Dimond girls, Bartlett boys repeat: 4A: Lynx's Todd and Golden Bears' Reid star for state champs.

The Lynx, with four individual victories and a host of point-scorers, tallied 95 points to nearly double the output of their nearest pursuer at the Class 4A meet at Lathrop.

"We didn't think we'd win it by this much," said sophomore Jessica Todd, who claimed the long jump, placed fourth in the 400-meter run and ran the anchor leg of Dimond's second-place 1,600 relay team.

The Bartlett boys seized their second straight team title -- their 14th in school history -- with a nine-point victory over South. The galloping Golden Bears dominated three of the four relays, winning the 400, 800 and 1,600 events.

After a tough week of overcoming strep throat and a disappointing 3,200 on Friday, Trevor Dunbar nearly toppled Doug Herron's 24-year-old record in the 1,600 (4:13.00). Dunbar clocked 4:13.32, missing it by just eight hundredths when Herron's mark is adjusted because it was hand-timed.

The crowd groaned when told of the near-miss, but Dunbar did not lament.

"All in all, I have no regrets," the Kodiak senior said. "I did my best, I charged all the way through the line. I'm just happy to put up (a time) I can be pleased with."

Herron, the former West Valley distance running coach who now volunteers for UAA's track team, watched Saturday and said he was rooting for Dunbar to set a new standard.

"I've been hoping all along that he would get it today," Herron said. "He deserves it. He already ran 4:10."

Dunbar clocked 4:10.78 on May 1 at the Juneau Invitational, but it's not recognized as the official state record because those must be set at the state meet. The same goes for his eye-popping 3,200 run of 8:51.5 on May 8.

Herron would like to see the rule changed so that there are state records as well as state meet records. Herron, along with his longtime friend Marcus Dunbar -- Trevor's father and coach -- has even looked into how that might be done.

"(Trevor) did a great job," Herron said. "He's got the state record."

On the girls side, Dimond sophomore Keiahnna Engel won the 100 and 300 hurdles and said dedication and hard work helped the Lynx excel.

"We just like to win, basically," Engel said after edging Juneau's Emily Sharp in the 300.

Dimond, winner of six state girls championships, repeated for the first time since winning three straight from 1977-79.

Gabby Todd of Bartlett swept the 100, 200 and 400 races to gain the outstanding athlete award. She had to battle to overcome Lieran Flanagan of Kenai in the 400, finishing just one-tenth of a second off the state record in 57.24 seconds.

"This is my last year," Todd said. "I was like, do or die, gotta go for it."

Flanagan, however, led Kenai to a state-record time of 4 minutes, 4.46 seconds in the meet-closing 1,600 relay by erasing a massive deficit on the anchor leg. Dimond led after three legs, but Flanagan reeled in Jessica Todd for the win and a place in history.

"Once I saw that girl in front of me, there was no doubt we had to win," said Flanagan.

The previous record of 4:04.64 was set by Dimond in 1994. Now it belongs to Flanagan, Kristi Louthan, Shaynee DeVito and Bailey Beeson.

Also setting a state record was Service's boys 3,200 relay team (Silas Talbot, Jani Lane, Robert Walgren and Cody Phelps). They clocked 8:02.77 to beat the record (8:03.25) set in 2005 by West Valley.

ASAA/First National Bank Alaska

2009 State Track and Field Championships

Saturday at Lathrop High School

Girls

Team Scores -- 1) Dimond 95; 2) Juneau-Douglas 49; 3) Kenai 47; 4) Bartlett 43; 5) West 30; 5) Service 30; 7) Chugiak 29; 8) Lathrop 26; 9) South 24; 9) Eagle River 24; 9) Skyview 24; 12) Colony 22; 13) Wasilla 19; 14) West Valley 17; 15) Kodiak 16; 16) East 10.

100 -- 1) Gabrielle Todd, Bartlett, 12.48; 2) Brandy Jayne, Eagle River, 12.78; 3) MiCall Sweet, Dimond, 12.84; 4) Shaai Ferguson, Service, 12.85; 5) Lierin Flanagan, Kenai, 13.03; 6) Alisha Allen, Lathrop, 13.09; 7) Amber Gardner, East, 13.17; 8) Brennae May, Bartlett, 13.23.

200 -- 1) Todd, Bartlett, 25.74; 2) Flanagan, Kenai, 26.15; 3) Morgan Dampier, Wasilla, 27.12; 4) Ferguson, Service, 27.12; 5) Kendra Harter, Chugiak, 27.28; 6) Jayne, Eagle River, 27.36; 7) Linzee Burcham, Kodiak, 28.31; 8) Katelynn Zanders, Service, 29.94.

400 -- 1) Todd, Bartlett, 57.24; 2) Flanagan, Kenai, 58.42; 3) Symphony Bagsby, Dimond, 59.24; 4) Jessica Todd, Dimond, 1:00.23; 5) Josephine Reagle, East, 1:01.05; 6) Bailey Beeson, Kenai, 1:01.38; 7) Zanders, Service, 1:01.81; 8) Kayla Williamson, Homer, 1:03.24.

