Freshmen Sadie Tuckwood and Anna Iverson made a big splash at the first Southeast cross country meet of the season, last weekend’s Ketchikan Invitational. The pair of Juneau-Douglas High School runners placed first and third for the girls at the meet, with Thunder Mountain veteran Erin Wallace splitting the pair for a second place finish.
On the boy’s side, sophomore Arne Ellefson-Carnes finished second, besting a personal record at 16 minutes, 42.28 seconds time, 20 seconds faster than his time on the same course last season. Ellefson-Carnes broke up a pair of runners from Sitka, members of last year’s state champion team.
At fifth place, TMHS junior Jonah Penrose ran the fastest time for the Falcons boys at 17:44.47.
Ketchikan Invitational Results
GIRLS TEAM SCORES:
1. JDHS 31; 2. TMHS 62; 3. Petersburg 63; 4. Ketchikan 120; 5. Wrangell 141
BOYS TEAM SCORES:
1. Sitka 33; 2. JDHS 52; 3. TMHS 69; 4. Ketchikan 106; 5. Skagway 142
Individual Results:
GIRLS TOP 20
(name, school, time):
1. Tuckwood, Sadie. JDHS 19:55.97
2. Wallace, Erin. TMHS 20:02.83
3. Iverson, Anna. JDHS 20:49.34
4. Hutten, Reyn. Wrangell 20:59.21
5. Ramseth, Elizabeth. JDHS 21:50.17
6. Eddy, Kayleigh. Petersburg 21:50.68
7. Chase, Melanie. Petersburg 21:51.75
8. Bleakley, Reece. TMHS 22:08.09
9. Thompson, Sally. TMHS 22:12.94
10. Smith, Gillian. JDHS 22:19.50
11. Pfundt, Erin. Petersburg 22:27.09
12. Goering, Eva. JDHS 22:37.75
13. Seley, Tori. Ketchikan 23:10.17
14. Sable, Zellhuber. Sitka 23:13.
15. Greg, Jessie. JDHS 23:23.75
16. Borromeo, Lillian. Hydaburg 23:29.60
17. York, Maddie. JDHS 23:33.63
18. Barlow, Alecia. Craig High School 23:34.97
19. McNeilly, Ayla. Sitka 23:40.71
20. Neyhart, Leah. JDHS 23:42.79
BOYS TOP 20
(name, school, time):
1. Wilcox, David. Sitka 16:40.65
2. Ellefson-Carnes, Arne. JDHS 16:42.28
3. Pate, Joe. Sitka 17:22.47
4. Taylor-Roth, Clem. JDHS 17:36.85
5. Penrose, Jonah. TMHS 17:44.47
6. Baciocco, Colin. Sitka 17:50.02
7. Goebel, Ethan. Skagway 17:54.69
8. Sleppy, Justin. TMHS 18:04.15
9. McKenna, Tim. JDHS 18:09.23
10. Bociocco, Dominic. Sitka 18:21.55
11. Allemendinger, Paul. Ketchikan 18:26.55
12. White, John. JDHS 18:32.07
13. Buxton, Connor. Sitka 18:34.82
14. Brady, Danny. Skagway 18:40.53
15. McIntyre, Skyler. Sitka 18:42.83
16. Normas, Connor. TMHS 18:43.75
17. Coss. Ketchikan 18:47.89
18. Burger, James. TMHS 18:48.16
19. Lenhard, Nathaniel. Petersburg 18:51.31
20. Barratt, JD. Wrangell 18:53.62
• Contact Sports and Outdoors reporter Kevin Gullufsen at 523-2228 or kevin.gullufsen@juneauempire.com.
Runners race in a cross country meet Saturday, Aug. 27 at Ward Lake in Ketchikan.