Colony track and field teams sweep Homer Invitational

The Colony girls and boys track and field teams swept the Homer Invitational on Friday at Homer High School.

On the boys side, the Knights scored 185 points for the win, while Soldotna was runner-up at 148 and Homer was third at 108. Also from the peninsula, Seward was sixth, Kenai Central was seventh, Nikiski was eighth and Ninilchik tied for 10th.

The Colony girls scored 171.5 points to defeat runner-up Soldotna’s 164. Homer was third with 118, while Seward was fifth and Kenai was seventh.

Tyce Escott and Ethan Anding both had big meets to lead the Stars to second place.

Escott won the 100 meters in 11.57 seconds and the 200 in 23.65. He also teamed with Wyatt Faircloth, Brendon Jones and James Innes to take the 800 relay in 1:35.45.

Anding won the 400 in 53.11. He teamed with Michael Davidson, Innes and Paxton Roach to win the 1,600 relay in 3:39.13, and joined with Ollie Dahl, Davidson and Jayden Yeager to nab the 3,200 relay in 8:47.00.

The Stars also received individual wins from Faircloth in the long jump at 19 feet, .75 inches, and from Luke Miller in the shot put at 50—10.

Johannes Bynagle led Homer to third place with a pair of individual wins. Bynagle won the 800 in 2:04.03 and the 1,600 in 4:35.71. Also for Homer, Tait Ostrom won the 300 hurdles in 45.86.

Olin Liljemark got an individual win for Seward in the high jump at 5—10.

For Kenai, Matthew Krol won the 110 hurdles at 18.55 and Chase Laker captured the 2,000 steeplechase in 6:50.62.

The steeple uses barriers made by Homer coach Bob Ostrom, but naturally there is no water pit in the Homer track.

On the girls side, Homer’s Gracie Miotke had a big meet to lead the Mariners to third. Miotke won the 100 hurdles in 16.89 and the 300 hurdles in 48.41.

Miotke also anchored teammates Jaelynn Kennon, Molly Evans and Immi Im to victory in 52.03 in the 400 relay.

For SoHi, Sarah Brown won the 100 in 13.75. She also ran the anchor leg and won the 800 relay in 1:50.69 along with teammates Shiloh Zichko, Sasha Brott and Lucy Uhlir.

The Stars also won the 1,600 relay, with Zichko, Brott, Annie Burns and Kathryn DeBardelaben running 4:16.78.

Hallie Fischer also notched a win in the long jump for Soldotna with a mark of 15—4.5.

Willow Graham won the discus for Kenai with a toss of 106—11.

Ryder Maguire led Nikiski by finishing third in the 1,600 at 4:56.16 and fourth in the 800 at 2:11.07.

Homer Invitational

Friday at Homer

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 185; 2. Soldotna, 148; 3. Homer, 108; 4. Wasilla, 76; 5. Palmer, 50; 6. Seward, 49; 7. Kenai Central, 47; 8. Nikiski, 14; 9. Redington, 3; 10 (tie). Houston, Ninilchik, 2.

100 meters — 1. Tyce Escott, Sol, 11.57 seconds; 2. Ronan Bickling, Sew, 11.76; 3. Hayden Shafer, Col, 11.83; 4. Sawyer Wilhelm, Pal, 11.92; 5. Kabari Little, Col, 12.21; 6. Brendon Jones, Sol, 12.22.

100 unified — 1. Nick Bailey, Col, 13.19; 2. Garick Imperato, Col, 24.85.

200 — 1. Tyce Escott, Soll, 23.65; 2. Ronan Bickling, Sew, 24.21; 3. Sawyer Wilhelm, Pal, 24.56; 4. Hayden Shafer, Col, 24.60; 5. Triton Ellis, Col, 24.88; 6. Kaleb Boothby, Was, 25.03.

