Zippy Dunbar races to 3 wins at Big C Relays

Competing in the inaugural Big C Relays, the junior ran to victory three times in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meters.

Dunbar's eye-popping 3,200 time of 9 minutes, 11.9 seconds was especially strong considering it would have crushed his state record of 9:25.26 set last year.

State records can only be set at the state championship meet, but Dunbar's time is a good indicator of just how fast he's running, especially this early in the season.

Saturday's 3,200 race was one of the fastest, with runner-up Jake Parisien clocking an impressive 9:19.44.

Dunbar, the two-time Alaska Class 4A state cross-country running champion, won the 800 in 2:00.15 and the 1,600 in 4:17.92.

But he wasn't the only athlete turning heads Saturday.

Bartlett's Jordan Clarke won the shot put with a Herculean heave of 65 feet, 6 1/2 inches, which would have easily broken his state record of 60-1 set last year.

Clarke also won the discus (170-10 1/2) by more than 25 feet, proving why he ranks as one of the nation's top high school throwers.

Other double winners included East's Ceylon Mitchell, who swept the 110 and 300 hurdles, and Service's Ben Jackson, who won the high jump and long jump.

The two-day event hosted by Grace Christian and Anchorage Christian schools featured some 24 schools and 700 athletes.

On the girls side, Anchorage Christian's Nychele Fischetti won the 800 and 3,200 in impressive fashion. She won the 800 by nearly five seconds and the 3,200 by a whopping 22 seconds.

Other double winners included Dimond's Lauren Laichak, who was first in the 100 and 300 hurdles, and Soldotna's Paige Blackburn, who swept the shot put and discus.

Big C Relays

At The Dome

Saturday's Results

Boys

100 -- 1) Ethan Hewitt, Chugiak, 11.2; 2) Andy Dittman, Kodiak, 11.6; 3) Marcus Mendez, Bartlett, 11.6; 4) Michael Odell, Kodiak, 11.62; 5) Biko Burford, Dimond, 11.79; 6) Jordan Slay, West, 11.8.

800 -- 1) Trevor Dunbar, Kodiak, 2:00.15; 2) Drew Edwards, Grace Christian, 2:00.19; 3) Travis Price, Seward, 2:01.31; 4) Ryan Hanley, Dimond, 2:02.67; 5) Bart Grabman, East, 2:06.06.

1,600 -- 1) Trevor Dunbar, Kodiak, 4:17.92; 2) Jake Parisien, Palmer, 4:22.6; 3) Cody Huggins, Colony, 4:35.0; 4) Cody Phelps, Service, 4:35.5; 5) Will Estes, West, 4:37.6; 6) Billy Kiefer, Kenai, 4:40.0.

3,200 -- 1) Trevor Dunbar, Kodiak, 9:11.9; 2) Jake Parisien, Palmer, 9:19.44; 3) Allen Cassel, Heritage Christian, 10:09.2; 4) Jani Lane, Service, 10:10.66; 5) Ryan Cox, Grace Christian, 10:12.38; 6) Cody Huggins, Colony, 10:16.32.

110 hurdles -- 1) Ceylon Mitchell, East, 15.63; 2) Bill Chimphalee, Kenai, 15.75; 3) Tony Guzman, Palmer, 16.35; 4) Isaiah Hoyer, West, 16.36; 5) Keith Underwood, Dimond, 16.76; 6) Michael Thornton, Skyview, 16.9.

300 hurdles -- 1) Ceylon Mitchell, East, 41.72; 2) Tony Guzman, Palmer, 42.41; 3) Dylan Beck, Seward, 43.54; 4) Kevin Campbell, Dimond, 44.06; 5) Michael Thornton, Skyview, 44.19; 6) Jaron Murphy, Colony, 44.53.

400 relay -- 1) Bartlett (Chenault, Hale, Mendez, Reid) 45.49; 2) Palmer 45.56; 3) Kodiak 45.88; 4) West 46.48; 5) East 46.49; 6) Dimond 46.71.

