The 2015 Kenai Peninsula Borough Track and Field Championships, featuring competition for both high school and middle school track athletes, were contested on Saturday at Soldotna High School.
The Soldotna Star girls and the Kenai Kardinal boys teams captured the team titles; the SoHi girls narrowly outpointing Kenai 187-180, and the Kardinal boys running-away with the team title with 201 points.
Top performances for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Championships included:
Girls Results
Kenai’s Allie Ostrander raced to individual victories in the 1600M, 800M, and 3200M and added a gold medal with the Karidnal 4X400M Relay. A four, gold medal performance day for Allie to close-out her borough track meet.
SoHi’s Daisy Nelson placed first in the 200M, 400M, and Triple Jump; and added a second in the 100M for the top sprint performance of the meet.
SoHi’s Annie Quinn captured both of the throws, winning the girls Shot Put and Discus events. Annie’s discus distance was the best recorded by a 4A thrower this season at 113′ 5″.
KCHS senior Kiana Harding won both the Long Jump and High Jump competitions.
Boys Results
Kenai’s Theisen brothers continued their dominance in the middle distance and distance events combining for four firsts and two second place finishes, and teamed-up for a victory in the 4X400M Relay. Jonah Theisen raced to victories in the 400M and 3200M races; Jordan Theisen won the 800M and 1600M runs.
SoHi’s Dalton Best dominated the throws with victories in the Shot Put and Discus. The throw of 132′ 7″ in the discus is 5th in the state.
Kenai’s Josh Jackman continued as the top hurdler winning the both the 110M and 300M Hurdles. Josh also won the Long Jump and finished second in the Triple Jump.
Kenai Peninsula Borough Track & Field Championships
Girls Team Scores — 1. Soldotna, 187 points; 2. Kenai, 180; 3. Homer, 61; 4. Seward, 21; 4. CIA, 21; 6. Nikiski, 17; 7. Ninilchik, 4.
Girls Results
100 — 1. Kyla Whannell, Ken, 13.01; 2. Daisy Nelson, Sol, 13.03; 3. Tekaiya Rich, Ken, 13.30; 4. Angie Cardoza, Hom, 13.50; 5. Hallie Landess, Sol, 13.56; 6. Lindsey Wong, Sol, 13.77.
200 — 1. Daisy Nelson, Sol, 27.12; 2. Aurora Waclawski, Hom, 27.63; 3. Kyla Whannell, Ken, 27.94; 4. Ziza Shemet-Pitcher, Hom, 28.11; 5. Tekaiya Rich, Ken, 28.47; 6. Angie Cardoza, Hom, 28.72.
400 — 1. Daisy Nelson, Sol, 1:00.27; 2. Dani McCormick, Sol, 1:00.57; 3. Aurora Waclawski, Sol, 1:01.56; 4. Addison Gibson, 1:02.45; 5. Ziza Shemet-Pitcher, Hom, 1:03.87; 6. Crystal Crane, Hom, 1:04.40.
800 — 1. Allie Ostrander, Ken, 2:14.92; 2. Dani McCormick, Sol, 2:24.28; 3. Ruby Lindquist, Sew, 2:24.81; 4. Sadie Fox, Sol, 2:31.01; 5. Alex Bergholtz, Ken, 2:34.49; 6. Alice Pfeiffenberger, Sew, 2:46.95.
1600 — 1. Allie Ostrander, Ken, 4:59.10; 2. Olivia Hutchings, Sol, 5:30.73; 3. Riana Boonstra, Ken, 5:34.90; 4. Alex Bergholtz, Ken, 5:41.78; 5. Sadie Fox, Sol, 5:41.80; 6. Ithaca Bergholtz, Ken, 5:42.38.
3200 — 1. Allie Ostrander, Ken, 11:27.34; 2. Olivia Hutchings, Sol, 11:51.20; 3. Riana Boonstra, Ken, 11:54.90; 4. Ithaca Bergholtz, Ken, 11:56.69; 5. Ruby Lindquist, Sew, 11:57.06; 6. Audrey Rosencrans, Hom, 12:16.06.
100H — 1. Madison Orth, CIA, 16.97; 2. Lauren Evarts, Hom, 17.56; 3. Katie Kilfoyle, Ken, 18.03; 4. Katelyn Earl, Sol, 18.60; 5. Hayley Ramsell, Sol, 18.74; 6. Beverly Schindler, Ken, 18.79.