800 -- 1) Ivy O'Guinn, Skyview, 2:16.96' 2) Leah Francis, Juneau-Douglas, 2:19.58; 3) Stacy Wheeler, West, 2:22.26; 4) Heather Edic, Lathrop, 2:22.61; 5) Alyssa Hutchins, Colony, 2:24.15; 6) Kayla Teslow, West Valley, 2:24.55; 7) Kim Fitzgerald, Lathrop, 2:28.71; 8) Susan Bick, 2:31.36.

1,600 -- 1) Francis, Juneau-Douglas, 5:05.52; 2) Teslow, West Valley, 5:10.97; 3) O'Guinn, Skyview, 5:16.26; 4) Molly Watkins, Kenai, 5:26.65; 5) Chloe Ivanoff, Kodiak, 5:27.19; 6) Bree Mucha, Soldotna, 5:27.46.; 7) Christi Schmitz, North Pole, 5:27.84; 8) Melanie Smith, Soldotna, 5:28.14.

100 hurdles -- 1) Keiahnna Engel, Dimond, 15.52; 2) Emily Sharp, Juneau-Douglas, 15.77; 3) Jayne, Eagle River, 15.83; 4) Rosie Smith, Bartlett, 16.25; 5) Shaynee DeVito, Kenai, 16.48; 6) Jacqueline Klecka, Eagle River, 16.61; 7) Samantha Oliver, Kodiak, 16.89; 8) Samantha Sharp, Juneau-Douglas, 17.31.

300 hurdles -- 1) Engel, Dimond, 46.27; 2) Sharp, Juneau-Douglas, 46.33; 3) Smith, Bartlett, 47.36; 4) DeVito, Kenai, 47.71; 5) Rachel Hoffman, Wasilla, 47.74; 6) Cara Wilcox, Dimond, 48.49; 7) Jayne, Eagle River, 49.32; 8) Mariah Ulen, Soldotna, 50.15.

400 relay -- 1) Dimond (Kimmy Jackson, Sweet, Jaley Bozeman, Alyssa Jones), 50.87; 2) Service 51.45; 3) Kodiak 52.08; 4) Chugiak 52.55; 5) Lathrop 53.15; 6) Juneau-Douglas 53.41. DQ'd -- East.

800 relay -- 1) Service (Natalie Barrus, Hannah Souders, Zanders, Ferguson), 1:47.71; 2) Dimond 1:48.50; 3) East 1:49.21; 4) Chugiak 1:50.19; 5) Kenai 1:52.27; 6) Lathrop 1:53.61; 7) Juneau-Douglas 1:53.90.

1,600 relay -- 1) Kenai (Kristi Louthan, DeVito, Beeson, Flanagan), 4:04.46; 2) Dimond 4:06.36; 3) Wasilla 4:11.82; 4) Juneau-Douglas 4:14.05; 5) Service 4:14.06; 6) Bartlett 4:17.93; 7) West Valley 4:18.15; 8) South 4:20.17.

3,200 relay -- 1) Lathrop (Hanson, M. Edic, Fitzgerald, H. Edic), 9:44.89; 2) South 9:49.14; 3) Wasilla 9:50.50; 4) Dimond 9:50.89; 5) West 9:53.74; 6) Service 10:03.69; 7) Colony 10:05.03; 8) Chugiak, 10:20.26.

Long jump -- 1) Jessica Todd, Dimond, 15-10; 2) Ambrosia Wilkerson, Chugiak, 15-2.50; 3) Tonya Parish, Dimond, 15-1.50; 4) Engel, Dimond, 14-11.75; 5) Wall, Kodiak, 14-11.25; 6) Laura Maresh, Colony, 14-10.50; 7) Rosey Smith, Bartlett, 14-10.25; 8) Hanley, West, 14-3.25.

Shot put -- 1) Crystal Tui, West , 40-5.25; 2) Cierra Mickens, Eagle River, 36-4.50; 3) Adriana Taylor, Kenai, 34-10.75; 4) Erin LaMere, Palmer, 34-1.25; 5) Shellina Irwin, Colony, 33-1.25; 6) Jennifer Parkin, Bartlett, 32-9.25; 7) Annette Highley, Juneau-Douglas, 32-8; 8) Shelby Solomon, West Valley, 32-7.50.

Boys

Team Scores -- 1) Bartlett 86; 2) South 77; 3) Kodiak 66; 4) Dimond 60; 5) Service 56; 6) North Pole 30; 7) Lathrop 26; 8) Wasilla 22; 9) Kenai 19; 10) East 16; 11) West Valley 14; 12) Colony 12; 13) West 11; 13) Soldotna 11; 15) Homer 6; 15) Palmer 6; 17) Juneau-Douglas 4; 18) Skyview 2; 18) Houston 2; 20) Eagle River 1.

