4. Mazzy Jackson, Grace Christian 19:51 5. Logan Satathite, Kenai Central 19:54 6. Brooke Satathite, Kenai Central 19:55 7. Lauren White, Monroe Catholic 20:08 8. Leah Fallon, Kenai Central 20:23 9. Brooke Miller, Homer 20:36 10. Kendra Conrad, Petersburg 20:42 11. Maia Cowan, Petersburg 20:50 12. Grace Hodges, Monroe Catholic 20:53 13. Sophia Coverdell, Grace Christian 21:03 14. Grace Annett, Grace Christian 21:04 15. Laura Ellis, Grace Christian 21:05
Other peninsula finishers — 16. Summer Foster, Kenai Central 21:17; 18. Kaylin Anderson, Homer 21:27; 19. Fiona Hatton, Homer 21:39; 30. Nia Calvert, Kenai Central 22:22; 33. Kara Super, Homer 22:24; 35. Katia Holmes, Homer 22:27; 42. Shelbie Naylor, Kenai Central 22:50; 44. Sienna Carey, Homer 22:54; 72. Isabelle Hickman, Nikolaevsk 24:36.
Division II Boys Team Scores — 1. Grace Christian, 46; 2. Sitka, 58; 3. Homer, 80; 4. Anchorage Christian, 99; 5. Kenai Central, 107; 6. Haines, 203; 7. Bethel, 210; 8. Monroe Catholic, 217; 9. Petersburg, 223; 10. Galena, 223; 11. Kotzebue, 306; 12. Cordova, 364.
Boys Individual— 1. Tristian Merchant, Anchorage Christian 15:56 2. Gabe Martin, Grace Christian 16:33 3. Luke Fritzel, Grace Christian 16:37 4. Skyler McIntyre, Sitka 16:41 5. Dominic Baciocco, Sitka 16:44 6. Maison Dunham, Kenai Central 16:46 7. Luciano Fasulo, Homer 16:46 8. Eyoab Knapp, Homer 16:55 9. Lucas Echenique, Galena 17:04 10. Joe Pate, Sitka 17:07 11. Seth Kniegge, Grace Christian 17:09 12. William Parks, Anchorage Christian 17:16 13. Amos Sage, Noatak 17:16 14. Coleson Voran, Port Alsworth 17:21 15. Paul Kopp, Grace Christian 17:24.
Other peninsula finishers — 16. Bill Rich, Homer 17:27 17. Max Pfeiffenberger, Seward 17:27; 22. Joe Hamilton, Kenai Central 17:47 23. Neil Lindquist, Seward 17:47; 25. Tucker Mueller, Kenai Central 17:58 26. Daniel Reutov, Homer 18:00; 36. Corbin Mattingly, Homer 18:19; 41. Justin Trail, Nikolaevsk 18:26; 42. Samuel Roberts, Kenai Central 18:29 43. Evan Stockton, Kenai Central 18:30; 51. Luke Cross, Kenai Central 18:49; 56. Ocean Matley, Kenai Central 18:54; 69. Clayton Beachy, Homer 19:23; 73. Austin Cline, Homer 19:29; 87. Michael Trail, Nikolaevsk 19:55.
Division I Girls Team Scores — 1. Juneau-Douglas, 71; 2. Service, 77; 3. West Valley, 95; 4. South Anchorage, 96; 5. West Anchorage, 98; 6. Chugiak, 110; 7. Palmer, 172; 8. Soldotna, 203; 9. Colony, 232; 10. Lathrop, 268.
Other peninsula finishers — 16. Jordan Strausbaugh, Soldotna 20:00; 41. Erika Arthur, Soldotna 21:09; 53. Tanis Lorring, Soldotna 21:44; 61. Ellie Burns, Soldotna 22:06; 63. Cameron Blackwell, Soldotna 22:24; 68. Jordan Ruffner, Soldotna 22:33; 74. Ryann Canna Denison, Soldotna 23:39.
Division I Boys Team Scores — 1. Dimond, 38; 2. Chugiak, 75; 3. West Anchorage, 86; 4. West Valley, 100; 5. South Anchorage, 130; 6. Juneau-Douglas, 158; 7. Soldotna, 193; 8. Colony, 195; 9. Kodiak, 210; 10. Lathrop, 274.
Boys Individual— 1. Daniel Bausch, Chugiak 15:30 2. Santiago Prosser, Dimond 16:03 3. Alexander Maurer, Service 16:12 4. Ethan Davis, West Anchorage 16:20 5. Arne Ellefson-Carnes, Juneau Douglas 16:25 6. Niko Latva-Kiskola, Dimond 16:38 7. Everett Cason, West Anchorage 16:38 8. Lane Meier, Colony 16:41 9. Kaleb Beloy, South Anchorage 16:42 10. Fred Rygh, Dimond 16:42 11. George Cvancara, Dimond 16:43 12. Jack Cater, West Valley 16:46 13. Dallin Gardiner, Dimond 16:51 14. Zanden McMullen, South Anchorage 16:51 15. Michael Earnhart, Chugiak 16:56.
Other peninsula finishers — 16. Mekbeb Denbrock, Soldotna 16:57; 23. Bradley Walters, Soldotna 17:08; 58. Jack Harris, Soldotna 18:10; 63. Lance Chilton, Soldotna 18:16; 64. Anchor Musgrave, Soldotna 18:17; 77. Logan Shane, Soldotna 19:12; 79. Maleda Denbrock, Soldotna 19:22.
