The 2016 Region III Track & Field Championships, hosted at Colony High School featured both 4A and 3A classifications.
In the 4A (Large School) division, the Soldotna girls finished second to Colony in the girls team scoring; Kodiak lead the boys team scoring, followed by Colony and SoHi.
In the 3A (Small School) division, Anchorage Christian Schools raced to both the girls and boys team titles.
Region III 4A Girls Results
The SoHi girls dominated the sprint events with Daisy Nelson racing to three individual gold medals and anchoring the SoHi girls 4X400M Relay for a fourth gold. Daisy won the 100M, 200M and 400M dash events, sweeping the sprints.
Other individual championships were won by SoHi’s Sylvia Tuasaula in the girls Shot Put, Kenai’s Abby Beck in the Discus, Kenai’s Ithica Bergholtz in the 3200M, and Kenai won the 4X200M Relay. SoHi’s Brittany Taylor finished second in the 100M, 200M and 400M dash events behind Nelson. Other top three performances included: SoHi’s Olivia Hutchings, 2nd in 800M and 3rd in 400M; Kenai’s Katie Kilfoyle, 2nd in 100M hurdles; SoHi Sophie Thomas, 3rd in 300M hurdles; SoHi’s Emily Pieh, 3rd in Discus; Kenai’s Julianne Wilson, 3rd in Long Jump.
Region III 4A Boys Results
Josh Jackman recorded two individual championships, winning the 400M and the Long Jump; Josh also finished second in the Triple Jump and 3rd in the 100M. SoHi’s Aaron Swedberg won the 800M for the Stars lone individual title. SoHi finished third overall in the boys team scoring.
Other top three performances included: SoHi’s Dalton Best, 2nd in Shot Put and 3rd in Discus; Kenai’s Jarett Wilson, 2nd in 110M hurdles and 3rd in 300M hurdles; SoHi’s Levi Michael, 3rd in 800M; SoHi’s Drew Gibbs, 3rd in Shot Put; Kenai’s Keenan Orth, 2nd in High Jump; SoHi’s Abraham Van Hout, 3rd in 300M hurdles and 3rd in 110M hurdles.
Region III 3A Results
Nikiski finished fourth in the team scoring in both the girls and boys standings. Arianne Parrish won the girls Long Jump and finished 2nd in the girls Triple Jump. Luke Johnson won the Shot Put and finished 2nd in the Discus. Ian Johnson captured the discus title for 3A track.
Other top three performances included: Bethany Carstens, 2nd in High Jump; Aaron McCollum, 3rd in Triple Jump; Matthew Minium, 3rd in 100M.
2016 Region III 3A & 4A Track and Field Results: Top Six
3A Boys
3A Boys Team Scores: 1. ACS, 204; 2. Grace, 89; 3. Seward, 66; 4. Nikiski, 60; 5. Homer, 59; 6. Valdez, 26; 7. Cordova, 10; 8. Houston, 6; 9. Redington, 4.
100 — 1. Holden Quinn, ACS, 11.83; 2. Teddy Croft, Hom, 12.11; 3. Matthew Minium, Nik, 12.43; 4. Nathan Ashworth, Red, 12.46; 5. Josh Roach, Gra, 12.48; 6. Patrick Perry, Nik, 12.52.
200 — 1. Holden Quinn, ACS, 22.92; 2. Frederick Onochie, ACS, 23.16; 3. Teddy Croft, Hom, 24.26; 4. Uri Simmers, ACS, 24.29; 5. Jake Richter, Hom, 24.41; 6. Anders Limstrom, Gra, 25.04.
400 — 1. Frederick Onochie, ACS, 51.05; 2. Sylvanus Edi, ACS, 52.38; 3. Uri Simmers, ACS, 53.27; 4. Zach Howard, Val, 54.88; 5. Zane Boyer, Hom, 56.71; 6. Riley Martin, Gra, 57.04.
