You can officially scratch Royce Borst’s name a little deeper into Southeastern Alaska’s sports history.
The Skagway High School senior, just days after making his decision to attend Centralia College on a basketball scholarship, earned a berth in the regional track meet by shattering the Capital City Invitational record in the boys’ long jump. The Capital City Invitational was held May 15-16 in Juneau.
Borst stole the show at the meet. He shattered the previous meet record in the high jump competiotion by soaring to a height of 6-foot, 3-inches.
Not only did the mark win the Capital City Invite crown, it also gave Borst the best jump in Skagway High School history.
Brendon Mocinaiz also did well in Juneau. He sprinted his way to a third-place finish in the boys’ 110-meter hurdles.
The mark was a personal best for Mincibais – and bettered the Panthers’ all-time mark in the event.
Moncibaiz also did well in the boys’ 400, taking sixth overall. Borst was 8th in the 200 at 24.8 seconds.
Camden Lawson also turned in a stellar outing for the Panthers. He turned in a personal-best mark in the 200-meter dash, taking 16th overall with a run of 25.4.
Moncibaiz, Logan Rupprecht, Borst and Lawson raced their way to third in the boys’ 4×200-meter relay. The four posted a school-record time of 1 minute, 38 seconds and took third in their race.
Moncibaiz, Luca Tronrud, Borst and Lawson also turned in a record-setting effort in the 4×400-meter relay. The team legged out a school-record time of 3:48 and finished second overall.
The SHS 4×100-meter relay squad of Mason Jennings, Julius Thole, Maddox Tracy and Luca Tronrud placed 9th at 51.77.
Tronrud also did well individually. He placed third in the high jump with a height of 5 feet, 4 inches.
Seth Tronrud and Sam Munson also did well in their events. Tronrud turned in a throw of 16-10 1/4 in the shot put. Munson posted a personal best tie of 14:01 in the 3,200-meter run.
Like Borst and Monibaiz, Logan Ward established a new school record in the discus competition. He finished third overall with a throw of 116-7 1/2. He also took fourth in the triple jump at 27-10 and 18th in the shot out at 37-10.
Rupprecht and Zane Coughran, both sophomores, turned heads. Rupprecht hit a personal best mark of 21-9 in the shot put, while Coughran registered a personal best in the 3,200 and 1,600-meter runs. He was seventh in the 3,200 at 11:29 and 18th in the 1,600 at 5:25.
Dane Ames was 15th in the 1,600-meter race with a time of 5:20. He was also 19th in the 400 with a time of 1:04.
Tracy and Thole also did well. As an individual, he was 10th in the 300-meter hurdles at 53.53. Thole was 15th in the long jump at 17 feet.
Freshman Mason Jennings was 20th in the long jump with a mark of 14-6 1/2.
In girls’ action, Auroa Woods, Millie Bass, Rilyann Mixon and Mina Yee legged out a top 10 finish in the 4×100-meter relay. The four put together a school-record mark of 1:03 and finished seventh overall.
Woods also set personal bests in the girls’ long jump with a mark of 12-0 3/4, and took eighth in the 100-meter dash and 300-meter hurdles.
Mackenzie Mixon was 14th in the 3,200-meter race with a time of 16:41, and 13th in the shot put at 21-1 1/2.
Bass was 25th in the 200 with a time of 34.26 seconds.
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