Juneau topples Haines, Skagway in track tri-meet

Three-team event warms up Crimson Bears for home meet this weekend

In this file photo, Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé junior Kaia Mangaccat runs in the girls' 1,600-meter race at the Ketchikan Invitational on April 25, 2026. Mangaccat won the 800 and 1,600 at Haines on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Christopher Mullen / Ketchikan Daily News)

By Klas Stolpe  

Juneau Independent

The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears swept the team titles at the Haines Invitational Track and Field Meet this past weekend in another warmup before Southeast teams travel to Juneau for the 2026 Capital City Invitational on Friday and Saturday, a preview for the May 22-23 Region V championships at Ketchikan.

At Haines, the Crimson Bears won the boys team title with 52.5 points, nipping Haines’ 49.5 and Skagway’s 34. The JDHS girls won with 86 points, Haines tallied 35 and Skagway nine.

Haines sophomore Isaac Jones won the boys 100 meters in 12 seconds flat, edging JDHS junior Krew Ridle who leaned in for 12.2 and senior Sarah Jones the girls 100 in 13.6, just in front of JDHS sophomore Shandiin Frommherz in 14.0. Skagway senior Royce Borst won the boys 200 in 24.7 and S. Jones repeated in the girls with a 29.5 win.

JDHS came to the front of the distance events with sophomore Addie Hartman winning the girls 400 in 1:08.4, junior Kaia Mangaccat the 800 in 2:37.0 and the 1,600 in 5:35.7 and senior Lua Mangaccat the 3,200 in 13.43.4. On the boys side, sophomore Anderson Murry won the 800 in 2:27.7, classmate Emmett Hightower the 1,600 in 5:24.2 and classmate Carson Kautz the 3,200 in 11:36.6.

JDHS senior Meliame Tupou won the shot put with 28’10 and the discus with 83’0. JDHS freshman Vince Nizich won the boys long jump with 17’7.5 and Harman the girls high jump with 4’7, and freshman Eleanor Peterson the girls triple jump with 27’10.5.

Following are Haines Invitational event winners and/or JDHS placers:

100m boys - 1 I. Jones, HNS 12.0; 2 Ridle 12.4; 4 fr William Westmoreland 13.0; 6 so Jarry Maghinay 13.1; 7 so Ethan Ward 13.4; 9 jr Isaiah Carrillo 13.6; 11 so Osian Morris 14.0; 12 so Lucas Wyatt 14.1.

100m girls - 1 S. Jones, HNS 13.6; 2 Frommherz 14.0; 3 so Mya Hayes 14.8; 4 sr Isabella Reyes-Boyer 15.4; 5 So Lydia Goins 15.4; 7 fr Adeline Janson 15.7; 7 fr Bailey Israelson 15.7; 14 fr Lucy Wall 17.0; 17 so Kaylee Frickey 18.5.

200m boys - 1 Borst, SKG 24.7; 5 jr Krew Ridle 25.5; 8 Nizich 26.6; 9 Westmoreland 26.7; 11 Ward 27.2; 12 Carrillo 27.7; 14 Wyatt 28.5; 16 Maghinay 29.1.

200m girls - 1 S. Jones 29.5; 3. Goins 33.5; (prelims Frommherz 29.2; Hayes 31.6; Reyes-Boyer 32.0; fr Clara Van Kirk 33.2; Israelson 33.3); 12 L. Wall 35.4.

400m boys - 1 so Brody Ferrin, HNS 58.2.

400m girls - 1 Hartman 1:08.4; 3 Frommherz 1:11.5; 4 so Kira English 1:21.0; 5. Van Kirk 1:22.6.

800m boys - 1 Murray 2:24.7; 2 Hightower 2:31.0; 3 jr Gage Keller 2:36.4.

800m girls - 1 K. Mangaccat 2:37.0 2 so Nevah Lupro 3:00.6 / sr Della Mearig 3:00.6 4 L. Mangaccat 3:01.8; 5 English 3:03.1; 6 Peterson 3:14.1; 7 fr Emmalynn LaPlante 3:15.7.

1,600m boys - 1 Hightower 5:24.2; 2 Keller 5:30.5; 3 Kautz 5:33.2; 4 so Lucas Nelson-Vallejo 5:38.0.

1,600m girls - 1 K. Mangaccat 5:35.7; 2 Mearig 6:32.5; 3 L. Mangaccat 6:34.4; 4 Lupro 6:35.7; 5 jr Ellie Jo Wall 7:13.7; 6 LaPlante 7:18.5; 7 Peterson 7:19.8; 8 sr Zoe Lessard 7:31.1.

3,200m boys - 1 Kautz 11:36.6; 2 Murray 11:42.5; 4 Nelson-Vallejo 12:29.1; 5 so Finnan Kelly 13.22.6.

3,200m girls - 1 L. Mangaccat 13:43.4; 2 LaPlante 14:49.6; 4 EJ Wall 15:00.0; 5 Lessard 16:08.2.

4x100 Relay boys - 1 Skagway (sr Brenden Moncibaiz, jr Luke Tronrud, sr Camden Lawson, Borst) 50.2; 2 JDHS (Ridle, Nizich, Maghinay, Westmoreland) 53.4; 3 JDHS (Wyatt, so Heleman AitaotoTela, Hightower, Morris) 54.5.

4x100 Relay girls - 1 JDHS (Reyes-Boyer, Goins, Hayes, Frommherz) 1:00.1; 3 JDHS (Van Kirk, Janson, L. Wall, Israelson) 1:05.8.

4x400 Relay boys - 1 HNS (Jones, sr JC Davis, fr Evan Knight, Ferrin) 4:07.6; 3 JDHS (Hightower, Murray, Keler, Kautz) 4:55.9.

4x400 Relay girls - 1 HNS (so Ava Rosenberry, fr Sophia Heddin, jr Talis Swaner, so CC Elliot) 5:15.5; 2 JDHS (Mearig, Lupro, Lessard, K. Mangaccat) 5:42.1; 3 JDHS (EJ Wall, LaPlante, Frickey, Peterson) 6:02.4.

Shot Put boys - 1 AitaotoTelea 34’9.75; 3 sr Ames Patterson 32’0; 9 sr Zach Prather 22’10.

Shot Put girls - 1 Tupou 28’10; 2 sr Isabelle Martin 24’8.5; 9 sr Eva Goertzen 16’10.5; 10 fr Fiona Koelsch 16’7.5.

Discus boys - 1 sr JC Davis HNS 122’6; 3 Patterson 102’10.5; 5 AitaotoTelea 82’5.5; 10 Prather 63’5.5.

Discus girls - 1 Tupou 83’.0; 2 Martin 80’6.5; 7 Goertzen 50’8.75; 10 Koelsch 45’10.5; 12 Frickey 31’3.

High Jump boys - 1 Borst SKG 6’0; 5 Nizich 5’o; 6 fr Maximus Sean Sangster 4’10.

High Jump girls - 1 Hartman 4’7.

Long Jump boys - 1 Nizich 17’7.5; 3 Sangster 15’10.5; 5 Maghinay 14’6.5.

Long Jump girls - 1 Rosenberry HNS 13’2.5; 2 Hartman 13’1.5; 3 Goins 12’9.5.

Triple Jump boys - 1 so Wade Lloyd HNS 38’6; 5 Sangster 30’6.

Triple Jump girls - 1 Peterson 27’10.5.

• Contact Klas Stolpe at sports@juneauindependent.com