400 — 1. Ethan Anding, Sol, 53.11; 2. James Innes, Sol, 53.46; 3. Kenneth Hopkins, Col, 54.90; 4. Ronan Bickling, Sew, 55.11; 5. Kaleb Boothby, Was, 55.38; 6. Nick Bailey, Col, 55.43.

800 — 1. Johannes Bynagle, Hom, 2:04.03; 2. Jai Badajos, Hom, 2:07.80; 3. Stephen Hafen, Was, 2:10.39; 4. Ryder Maguire, Nik, 2:11.07; 5. Gabriel Carey, Was, 2:11.86; 6. Theodore Stamoolis, Col, 2:12.70.

1,600 — 1. Johannes Bynagle, Hom, 4:35.71; 2. Jai Badajos, Hom, 4:45.25; 3. Ryder Maguire, Nik, 4:56.16; 4. Caleb Bunker, Hom, 4:57.60; 5. Theodore Stamoolis, Col, 4:58.78; 6. Gabriel Black, Col, 4:59.88.

3,200 — 1. Trygve Vang-Thompson, Col, 10:48.56; 2. Ollie Dahl, Sol, 10:50.36; 3. Caleb Bunker, Hom, 10:54.80; 4. Landon Tinsley, Hom, 11:09.36; 5. Charlie Rustand, Hom, 11:09.57; 6. Benjamin Alberti, Col, 11:14.97.

110 hurdles — 1. Matthew Krol, Ken, 18.55; 2. Jaylyn Williams, Col, 20.60; 3. Delen Byrd, Ken, 20.90; 4. Haakon Erickson, Col, 21.44; 5. Torin Erickson, Col, 22.43; 6. Sebastian Brooke, Col, 23.00.

300 hurdles — 1. Tait Ostrom, Hom, 45.86; 2. Jayden Yeager, Sol, 47.40; 3. Kemuel Rodriguez, Was, 47.89; 4. Matthew Krol, Ken, 47.90; 5. Torin Erickson, Col, 48.11; 6. Hunter Gauthier, Hom, 49.04.

2,000 steeplechase — 1. Chase Laker, Ken, 6:50.62; 2. Steven Wakefield, Was, 6:59.51; 3. William Edgerton, Was, 7:00.66; 4. Parker Richards, Sol, 7:04.46; 5. Connor Rush, Col, 7:08.36; 6. Charles Thiede, Pal, 7:11.41.

400 relay — 1. Palmer (Denoncour, Gerkin, Asay, Wilhelm), 46.20; 2. Wasilla, 46.63; 3. Soldotna, 46.82; 4. Homer, 49.10; 5. Kenai Central, 49.13; 6. Soldotna, 49.48.

800 relay — 1. Soldotna (Faircloth, Innes, Jones, Escott), 1:35.45; 2. Colony, 1:37.87; 3. Soldotna, 1:41.01; 4. Wasilla, 1:44.02; 5. Wasilla, 1:44.11; 6. Homer, 1:44.94.

1,600 relay — 1. Soldotna (Anding, Davidson, Innes, Roach), 3:39.13; 2. Homer, 3:43.54; 3. Wasilla, 3:44.55; 4. Colony, 3:44.93; 5. Palmer, 3:58.31; 6. Seward, 4:04.62.

3,200 relay — 1. Soldotna (Dahl, Davidson, Yeager, Anding), 8:47.00; 2. Wasilla, 9:21.08; 3. Homer, 9:33.22; 4. Palmer, 9:50.77; 5. Colony, 10:15.92.

Shot put — 1. Luke Miller, Sol, 50—10; 2. Kenai Lepule, Sol, 45—2; 3. Kenton Phelps, Col, 43—4.5; 4. Andrew Richardson, Col, 42—4; 5. Sam Thaler, Col, 41—4.5; 6. Koda Lepule, Sol, 39—9.5.