300H — 1. Lauren Evarts, Hom, 50.60; 2. Emily Werner, Sol, 52.58; 3. Katie Kilfoyle, Ken, 53.15; 4. Abigail Cox, Ken, 56.66; 5. Sierra Baldwin, Sol, 57.18; 6. Lauren Jones, Hom, 57.95.
400m relay — 1. Soldotna (Landess, Ramsell, Werner, Johnson), 55.38; 2. Kenai, 55.62; 3. Nikiski, 56.74; 4. Soldotna, 57.32; 5. Seward, 58.14.
800m relay — 1. Homer (Cardoza, Waclawski, Crane, Shemet-Pitcher), 1:53.18; 2. Soldotna, 2:02.92; 3. Soldotna B, 2:03.67; 4. Kenai, 2:12.95.
1600m relay — 1. Kenai (Kilfoyle, Gibson, Wilson, Ostrander), 4:24.63; 2. Soldotna, 4:43.24.
3200m relay — 1. Soldotna (Werner, Fox, Erickson, Hutchings), 10:06.65; 2. Kenai, 10:30.89.
Shot put — 1. Annie Quinn, Sol, 32—00; 2. Abby Beck, Ken, 30—00; 3. Emily Pieh, Sol, 27—10; 4. Jordan Finney, Nin, 27—08 1-2; 5. Laura Kromrey, Sew, 26—05; 6. Savannah McDonald, Sol, 25—05 1-2.
Discus — 1. Annie Quinn, Sol, 113—05; 2. Abby Beck, Ken, 108—03; 3. Laura Kromrey, Sew, 99—11; 4. Heather Engle, Sol, 76—01; 5. Chena Litzen, Nik, 73—11; 6. Kendall Taplin, CIA, 73—00.
High jump — 1. Kiana Harding, Ken, 5—00; 2. Lindsey Wong, Sol, 4—10; 3. Denali Wurst, Sol, 4—08; 4. Crystal Crane, Hom, 4—04; 5. Elizabeth Davis, Sol, 4—04; 6. Sarra Ben Rhouma, Sol, 4—00.
Long jump — 1. Kiana Harding, Ken, 15—02 1-2; 2. Arianne Parrish, Nik, 15—02 1-4; 3. Julieanne Wilson, Ken, 15—02 1-4; 4. Lindsey Wong, Sol, 15—00; 5. Madison Orth, CIA, 14—09 1-2; 6. Angie Cardoza, Hom, 14—08.
Triple jump — 1. Daisy Nelson, Sol, 31—04 1-2; 2. Madison Orth, CIA, 30—11 1-2; 3. Julieanne Wilson, Ken, 30—09; 4. Hayley Ramsell, Sol, 30—07 1-4; 5. Arianne Parrish, Nik, 29—03 3-4; 6. Mayzie Potton, Ken, 26—06 1-2.
Boys Team Scores — 1. Kenai, 201 points; 2. Soldotna, 138; 3. Homer, 56; 4. Nikiski, 53; 5. CIA, 24; 6. Seward, 22.
Boys Results
100 — 1. Jake Richter, Hom, 11.85; 2. Ian Ashley, Ken, 11.86; 3. Brenner Furlong, Sol, 12.03; 4. John Shank, Hom, 12.07; 5. Drew Gibbs, Sol, 12.15; 6. Teddy Croft, Hom, 12.18.
200 — 1. Travis Cooper, Ken, 24.11; 2. Nathan Spence, Sol, 24.25; 3. Connor Seay, Hom, 24.29; 4. John Shank, Hom, 24.37; 5. Noah Leaf, CIA, 24.70; 6. Teddy Croft, Hom, 24.73.
400 — 1. Jonah Theisen, Ken, 52.75; 2. Travis Cooper, Ken, 54.62; 3. Karl Danielson, Ken, 54.67; 4. Michael Marshall, Ken, 54.95; 5. Brenner Furlong, Sol, 56.15; 6. Coltin Yancey, Sol, 56.57.
800 — 1. Jordan Theisen, Ken, 2:02.87; 2. Hunter Kratz, Sew, 2:04.23; 3. Aaron Swedberg, Sol, 2:10.67; 4. Keith Ivy, Ken, 2:11.40; 5. Emmanuel Van Hout, Sol, 2:13.20; 6. Denver Waclawski, Hom, 2:16.15.
