Kayhi senior Jason Lorig won the boys

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Hitchcock, the Sitka senior, won the DII 3,200 in 9:52.66.

“It’s great,” Hitchcock said. “It’s my last one. I’m just glad I was able to do it with these guys in semi-decent weather for Juneau…I think it was just training consistency, not getting injured, that’s what it is for all events. The 3,200 I think is better to run your first mile a little bit slower than your second, but ideally even splits. At the state level and big races all the runners are pretty evenly matched and so it is really a matter of who has the best finish.”

’ 100- and 200 meters, despite a recent injury, in 11.06 and 23.02, respectively.

“This feels pretty good,” Lorig said after the 100-meter win. “I got injured the day before.”

Lorig was rehabbing from a hamstring injury after country wise email marketing list running an 11.0 in the junior championship event in the Philippines recently.

“I just recovered from that, but the day before coming here my Achilles tendon was hurting a lot and then today my ankle was all swollen,” Lorig said. “And I couldn’t run 100% today. I’ll take a few days off before state, hopefully get it checked up on Monday.”

JDHS’ Hightower was in the mix of the 100 and placed second (11.33), with classmate Carter Harralston third (11.74), both earning key team points.

“It felt really good,” Hightower said. “It was my last home turf 100 and then the 4×100. I’m feeling great. Feeling really fast, I was right on Jason. It’s good stuff.”

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé freshman Leonidas Taualo-Tasi wins the shot put during the Region V Track & Field Championships at Juneau's Thunder Mountain Middle School on Friday. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
After the 200, Lorig said, “My ankle was still hurting. I couldn’t go full out and had to slow down, but so happy to score 10 points today. Our track team is very tight, everyone is friends with each other, we’re always cheering each other on. That is what’s special about track is that all the teams cheer their opponents, too.”

JDHS senior Johnathyn Kestel hit a PR 23.28 for key points in the 200, as he split Kayhi seniors Lorig and James Connelly.