

“Most of the athletes ran faster than they ever have in their life at one point or another in that meet.

“It doesn’t really matter what place someone is getting when you’re watching them put on the performance of their life,” Stringer said. Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé track and field head coach Jesse Stringer said every athlete was a stand out. And also it is just a good entry into the season, getting used to that competitive sort of feeling without the stress of an actual meet…” So having something like this where people can come and participate in friendly competition and just do that together means a lot to me. That is something I love about Juneau is the community spirit. Welling said the community meet “means a lot. An event she has never attempted and for which she is now in the Falcons top three historically - her alumni sister Naomi holds the school record. “I got to four-eight, which is the highest I have gone indoors…” “My high jump went really well,” said Thunder Mountain junior Mallory Welling.

With a discus flying farther than it ever has at Falcons Stadium, an under-10-year-old getting a standing ovation, and personal records and top school marks set in every event, the meet had nearly everything track and field fans could want. Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The only things missing from Saturday’s community invitational track meet were fireworks, a barbecue and Olympic flags being knocked over by "your cousin from Boston," as local athletes made the Guy Thibodeau All Comers Meet a spring success. Millie Mar, age seven, finishes to cheers in the 1600 meter race during the Guy Thibodeau All Comers Meet, Saturday, at Thunder Mountain High School Falcons Stadium.