1,600 relay -- 1) Bartlett (Janssen, Hale, Reid, O'Connor) 3:31.58; 2) Grace Christian 3:35.90; 3) Kodiak 3:36.72; 4) Service 3:39.28; 5) Palmer 3:39.72; 6) West 3:40.72.

3,200 relay -- 1) Grace Christian (Zimmerman, Karlberg, Edwards, Cox) 8:25.7; 2) Kodiak 8:34.9; 3) Seward 8:36.2; 4) Colony 8:38.8; 5) Palmer 8:39.4; 6) West 8:45.3.

800 sprint medley -- 1) Bartlett (Hale, Reid, Chenault, Shittu) 1:40.01; 2) South 1:41.54; 3) Eagle River 1:41.56; 4) Dimond 1:41.85; 5) Kodiak 1:42.82; 6) Palmer 1:43.07.

1,600 sprint medley -- 1) Dimond (Burford, Hanley, Nasir, Demoss) 3:42.42; 2) Colony 3:44.49; 3) Bartlett 3:44.67; 4) Seward 3:46.5; 5) Palmer 3:49.96; 6) East 3:50.26.

High jump -- 1) Ben Jackson, Service, 6-0; 2) Ryan Holta, Dimond, 6-0; 3) Travis Price, Seward, 6-0; 4) Chris Plooy, Dimond, 6-0; 5) Christopher Tuohy, South, 6-0; 6) Dylan Beck, Seward, 5-10.

Long jump -- 1) Ben Jackson, Service, 21-2; 2) Ryan Clay, South, 20-3 1/4; 3) Benjamin Larson, East, 19-9; 4) Matt Jaronik, Colony, 19-6 1/4; 5) Bill Chimphalee, Kenai, 18-9 1/4; 6) Andrew Freed, Service, 18-8.

Shot put -- 1) Jordan Clarke, Bartlett, 65-6 1/2; 2) Ian Rosario, Chugiak, 50-0 3/4; 3) Ryan Shelton, Soldotna, 47-3 1/2; 4) Michael Odell, Kodiak, 47-1 1/4; 5) John Knowles, Wasilla, 45-4 1/4; 6) Mitchell Swensen, Dimond, 45-1.

Discus -- 1) Jordan Clarke, Bartlett, 170-10 1/2; 2) Mitchell Swensen, Dimond, 145-1; 3) Gabriel Holland, South, 136-1 1/2; 4) Nate Byrd, Kenai, 135-1; 5) John Knowles, Wasilla, 124-9 1/2; 6) Garrett McLean, South, 122-7.

Girls

100 -- 1) MiCall Sweet, Dimond, 13.04; 2) Brandy Jayne, Eagle River, 13.17; 3) Lierin Flanagan, Kenai, 13.22; 4) Jessica Todd, Dimond, 13.31.

800 -- 1) Nychele Fischetti, Anchorage Christian, 2:23.7; 2) Kristen King, Eagle River, 2:28.8; 3) Brooke Forsi, Cook Inlet Academy, 2:30.77; 4) Jaime Bronga, East, 2:32.61; 5) Anna Filippova, Dimond, 2:32.79; 6) Jessica Gross, Wasilla, 2:36.69.

1,600 -- 1) Shoshana Keegan, West, 5:29.36; 2) Abby Reed, Kodiak, 5:36.3; 3) Mariah Applegate, Grace Christian, 5:38.3; 4) Kristen King, Eagle River, 5:38.6; 5) Holly Kopp, Cook Inlet Academy, 5:40.6; 6) Heidi Doner, Colony, 5:42.1.

