Both of Juneau\u2019s prep cross country teams hosted the Juneau Invitational at Savikko Park Saturday, with 13 boys teams and nine girls teams competing in the last meet before next weekend\u2019s regional meet at Sitka. The Juneau-Douglas High School girls, led by freshman Sadie Tuckwood, took first overall with the Crimson Bears boys placing second to Sitka. Thunder Mountain High School took third for both girls and boys.<\/p>\n
Tuckwood improved on her time from last week\u2019s mini meet by 18 seconds with her 18 minutes, 22.1 seconds time. This is the fastest time recorded in the state this season according to athletic.net, 28 seconds faster than the next best time and 10 seconds faster than Tuckwood has ever run on her home course.<\/p>\n
\u201cI keep focussing on getting my times faster and faster each race,\u201d Tuckwood said. \u201cThis is a harder course, so it\u2019s hard to get faster times here, but if I practice here it will be easier to improve my times on other courses.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think she used the energy of a bigger meet to shave some time off,\u201d JDHS coach Tristan Knutson-Lombardo said. \u201cIt\u2019s always a little tough because courses are different, but we know times relative to courses up north and there\u2019s no doubt she\u2019s a top runner in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n
JDHS sophomore Arne Ellefson-Carnes once again gutted it out with Sitka\u2019s David Wilcox and Collin Bociocco for the top three spots in the boys race. Ellefson-Carnes has duked it out with the pair in several races this year with photo finishes between the three becoming common. He won\u2019t benefit from being pushed by the experienced Wolves at Regionals as his senior competitors run in the 3A competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt felt great to run with those guys for the last time,\u201d Ellefson-Carnes said. \u201cThere\u2019s so much energy running with other people it really pushes the pace. … Personally, it\u2019s going to be harder without Collin (Bociocco) and David (Wilcox) there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thunder Mountain\u2019s Erin Wallace and Jonah Penrose took second and fifth, respectively, as the top finishers for the Falcons. The Falcons girls logged eight lifetime personal records on the slow, wet course Saturday and the boys team closed the gap on JDHS considerably.<\/p>\n
Thunder Mountain head coach Scott May says the easier week last weekend helped his team improve.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s helped that we\u2019ve been out here a number of times this year,\u201d May said. \u201cThis is like the third or fourth time we\u2019ve been out here this year and it really does help. … They ran smart.\u201d<\/p>\n
For all results and times, view this article online at juneauempire.com.<\/p>\n
