Three Unalaska students place at Native Youth Olympics


Sunday, May 01 2011
Unalaska, AK – This weekend, three Unalaska students placed at the annual Native Youth Olympics in Anchorage. In the girls' toe kick, junior Shayla Shaishnikoff placed third, with a height of 50 inches. Meanwhile, junior Jeremy Ugale placed fifth in the boys' category with a kick of 80 inches. Freshman Dylan Magnusen took fifth in the kneel jump, with a distance of 51.5 inches.
Babbi Goodwin is one of the coaches of this year's NYO team. She says that she only expects them to get better, since the team is only losing one senior.
"A lot of the kids, this is there first time competing," she says.
On top of competing in events, Unalaska students were also able to perform a traditional dance at NYO.
This year, seven NYO records were matched or broken.