800 — 1. Hunter Kratz, Sew, 2:05.34; 2. Paxson Berry, Sew, 2:05.40; 3. Blake Bennett, ACS, 2:06.69; 4. Thomas Zweifel, Sew, 2:09.10; 5. Luciano Fasulo, Hom, 2:09.98; 6. Robert Schaezlein, Gra, 2:10.37.
1,600 — 1. Hunter Kratz, Sew, 4:39.33; 2. Blake Bennett, ACS, 4:41.04; 3. Zach Hamberger, Cor, 4:45.11; 4. Luciano Fasulo, Hom, 4:46.09; 5. Zach Young, Gra, 4:52.33; 6. Cameron Sheldon, Gra, 4:54.39.
3,200 — 1. Hunter Kratz, Sew, 10:09.53; 2. Blake Bennett, ACS, 10:19.18; 3. Alex Wuerth, ACS, 10:32.19; 4. Zach Hamberger, Cor, 10:33.68; 5. Zach Young, Gra, 10:38.70; 6. Cameron Sheldon, Gra, 10:40.08.
110 hurdles — 1. Ben Sobek, ACS, 17.20; 2. Jonathan Railing, ACS, 18.29; 3. Kalen Compehos, Val, 19.05; 4. Braden Nieder, Gra, 19.38; 5. Joey Haecker, ACS, 19.91; 6. Tommy Cha, ACS, 20.21.
300 hurdles — 1. Jonathan Railing, ACS, 43.73; 2. Tommy Cha, ACS, 43.89; 3. Ben Sobek, ACS, 46.00; 4. Hunter Patton, Hom, 46.62; 5. Joey Haecker, ACS, 47.09; 6. Trapper Allen, Sew, 48.21.
400 relay — 1. ACS (Guillermo, Edi, Kaltenbach, Quinn), 46.17; 2. Nikiski, 47.34; 3. Homer, 47.98; 4. Grace, 51.37; 5. Valdez, 51.61.
800 relay — 1. Homer (Croft, Fasulo, Boyer, Richter), 1:37.81; 2. Grace, 1:39.71; 3. ACS, 1:40.12; 4. Valdez, 1:42.14; 5. Houston, 1:49.02; 6. Seward, 1:49.05.
1,600 relay — 1. ACS (Quinn, Simmers, Edi, Onochie), 3:30.84; 2. Seward, 3:49.33; 3. Valdez, 3:53.85; 4. Grace, 3:55.22; 5. Houston, 4:01.50; 6. Homer, 4:05.86.
3,200 relay — 1. Seward (Petrosius, Berry, Kratz, Zweifel), 8:39.81; 2. ACS, 8:50.72; 3. Homer, 8:55.99; 4. Grace, 9:05.72; 5. Valdez, 9:16.04.
Shot put — 1. Luke Johnson, Nik, 45—4; 2. Frederick Onochie, ACS, 42—0; 3. Alex Binder, Gra, 40—6.5; 4. Dakota Hupp, Nik, 39—11.5; 5. Ian Johnson, Nik, 39—5.5; 6. John Koenaman, Hou, 39—3.
Discus — 1. Ian Johnson, Nik, 131—9; 2. Luke Johnson, Nik, 129—4; 3. Alex Binder, Gra, 123—11; 4. Eli Davis, Sew, 111-10; 5. Zach Bronson, ACS, 106—6; 6. Ben Bitler, Hou, 104—7.
High jump — 1. Lane Kaltenbach, ACS, 5—10; 2. Braden Nieder, Gra, 5—8; 3. Brogan Nieder, Gra, Joel Carrol, Hom, 5—8; 5. Jonah Coats, Val, 5—6.
Long jump — 1. Lane Kaltenbach, ACS, 19—4.5; 2. Braden Nieder, Gra, 18—9; 3. Brogan Nieder, Gra, 18—3; 4. Alex Binder, Gra, 17—11; 5. Jack Sullenger, Nik, 17—11; 6. Aaron McCollum, Nik, 17—8.
