JDHS track record falls at Ketchikan meet

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The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé track and field team earned high team placings at the Ketchikan Invitational meet at Esther Shea Field over the weekend with the boys finishing over the field and the girls finishing in second behind Sitka.

JDHS senior Nick Iverson set a new Crimson Bears record in the 800 meters with a time of 1 minute 55.27 seconds.

“I pretty much went into the race not really sure wha t country wise email marketing list I was fully capable of, but I knew whatever it was it would be fast,” Iverson said. “My coach and I agreed this weekend to really focus on the open 800 as the only other event I was in was the 4×400. I was pretty excited, and full of anticipations and nerves before the race, so I went out pretty hard, so by the end my legs were feeling it. But overall I’m super happy with the result, and it was fun to be with my team at such a fun and great meet.”

JDHS freshman Bella Connally blazed to one of the fastest Crimson Bears 100-meter girls finishes with a 12.39 winning effort and she doubled that with a win in the 200 meters at 25.97.

“It was amazing,” Connally said. “I was so nervous though at the beginning of it. With me personally, with the 100, I feel more nervous about the speed and like, just trying my best throughout the whole thing. With the 200 I am more scared with how long it is because I was so tired after it. I am trying to work on my kick in the second half of the 200, I always feel like I am slowing down, but I’m trying my best to push through the pain. It is amazing to have the teammates I do. It is always nice having their support and they calm me down before races, they are all so nice.”