Kayhi’s Phillips was the first DI runner to finish.

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“Honestly, I think the training is key,” Hitchcock said. “The coaches just give us amazing programs and I just trusted the training and I think that is the key. It wasn’t a PR, but it was a good run.”


“I wasn’t really aiming for a record right now,” Phillips said. “But I was really focusing on letting Connor do his thing, not try and focus on Connor. And I’ve been working a lot on pacing in practice. That was what I was trying to hit, what I have been doing in practice.”

At the finish, Craig’s Nelson made a sprint attack but country wise email marketing list Phillips easily kicked out the last 10 yards.

“My coach didn’t know this but I saw the time and it wasn’t what I wanted,” Phillips said. “So I sort of backed off and got a nice speed in but it was already too far from my PR to do anything…I want my school record, 10:04 from Updike (2010 grad Isaac Updike, a current professional runner). I went through the first mile on pace for it roughly and then second mile I was just burnt.”

Phillips is shorter than Updike, which could require faster leg turnover, and that could be better.

“It can be both,” he said. “I’ve seen taller runners, like Erik Thompson — he’s a six-footer from Juneau — he went low 10s and another Juneau buddy I know, Edgar Vera-Alvarado, broke 10. I don’t really know if it’s height or just how you use your energy. I learned higher cadence gets you through but it could just be a training error I’ve had so far.”

The top JDHS finisher in the 3,200 was freshman Carson Kautz in a PR 12:14.1.

The other event finals Friday included the shot put and triple jump.

Petersburg senior Angus Olsen won the boys’ shot put with a personal best effort of 43 foot five inches in a field of 46 competitors. JDHS senior Eero Woolford placed second in a PR 42’1.5” and classmate Ben Zukas third in a PR 41’1.”

JDHS senior Maxie Lehauli won the girls’ shot put in a PR 32’2.75” in a field of 28 athletes. Sitka senior Elise Brady second in a PR 31’5.25” and Haines senior Emma Dohrn third with a PR 30’0.25.”

JDHS senior Johnathyn Kestel won the boys’ triple jump in a PR 42’4.5” in a field of 18. Sitka junior Cole McLaughlin was second in 39’10” and Ketchikan senior Trey Colbert third in 38’11.”

Ketchikan sophomore Ryan Eldering won the girls’ triple jump in a PR 31’5” with Haines senior Ari’el Godinez Long second in a PR 29’11.75” and Haines senior Ashlyn Ganey third in a PR 29’8.75.” JDHS freshman Freya Shelton-Walker was sixth in a PR 27’3.”