The 45th annual Native Youth Olympics wrapped up Saturday with a record-setting performance by SigFurd Dock.
Dock, competing for the Lower Kuskokwim School District team, shattered the NYO record in the boys seal hop, in which contestant hop, seal-like, across the floor on their hands and toes while in the push-up position.
Dock hopped 188 feet on the hardwood floor to beat the old record by more than 16 inches. Calvin Bell of Nome set the previous mark of 171-5 in 2009.
Dock was the only record-setter in three days of competition in events that are rooted in Alaska Native culture. It attracted hundreds of Alaska students in grades 7 through 12 from across the state.
Madeline Ko of West Valley was one inch away from tying the NYO record in the girls one-foot high kick. She jumped 91 inches to earn her second title in the Athlete of the Meet award for the girls. Ko also won Friday's two-foot high kick.
Kim Gumera of Unalaska claimed the boys' Athlete of the Meet award. He won Thursday's Alaskan high kick and Friday's two-foot high kick and placed second in Saturday's one-foot high kick.
Makiyan Ivanoff of the Bering Strait School District won the boys' one-foot high kick with a jump of 110 inches, beating Gumera by two inches.
Other winners Saturday were Mat-Su's Kayla Olhausen in girls Indian stick pull, the Lower Kuskokwim's Rodney Dock in boys' Indian stick pull and Dillingham's Britney Dray in the girls seal hop.
Indian stick pull
Girls – 1) Kayla Olhausen, Mat-Su; 2) Laura Ekada, Mt. Edgecumbe; 3) Alyssa Roxas, Unalaska; 4) Miquela Wilson, Bristol Bay School District; 5) Chloe Phillips, Anchorage.
Boys – 1) Rodney Dock, Lower Kuskokwim School District; 2) Dominic Greene, Pilot Station; 3) Rhemus Bavilla, SWRSD; 4) Brandon Vanlandingham, West Valley; 5) Eric Fitka, Bering Strait School District.
One-foot high kick
Girls – 1) Madi Ko, West Valley, 91 inches; 2) Julianne Wilson, Kenaitze, 88; 3) Kaye Gumera, Unalaska, 86; 4) Johnna Bouker, Mt. Edgecumbe, 84; 5) Sydney Dray, Dillingham, 82.
Boys – 1) Makiyan Ivanoff, Bering Strait, 110; 2) Kim Gumera, Unalaska, 108; 3) Cameron Okbaok, Bering Strait, 106 (1 miss); 4) Zachery Martin, Seward, 106 (2 misses); 5) John Bouker, Dillingham, 104.
Seal hop
Girls -- 1) Britney Dray, Dillingham, 123 feet; 2) Cheyenne Terwillinger, Mat-Su, 112-3.5; 3) Julianne Wilson, Kenaitze, 109-3; 4) Lacy Holmes, Mat-Su, 102-8.75; 5) Erin Sivitz, Anchorage, 100-6.
Boys – 1) SigFurd Dock, Lower Kuskokwim, 188-0 (NYO record); 2) Derrick Black, Galena, 162-7.5; 3) Jerry Phillip, Yupiit, 137-10; 4) Eric Larionoff, Anchorage, 112-11; 5) Andrew Kashevarof, Anchorage, 112-9.
Athletes of the meet – Kim Gumera, Unalaska (boys); Madi Ko, West Valley (girls).
Sportsmanship awards -- Makiyan Ivanoff, Bering Strait; Masha Hart, Seward.
Team standings – 1) Lower Kuskokwim School District; 2) Unalaska; 3) Mat-Su A; 4) tie, Dillingham and Anchorage A.