3,200 -- 1) Nychele Fischetti, Anchorage Christian, 11:33.9; 2) Abby Reed, Kodiak, 11:55.9; 3) Mariah Applegate, Grace Christian, 11:57.2; 4) Holly Kopp, Cook Inlet Academy, 12:10.5; 5) Jacqueline Lutz, Palmer, 12:17.8; 6) Rubye Foldager, Seward, 12:21.8.

100 hurdles -- 1) Lauren Laichak, Dimond, 15.9; 2) Anna Simmers, Anchorage Christian, 15.95; 3) Brandy Jayne, Eagle River, 16:52; 4) Phoenix Harlan, East, 16.93; 5) Sara Lopez, South, 17.27; 6) Keiahnna Engel, Dimond, 18.89.

300 hurdles -- 1) Lauren Laichak, Dimond, 48.73; 2) Denali Foldager, Seward, 48.85; 3) Stacy Wheeler, West, 49.22; 4) Amie Smithwick, Cook Inlet Academy, 50.53; 5) Keiahnna Engel, Dimond, 50.73; 6) ) Brandy Jayne, Eagle River, 50.88.

400 relay -- 1) West (Soderlund, LaPierre, McGuire, Dalton) 53.39; 2) Kodiak 53.91; 3) Cook Inlet Academy 54.17; 4) Bartlett 54.21; 5) South 54.84; 6) East 55.32.

1,600 relay -- 1) Dimond (Bagsby, Engel, Todd, Jackson) 4:09.41; 2) Bartlett 4:15.5; 3) West 4:17.91; 4) Service 4:26.87; 5) Cook Inlet Academy 4:27.68; 6) Anchorage Christian 4:30.37.

3,200 relay -- 1) West (Wheeler, Roelle, Keegan, Dalton) 10:12.2; 2) Colony 10:34.7; 3) Seward 10:37.1; 4) Wasilla 10:39.8; 5) Kenai 10:40.7; 6) Soldotna 10:44.3.

800 sprint medley -- 1) Bartlett (Tillmon, Todd, Young, Williams) 1:53.99; 2) Dimond 1:55.48; 3) Anchorage Christian 2:01.88; 4) East 2:02.82; 5) Grace Christian 2:03.77; 6) South 2:04.21.

1,600 sprint medley -- 1) Dimond (Bagsby, Laichak, Jackson, Filippova) 4:25.45; 2) Anchorage Christian 4:28.51; 3) Bartlett 4:38.99; 4) Kodiak 4:40.19; 5) Colony 4:40.41; 6) East 4:41.52.

High jump -- 1) Caitlin Hunt, Su Valley, 5-0; 2) Chelsea Wilbanks, Soldotna, 4-11; 3) Siobhan Johansen, Colony, 4-10; 4) Linzee Burcham, Kodiak, 4-6; 5) Kassandra Smith, West, 4-6; 6) Sierra Hodgson, Colony, 4-6.

Long jump -- 1) Sylvia Bullock, South, 16-3; 2) Ashley Bartolowits, Ninilchik, 15-6; 3) Sierra Hodgson, Colony, 14-11 1/2; 4) Jessica Todd, Dimond, 14-6 3/4; 5) Kimmy Jackson, Dimond, 14-4 3/4; 6) Megan Gordon, Soldotna, 14-3.

Shot put -- 1) Paige Blackburn, Soldotna, 38.0 1/2; 2) Crystal Tui, West, 35-3 1/4; 3) Amanda Jackson, East, 34-3 1/2; 4) Ashley Grant, Dimond, 32-10; 5) Nyesha Joseph, Dimond, 31-9 1/2; 6) Chelsea Dyson, Anchorage Christian, 31.0 1/4.

Discus -- 1) Paige Blackburn, Soldotna, 116-10 1/2; 2) Nyesha Joseph, Dimond, 100-11; 3) Amanda Jackson, East, 100-7; 4) Janniequeen Tui, West, 96-8; 5) Rebecca Riopelle, Grace Christian, 95-6 1/2; 6) Ashley Bowen, Bartlett, 92-11.