With the blending of athletes and events, coaches had to also discuss philosophies.

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The team will feature a strong roster of throwers as well including senior Amelia Lockwood (TM last season), senior Dominic Wery Tagaban (JD), senior Eero Woolford (JD), senior Oliver Lamkin (JD) and juniors Walter Haube Law (TM) and Richard Tupou (TM) among others.

“I’m honestly excited that we have excited kids,” co-head coach Brandi Adams said. Adams coached TM last season. “We have a ton of throwers. We’ve always had a good showing of throwers between the two teams and now having them all at once they are having to share the ring time a little more, but they are having some really great attitudes and some big improvements which has been fun to watch.”


“I think we kind of just collaborated and decided that, while we both had not wholly different philosophies on form but differing,” Adams said. “This year our throwing group met to decide on what form to stick country wise email marketing list with so we can be consistent in our terminology with kids and expectations and we can just be on the same page for them.”

Other athletes to watch that had strong regions last season include sprinters and distance runners Isabella Reyes-Boyer (JD last season, jr), Isaac Phelps (JD, jr), Woolford (JD, sr), Kaylee Koelsch (JD, jr), Ingrid Higdon (JD, sr), Nevaeh Alexander (JD, sr), Kaia Mangaccat (JD, so), Orin Padin (TM, so), John Polasky (JD, jr), Ben Sikes (JD, sr), Della Mearig (TM, jr), Lua Mangaccat (JD, jr), Pacific Ricke (JD, sr), Joshua Reed (Jd, sr) and throwers and jumpers Ayla Keller (JD, sr), Megan Pierce (TM, jr), Meliame Tupou (TM, jr), Kaia Mangaccat (JD, so), Haley Gilbert (TM, so) and Ben Zukas (TM, sr) among others.

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé track and field athletes practice on Tuesday at Thunder Mountain Middle School. The Crimson Bears open the season at Kodiak this week. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé track and field athletes practice on Tuesday at Thunder Mountain Middle School. The Crimson Bears open the season at Kodiak this week. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

Senior Hayden Aube is giving track a try for the first time.

“I used to do baseball,” Aube said. “Honestly, with all the football and wrestling I have done, I am kind of doing this to build up more speed and helping get my weight down for nationals this week. Thursday in Kansas, I’m wrestling 163. After that I’ll focus on track sprinting. Honestly I want to try hurdles, that looks fun.”