“In my hometown I’m at 80 feet,” she said.
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Even so, that performance didn’t match Olemaun’s best on her home court.
The Traditional Games in Juneau are larger in terms of participation than NYO events at home and some other small Alaska communities, which Olemaun said made her nervous at the beginning “because there’s some very good people here.”
Olemaun said she started participating in NYO events about six years ago because her dad hosts the Christmas Games that occur to the north.
“We’re always competing there, so that’s how I’ve country wise email marketing list been getting better over the years,” she said.
She also participates in seven other sports at her school including wrestling, skiing and cross-country.
Which one does NYO training help the most with?
“Maybe wrestling, because it gets you stronger and in shape,” Olemaun said.
Arias Hoyle (a.k.a. Air Jazz), a Tlingit hip-hop artist from Juneau, performs during a break in the Traditional Games on Sunday at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
Arias Hoyle (a.k.a. Air Jazz), a Tlingit hip-hop artist from Juneau, performs during a break in the Traditional Games on Sunday at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
Among the other events at the Traditional Games were archery, Alaskan high kick (leaning on one hand while kicking the suspended ball with one foot), wrist carry to see how long a person can bear their own weight with one arm, and two types of broad jumps.
Twelve new Traditional Games records were set during the three days, according to the official results. Among the record-setters was Joseph Rodgers, 12, a member of Chickaloon’s middle school team, with a 56.5-inch kneel jump, besting the 41 inches reached by this year’s second-place finisher Zev Levine of Thunder Mountain Middle School.
The Traditional Games in Juneau are larger in terms of participation than NYO events at home and some other small Alaska communities, which Olemaun said made her nervous at the beginning “because there’s some very good people here.”
Olemaun said she started participating in NYO events about six years ago because her dad hosts the Christmas Games that occur to the north.
“We’re always competing there, so that’s how I’ve country wise email marketing list been getting better over the years,” she said.
She also participates in seven other sports at her school including wrestling, skiing and cross-country.
Which one does NYO training help the most with?
“Maybe wrestling, because it gets you stronger and in shape,” Olemaun said.
Arias Hoyle (a.k.a. Air Jazz), a Tlingit hip-hop artist from Juneau, performs during a break in the Traditional Games on Sunday at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
Arias Hoyle (a.k.a. Air Jazz), a Tlingit hip-hop artist from Juneau, performs during a break in the Traditional Games on Sunday at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
Among the other events at the Traditional Games were archery, Alaskan high kick (leaning on one hand while kicking the suspended ball with one foot), wrist carry to see how long a person can bear their own weight with one arm, and two types of broad jumps.
Twelve new Traditional Games records were set during the three days, according to the official results. Among the record-setters was Joseph Rodgers, 12, a member of Chickaloon’s middle school team, with a 56.5-inch kneel jump, besting the 41 inches reached by this year’s second-place finisher Zev Levine of Thunder Mountain Middle School.