Triple jump — 1. Brogan Nieder, Gra, 40—4.25; 2. Uri Simmers, ACS, 39-9.5; 3. Aaron McCollum, Nik, 38—0; 4 (tie). Joel Carrol, Hom, Braden Nieder, Gra, 37—2; 6. William Parks, ACS, 36-9.5.
3A Girls
3A Girls Team Scores: 1. ACS, 144; 2. Homer, 135; 3. Grace, 84; 4 (tie). Nikiski, Houston 42.5; 6. Valdez, 39.5; 7. Seward, 29; 8. Redington, 9.
100 — 1. Tanner Ealum, ACS, 12.63; 2. Kaylee Veldstra, Hom, 13.23; 3. Alia Bales, Hom, 13.81; 4. Angie Cardoza, Hom, 13.95; 5. Arianne Parrish, Nik, 13.96; 6. Sarah Newton, Gra, 14.16.
200 — 1. Tanner Ealum, ACS, 25.43; 2. Aurora Waclawski, Hom, 27.90; 3. Allison VanPelt, Hou, 28.35; 4. Kaylee Veldstra, Hom, 28.45; 5. Ziza Shemet Pitcher, Hom, 28.97; 6. Zoe Langseth, Val, 28.99.
400 — 1. Tanner Ealum, ACS, 56.55; 2. Aurora Waclawski, Hom, 1:02.25; 3. Ziza Shemet Pitcher, Hom, 1:03.68; 4. Sarah Wolf, Hom, 1:04.63; 5. Sarah Newton, Gra, 1:05.89; 6. Jade Watts, Val, 1:06.55.
800 — 1. Elizabeth Balsan, ACS, 2:20.22; 2. Ruby Lindquist, Sew, 2:22.17; 3. Grace Gannon, Gra, 2:31.43; 4. Audrey Rosencrans, Hom, 2:33.42; 5. Alex Moseley, Hom, 2:35.21; 6. Sadie Lindquist, Sew, 2:37.98.
1,600 — 1. Elizabeth Balsan, ACS, 5:13.50; 2. Grace Gannon, Gra, 5:29.41; 3. Allison VanPelt, Hou, 5:35.51; 4. Audrey Rosencrans, Hom, 5:36.07; 5. Tessa O’Hara, ACS, 5:44.50; 6. Mazzy Jackson, Gra, 5:46.53.
3,200 — 1. Elizabeth Balsan, ACS, 11:25.54; 2. Grace Gannon, Gra, 11:50.88; 3. Ruby Lindquist, Sew, 11:54.53; 4. Allison VanPelt, Hou, 12:03.10; 5. Audrey Rosencrans, hom, 12:05.29; 6. Mazzy Jackson, Gra, 12:31.77.
100 hurdles — 1. Lauren Evarts, Hom, 16.43; 2. Annie VanderWeide, Gra, 17.20; 3. Amy Tedrick, ACS, 18.45; 4. Lauren Jones, Hom, 18.50; 5. Crystal Epperheimer, Nik, 19.60; 6. Nikki Overson, Gra, 19.78.
300 hurdles — 1. Zoe Langseth, Val, 49.25; 2. Annie VanderWeide, Gra, 51.06; 3. Lauren Evarts, Hom, 51.52; 4. Alexis Quick, ACS, 53.52; 5. Lauren Jones, Hom, 54.08; 6. Nikki Overson, Gra, 54.81.
400 relay — 1. Homer (Gillette, Cardoza, Wolf, Veldstra), 53.02; 2. Nikiski, 55.86; 3. ACS, 56.02; 4. Houston, 57.04; 5. Valdez, 57.26; 6. Grace, 57.64.
800 relay — 1. Homer (Bales, Wolf, Evarts, Veldstra), 1:51.95; 2. ACS, 1:56.48; 3. Valdez, 1:57.42; 4. Houston, 2:01.48; 5. Grace, 2:04.20; 6. Redington, 2:06.26.
1,600 relay — 1. ACS (O’Hara, Balsan, Sutter, Ealum), 4:15.55; 2. Homer, 4:21.65; 3. Grace, 4:33.12; 4. Valdez, 4:36.92.
