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Colony swimmers sweep Kenai Invite

The Colony girls and boys swimming and diving teams swept the Kenai Invitational on Friday and Saturday at Kenai Central High School.

On the girls side, the Knights scored 134 points, while Palmer was second with 54. Soldotna was third, Kenai was fourth, Homer was fifth and Seward was seventh.

For the boys, Colony scored 90. Seward was second with 53, Soldotna was fourth, Kenai was fifth and Homer was sixth.

Homer’s Carly Nelson got the only individual wins for the Kenai Peninsula on the girls side. Nelson won the 100-yard butterfly in 59.85 seconds and the 100 backstroke in 1:02.95.

Nickolas Ambrosiani, Bengimin Ambrosiani, Jackson Bird and Paxton Hill won two relays for Seward to lead the team to the runner-up finish. They took the 200 freestyle relay in 1:34.55 and the 200 medley relay in 1:46.99. Hill also won the 100 freestyle in 52.88 seconds.

Soldotna got a 400 freestyle relay victory from Nikita Monyahan, Benn Abel, Derrick Jones and Max Reese in 3:46.34. Monyahan also won the 200 freestyle in 1:55.94.

Lucas Nollar won the 200 IM for Homer at 2:16.18.

Kenai Invitational

Friday, Saturday at Kenai Central

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 134; 2. Palmer, 54; 3. Soldotna, 45; 4. Kenai, 43; 5. Homer, 32; 6. Wasilla, 18; 7. Seward, 2.

200-yard medley relay — 1. Colony (Cooper, Anderson, Benner, Miller), 1 minute, 55.37 seconds; 2. Soldotna, 2:08.31; 3. Palmer, 2:11.21; 4. Homer, 2:12.32; 5. Colony, 2:18.74; 6. Kenai, 2:20.94.

200 freestyle — 1. Cooper, Col, 2:09.27; 2. Snyder, Sol, 2:11.28; 3. Anderson, Ken, 2:17.40; 4. Sherwood, Hom, 2:19.74; 5. Alioto, Ken, 2:25.98; 6. Blackburn, Col, 2:31.03.

200 IM — 1. Anderson, Col, 2:15.79; 2. Watkins, Sol, 2:24.60; 3. Houghton, Col, 2:26.45; 4. Frederickson, Sol, 2:29.65; 5. Lotscher-Fra, Hom, 2:34.36; 6. Stocker, Pal, 2:38.76.

50 freestyle — 1. Miller, Col, 25.53; 2. Charton, Pal, 26.28; 3. Hershberger, Ken, 26.92; 4. Ligman, Col, 29.64; 5. Bowman, Was, 29.75; 6. Edgar, Col, 31.27.

Diving — 1. Hrncir, Pal, 212.15; 2. Dietz, Was, 206.65; 3. McManus, Col, 199.65; 4. Gerteisen, Col, 195.60; 5. Frizzelle, Was, 194.05; 6. Werner, Sol, 191.35.

100 butterfly — 1. Nelson, Hom, 59.85; 2. Benner, Col, 1:04.73; 3. Klotunowitch, Was, 1:08.28; 4. Watkins, Sol, 1:08.44; 5. Ligman, Col, 1:21.15; 6. Noffke, Col, 1:22.01.

100 freestyle — 1. Miller, Col, 54.96; 2. Hershberger, Ken, 1:01.17; 3. Adams, Pal, 1:03.58; 4. Settle, Col, 1:04.25; 5. Wilder, Sew, 1:05.04; 6. Blackburn, Col, 1:06.35.

500 freestyle — 1. Cooper, Col, 5:38.32; 2. Houghton, Col, 5:49.00; 3. Benner, Col, 5:55.73; 4. Snyder, Sol, 6:03.08; 5. McDonald, Ken, 6:07.80; 6. Charton, Pal, 6:13.61.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Palmer (Adams, Stocker, Strobel, Charton), 1:52.67; 2. Soldotna, 1:53.12; 3. Colony, 1:56.06; 4. Kenai, 1:56.29; 5. Homer, 2:02.48; 6. Colony, 2:10.10.

100 backstroke — 1. Nelson, Hom, 1:02.95; 2. Klotunowitch, Was, 1:08.86; 3. Anderson, Ken, 1:11.07; 4. Stocker, Pal, 1:11.33; 5. Settle, Col, 1:11.63; 6. Edgar, Sol, 1:13.81.

