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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:59 am
“I didn’t really think too much, because when I really think about the heights I just get really nervous,” he said when asked about how he approached his winning jump. “It just makes me a lot more nervous if I think about the heights because I know where my limits are, and I don’t know if I’m going to pass them or not.”
Guidance in technique comes from coaches and other participants at the Alaska Native Heritage Center, and the events themselves are always with a mindset among participants of helping each other out, O’Domin. Advice was offered freely by other jumpers between his attempts and the audience in the gym — whose attention was diverted much of the time among several activities taking place on different parts of the court – went silent and then started clapping encouragement in unison at his cue during the climactic final attempts.
“That’s freaking insane that I did that — I don’t even country wise email marketing list know what to say,” he exclaimed after hitting his winning jump.
Florence Olemaun, 11, crosses the court floor during the Seal Hop at the Traditional Games on Sunday at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
Florence Olemaun, 11, crosses the court floor during the Seal Hop at the Traditional Games on Sunday at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
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More proof that skill and mindset matter every much as strength was shown by Florence Olemaun, 11, part of the middle school team from Utqiagvik, who was the best female of any age at the Seal Hop, crossing 71 feet and 5 inches of the gym floor while in a “push up” position where she inched along forward with each upward push. High School Division winner Aries Bioff of Mt. Edgecumbe High School crossed 69 feet and six inches of the floor, while Open Division winner Tiffany Profitt of Ulguniq/Wainwright covered 63 feet and 10½ inches.
Guidance in technique comes from coaches and other participants at the Alaska Native Heritage Center, and the events themselves are always with a mindset among participants of helping each other out, O’Domin. Advice was offered freely by other jumpers between his attempts and the audience in the gym — whose attention was diverted much of the time among several activities taking place on different parts of the court – went silent and then started clapping encouragement in unison at his cue during the climactic final attempts.
“That’s freaking insane that I did that — I don’t even country wise email marketing list know what to say,” he exclaimed after hitting his winning jump.
Florence Olemaun, 11, crosses the court floor during the Seal Hop at the Traditional Games on Sunday at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
Florence Olemaun, 11, crosses the court floor during the Seal Hop at the Traditional Games on Sunday at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
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More proof that skill and mindset matter every much as strength was shown by Florence Olemaun, 11, part of the middle school team from Utqiagvik, who was the best female of any age at the Seal Hop, crossing 71 feet and 5 inches of the gym floor while in a “push up” position where she inched along forward with each upward push. High School Division winner Aries Bioff of Mt. Edgecumbe High School crossed 69 feet and six inches of the floor, while Open Division winner Tiffany Profitt of Ulguniq/Wainwright covered 63 feet and 10½ inches.