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Kenai girls, Seward boys take tri meet

The Kenai Central girls and Seward boys won a tri meet Friday at Kenai Central High School.

The Kenai girls scored 87 points for the victory, while Soldotna had 82 and Seward had 26. The Seward boys scored 73 points, while Soldotna had 68 and Kenai had 45.

Seward senior Lydia Jacoby, who won a gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke at the Summer Olympics and a silver in the 400 medley relay, won a pair of events for the Seahawks — the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard breaststroke. Jacoby swam 59.40 in the breaststroke. Her state record in the event, which can only be set at the state meet, is 1:00.61.

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Kenai’s Hager Elserry also won a pair of individual events on the girls side, taking the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke.

On the boys side, Nickolas Ambrosiani led the Seahawks to victory by taking the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle. Koda Poulin won the 200 IM and the 500 freestyle for Kenai, while Nikita Monyahan won the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly for Soldotna.

Kenai Tri Meet

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Kenai, 87; 2. Soldotna, 82; 3. Seward, 26.

200-yard medley relay — 1. Soldotna (Snyder, Watkins, Snyder, Frederickson), 2 minutes, 8.51 seconds; 2. Kenai, 2:10.08; 3. Soldotna, 2:26.54.

200 freestyle — 1. Mia Nappi, Sew, 2:13.26; 2. Madison Snyder, Sol, 2:15.94; 3. Maria Anderson, Ken, 2:24.61; 4. Sydney Johnson, Ken, 2:38.34.

200 IM — 1. Charisma Watkins, Sol, 2:35.00; 2. Heidi Snyder, Sol, 2:38.69; 3. Eden Alioto, Ken, 2:48.83; 4. Avari Gross, Ken, 3:17.45.

50 freestyle — 1. Lydia Jacoby, Sew, 26.05; 2. Sierra Hershberger, Ken, 26.82; 3. Angelina Chavarria, Sol, 28.62; 4. Tirzah Frederickson, Sol, 29.37.

Diving — 1. Abriella Werner, Sol, 151.30.

100 butterfly — 1. Hager Elserry, Ken, 1:03.79; 2. Heidi Snyder, Sol, 1:16.74; 3. Michelle Duffield, Ken, 1:23.29.

100 freestyle — 1. Sierra Hershberger, Ken, 1:01.43; 2. Tirzah Frederickson, Sol, 1:04.25; 3. Wren Dougerty, Sew, 1:05.14.

500 freestyle — 1. Madison McDonald, Ken, 6:19.13; 2. Edon Alioto, Ken, 6:35.47; 3. Sarah Frederickson, Sol, 6:45.16.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Soldotna (Snyder, Watkins, Frederickson, Snyder), 1:53.85; 2. Kenai, 2:04.84, 3. Soldotna, 2:06.93.

100 backstroke — 1. Hager Elserry, Ken, 1:05.36; 2. Madison Snyder, Sol, 1:09.32; 3. Maria Anderson, Ken, 1:19.04.

100 breaststroke — 1. Lydia Jacoby, Sew, 59.40; 2. Mia Nappi, Sew, 1:11.93; 3. Charisma Watkins, Sol, 1:19.78; 4. Caitlyn Martin, Ken, 1:26.33.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kenai (Siegersma, Johnson, Martin, McDonald), 4:58.24.

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Seward, 73; 2. Soldotna, 68; 3. Kenai, 45.

200 medley relay — 1. Seward (Ambrosiani, Bird, Hill, Spanos), 1:48.92.

200 freestyle — 1. Nikita Monyahan, Sol, 1:59.00; 2. Samuel Anderson, Ken, 1:59.10; 3. Sam Klein, Sol, 2:41.14; 4. Jason Johnson, Ken, 2:48.73.

200 IM — 1. Koda Poulin, Ken, 2:08.54; 2. Jackson Bird, Sew, 2:27.78; 3. Ethan Berga, Ken, 2:30.48; 4. Benn Abel, Sol, 2:43.50.

50 freestyle — 1. Nickolas Ambrosiani, Sew, 24.60; 2. Paxton Hill, Sew, 24.63; 3. Max Reese, Sol, 25.42; 4. Peter Spanos, Sew, 25.57.

100 butterfly — 1. Nikita Monyahan, Sol, 1:03.26; 2. Ethan Berga, Ken, 1:06.70; 3. Peter Spanos, Sew, 1:08.93.

100 freestyle — 1. Nickolas Ambrosiani, Sew, 55.44; 2. Bengimin Ambrosiani, Sew, 57.10; 3. Toli Boutwell, Sol, 59.16; 4. Gavin Jones, Sol, 1:05.00.

500 freestyle — 1. Koda Poulin, Ken, 5:13.11; 2. Enoch Frederickson, Sol, 6:28.10; 3. Benjamin Merritt, Ken, 7:03.89.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Soldotna (Monyahan, Boutwell, Frederickson, Reese), 1:46.69; 2. Seward, 1:47.35; 3. Soldotna, 2:00.60.

100 backstroke — 1. Samuel Anderson, Ken, 59.42; 2. Bengimin Ambrosiani, Sew, 1:06.46; 3. Toli Boutwell, Sol, 1:11.53; 4. Benn Abel, Sol, 1:15.38.

100 breaststroke — 1. Jackson Bird, Sew, 1:09.15; 2. Max Reese, Sol, 1:11.18; 3. Enoch Frederickson, Sol, 1:18.37; 4. Kane Guest, Ken, 1:20.19.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Seward (Ambrosiani, Bird, Hill, Spanos), 3:41.69; 2. Kenai, 3:59.33; 3. Soldotna, 4:31.23.

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