Colony sweeps, Homer’s Daigle wins at Frank D. Invite in Seward

Colony sweeps, Homer’s Daigle wins at Frank D. Invite in Seward

The Colony girls and boys cross-country teams swept the Frank D. Invitational on Friday in Seward.

The Colony boys won with 60 points, while Soldotna was second with 74 and Kenai Central was third with 76. The Knights girls had 44 points, while runner-up Soldotna had 53 and Palmer tallied 60.

Homer’s Autumn Daigle continued to rack up wins in her senior season, taking the girls race at 19 minutes, 52 seconds, while Palmer’s Lydia Ortiz was at 20:45 in second place.

Also from the peninsula in the top 10 were SoHi’s Erika Arthur in fifth at 21:13, Kenai’s Logan Satathite in sixth at 21:18 and Homer’s Eryn Field at 10th in 22:04.

Tristian Merchant of Anchorage Christian Schools ran 16:58 to take the boys race, with a pair of Kenai Central runners right behind him. Maison Dunham was in second at 17:22 and Joe Hamilton was in third at 17:37.

Also in the top 10 from the peninsula were Soldotna’s Bradley Walters in sixth at 17:48, Seward’s Max Pfeiffenberger in seventh at 17:52, Kenai’s Nathan Haakenson in eighth at 17:54 and Soldotna’s Lance Chilton in 10th at 17:56.

Frank D. Invitational

Friday in Seward

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 60; 2. Soldotna, 74; 3. Kenai Central, 76; 4. Seward, 88; 5. Palmer, 98; 6. Anchorage Christian, 132; 7. Homer, 164.

Individual 5-kilometer results

1. Tristian Merchant, ACS, 16 minutes, 58 seconds; 2. Maison Dunham, Ken, 17:22; 3. Joe Hamilton, Ken, 17:37; 4. Lane Meier, Col, 17:40; 5. Garrett Streit, Col, 17:48; 6. Bradley Walters, Sol, 17:48; 7. Max Pfeiffenberger, Sew, 17:52; 8. Nathan Haakenson, Ken, 17:52; 9. Kaleb Smith, ACS, 17:55; 10. Lance Chilton, Sol, 17:56; 11. Ryan Owens, Pal, 18:01; 12. Noble Gurney, Pal, 18:02; 13. Jake Waterhouse, Col, 18:14; 14. Bjorn Nilsson, Sew, 18:19; 15. Make Reem, Pal, 18:26; 16. Jack Harris, Sol, 18:27; 17. Trey Ingalls, Sew, 18:27; 18. Jayden Rice, Col, 18:28; 19. Anchor Musgrave, Sol, 18:31; 20. Lief Davidson, Col, 18:37; 21. Jaden Van Dyke, Sew, 18:45; 22. Zachary Daniel, Col, 18:51; 23. Maleda Denbrock, Sol, 18:56; 24. Bryson Whitworth, Col, 18:57; 25. Devin Wise, Hom, 19:01.

26. Seamus McDonough, Hom, 19:03; 27. Levi Miller, Pal, 19:03; 28. Ky Calvert, Ken, 19:06; 29. Levi Deboard, Sew, 19:21; 30. Tytus Gilbert, Sol, 19:23; 31. Quinn Cox, Sol, 19:24; 32. Samuel Koster, Sew, 19:35; 33. Ziven Witczak, Pal, 19:42; 34. Micah Tendrick, ACS, 19:45; 35. Tyler Hippchen, Ken, 19:50; 36. Lance Seneff, Hom, 19:55; 37. Austin Cline, Hom, 19:56; 38. Luke Cross, Ken, 19:56; 39. Joshua Villanueva, Pal, 20:11; 40. Damon Weisser, Hom, 20:31; 41. Clayton Peterson, Sew, 20:46; 42. Daniel Szepanski, ACS, 21:01; 43. Lukyan Fairbanks, Hom, 21:27; 44. Tucker Christiansen, Pal, 21:34; 45. Owen Pitzman, Hom, 21:36; 46. Luke Hofacker, ACS, 21:37; 47. Nolan Kaupp, ACS, 21:47.

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 44; 2. Soldotna, 53; 3. Palmer, 60; 4. Homer, 87; 5. Seward, 108; 6. ACS, 150.

Individual 5-kilometer results

1. Autumn Daigle, Hom, 19:52; 2. Lydia Ortiz, Pal, 20:45; 3. Jordan Strausbaugh, Sol, 21:02; 4. Sophie Wright, Pal, 21:05; 5. Erika Arthur, Sol, 21:13; 6. Logan Satathite, Ken, 21:18; 7. Shea Alaniva, Col, 21:22; 8. Sofija Spaic, Col, 21:29; 9. Lydia Bushey, Col, 21:29; 10. Eryn Field, Hom, 22:04; 11. Jordan Ruffner, Sol, 22:09; 12. Abby Novak, Col, 22:15; 13. Leah Fallon, Ken, 22:15; 14. Lucy Shea, Col, 22:23; 15. Aila Berrigan, Pal, 22:31; 16. Monica Bustillos, Col, 22:33; 17. Nina Kalytiak, Pal, 22:39; 18. Lena Jagielski, Sew, 22:44; 19. Cameron Blackwell, Sol, 22:59; 20. Katie Delker, Sol, 23:21; 21. Aly Guernsey, Sew, 23:27; 22. Claire Smith, Col, 23:32; 23. Lucy Hankins, Sew, 23:33; 24. Brooke Miller, Hom, 223:36; 25. Hana Cooney, Sew, 23:38.

26. Destiny Reimers, ACS, 23:43; 27. Kara Super, Hom, 23:55; 28. Elisabeth Hennemann, Pal, 23:57; 29. Caroline Bohlman, ACS, 24:07; 30. Isabella Dammeyer, Sol, 24:15; 31. Marantha Brueckner, Sew, 24:41; 32. Mikaela Hall, Ken, 24:42; 33. Gabriella Tews, Ken, 24:42; 34. Maddox Berg, Hom, 25:19; 35. Leah Dunn, Hom, 25:32; 36. Madison Martin, ACS, 26:09; 37. Kelsey Smallwood, ACS, 26:11; 38. Kyla Smith, ACS, 26:13; 39. Ellie Burns, Sol, 26:46; 40. Emily Tedrick, ACS, 26:49.

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