The track and field season gets an epilog Saturday in Kodiak, when top athletes from across the state will compete in the Brian Young Invitational.
The meet will allow head-to-head competition between athletes regardless of school size. That could mean showdowns between the two girls who swept sprint titles at last weekend's state championships at Dimond High. Anchorage Christian's Tanner Ealum and Colony's Peggy Mathis clocked nearly identical times in the 100, 200 and 400, with Ealum running in the Class 1-2-3A division and Mathis in the Class 4 division.
Mathis added the long jump title to her haul to pull off a rarity -- four state titles in four individual events. Her efforts led Colony to the Class 4A team title over Chugiak and Thunder Mountain, which shared second place.
ASAA/1st National Bank
State track and field championships
Final team scores
Class 4A boys
1) Dimond 105, 2) Lathrop 78, 3) Kodiak 66, 4) West 42, 5) West Valley 40, 6) Kenai 39, 7) Chugiak 29, 8) Eagle River 28, 9) Service 24, 10) Bartlett 21, ) East 21, 12) Colony 9, 13) Thunder Mountain 8, 14) tie, Wasilla and South 6; 16) North Pole 1.
Class 4A girls
1) Colony 61, 2) tie, Chugiak and Thunder Mountain 52, 4) Soldotna 45, 5) South 44, 6) West 42, 6) Eagle River 42, 6) Kenai 42, 9) Lathrop 40, 10) Dimond 35, 11) Wasilla 27, 12) Bartlett 21, 13) West Valley 7, 14) Ketchikan 6, 15) Kodiak 4, 16) East 3.
Class 1-2-3A boys
1) Anchorage Christian 89, 2) Grace Christian 53, 2) Seward 53, 4) Eielson 51, 5) Skyview 32, 6) Glennallen 30, 7) Galena 28, 8) Sitka 27, 9) Monroe 23, 10) Nikiski 22, 11) Homer 20, 12) Cook Inlet Academy 18, 12) Haines 18, 14) Petersburg 16, 15) Houston 14, 16) Tri-Valley 10, 16) Valdez 10, 18) Wasilla Lake Christian 4, 18) Skagway 4, 20) Seldovia 1.
Class 1-2-3A girls
1) Grace Christian 96, 2) Anchorage Christian 79, 3) Homer 75, 4) Glennallen 50, 5) Petersburg 46, 6) Thorne Bay 29, 7) Su Valley 23, 7) Skyview 23, 9) Hutchison 22, 10) Eielson 18, 11) Seward 13, 12) Cook Inlet Academy 11, 13) Birchwood Christian 10, 14) Valdez 6, 15) tie, Sitka and Nikiski 5, 17) Monroe 4, 17) Holy Rosary Academy 4, 19) Yakutat 2, 19) Delta Junction 2.
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