Brandon dominates local NYO competition
April 26th 12:00 pm | Van Williams
Even Brandon was the man during a local Native Youth Olympics competition in Dillingham.
The high school student punched his ticket to the statewide meet in Anchorage by winning three events and placing second in three others.
Brandon won the Alaskan high kick, Indian stick pull and two-foot high kick. He was runner-up in the Eskimo stick pull, kneel jump and one-foot high kick.
The Dillingham star will look to duplicate that success on the big stage at the Dena'ina Center which will host the state NYO meet again.
Martin Gardiner also had a big meet, winning the kneel jump, placing second in the Alaskan high kick and third in the two-foot high kick.
On the girls side, Jorden Lisac, Johnna Bouker and Kristin Smeaton were each double winners.
Lisac won the wrist carry and one-foot high kick.
Bouker claimed the two-foot high kick and toe kick.
And Smeaton prevailed in the seal hop and one-arm reach.
Maggie Kapotak showed nice versatility by winning the kneel jump and placing second in the Alaskan high kick and fourth in the two-foot high kick.
Here are the results:
Boys Alaskan High Kick
1st Even Brandon 74"
2nd Martin Gardiner 66"
2nd Wesley Aliralria (Southwest) 66"
4th David Roehl 66" 2 misses
5th Kiko John 66" 2 misses, 1 at lower level
Girls Alaskan High Kick
1st Kaley Rolf 67"
2nd Maggie Kapotak (Southwest) 66"
3rd Kendall Dray 64"
4th tie, Jorden Lisac and Kristin Smeaton 60"
Boys Eskimo Stick Pull
1st Travis Tougiung (Southwest)
2nd Even Brandon
3rd Matthew Olson
4th Kendall Alvarodo
Girls Eskimo Stick pull
1st Rae Rae Timmermen
2nd Katie Wassily (Naknek)
3rd Brianna Nelson (Southwest)
4th Katrina Marlino
Boys Wrist Carry
1st Danny Miller 565' 11"
2nd Kamron Bartman 268' 7"
3rd Shawn Gardiner 209'
4th Jeremy Olson 208'
5th Patrick S. (Southwest) 189'
Girls Wrist Carry
1st Jorden Lisac 294'
2nd Johnna Bouker 207' 8"
3rd Samantha Ishnook (Southwest) 110' 1"
4th Sydney Dray 105'
5th Kaley Rolf 87'
Boys Kneel Jump
1st Martin Gardiner 44 1/2"
2nd Even Brandon 42 1/4"
3rd Wesley Aliralria (Southwest) 38"
4th Kiko John 37 3/4"
5th Shawn Gardiner 31 1/2"
Girls Kneel Jump
1st Maggie Kapotak (Southwest) 37 1/2"
2nd Brianna Cook (Naknek) 37 1/4"
3rd Kendall Dray 36 3/4"
4th Camryn LeClair 32 1/2"
5th Jorden Lisac 30 1/4"
Boys Toe Kick
1st Sonny Flensburg 72"
2nd Travis Tugiung (Southwest) 60"
3rd Matthew Olsen 52"
Girls Toe Kick
1st Johnna Bouker 37"
2nd Sandra L. (Southwest) 33"
Boys Two Foot High Kick
1st Even Brandon 80"
2nd Jeremy Olson 74" 2 misses
3rd Martin Gardiner 74"2 lower misses
4th Sonny Flensburg 70"
5th Kiko John (Southwest) 66"
Girls Two Foot High Kick
1st Johnna Bouker 64"
2nd Brianna Nelson (Southwest) 62"
3rd Jorden Lisac 60"
4th Maggie Kapotak 54"
5th Sydney Dray 50"
Boys One Foot High Kick
1st Kendall Alvarodo 102"
2nd Even Brandon 98"
3rd Shawn Gardiner 90"
4th Wesley Aliralria (Southwest) 84"
5th Travis Tugiung 84" 1 miss
Girls One Foot High Kick
1st Jorden Lisac 80"
2nd Kristin Smeaton 78"
3rd Breanna Cook (Naknek) 78" 4 misses
4th Kaley Rolf 74" 0 misses
5th Johnna Bouker 74" 1 miss at 74
6th Samantha Ishnook (Southwest) 74" 1 miss at 58"
Boys One Arm Reach
1st Wesley Aliralria (Southwest) 52"
2nd Shawn Gardiner 50"
3rd Nathen Miller 46"
Girls One Arm Reach
1st Kristin Smeaton 58"
2nd tie, Tia Gumlickpuk (Southwest) and Kaley Rolf 50"
4th Micaela E. (Naknek) 46"
5th Johnna Bouker 46" 2 misses
Boys Seal Hop
Not available
Girls Seal Hop
1st Kristin Smeaton 124' 8"
2nd Katrina Marleno (Southwest) 104' 6"
3rd Ruth Nashookpuk (Nakenk) 90'
4th Jorden Lisac 88' 10"
5th Sydney Dray 75' 3"
Boys Indian Stick Pull
1st Even Brandon
2nd Shawn Gardiner
3rd Sonny Flensburg
4th Theron Paul (South West)
Girls Indian Stick Pull
1st Kara Ingram
2nd Katrina Marlino (Southwest)
3rd Stephannie (Naknek)
4th Ladonya George
Van Williams can be reached at vwilliams@alaskanewspapers.com