JDHS girls win Region V track

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Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Ida Meyer won the first running event of the two-day Region V Track and Field Championships at Thunder Mountain Middle School, notching the top Division I time in Friday’s combined DI and DII combined 3,200 meters, and setting the stage for the Crimson Bears’ team title win over Ketchikan.

Meyer won the DI girls race in 11:53.07, with Crimson Bears’ senior Pacific Ricke and junior Lua Mangaccat second and third, respectively. Sitka senior Clare Mullin won the DII portion in a race-best time of 11:17.94.

“I think today I kind of disassociated myself a little bit,” Meyer said. “I was kind of just going lap by lap, just running and kind of just chilling by myself a little bit, and that was fun. I was just trying to go out with Clare and the others, and just stick with them. I kind of just fell into my own pace, which is kind of what I practice, kind of around a 1:30 lap.”

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé junior Issy Martin wins country wise email marketing list the Division I girls discus during the Region V Track & Field Championships at Thunder Mountain Middle School on Saturday (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé junior Issy Martin wins the Division I girls discus during the Region V Track & Field Championships at Thunder Mountain Middle School on Saturday (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

Meyer and her teammates hugged after.

“That has kind of been a tradition this season,” Meyer said. “The group hug at the end and at the beginning. We’re here for each other out on the track and there for each other when we are finished, just everywhere in life.”

Sitka’s Mullin led a sweep of Wolves in the DII portion of the 3,200, with senior teammates Marina Dill and Aliyah Merculief in a field of seven.

“Key is just focusing on staying steady really,” Mullin said. “You don’t want to blow out all your energy in the first 800. I was actually pacing Marina through this race and that was actually really fun. I like doing that. It is nice to be able to encourage someone to get a PR and she PR’d by 10 seconds. It changes it up a little bit, and makes racing fun and exciting. You get to celebrate with your teammates, too.”