The Chefornak Shamans hosted their Native Youth Olympics meet this past weekend, five teams participated in the event. Traveling to the coastal village of Chefornak were high school and junior high teams from Akula, Kipnuk, Kongiganak, Newtok, and Nunapitchuk.
In the girls 1-Arm Reach event, both Destiny Panruk of Chefornak and Deann Martin of Kipnuk hit the stunning height of 58” inches. Panruk won with zero misses.
Avis Davis, also of Chefornak, hit 80” in the 1-Foot High Kick to win first place.
Kipnuk Falcon Shawna Paul hopped a distance of 127’ 9 1/8” to win the girls seal hop.
On the boy’s side, Andrew Paul of Kipnuk hit 65” in the 1-Hand Reach to win the gold medal. Seal hopper Jairus Ayaprun, also of Kipnuk went a distance of 116’3 1/8” to win the event. Sam Lewis of Kongiganak was close by at 112’9 5/8”.
Glenn Wassillie of Akula and Sam Lewis of Kongiganak were named as the tournament’s Most Valuable Players for the boys, both had 58 points. Shawna Paul of Kipnuk was the MVP for the girls with 52 points.
For the junior high boys, Elijah Michael of Akula was the MVP with 68 points. For the girls Kongiganak’s Anya Tinker was the MVP, she had 70 points.
The Sportsmanship Award was given to the Kongiganak Wolverines.
Congratulations!
Below are the individual high school and team results.
Chefornak NYO Results
November 3-4, 2023
High School Girls
Kneel Jump
1 Nikki Erik CYF, 40 13/16”
2 Jojean George WWT 39 ¾”
3 Shawna Paul KPN 32”
4 Glennesha Carl WWT27 3/16”
5 Mariah Tinker KKH 26 1/8”
Wrist Carry
1 Destiny Panruk CYF 19.2 sec
2 Mamie Nicholas KUK 13.22 sec
3 Mariah Tinker KKH 9.22 sec
4 Shawna Paul KPN 8.64 sec
5 Nikki Erik CYF 8.58 sec
2-Foot High Kick
1 Nikki Erik CYF 60” 1m
2 Shawna Paul KPN 60” 4m
3 Avis Davis CYF 58”
4 Deann Martin KPN 52”
5 Abbygail Mael CYF 48”
Scissor Broad Jump
1 Nikki Erik CYF 24’5 7/8”
2 Avis Davis CYF 24’3 ½”
3 Destiny Panruk CYF 23’10 5/8”
4 Shawna Paul KPN 22’ 1 1/8”
5 Mariah Tinker KKH 21 8 5/8”
AK High Kick
1 Nikki Erik CYF 66”
2 Avis Davis CYF 62”
3 Mariah Tinker KKH 61”
4 Jojean George WWT 60”
5 Emerald Carl WWT 56”
1-Hand Reach
1 Destiny Panruk CYF 58”
2 Deann Martin KPN 58” 2m
3 Avis Davis CYF 50”
4 Shawna Paul KPN 50” 1m
5 Daisy Carl WWT 46”
1-Foot High Kick
1 Avis Davis CYF 80”
2 Nikki Erik CYF 70”
3 Shawna Paul KPN 68”
4 Deann Martin KPN 62”
5 Jojean George WWT 62”
Eskimo Stick Pull
1 Charly Peter KPN
2 Abbygail Mael CYF
3 Gwendolyn David KKH
4 Deann Martin KPN
5 Fallyn Connely WWT
Seal Hop
1 Shawna Paul KPN 127’9 1/8”
2 Destiny Panruk CYF 102’6 ¼”
3 Avis Davis CYF 99’10 ¼”
4 Gwendolyn David KKH 92’3 ¼”
5 Mamie Nicholas KUK 59’2 1/8”
Indian Stick Pull
1 Fallyn Conelly WWT
2 Glennesha Carl WWT
3 Gwendolyn David KKH
4 Charly Peter KPN
5 Deann Martin KPN
Toe Kick
1 Shawna Paul KPN
High School Boys
Kneel Jump
1 Glenn Wassillie KUK 50 3/4”
2 Donovan Nicholas KUK 48 1/4”
3 Sam Lewis KKH 40 1/2”
4 Keon Fancyboy KKH 39 7/8”
5 Jairus Ayaprun KPN 36 3/4
Wrist Carry
1 Paul J. Paul KPN 39.3 sec
2 Glenn Wassillie KUK 28.24 sec
3 Montel Waska KUK 27.82 sec
4 Kenny Charlie CYF 20.02 sec
5 Sam Lewis KKH 18.85 sec
2-Foot High Kick
1 Keon Fancyboy KKH 79” 0m
2 Sam Lewis KKH 79” 1m
3 Frank Paul KPN 78”
4 Glenn Wassillie KUK 76”
5 Donovan Nicholas KUK 74”
Scissor Broad Jump
1 Frank Paul KPN 30’ 1 1/8”
2 Glenn Wassillie KUK 29’ 1 3/8”
3 Sam Lewis KKH 28’ 11 1/8”
4 Keon Fancyboy KKH 28’ 11”
5 Jarett Brown KKH 28’ 1/2”
AK High Kick
1 Glenn Wassillie KUK 85”
2 Frank Paul KPN 83”
3 Keon Fancyboy KKH 81”
4 Elijah Paul KPN 80”
5 Sam Lewis KKH 78”
1-Hand Reach
1 Andrew Paul KPN 65”
2 Glenn Wassillie KUK 63”
3 Sam Lewis KKH 62”
4 Frank Paul KPN 58”
5 Jarett Brown KKH 48”
1-Foot High Kick
1 Sam Lewis KKH 96”
2 Keon Fancyboy KKH 92”
3 Frank Paul KPN 91”
4 Donovan Nicholas KUK 86” 0m
5 Glenn Wassillie KUK 86” 1m
Eskimo Stick Pull
1 Montel Waska KUK
2 Brenton Dock KPN
3 Jairus Ayaprun KPN
4 Keon Fancyboy KKH
5 Donovan Nicholas KUK
Seal Hop
1 Jairus Ayaprun KPN 116’ 3 1/8”
2 Sam Lewis KKH 112’ 9 5/8”
3 Jarett Brown KKH 109’ 9 1/8”
4 Keon Fancyboy KKH 83’ 3 7/8”
5 Kenny Charlie CYF 69’ 5/8”
Indian Stick Pull
1 Sam Lewis KKH
2 Jarett Brown KKH
3 Brenton Dock KPN
4 Keon Fancyboy KKH
5 Glenn Wassillie KUK
Toe Kick
1 Andrew Paul KPN 60”
2 Frank Paul KPN 52”
3 Glenn Wassillie KUK 48”
HS Team Results
1st Kipnuk, 196
2nd Kongiganak, 152
3rd Chefornak, 144
JH Team Results
1st Chefornak, 232
2nd Akula, 122
3rd Kipnuk, 108
MVPs
HS Boys: Glenn Wassillie KUK & Sam Lewis KKH, 58 points
HS Girls: Shawna Paul, KPN 52 points
JH Boys: Elijah Michael, 68 points
JH Girls: Anya Tinker 70 points
Sportsmanship: Kongiganak