Discus — 1. Kenton Phelps, Col, 142—8; 2. Andrew Richardson, Col, 132—9; 3. Nolan Garner, Pal, 128—8; 4. Dalton Armstrong, Sol, 127—0; 5. Tyrus Fischer, Col, 123—1; 6. Zach Martel, Red, 117—6.

High jump — 1. Olin Liljemark, Sew, 5—10; 2. Barak Wagle, Was, 5—8; 3. Corbin Gerkin, Pal, 5—6; 4. Van Shank, Sew, 5—4; 5. Maverick Rodriguez, Col, 5—4; 6. Triton Ellis, Col, 5—4.

Long jump — 1. Wyatt Faircloth, Sol, 19—.75; 2. Triton Ellis, Col, 18—5.25; 3. Trayvon Lott, Col, 18—4.25; 4. Clark Beling, Col, 18—3.5; 5. Joe Gordon, Hom, 18—.25; 6. Nick Bailey, Col, 17—10.25.

Long jump unified — 1. Garick Imperato, Col, 5—10.

Triple jump — 1. Kenneth Motton, Col, 43—8.5; 2. Gage Ivy, Ken, 40—7; 3. Emelian Melkomukov, Hom, 39—1; 4. Olin Liljemark, Sew, 38—10.5; 5. Van Shank, 38—2.75; 6. Nick Bailey, Col, 38—1.

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 171.5; 2. Soldotna, 164; 3. Homer, 118; 4. Wasilla, 57.5; 5. Seward, 57; 6. Palmer, 56; 7. Kenai Central, 37; 8. Redington, 15.

100 — 1. Sarah Brown, Sol, 13.75; 2. Denali Anderson-Berghoff, 13.75; 3. Sophie Tapley, Ken, 13.90; 4. Molly Evans, Hom, 13.94; 5. Lucy Uhlir, Sol, 14.05; 6. Mia Bukala, Red, 14.09.

100 unified — 1. Jaelynn Kennon, Hom, 15.07; 2. Mattelyn Elliott, Col, 17.22; 3. Isabella Christensen, Col, 17.34; 4. Averie Wolf, Col, 21.77; 5. Pepper Noel, Ken, 22.87; 6. Zoe Black, Hom, 25.63.

200 — 1. Leila Petersen, Pal, 27.46; 2. Annelise Larsen, Col, 27.90; 3. Shiloh Zichko, Sol, 28.02; 4. Lucy Uhlir, Sol, 28.82; 5. Mia Bukala, Red, 28.84; 6. Regan Siebert, Sew, 29.28.

400 — 1. Annelise Larsen, Col, 1:00.60; 2. Leila Petersen, Pal, 1:01.38; 3. Shiloh Zichko, Sol, 1:02.56; 4. Olive Jordan, Sew, 1:03.58; 5. Regan Siebert, Sew, 1:03.84; 6. Vera Bates, Hom, 1:05.58.

800 — 1. Ella Hopkins, Col, 2:25.00; 2. Sydney Simpich, Col, 2:27.75; 3. Annie Burns, Sol, 2:29.12; 4. Etta Bynagle, Hom, 2:39.36; 5. Alder Deal, Pal, 2:43.27; 6. Aubrey Hess, Pal, 2:48.22.

1,600 — 1. Hailee Giacobbe, Was, 5:29.64; 2. Sydney Simpich, Col, 5:41.61; 3. Etta Bynagle, Hom, 5:45.91; 4. Annie Burns, Sol, 5:46.40; 5. Indigo Leslie, Sew, 5:47.36; 6. Myra Kalafut, Hom, 5:49.19.

3,200 — 1. Aubrey Virgin, Col, 12:06.17; 2. Indigo Leslie, Sew, 12:17.74; 3. Myra Kalafut, Hom, 12:23.77; 4. Katie Van Buskirk, Sew, 12:26.68; 5. Claira Booz, Hom, 12:45.13; 6. Breeze Buchanan, Col, 13:26.51.

