Petersburg girls dominate conference track meet

 

Brad Taylor / Submitted Photos

Izabelle Ith took 2nd place in the Girls 100 meter hurdles.

The Petersburg High School girl's track team won the conference track meet division wide in Ketchikan last weekend-a feat the Petersburg girl's team hasn't accomplished in more than three decades.

Head coach Brad Taylor has been coaching since 1987 and knew this season would be a special one for the program.

"I've known for a couple years that this class, this freshman class coming in and with the seniors that we have, and the experience of those kids going to state for so many years, we knew the girls were going to have an amazing team," Taylor said. "I've been looking forward to this for a couple of years. This is a milestone in our program."

Taylor said his experienced seniors are mentoring the young and talented freshman athletes, a key factor in his team's success.

"The highlight, maybe even more than the results of the meet itself, is the quality of these kids," Taylor said. "They're just a pleasure to be around. They work so hard. I just couldn't be prouder of these kids."

Taylor said great weather conditions allowed his team the opportunity to practice on a real track-not like the 200-meter dirt track they practice on at home.

"It was a big deal for us to get on there and have those two extra days to work and build some confidence in what we were doing," Taylor said.

The girls 4x8 meter relay team set a new school record.

Kylie Wallace, Fran Abbott, Robyn Schwartz and Hannah Pfundt broke the school record for the 4x8 relay race by more than 6 seconds.

In her very first meet, freshman Emma Chase took first in the triple jump and the 4x200 relay.

Freshman Izabelle Ith won the open 100-meter dash and the long jump making her a top state contender.

The boys also performed well and placed third overall.

Billy Ware took first in the high jump.

"All the way across the board, I could not be happier for every single kid," Taylor said. "Every kid had a personal record this meet. It was just amazing."

Teams from Petersburg, Ketchikan, Thunder Mountain, Thorne Bay, Sitka and Juneau Douglas competed at the meet.

Petersburg heads back to Ketchikan next week and will compete in regionals the weekend after.

Petersburg 2014

Ketchikan Invitational

Top Finalists

Girls Long Jump

1st Freshman Izabelle Ith %15-07.00

Girls Triple Jump

1st Freshman Emma Chase 29-07.00

Girls 3200 Meter Run

2nd Senior Grace Weller 12:07.00

Boys 3200 Meter Run

3rd Junior River Quitslund 10:49.00

Girls High Jump

3rd Sophomore Kylie Wallace 4-04.00

Boys High Jump

1st Junior Billy Ware 5-06.00

Boys Discus Throw

3rd Senior Alan Jensen 115-06

Girls 100 Meter Hurdles

2nd Freshman Izabelle Ith 16.37

3rd Freshman Kayleigh Eddy 18.53

Boys 110-Meter Hurdles

2nd Junior Ben Zarlengo 19.03

3rd Freshman Nathaniel Lenhard 19.40

Girls 100-Meter Dash

1st Freshman Izabelle Ith 13.22

Boys 400-Meter Dash

2nd Senior Andrew Mathisen 57.25

Girls 300-Meter Hurdles

2nd Senior Grace Weller 55.12

3rd Senior Abigail Taylor 55.81

Boys 300-Meter Hurdles

2nd Junior Ben Zarlengo 46.91

Girls 4x800-Meter Relay

1st Petersburg 10:54.00

Boys 4x800 Meter Relay

3rd Petersburg 9:20:59

Girls 4x200 Meter Relay

1st Petersburg 2:05.10

Boys 4x200 Meter Relay

3rd Petersburg 1:47.57

Brad Taylor / Submitted Photos

The 4x8 relay team of Robyn Schwartz, Hannah Pfundt, Kylie Wallace, and Fran Abbott took first in the event and broke the previous school record by more than 6 seconds.

Girls 1600 Meter Run

3rd Senior Grace Weller 5:43.00

Boys 1600-Meter Run

3rd Sophomore Tucker Hagerman 5:02

Girls 4x100 Meter Relay

2nd Petersburg 58.43

Girls 4x400 Meter Relay

2nd Petersburg 4:45.44

Boys 4x400 Meter Relay

2nd Petersburg 4:10.32

 

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