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“I felt both of them,” Kestel said. “I was going for regions team title so I was just trying to get as many points as I can, so I knew I had to stay ahead of third. Hopefully I qualified for state. That would be cool.”

Kestel earned the meet’s highest individual 40’09.50” and the long jump Saturday with 19’00.75” and was part of the JDHS 4×100 team that disqualified in their race.

“I am definitely happy,” Kestel said. “But I’m not where I should be in the jumps. I feel like I may be on a slight decline but hopefully I can get it back around this week. I haven’t had any practice in long jump this week so this was good. Key for me is the penultimate step, which I am still trying to learn. I think in Ketchikan I was getting pretty good at it…I think it is all a mental game for me, I’m just trying to figure it out.”

Sitka junior Calder Prussian earned the DII Overallcountry wise email marketing list Boys Outstanding Competition Award with wins in the 100 (11.67), 200 (24.19), 400 (53.20) and the 4×400 relay (3:47.38) with seniors Trey Demerit and Hitchcock and junior Francis Myers.

“Key was just having a good warmup,” a breathless Prussian said following the 200. “And staying recovered from my last races from the end of the day. The body is tired. So a good warmup and getting out fast and staying relaxed is what I was doing. I could feel the runners on both sides of me, but my ultimate goal was just to qualify for state. Now I just try to taper to the big meet and narrow down my events. I might end up dropping one, but key now is eating good, sleeping good and just feeling prepared is what I am going to be doing this week.”

Among other boys finishes across DI and DII: JDHS freshman Leonidas Taualo-Tasi won the boys’ shot put with 43’ on Friday.

“I was thinking about my teammates and my coaches and my family,” Taualo-Tasi said. “They are like my motivation and they help me out with everything. My uncle supports me in all my stuff and school. I was actually really surprised with my effort today. I was just thinking I was going to get 41 but I went five feet above my PR.”

Taualo-Tasi said the secret to a good shot put is “just representing yourself well and believe in God. Got to keep faith, you know. I just have to see what the future holds.”