Sitka High School\u2019s pack of state champion Wolves took the team title on the boys side for Southeast\u2019s small schools. Seniors David Wilcox and Colin Bacaccio, who finished first and second respectively, have been pushing one another at Region V meets for years.<\/p>\n
Saturday was no different, with Wilcox outkicking Bacaccio 0at the finish for a 16:47.30 to Bacaccio\u2019s 16:49.90.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first mile we were going too fast, so I feel bad about it but I backed off a bit,\u201d said Wilcox, who\u2019s undefeated at Region V meets this year. \u201cIt felt like a 16:30 time, and I didn\u2019t think we could keep that up, and I didn\u2019t want to risk it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joe Pate, Connor Buxton and Skylar McIntyre also finished in the top 10 for the Wolves boys. Wilcox said his team\u2019s chances at state are going to be good this year, but the competition will be stiffer.<\/p>\n
Wrangell\u2019s Reyn Hutton finished first for the girls with the Petersburg girls taking team first place. Hutton ran in front of a pack of Petersburg girls, four of whom finished in the top 10.<\/p>\n
Hutton\u2019s pacing helped her stay out front.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am really lucky in that I have a pace that I can really feel,\u201d Hutton said. \u201cI will usually keep that pace throughout the whole thing. When the coaches say \u2018she\u2019s right behind you\u2019 I try not to let it get to me beca0use if you do, you can go too fast and burn out.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the Petersburg girls, who took team first, it\u2019s all about sticking together. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe stay together,\u201d said Petersburg\u2019s Kayleigh Eddy, adding that her teammates push her as much as a girl from another team would.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the first time Shyla (Cook, third place finisher) has come in right behind me, normally it\u2019s Melanie Chase,\u201d Eddy said. \u201cThis time, she pushed me the whole way. She kept yelling at me to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n
To see the results in full, view this story online at juneauempire.com.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Contact reporter Kevin Gullufsen at 523-2279 or kevin.gullufsen@juneauempire.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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