Grace’s David Sliwinski and Seth Lochmann were second and third at 16:16 and 16:19, while McDonough was fourth at 16:26. The race was a show of force by Division II schools, as they took the next four spots behind Fisher. McDonough and Kenai Central High School’s Gregory Fallon placed in the top 25 for the varsity boys race. Jedlicki, just a freshman, showed her potential by taking 11th in 20:35. She will have plenty of challengers, including Ingalls, a junior who was sixth at 20:26. “I’m happy with it.”īoonstra, Seward’s Hailey Ingalls and Soldotna’s Sophia Jedlicki all placed in the top 25 for the varsity girls race.īy finishing fourth at 20:12 against the state’s biggest schools, Boonstra showed she is ready to make a run at a third-straight Division II state title. “I think it turned out pretty good,” she said. To prepare for the season, Peterson said she followed her own training program over the summer, which consisted of a lot of endurance and long runs. Peterson said she was happy with her placement and that she knew of a lot of runners who secured a personal record or for whom the invitational was their first race. “It was definitely more, like, hard-packed than before, which was awesome.” “I think it dried out a little bit from the sun from when I walked on it earlier,” Peterson said. Peterson, who crossed the finish line as the timer hit 19 minutes, 33 seconds, said the course was “better than expected” given the amount of rain the central Kenai Peninsula has seen over the last week. The 5,000-meter course took athletes throughout the hilly Tsalteshi Trails network, including along the Moose, Weasel and Wolf trails. The event is named for Ted McKenney, the longtime area cross-country running coach who died in 2020 at 64. It drew 139 varsity girls and 161 varsity boys from more than 25 schools.
Saturday’s invitational marked the first major cross-country event of the season. The Seward girls led the peninsula with an 11th-place finish, while the Homer boys were the top local team at ninth.
Homer senior Seamus McDonough and Kenai Central senior Jayna Boonstra were the fastest Kenai Peninsula runners. The boys team title went to Division II Grace Christian, which made a statement by winning a meet against the biggest schools in the state. Peterson led the Mustangs to the team title.
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