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“I saw our third-leg runner coming off the stretch,” PHS anchor Tucker said. “I am already in front and I knew I just had to finish the race real strong. Last year our throwers ran a 1.49 and we just wanted to beat the school record and get our names up there. I saw Ketchikan’s runner, shout out to him, coming up behind me and I just ran as hard as I could. We really have to trust our teammates, make good handoffs and practice that every week.”

, JDHS freshman Bella Connally won the girls 100 earlier in the day in a PR 12.81 – second was Sitka junior Adalyna Moore (school record 13.78), third was JDHS freshman Shandiin Frommherz (PR 13.86). She also finished the day winning the 200 in 27.19 – with Kayhi senior Clara Odden second (PR 27.45) and Sitka junior Natalie Hall (PR 28.41) third. And in between Connally anchored the girls’ 4×100 winning relay team (53.44) of sophomore Haley Gilbert, senior Cailynn Baxter and freshman Addie country wise email marketing list Hartman. Connally outleaned Kayhi anchor Odden. The Kings (So. Mariah Colbert, sr. Carol Frey, Fr. Claire Ruaro, Odden) hit 53.45.

“Just trying to run my best and pushing myself was key,” Connally said of the 100. “My goal is to run a 12.3. The school record is 12.49. So beating that and getting my name up next to my brother’s (James, JD 100 boys record) would be cool.”

Connally added, “But the relay is so much fun. It’s fun just competing with other teams and having your teammates there with you.”

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Johnathyn Kestel won the boys long jump with a 20’1.5” effort during Saturday’s Capital City Invitational Track and Field meet at Juneau’s Thunder Mountain Middle School field. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Johnathyn Kestel won the boys long jump with a 20’1.5” effort during Saturday’s Capital City Invitational Track and Field meet at Juneau’s Thunder Mountain Middle School field. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

JDHS’ second 100 relay team of senior Ingrid Higdon, junior Kaylee Koelsch and seniors Nevaeh Alexander and Laina Mesdag placed fifth in 1:02.81.

“I think it’s really fun to do something where you’re with your teammates,” Mesdag said. “You get to have a good team bond and all rely on each other and it is real fun to do something with your friends…You have to trust in your teammates a lot, to put a lot of faith in them, do some blind handoffs, but that’s why it takes a good connection with your teammates. I love it.”