Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Thunder Mountain senior Iayanah Brewer proved she is weather proof. In a state track and field championship meet that featured Southeast-like conditions, Brewer flew over the 100 meter hurdles distance in 16.02 seconds to win the ASAA Division I State Championship.
Sitka High School s unified track and field competitor Jack Mickelson applauds his event during Saturday s Region V Championships at Thunder Mountain Field. (Klas Stolpe/KINY) Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The spirit and sportsmanship from the 2021 Region V Track and Field Championships at Thunder Mountain High School’s oval was perhaps best encapsulated by the most loved athlete on the Sitka Wolves team.
“Let’s goooooooo, cheered Sitka sophomore Jack Mickelson, who likened his own running style to that of a gorilla.
Mickelson, who is autistic, looked more at his fellow jumpers and coaches watching the long jump event than the line marking the pit he ran at.
Juneau-Douglas High School junior James Connally stands with family during his record unveiling on Tuesday. (L-R) sister Bella, mother Melissa, father Chris, grandpa John Foster, James, and sister Ariana. (Klas Stolpe) Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau-Douglas High School junior sprinter James Connally is so fast he ran past the school’s timers and into the record books before they could calculate the achievement.
In the team’s Juneau-Douglas Precipitational Levitational Invitational meet on April 24 at the Adair Kennedy oval, Connally ran a 10.84 noted on a handheld device that was accidentally converted twice instead of once when placed on a high school record site that stores meet information. Handheld times are converted to their fully automatic time (FAT) equivalents by rounding up and adding .24.
Thunder Mountain senior Hannah Deer digs down the final stretch to win the 200 meters on Saturday at Falcons Field. (Klas Stolpe) Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau-Douglas and Thunder Mountain High School track teams got their feet wet on Friday and competed through the sunshine on Saturday in their first dual meet of the season at Falcons Field.
Thunder Mountain senior Hannah Deer notched a personal record in the girls 200 meters in 27.5 seconds, fourth-tenths of a second faster than Juneau-Douglas junior Cosley Bruno who ran a PR 27.9. Bruno nipped Deer in the 100 meters 13.3 to 13.4.
Deer also won the 400 meters in 1:03.0 by five-tenths of a second over JDHS sophomore Skylar Tuckwood who ran a PR 1:03.5.