UAF Native Games team receives Overall College Team award in Juneau Traditional Games event
The UAF Native Games team traveled to Juneau for the sixth annual Traditional Games event April 1-2. It is a mixed event where middle school, high school, and college students can compete in, as well as the public.
The UAA and UAS teams were also there to compete. UAF won the Overall College Team award!
Here are the results for UAF students:
Parker Kenick
1st in one-foot high kick
1st in two-foot high kick
2nd in one-hand reach
3rd in knuckle hop
3rd in scissor broad jump
4th in airplane
Jenni Klebesadel
1st in seal hop
1st in archery
1st in airplane
3rd in one-foot high kick
3rd in scissor broad jump
3rd in one-hand reach
3rd in Inuit stick pull
4th in two-foot high kick
4th in Alaskan high kick
Daniel Peters
1st in kneel jump
Shookasholik Bennett
5th in airplane
Colin McFarland
1st in scissor broad jump
3rd in one-hand reach
3rd in two-foot high kick
4th in Inuit stick pull
4th in knuckle hop
Joevahnta Usugan-Weddington
3rd in DeneĢ stick pull
5th in one-hand reach
Kyle Kanuk
1st in one-hand reach
3rd in Alaskan high kick
Wendy Barr
5th in one-foot high kick
5th in scissor broad jump
Learn more about the games and watch video of the competition at: https://traditionalgames.sealaskaheritage.org/.