The four runners circling the Thunder Mountain Middle School oval on Saturday in the final event of the 2025 Region V Track and Field Championships put an exclamation mark on the Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé sweep of the boys’ Division I team title over the weekend, toppling Ketchikan for the Southeast crown and preparing themselves for next week at the state meet.
“Get out fast, hold the lead,” JDHS senior Finley Hightower said of his first leg of the Crimson Bears’ winning 4×400 relay time of 3:32.58. “Just take as much distance as you can out of the blocks because you have more acceleration.”
JDHS was senior strong and Ben Sikes said of his second leg, “It feels nice, especially coming in with the lead. You don’t want to give up that lead so there is pressure to keep that up and Finley got a good lead so that was nice.”
Classmate Finn Lamb said of his third leg, “I was just trying to hold country wise email marketing list on and set up this guy because I knew Nick (Iverson) could do it, so I’m glad I got it to him.”
Iverson said he was nervous for the last leg.
“We all knew Ketchikan had a pretty good team,” Iverson said. “But I knew if we ran it right we could definitely do it and these guys set me up with a pretty nice lead. It was a good race.”
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Johnathyn Kestel wins the Division I long jump during the Region V Track & Field Championships at Thunder Mountain Middle School on Saturday (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Iverson also won the boys’ 800 meters on Friday in 2:00.19, leading a Crimson Bears senior sweep of the top four finishes with classmates Sage Janes, Lamb and Corder Janes crossing behind him.