100 -- 1) AJ Allen, Lathrop, 10.96; 2) Ryan Clay, South, 11.00; 3) Dane Ebanez, North Pole, 11.18; 4) Cyrus Chenault, Bartlett, 11.32; 5) Emanuel Canady, East, 11.42; 6) Austen DeWolf, South, 11.43; 7) Josh Erikson, North Pole, 11.44; 8) Wah'fe Granger, Bartlett.

200 -- 1) Clay, South, 22.74; 2) Granger, Bartlett, 22.82; 3) Ebanez, North Pole, 22.91; 4) Raymond Reid, Bartlett, 23.09; 5) Canady, East, 23.10; 6) Matt Jaronik, Colony, 23.20; 7) DeWolf, South, 23.49; 8) Chenault, Bartlett, 23.61.

400 -- 1) Reid, Bartlett, 50.18; 2) Matt Jaronik, Colony, 50.25; 3) Mike Pate, Homer, 51.73; 4) Kyle Janssen, Bartlett, 51.84; 5) Jamal Hale, Bartlett, 51.97; 6) Connor Mamikunian, Service, 52.40; 7) James Owolabi, Eagle River, 54.07.

800 -- 1) Ryan Hanley, Dimond, 1:56.15; 2) Trevor Dunbar, Kodiak, 1:56.78; 3) Jacob Remington, West Valley, 1:57.0; 4) Hans Roelle, West, 1:58.72; 5) Billy Kiefer, Kenai, 1:59.72; 6) Chaven Davidson, Kodiak, 2:05.01; 7) Jani Lane, Service, 2:06.72; 8) Silas Talbot,Service, 2:07.28.

1,600 -- 1) Dunbar, Kodiak, 4:13.32; 2) Aaron Fletcher, South, 4:24.47; 3) Hoefler, West Valley, 4:28.57; 4) Talbot, Service, 4:28.61; 5) Kiefer, Kenai, 4:28.94; 6) Dylan Anthony, Kodiak, 4:29.67; 7) Lane, Service, 4:30.78; 8) Michael Almeria, Lathrop, 4:31.14,

110 hurdles -- 1) Elliott Bauer, South, 15.20; 2) Gallegos, North Pole, 15.35; 3) Cameron Rollins, Bartlett, 15.74; 4) Chase Jensen, Soldotna, 15.91; 5) Travis Wilson, Service, 16.10; 6) Michael Thornton, Skyview, 16.45; 7) Brody DeLoria, East, 16.57; 8) Karsten Schick, Kodiak, 17.42.

300 hurdles -- 1) Bauer, South, 40.05; 2) Kevin Campbell, Dimond, 41.35; 3) Rollins, Bartlett, 41.41; 4) Wilson, Service, 41.89; 5) Jensen, Soldotna, 41.90; 6) Dustin Dodds, Houston, 42.42; 7) Dylan Daniels, Ketchikan, 43.46; 8) Colton Newman, Wasilla, 43.64.

400 relay -- 1) Bartlett (Garrett-Queen, Granger, Mendez, Chenault), 43.80; 2) North Pole 45.09; 3) Lathrop 45.61; 4) Palmer 45.62; 5) Kodiak 45.70; 6) Juneau-Douglas 45.78; 7) Dimond 46.28.

800 relay -- 1) Bartlett (Garrett-Queen, Granger, Hale, Chenault), 1:31.95; 2) Lathrop 1:34.87; 3) Kodiak 1:34.88; 4) Soldotna 1:35.97; 5) Juneau-Douglas 1:36.09; 6) Houston 1:37.30. DQ'd -- Dimond.

1,600 relay -- 1) Bartlett (Janssen, Rollins, Hale, Reid), 3:29.08; 2) South 3:30.87; 3) Kodiak 3:32.71; 4) East 3:32.72; 5) West Valley 3:34.63; 6) Soldotna 3:35.03; 7) Service 3:39.86; 8) Juneau-Douglas 3:44.33.

3,200 relay -- 1) Service (Talbot, Lane, Walgren, Phelps,), 8:02.77; 2) South 8:14.50; 3) West 8:17.65; 4) Kodiak 8:20.59; 5) Lathrop 8:33.09; 6) Juneau-Douglas 8:37.70; 7) Dimond 8:39.16; 8) North Pole 8:52.20.

Long jump -- 1) Ben Jackson, Service, 21-0.50; 2) Chris Plooy,Dimond, 20-11; 3) Erwin Domingo, Kodiak, 20-3.75; 4) Ben Larson, East, 20-3; 5) Jaronik, Colony, 19-9.25; 6) Clarence Summers, Eagle River, 19-1.25; 7) Vincent Barnett, Lathrop, 18-10; 8) Chris Bydlon, Wasilla, 18-9.

Discus -- 1) Mitchell Swensen, Dimond, 148-1; 2) John Knowles, Wasilla, 145-9; 3) Alex Lutton, Dimond, 137-7; 4) Matthew Clarke, Bartlett, 130-8; 5) JD Mitchell, Palmer, 127-7; 6) Keny Mahan, Skyview, 127-2; 7) Joshua Afatia, East, 126-3; 8) Brandon Tran, East, 121-0.

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