100 hurdles — 1. Gracie Miotke, Hom, 16.89; 2. Samantha Piscoya, Sol, 18.01; 3. Anaulie Sedivy, Sol, 18.05; 4. Hallie Fischer, Sol, 19.00; 5. Jewel Gardner, Was, 19.25; 6. Selah Coots, Ken, 19.32.

300 hurdles — 1. Gracie Miotke, Hom, 48.41; 2. Mia Bukala, Red, 52.71; 3. Maddie Haas, Sew, 53.32; 4. Jewel Gardner, Was, 54.22; 5. Cecily Shavelson, Hom, 55.27; 6. Samantha Piscoya, Sol, 55.89.

2000 steeplechase — 1. Aubrey Virgin, Col, 7:42.38; 2. Olive Jordan, Sew, 8:24.86; 3. Breeze Buchanan, Col, 8:35.96; 4. Ariana Cannava, Sol, 8:50.84; 5. Madeline Schrecengost, Was, 8:58.07; 6. Ava Smyth, Pal, 9:08.39.

400 relay — 1. Homer (Kennon, Evans, Im, G. Miotke), 52.03; 2. Soldotna, 53.09; 3. Palmer, 54.18; 4. Soldotna, 55.16; 5. Homer, 55.41; 6. Colony, 56.10.

800 relay — 1. Soldotna (Zichko, Brott, Uhlir, Brown), 1:50.67; 2. Homer, 1:57.12; 3. Colony, 1:58.82; 4. Wasilla, 2:04.74; 5. Colony, 2:05.45.

1,600 relay — 1. Soldotna (Brott, Burns, DeBardelaben, Zichko), 4:16.78; 2. Homer, 4:16.88; 3. Colony, 4:19.76; 4. Palmer, 4:33.57; 5. Wasilla, 4:37.56; 6. Seward, 5:03.02.

3,200 relay — 1. Colony (Hopkins, VanTassel, Simpich, Wright), 10:37.40; 2. Seward, 10:49.93; 3. Soldotna, 10:51.58; 4. Homer, 11:19.15.

Shot put — 1. Tonya Karpow, Col, 32—2; 2. Hope Hillyer, Sol, 30—9.75; 3. Juliet Innes, Sol, 30—4.5; 4. Mia Christensen, Was, 29—5.5; 5 (tie). Audrie Fischer, Col, Claire Bredberg, Was, 28—10.

Shot put unified — 1. Pepper Noel, Ken, 11—9.5; 2. Zoe Black, Hom, 11—5.5.

Discus — 1. Willow Graham, Ken, 106—11; 2. Mia Christensen, Was, 104—0; 3. Audrie Fischer, Col, 100—7; 4. Juliet Innes, Sol, 99—6; 5. Tonya Karpow, Col, 90—9; 6. Maya Sandefur, Col, 90—2.

High jump — 1. Avery Johnson, Pal, 4—10; 2. Halie Sandstrom, Col, 4—10; 3. Hallie Fischer, Sol, 4—6; 4 (tie). Brightly Thoning, Hom, Jaelynn Kennon, Hom, 4—6; 6. Reilly Sue Baker, Hom, 4—4.

Long jump — 1. Hallie Fischer, Sol, 15—4.5; 2. Sarah Brown, Sol, 15—3.75; 3. Sophie Tapley, Ken, 15—1.5; 4. Greyson Henry, Sol, 14—8.5; 5. Hallie Clark, Col, 14—2.75; 6. Molly Evans, Hom, 14—1.

Long jump unified — 1. Pepper Noel, Ken, 5—.5; 2. Zoe Black, Hom, 3—9.

Triple jump — 1. Halie Sandstrom, Col, 31—11.5; 2. Kathryn DeBardelaben, Sol, 31—7; 3. Abigail Ostrom, Hom, 31—5.5; 4. Brooke Hronkin, Pal, 30—7; 5. Selah Coots, Ken, 29—10; 6. Xaida Zellmer, Col, 28—3.