100 breaststroke — 1. Jasmine Anderson, Col, 1:05.40; 2. Adams, Pal, 1:17.84; 3. Frederickson, Sol, 1:18.11; 4. Lotscher-Fra, Hom, 1:20.28; 5. Wedekind, Col, 1:22.31; 6. Roberts, Sol, 1:27.68.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Colony (Benner, Houghton, Anderson, Miller), 4:00.98; 2. Kenai, 4:21.23; 3. Colony, 4:28.04; 4. Palmer, 4:53.62; 5. Kenai, 5:39.66.

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 90; 2. Seward, 53; 3. Palmer, 52; 4. Soldotna, 47; 5. Kenai, 40; 6. Homer, 30; 7. Wasilla, 18.

200 medley relay — 1. Seward (B. Ambrosiani, Bird, Hill, N. Ambrosiani), 1:46.99; 2. Colony, 1:50.62; 3. Palmer, 1:52.11; 4. Homer, 1:56.38; 5. Kenai, 1:57.20; 6. Colony, 2:02.36.

200 freestyle — 1. Monyahan, Sol, 1:55.94; 2. Fry, Hom, 1:58.91; 3. N. Ambrosiani, Sew, 2:00.90; 4. DenBleyker, Col, 2:01.90; 5. Lee, Pal, 2:04.64; 6. Woodring, Col, 2:10.40.

200 IM — 1. Nollar, Hom, 2:16.18; 2. Reese, Sol, 2:16.20; 3. Houser, Pal, 2:20.56; 4. Merritt, Ken, 2:24.30; 5. Branham, Was, 2:38.04; 6. Dhondt, Col, 2:41.29.

50 freestyle — 1. Vangorder, Col, 23.77; 2. B. Ambrosiani, Sew, 24.07; 3. Anderson, Ken, 24.08; 4. Charton, Pal, 24.20; 5. Doland, Pal, 24.50; 6. Bird, Sew, 24.55.

Diving — 1. Campbell, Was, 245.15; 2. Thorton, Was, 206.75; 3. Elledge, Pal, 183.50; 4. Jones, Sol, 174.50; 5. Musgrave, Was, 160.45; 6. Karmer, Sol, 125.45.

100 butterfly — 1. Woodring, Col, 58.02; 2. Hulien, Col, 58.09; 3. Berga, Ken, 59.14; 4. Merritt, Ken, 1:01.14; 5. Houser, Pal, 1:05.07; 6. Halstead, Col, 1:06.66.

100 freestyle — 1. Hill, Sew, 52.88; 2. Charton, Pal, 52.95; 3. Fry, Hom, 53.32; 4. Doland, Pal, 55.57; 5. Woodring, Col, 57.14; 6. Smith, Col, 58.93.

500 freestyle — 1. Hulien, Col, 5:25.06; 2. DenBleyker, Col, 5:28.12; 3. Monyahan, Sol, 5:28.38; 4. Lee, Pal, 5:32.78; 5. Frederickson, Sol, 5:54.72; 6. Storms, Ken, 6:03.65.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Seward (N. Ambrosiani, B. Ambrosiani, Bird, Hill), 1:34.55; 2. Palmer, 1:36.82; 3. Colony, 1:37.07; 4. Soldotna, 1:41.07; 5. Homer, 1:44.58; 6. Colony, 1:49.83.

100 backstroke — 1. Anderson, Ken, 57.33; 2. Settle, Col, 1:02.15; 3. Berga, Ken, 1:03.90; 4. Smith, Col, 1:04.69; 5. Bird, Sew, 1:07.00; 6. Mills-Price, Col, 1:12.48.

100 breaststroke — 1. Vangorder, Col, 1:08.50; 2. Reese, Sol, 1:09.20; 3. Nollar, Hom, 1:10.47; 4. N. Ambrosiani, Sew, 1:11.57; 5. Hill, Sew, 1:12.12; 6. B. Ambrosiani, Sew, 1:13.57.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Soldotna (Monyahan, Abel, Jones, Reese), 3:46.34; 2. Kenai, 3:53.85; 3. Colony, 3:56.64; 4. Palmer, 4:15.99; 5. Colony, 4:26.00; 6. Wasilla, 4:32.79.

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