Submitted photo – Isaak Kasso won three events in the league opening meet at Fortuna on Wednesday and set PRs in all four of his events.

Ferndale senior Isaak Kasso got the new league campaign off to a flying start in H-DNL track and field on Wednesday.

Competing at Fortuna, Kasso was the big winner on the day, placing first in three events and second in a fourth, and setting PRs in all four.

He was one of four multiple winners, outpacing the field in both hurdles races and the long jump.

He won the 110m hurdles in a time of 15.59 seconds and the 300m hurdles in a time of 43.17 seconds, while jumping 20’ 5” on his way to victory in the long jump.

His mark of 40’ 10.5” in the triple jump trailed only Fortuna’s Russell Pascascio, who won the event with a jump of 41’ 6”.

Pascascio also took first in the high jump of 6’ 2”, followed by Arcata’s Eric Jackson in second and Southern Trinity’s Dennis Wheeler in third.

Del Norte speedster Deken Hanks also got the new league season off to an impressive start with victories in both sprints.

The impressive sophomore won the 100m in a time of 11.15 seconds and took first in the 200m in a time of 23.31 seconds.

His teammate Caden Harrison was second in the 100m, followed by McKinleyville’s Orphao Newell-Grande in third.

Newell-Grande also placed second in the 200m, with Fortuna’s Luke Kamrud in third.

Arcata’s Skyler Collenberg was also a multiple winner, taking first with PRs in both the shot put (42’ 6.75”) and the discus (134’ 5”).

McKinleyville’s Nick Maher placed second in the shot put and third in the discus, while Arcata’s Neiko Bryson was second in the discus and Del Norte’s Aaron Burger was third in the shot put.

Arcata had five individual winners on the day, but it wasn’t enough to beat Del Norte in a very close battle for the team victory.

The Warriors, who had four individual winners, scored 116.5 points for the team win, with the Tigers right on their heels with 116 points, followed by Eureka (70), Fortuna (68) and McKinleyville (57).

In addition to Collenberg’s two wins, Arcata’s Nathan Whitney and Levi Browne each also won an event, as did the Tigers 4x400m relay team of Eric Jackson, Jordan Gaskell, Palavi Vainuku and Eoin McGoldrick.

Whitney won the 1600m with a PR time of 4 minutes, 41.69 seconds, followed by Del Norte’s Dylan Rodriguez in second and Arcata’s Evan Poston in third.

Browne also had a PR on his way to winning the 3200m in a time of 10:51.40, followed by Arcata’s Ocean Walker in second and Del Norte’s Luke Padilla in third.

Rodriquez also placed first in the 800m in a time of 2:03.15, followed by Whitney in second and Eureka’s Everett Docherty in third.

In addition to his third-place finish in the 200m, Kamrud won the 400m with a PR time of 53.8 seconds, followed by McKinleyville’s Rylee Collart in second and Arcata’s McGoldrick in third.

Rounding out the winners on the day, Del Norte’s Lyon Rigden placed first in the pole vault (11’ 6”) and Fortuna’s Kavi Bolden, Jack Stacy, Payson Johnston and Mako Limon teamed up to win the 4x100m relay.

In the 110m hurdles, Eureka’s McCormick Petrus followed Kasso in second, with teammate Luis Garcia-Anderson in third.

Harrison placed second in the 300m hurdles, followed by McKinleyville’s Brayden Adkins in third.

Eureka’s Elias Ladika had two top-three finishes, placing second in the long jump and third in the triple jump, while Harrison capped a good day with a third-place finish in the long jump.

Del Norte’s Cody Burshem placed second in the pole vault, followed by Eureka’s John Stephen-Powers in third.

The second league meet of the spring will take place at McKinleyville next Wednesday.