{"id":26068,"date":"2018-05-06T00:54:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T07:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/thunder-mountain-sweeps-capital-invite\/"},"modified":"2018-05-06T00:54:57","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T07:54:57","slug":"thunder-mountain-sweeps-capital-invite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/thunder-mountain-sweeps-capital-invite\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder Mountain sweeps Capital Invite"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Thunder Mountain High School boys and girls won first place in the Capital Invitational track and field meet on Saturday at TMHS.<\/p>\n
The Falcons boys scored 110 points to topple Ketchikan (108 points), Sitka (92 points) and Juneau-Douglas High School (66 points).<\/p>\n
The TMHS girls led all teams with 152 points, edging Sitka (128 points), and JDHS (112 points).<\/p>\n
TMHS coach Scott May sees a close Region V Championships meet (May 18-19, at TMHS) brewing between the three 4A boys teams.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s anybody’s meet,” May said. “We were counting ourselves out at the beginning of the season but I think we have a chance and I think (JDHS) has a chance and I think Ketchikan has a chance.”<\/p>\n
Here are some of the JDHS and TMHS highlights from this weekend’s meet.<\/p>\n
Sprints<\/strong><\/p>\n After running the seventh-fastest qualifying time in the 100-meter dash, JDHS junior Bailey Wery Tagaban came in second in the finals on Saturday. The junior reached the finish line in 13.72 seconds, just 0.02 seconds behind Skagway’s Jennifer Hansen.<\/p>\n TMHS’ Tzadi Hauck (13.85), Mary Neal Garcia (14.37) and Chayla Ault (14.46) finished fourth, sixth and seventh, respectively.<\/p>\n Falcons senior Erick Whisenant won his second 100-meter dash of the season. Whisenant finished in first in 11.99 seconds, TMHS freshman Ali Beya was second in 12.04 seconds, and Ketchikan’s Lester Credito was third in 12.05 seconds.<\/p>\n Whisenant and Beya again went 1-2 in the 200-meter dash and only .06 seconds separated them this time.<\/p>\n TMHS senior Mikayla May came in second in the girls 200 behind Sitka junior Joei Vidad.<\/p>\n Distance<\/strong><\/p>\n JDHS sophomore Sadie Tuckwood remained undefeated on the season in the 1600 and 3200-meter races. In the 1600 on Saturday, Tuckwood took the lead in the first 200 meters and lapped several runners en route to her 5 minutes, 21 seconds win. Fellow Crimson Bear sophomore Anna Iverson came in second and TMHS senior Erin Wallace came in third.<\/p>\n Tuckwood’s blistering 11:05 in the 3200 on Friday is the fastest in the state this season and the second-fastest in school history.<\/p>\n TMHS freshman Hannah Deer, Tuckwood’s biggest challenger in the 1600 last weekend, saved her energy for the 400 and 800-meter dashes.<\/p>\n Thunder Mountain\u2019s Hannah Deer and Sitka\u2019s Tatum Bayne race in a tight 400-meter dash at the Capital Invitational today. The Falcons girls tallied 152 points for first place in the meet. pic.twitter.com\/6qmZqfIwum<\/a><\/p>\n\n