As the last runners finished, the last throwers were putting the last discs into the air

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The Wolves boys (Sr. Trey Demmert, Hitchcock, McLaughlin, Prussian) won in 3:42.63 with JDHS second in 3:50.74 (Sr. Finn Lamb, Schijvens, Sr. Sage Janes, So. Zacheriah Bos) and JDHS third in 3:55.74 (Sr. Owen Woodruff, Sr. Ferguson Wheeler, So. Gavin Holt, Sr. Ben Sikes).

The Wolves girls (Jr. Natalie Hall, Mullin, Sr. Marina Dill, Jr. Leilynn Swain) won in 4:21.47 with Kayhi second in 4:25.48 (Sr. Carol Frey, Odden, Fr. Claire Ruaro, Elerding).


“The key to throwing is being coachable and listening,” JDHS assistant throwing coach Tina Martin said. “They go outside of their comfort zone a little bit in the sport. Everyone that just begins, it feels really awkward and so you just give them time to go through it a little. Those that are coachable really listen, let us run through it with them and then they figure out their own kind of how they want to throw because there’s so many different throws that you can do. So they kind of make it their own in the end. Ricky (Tupou) is wonderful, he is a great with teammates and he is enthusiastic. He’s a sweetheart and he just goes above and beyond, puts in extra time and he’ll often be out here on his own long after practice.”

Sitka girls runner Clare Mullin joins and leads the country wise email marketing list start of the double stacked boys 1600 during Saturday’s Capital City Invitational Track and Field meet at Juneau’s Thunder Mountain Middle School field. Mullin’s time was registered to the girls race and placed first. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Sitka girls runner Clare Mullin joins and leads the start of the double stacked boys 1600 during Saturday’s Capital City Invitational Track and Field meet at Juneau’s Thunder Mountain Middle School field. Mullin’s time was registered to the girls race and placed first. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

As the last disc hit the turf Tupou high-fived the opponent in the midst of 30-plus throwers.

JDHS topped the boys team scoring with 187 points, Sitka 171.5, Ketchikan 107, Petersburg 80, Haines 49, Skagway 39.5, Gustavus 11 and Craig 7. Sitka topped the girls team scoring with 200 points, JDHS 157, Ketchikan 90, Haines 76, Petersburg 71 and Craig 13.