3,200 relay — 1. Homer (Rosencrans, Moseley, Shemet Pitcher, Waclawski), 10:19.97; 2. Seward, 10:37.07; 3. Grace, 10:52.70; 4. ACS, 11:47.31.
Discus — 1. Amir Williams, ACS, 107—9; 2. Hailey Holland, Red, 91—2; 3. Kimberly Quincy, Hou, 85—1; 4. Hannah Edmonds, ACS, 84—10; 5. Gabby Quick, ACS, 77—7; 6. Becca Land, ACS, 76—1.
Shot put — 1. Hannah Edmonds, ACS, 37—9; 2. Amir Williams, ACS, 34—7.5; 3. Jenna Markel, Gra, 30—7; 4. Kimberly Quincy, Hou, 28—11; 5. Becca Land, ACS, 38—8.5; 6. Chaunice Carr, ACS, 28—4.5.
High jump — 1. Kassandra Howard, Val, 4—10; 2. Bethany Carstens, Nik, 4—6; 3. Kriziel Sarmiento, Sew, 4—4; 4. Hali Baczuk, Val, 4—2; 5 (tie). Alia Bales, Hom, Destiny Grey, Val, 4-0.
Long jump — 1. Arianne Parrish, Nik, 16—4.25; 2. Annie VanderWeide, Gra, 14—11.75; 3. Chanel May-Thomas, Hou, 14—8.25; 4. Angie Cardoza, Hom, 14—6.75; 5. Cheyenne Gillette, Hom, 13—10.25; 6. Cassie Kapuniai, Hou, 13—4.75.
Triple jump — 1. Annie VanderWeide, Gra, 32—7.5; 2. Arianne Parrish, Nik, 32—7; 3. Mary Kate Parks, ACS, 29—6.75; 4. Madison Akers, Hom, 29—0; 5 (tie). Isabel Kulhanek, Hom, Deni Koreze-Richards, Hou, 28—8.
4A Girls
4A Girls Team Scores: 1. Colony 145.25; 2. Soldotna 139.75; 3. Kenai 81; 4. Kodiak 79; 5. Wasilla 48; 6. Palmer 32.
100 — 1. D. Nelson, Sol 13.26; 2. B. Taylor, Sol 13.35; 3. K. Kelly, Was 13.58; 4. T. Rich, Ken 13.75; 5. H. Villaroya, Kod 13.85; 6. B. Coghill, Ken 13.87.
200 — 1. D. Nelson, Sol 26.70; 2. B. Taylor, Sol 27.50; 3. H. Macaturo, Kod 28.13; 4. K. Kelly, Was 28.26; 5. T. Hilton, Sol 28.69; 6. K. Miller, Col 29.18.
400 — 1. D. Nelson, Sol 1:00.12; 2. B. Taylor, Sol 1:02.37; 3. O. Hutchings, Sol 1:02.72; 4. H. Macaturo, Kod 1:04.49; 5. E. Raisly, Kod 1:05.22; 6. S. Dixon, Pal 1:05.66.
800 — 1. R. Woodings, Pal 2:24.52; 2. O. Hutchings, Sol 2:25.70; 3. J. Block, Col 2:29.40; 4. C. Geraghty, Col 2:32.32; 5. J. Bowker, Col 2:34.19; 6. C. Powers, Col 2:34.86.
1,600 — 1. Z. Bigley, Kod 5:33.52; 2. J. Block, Col 5:36.10; 3. J. Bowker, Col 5:37.22; 4. C. Geraghty, Col 5:37.52; 5. R. Berrigan, Pal 5:38.96; 6. K. Arthur, Sol 5:42.98.
3,200 — 1. I. Bergholtz, Ken 11:52.31; 2. Z. Bigley, Kod 12:02.34; 3. J. Bowker, Col 12:08.45; 4. A. Himbelbloom, Kod 12:13.86; 5. C. Powers, Col 12:30.66; 6. K. Arthur, Sol 12:43.07.