1600 — 1. Jordan Theisen, Ken, 4:40.21; 2. Jonah Theisen, Ken, 4:40.33; 3. Michael Marshall, Sew, 4:42.18; 4. Aaron Swedberg, Sol, 4:45.38; 5. Daniel Shuler, Sol, 4:47.34; 6. Jordan Beachy, Hom, 4:52.43.
3200 — 1. Jonah Theisen, Ken, 10:42.21; 2. Jordan Theisen, Ken, 10:42.70; 3. Daniel Shuler, Sol, 10:47.03; 4. Braden Olsen, Ken, 11:18.88; 5. Josh Shuler, Sol, 11:49.55; 6. Brandon Moore, Sew, 12:11.35.
110H — 1. Josh Jackman, Ken, 16.19; 2. Noah Leaf, CIA, 16.67; 3. Abraham Van Hout, Sol, 18.95; 4. Kazuya Okamoto, Nik, 18.98; 5. Matthew Torkelson, Ken, 19.70; 6. Hunter Allen, Sew, 20.08.
300H — 1. Josh Jackman, Ken, 43.18; 2. Connor Seay, Hom, 43.98; 3. Noah Leaf, CIA, 45.74; 4. Shane Larrow, Sol, 46.19; 5. Koby Vinson, Sol, 47.10; 6. Abraham Van Hout, Sol, 48.06.
400m relay — 1. Kenai (Orth, Rohn, Randall, Ashley), 46.85; 2. Nikiski, 48.29; 3. Soldotna, 48.42; 4. Soldotna B, 49.99.
800m relay — 1. Kenai (Orth, Danielson, Ashley, Randall), 1:36.97; 2. Soldotna, 1:38.79; 3. Nikiski, 1:42.35; 4. Soldotna, 1:42.74; 5. Homer, 1:45.69.
1600m relay — 1. Kenai (Danielson, Cooper, Theisen, Theisen), 3:34.34; 2. Soldotna, 3:34.78; 3. Soldotna B, 3:36.90; 4. Kenai, 3:38.50.
3200m relay — 1. Soldotna (Shuler, Musgrave, Van Hout, Vinson), 9:06.80; 2. Nikiski, 9:39.85; 3. Kenai, 9:40.58; 4. Soldotna, 9:51.32; 5. Kenai, 10:59.17.
Shot put — 1. Dalton Best, Sol, 42—10; 2. Luke Johnson, Nik, 40—01; 3. Adam O’Guinn, Sol, 38—07; 4. Andrew Welborn, Ken, 37—08; 5. Tom Randall, Ken, 37—02; 6. Dakota Hupp, Nik, 36—01.
Discus — 1. Dalton Best, Sol, 132—07; 2. Luke Johnson, Nik, 129—07; 3. Adam O’Guinn, Sol, 121—08; 4. Jon Grossl, CIA, 120—08; 5. Ian Johnson, Nik, 114—07; 6. Tobias Randall, Ken, 109—00.
High jump — 1. Keenan Orth, Ken, 5—08; 2. Austin Painter, Sol, 5—06; 3. Luke Johnson, Nik, 5—02; 4. Nathaniel Lazaros, Sol, 5—00.
Long jump — 1. Josh Jackman, Ken, 20—02 1-2; 2. Logan Shrader, Sol, 18—03 1-2; 3. Connor Seay, Hom, 18—03; 4. Noah Leaf, CIA, 18—01 1-4; 5. Paxson Berry, Sew, 17—06 3-4; 6. Keenan Orth, Ken, 17—00.
Triple jump — 1. Travis Cooper, Ken, 39—09; 2. Josh Jackman, Ken, 39—02 1-2; 3. John Shank, Hom, 38—09 1-2; 4. Teddy Croft, Hom, 38—00 1-4; 5. Aaron McCollum, Nik, 37—02; 6. Karl Danielson, Ken, 37—00 1-2.
The Kenai Middle School girls and boys track teams each raced to team titles at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Middle School Championships.
Top girls performances included:
Brittany Taylor, Skyview, won the 100M and 400M dash events (state best 63.33).
Kenai’s Jaycie Calvert races to victories in the 800M and 1600M events.
Kenai’s Hayley Maw won the 200M and recorded the state’s fastest time in the 100M at 12.96.
Kenai’s Brook Satathite won the 100M Hurdles and Triple Jump.
Top boys performances included:
Skyview David Michael won the 400M, 800M and 1600M events.
Kenai’s Tyronne McEnerny won both throws with victories in the Discus and Shot Put.