Anchorage Daily News

State long jump champion Jessica Todd captured three victories Saturday in the Junior Olympic Championships at Begich Middle School. Todd, who just finished her sophomore year at Dimond, won the girls 100- and 400-meter races and the long jump. On the boys side, Gabe Holland, who just finished his senior year at South, won the discus after tossing a personal-best 162 feet, two inches.

USATF Alaska Junior Olympic Championships

Saturday at Begich Middle School

Girls Results

100 -- 1, Jessica Todd, 13.46. 2, Nicole Leman, 15.23. 3, Megan Parish, 15.79. 4, Meriella Gallegos Rodriguez, 18.23. 200 -- 1, Amber Gardner, 28.31. 2, Nicole Leman, 31.28. 400 -- 1, Jessica Todd, 1:09.65. 2, Megan Parish, 1:26.69. 3, Meriella Gallegos Rodriguez, 1:34.93. 4, Briannah Pugh, 1:35.67. 5, Claire King, 1:38.03. 6, Kylie Pugh, 2:21.69. 800 -- 1, Nicole Leman, 2:42.23. 2, Tonya Parish, 2:49.30. 3, Meriella Gallegos Rodriguez, 4:23.46. 1,500 -- 1, Amalia Hennessy, 5:43.49. 2, Claire King, 7:31.33. 3,000 -- 1, Briannah Pugh, 13:49.65. Long Jump -- 1, Jessica Todd, 15-0112. 2, Tonya Parish, 14-0912. 3, Nicole Leman, 11-0534. Triple Jump -- 1, Tonya Parish, 31-1112. 2, Jessica Todd, 31-09. 3, Nicole Leman, 26-0912. 4, Megan Parish, 24-0612. Discus Throw -- 1, Megan Holland, 88-08.

Boys results

100 -- 1, Joseph Dillon, 13.40. 2, Jacob Kirk, 13.53. 3, Stephen Tankersley, 13.92. 4, Andrew Tankersley, 15.07. 5, Alex Scheurch, 17.38. 6, Gavin Starck, 21.06. 7, Michael Halpern, 21.16. 8, Mark Schuerch, 23.27. 200 -- 1, Quinton Metcalf, 26.07. 2, Joseph Dillon, 26.32. 3, Jacob Kirk, 26.34. 4, Andrew Tankersley, 30.69. 5, Gavin Starck, 46.74. 6, Michael Halpern, 55.25. 400 -- 1, Quinton Metcalf, 57.11. 2, Brandon King, 1:00.81. 3, Andrew Tankersley, 1:12.47. 4, Luje Jager, 1:24.33. 5, Alex Scheurch, 1:31.81. 6, Gavin Starck, 1:57.57. 7, Mark Schuerch, 2:01.12. 8, Michael Halpern, 2:04.13. 800 -- 1, Douglas Johnstone, 2:46.00. 2, Luje Jager, 3:09.00. 3, Michael Halpern, 4:40.46. 1,500 -- 1, Jacob Kirk, 4:39.73. 2, Joseph Dillon, 4:47.27. 3, Stephen Tankersley, 4:48.91. 4, Brandon King, 4:55.92. 5, Andrew Tankersley, 5:34.60. 6, Douglas Johnstone, 5:51.50. 7, Luje Jager, 6:15.33. 8, Alex Scheurch, 7:05.27. 9, Michael Halpern, 8:31.80. 3,000 -- 1, Jacob Kirk, 9:38.23. 2, Stephen Tankersley, 10:02.63. 3, Andrew Tankersley, 11:21.86. 4, Douglas Johnstone, 12:29.71. 5, Luje Jager, 12:37.92. Long Jump -- 1, Levi Turner, 18-0112. 2, Alex Scheurch, 9-0934. 3, Gavin Starck, 6-03. 4, Mark Schuerch, 5-1012. 5, Michael Halpern, 4-0812. Triple Jump -- 1, Jared Turner, 37-1034. Shot Put -- 1, Gabe Holland, 45-0612. 2, Will Crowther, 28-0412. 3, Gavin Starck, 10-04. Discus Throw -- 1, Gabe Holland, 162-02. 2, Will Crowther, 79-01. 3, Gavin Starck, 17-07. 4, Michael Halpern, 14-11.

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