100 hurdles — 1. C. Stephens, Col 15.38; 2. K. Kilfoyle, Ken 17.64; 3. H. Vilaroya, Kod 17.67; 4. S. Thomas, Sol 17.74; 5. J. Burt, Was 17.92; 6. K. Murphy, Kod 18.07.
300 hurdles — 1. M. Ko, Col 49.29; 2. H. Villaroya, Kod 49.31; 3. S. Thomas, Sold 50.48; 4. E. Werner, Sol 51.78; 5. K. Kilfoyle, Ken 52.10; 6. K. Sessom, Col 52.55.
400 relay — 1. Kodiak 52.65; 2. Soldotna 53.90; 3. Kenai 54.12; 4. Wasilla 54.17; 5. Colony 54.35; 6. Palmer 55.02.
800 relay — 1. Kenai 1:51.14; 2. Soldotna 1:53.04; 3. Colony 1:53.56; 4. Wasilla 1:53.99; 5. Palmer 1:57.86; 6. Kodiak 2:03.23.
1,600 relay — 1. Soldotna 4:16.99; 2. Kenai 4:20.55; 3. Palmer 4:24.06; 4. Kodiak 4:33.53; 5. Colony 4:42.60.
3,200 relay — 1. Colony 9:53.49; 2. Palmer 10:22.03; 3. Kenai 10:26.00; 4. Soldotna 10:31.60; 5. Kodiak 10:39.15.
High jump — 1. C. Dunleavy, Was 5-4; 2. C. Stephens, Col 5-2; 3. C. LeBon, Was 4-10; 4. A. Condio, Col 4-8; 4. (tie) M. Ko, Col 4-8; 4. (tie) L. Wong, Sol 4-8; 4. (tie) L. Sessom, Col 4-8.
Long jump — 1. C. Stephens, Col 16-5; 2. M. Ko. Col 16-0.25; 3. J. Wilson, Ken 15-10; 4. A. Condio, Col 15-5.5, 5. G. Berry, Col 14-7.25; 6. C. Christiansen, Kod 13-8.25.
Triple jump — 1. C. Stephens, Col 35-7.75; 2. C. Dunleavy, Was 33-7.25; 3. A. Condio, Col 32-2; 4. J. Wilson, Ken 32-1; 5. M. Ko, Col 32-0; 6. L. Sessom, Col 31-8.
Shot put — 1. S. Tuisaula, Sol 35-7.5; 2. R. Walker, Kod 35-2.25; 3. A. Beck, Ken 34-0.5; 4. D. Glenn, Was 33-11.25; 5. E. Ushmann, Pal 33-7.5; 6. A. Quinn, Sol 32-1.5.
Discus — 1. A. Beck, Ken 126-5; 2. K. Tennesen, Col 113-8; 3. E. Pieh, Sol 110-11; 4. A. Quinn, Sol 109-3; 5. R. Walker, Kod 102-11; 6. S. Tuisaula, Sol 100-00.
4A Boys
4A Boys Team Scores: 1. Kodiak 146; 2. Colony 118; 3. Soldotna 83; 4. Kenai 67; 5. Palmer 66; 6. Wasilla 46.
100 — 1. B. Alcaide, Kod 11.56; 2. J. Nero, Col 11.65; 3. J. Jackman, Ken 11.70; 4. J. Miranda, Kod 11.95; 5. B. Furlong, Sol 12.03; 6. C. Ward, Was 12.04.
200 — 1. B. Alcaide, Kod 23.41; 2. C. Ferris, Pal 23.63; 3. Z. Vrvilo, Col 23.71; 4. J. Pomrenke, Col 23.74; 5. B. Cork, Was 23.95; 6. B. Furlong, Sol 24.45.
400 — 1. J. Jackman, Ken 51.28; 2. B. Nicholson, Col 52.07; 3. Z. Vrvilo, Col 53.29; 4. L. Cutsforth, Pal 53.31; 5. T. Spatz, Pal 53.33; 6. M. Burnett, Kod 53.45.