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JUNEAU INVITATIONAL<\/strong><\/p>\n GIRLS TEAM SCORES:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 JDHS 37; 2. Petersburg 38; 3. TMHS 80; 4. Ketchikan 103; 5. Sitka 120 6. Craig 164; 7. Mt Edgecumbe 173; 8. Haines 219; 9. Metlekatla 248<\/p>\n BOYS TEAM SCORES:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Sitka 24; 2. JDHS 78; 3. TMHS 81; 4. Ketchikan 116; 5. Skagway 181; 6. Mt Edgecumbe 195; 7. Petersburg 196; 8. Haines 213; 9. Craig 225; 10. Kake 227; 11. Klawock; 12. Hydaburg 297; 13. Metlakatla 389.<\/p>\n GIRLS INDIVIDUAL <\/strong><\/p>\n RESULTS <\/strong><\/p>\n (place, name, time, school):<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Sadie Tuckwood 18:22.08 Juneau-Douglas<\/p>\n 2 Erin Wallace 20:02.86 Thunder Mountain<\/p>\n 3 Anna Iverson 20:32.10 Juneau-Douglas<\/p>\n 4 Reyn Hutten 20:48.22 Wrangell<\/p>\n 5 Kayleigh Eddy 21:53.69 Petersburg<\/p>\n 6 Melanie Chase 22:02.98 Petersburg<\/p>\n 7 Sally Thompson 22:03.74 Thunder Mountain<\/p>\n 8 Erin Pfundt 22:13.30 Petersburg<\/p>\n 9 Elizabeth Knight 22:13.99 Ketchikan<\/p>\n 10 Shyla Cook 22:16.72 Petersburg<\/p>\n 11 Elizabeth Ramseth 22:20.93 Juneau-Douglas<\/p>\n 12 Gillian Smith 22:26.12 Juneau-Douglas<\/p>\n 13 Jessie Greg 22:38.39 Juneau-Douglas<\/p>\n 14 Julia Murph 22:41.32 Petersburg<\/p>\n 15 Lillian Borromeo 22:42.70 Hydaburg<\/p>\n 16 Eva Goering 23:02.32 Juneau-Douglas<\/p>\n 17 Ayla McNeilley 23:07.50 Sitka<\/p>\n 18 Desiree De Mello 23:08.99 Ketchikan<\/p>\n 19 Ella Lubin 23:10.44 Sitka<\/p>\n 20 Tori Seley 23:20.12 Ketchikan<\/p>\n 21 Veronica Salter 23:20.62 Thunder Mountain<\/p>\n 22 Marirose Everden 23:27.72 Haines<\/p>\n 23 Sable Zellhuber 23:28.46 Sitka<\/p>\n 24 Reece Bleakley 23:36.56 Thunder Mountain<\/p>\n 25 Alecia Barlow 23:38.63 Craig<\/p>\n 26 Sosan Monsef 23:43.54 Juneau-Douglas<\/p>\n 27 Breanna Gentry 23:53.68 Ketchikan<\/p>\n 28 Leah Neyhart 24:01.70 Juneau-Douglas<\/p>\n 29 Laura Ekada 24:03.64 Mt Edgecumbe<\/p>\n 30 Maddie York 24:06.41 Juneau-Douglas<\/p>\n BOYS INDIVIDUAL<\/strong><\/p>\n RESULTS <\/strong><\/p>\n (place, name, time, school): <\/strong><\/p>\n 1 David Wilcox 17:09.17 Sitka<\/p>\n 2 Colin Baciocco 17:10.90 Sitka<\/p>\n 3 Arne Ellefson-Carnes 17:13.27 Juneau-Douglas<\/p>\n 4 Joe Pate 17:29.13 Sitka<\/p>\n 5 Jonah Penrose 17:38.55 Thunder Mountain<\/p>\n 6 Clem Taylor-Roth 17:47.65 Juneau-Douglas<\/p>\n 7 Connor Buxton 17:48.08 Sitka<\/p>\n 8 Ethan Goebel 17:51.95 Skagway<\/p>\n 9 Andrew Marker 18:07.46 Craig<\/p>\n 10 James Swedeen 18:09.92 Sitka<\/p>\n 11 John Coss 18:15.35 Ketchikan<\/p>\n 12 Justin Sleppy 18:17.95 Thunder Mountain<\/p>\n 13 Kendrick Hoblet 18:19.44 Mt Edgecumbe<\/p>\n 14 Paul Allmendinger 18:19.78 Ketchikan<\/p>\n 15 Bryce Knudsen 18:20.89 Kake<\/p>\n 16 James Burger 18:23.59 Thunder Mountain<\/p>\n 17 Dominic Baciocco 18:24.04 Sitka<\/p>\n 18 Danny Brady 18:39.09 Skagway<\/p>\n 20 Leif Stephens 18:44.89 Ketchikan<\/p>\n 21 Shadrach Stitz 18:45.41 Juneau-Douglas<\/p>\n 22 Shafer Suzuki 18:48.05 Thunder Mountain<\/p>\n 23 Tim McKenna 18:58.83 Juneau-Douglas<\/p>\n 24 Nathaniel Lenhard 18:59.62 Petersburg<\/p>\n 25 John White 19:00.97 Juneau-Douglas<\/p>\n 26 Jacob Babcock 19:06.74 Thunder Mountain<\/p>\n 27 Connor Norman 19:09.29 Thunder Mountain<\/p>\n 28 Ricardo Worl 19:18.10 Thunder Mountain<\/p>\n 29 Caleb Suarez 19:18.36 Sitka<\/p>\n 30 Tolin Eddy 19:19.08 Petersburg<\/p>\n \u2022 Contact Sports and Outdoors reporter Kevin Gullufsen at 523-2228 or kevin.gullufsen@juneauempire.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Both of Juneau\u2019s prep cross country teams hosted the Juneau Invitational at Savikko Park Saturday, with 13 boys teams and nine girls teams competing in the last meet before next weekend\u2019s regional meet at Sitka. 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