800 — 1. A. Swedberg, Sol 2:00.38; 2. M. Parnell, Kod 2:00.61; 3. L. Michael, Sol 2:01.26; 4. Q. Fuller, Was 2:01.52; 5. J. Hannah, Kod 2:02.13; 6. K. Osowski, Kod 2:03.29.
1,600 — M. Parnell, Kod 4:34.13; 2. D. Peterson-Thompson, Col 4:34.45; 3. Q. Fuller, Was 4:35.63; 4. K. Osowski, Kod 4:38.90; 5. J. Hannah, Kod 4.43.92; 6. R. McKinney, Kod 4:47.96.
3,200 — 1. K. Osowski, Kod 9:56.81; 2. M. Parnell, Kod 10:04.24; 3. A. Swedberg, Sol 10:06.76; 4. D. Peterson-Thompson, Col 10:14.99; 5. K. Greathouse, Was 10:32.99; 6. D. Johnson, Kod 10:34.07.
110 hurdles — 1. B. Southwick, Pal 16.22; 2. J. Wilson, Ken 16.72; 3. A. VanHout, Sol 16.86; 4. A. Alonzo, Kod 16.87; 5. W. Helton, Was 16.95; 6. M. Clyde, Col 17.04.
300 hurdles — 1. B. Southwick, Pal 42.76; 2. J. Hessinger, Col 42.90; 3. J. Wilson, Ken 43.08; 4. A. VanHout, Sol 43.77; 5. C. Drumm, Was 44.29; 6. M. Charles-White, Col 44.52.
400 relay — 1. Colony 45.60; 2. Palmer 45.94; 3. Wasilla 46.37; 4. Soldotna 47.15; 5. Kodiak 47.99; 6. Kenai 48.38.
800 relay — 1. Colony 1:34.17; 2. Wasilla 1:36.55; 3. Kenai 1:37.22; 4. Kodiak 1:40.13; 5. Soldotna 1:42.15.
1,600 relay — 1. Kodiak 3:31.93; 2. Palmer 3:33.13; 3. Soldotna 3:34.44; 4. Wasilla 3:39.45; 5. Colony 3:46.74; 6. Kenai 3:51.24.
3,200 relay — 1. Kodiak 8:16.54; 2. Soldotna 8:16.83; 3. Palmer 8:36.64; 4. Colony 9:00.12; 5. Wasilla 9:17.57; 6. Kenai 9:35.18.
High jump — 1. B. Nicholson, Col 5-10; 2. K. Orth, Ken 5-6; 3. A. Carros, Kod 5-6; 4. D Eiman, Pal 5-6; 5. K. Vinson, Sol 5-4; 6. G. Casey, Sol 5-2.
Long jump — 1. J. Jackman, Ken 21-3.25; 2. B. Nicholson, Col 21-2; 3. B. Alcaide, Kod 18-9.5; 4. J. Holgate, Col 18-7.25; 5. L. Shrader, Sol 18-6.75; 6. N. Johnson, Pal 18-6.25.
Triple jump — 1. B. Nicholson, Col 46-4.25; 2. J. Jackman, Ken 40-11; 3. D. Eiman, Pal 40-8.25; 4. A. Carros, Kod 40-4.5; 5. L. Shrader, Sol 39-3.5; 6. P. Weeks, Sol 38-10.25.
Shot put — 1. K. Pillans, Kod 54-10; 2. D. Best, Sol 48-8.5; 3. D. Gibbs, Sol 43-1.25; 4. A. Alvarado, Col 42-7.5; 5. B. Rick, Was 40-10.75; 6. D. Kolomeychuk, Was 39-3.25.
Discus — 1. K. Pillans, Kod 156-10; 2. J. Miranda, Kod 138-10; 3. D. Best, Sol 136-2; 4. B. Frick, Was 124-7; 5. A. Alvarado, Col 119-2; 6. J. Grossl, Ken 119-0.