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Kenai girls, SoHi boys swimmers capture Seward Invite

The Kenai Central girls and Soldotna boys swim teams won Seward Invitational titles Saturday in Seward.

The Kardinals girls scored 145 points for the victory,while SoHi was second at 58, Homer was third at 37 and Seward was fourth at 21.

On the boys side, the Stars scored 117 points to win, while Seward and Kenai Central tied for second with 61, and Homer took fourth with seven.

Abigail Price won the 200-meter freestyle and 100 breaststroke to lead Kenai to the win. The Kards also received wins from Isla Crouse in the 200 individual medley and Eden Alioto in the 100 freestyle.

The team of Maria Anderson, Crouse, Sierra Hershberger and Price also won the 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay.

Soldotna received wins from Charisma Watkins in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly. The Stars team of Heidi Snyder, Jessica Wilcox, Ariel Wheeler and Watkins won the 200 freestyle relay.

Aubrey Wilder had a win in the 500 freestyle for Seward.

For the Soldotna boys, Benn Abel won the 200 freestyle, Nikita Monyahan won the 100 freestyle and Dwight Brown won the 500 freestyle. The team of Michael Davidson, Enoch Frederickson, Monyahan and Abel also won the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay.

For the Seahawks, Nickolas Ambrosiani won the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke, while Bengimin Ambrosiani won the 200 individual medley and Iver Gates won the 100 butterfly. The Ambrosianis, Gates and Philip Trobaugh also won the 400 freestyle relay.

Jody Goodrich won the 100 breaststroke for Homer.

Seward Invitational

Saturday at Seward High School

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Soldotna, 117; 2. (tie). Seward, Kenai Central, 61; 4. Homer, 7.

200 medley relay — 1. Soldotna (Davidson, Frederickson, Monyahan, Abel), 1:53.19; 2. Kenai, 2:04.23.

200 freestyle — 1. Benn Abel, Sol, 2:07.09; 2. Benjamin Merritt, Ken, 2:07.42; 3. Johnathan White, Sol, 2:19.05; 4. Jacob Merritt, Ken, 2:22.45; 5. Dwight Brown, Sol, 2:25.78.

200 IM — 1. Bengimin Ambrosiani, Sew, 2:09.61; 2. Enoch Frederickson, Sol, 2:28.43; 3. Patric Wilcox, Sol, 2:36.36; 4. Peyton Katzenberger, Ken, 2:36.67; 5. Philip Trobaugh, Sew, 3:53.07.

50 freestyle — 1. Nickolas Ambrosiani, Sew, 22.79; 2. Iver Gates, Sew, 23.66; 3. Michael Davidson, Sol, 24.68; 4. Arthur Price, Ken, 25.40; 5. Gabe Cushman, Sol, 31.86; 6. Gavin Hunt, Ken, 36.19.

100 butterfly — 1. Iver Gates, Sew, 1:03.32; 2. Benn Abel, Sol, 1:11.23; 3. Arthur Price, Ken, 1:13.11; 4. Peyton Katzenberger, Ken, 1:19.88; 5. Philip Trobaugh, Sew, 2:20.97.

100 freestyle — 1. Nikita Monyahan, Sol, 52.87; 2. Oliver Trobaugh, Sew, 57.90; 3. Benjamin Merritt, Ken, 59.90; 4. Gavin Hunt, Ken, 1:22.74.

500 freestyle — 1. Dwight Brown, Sol, 6:11.20; 2. Johnathan White, Sol, 6:15.31; 3. Aidan Volk-Wall, Sol, 7:38.26.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Soldotna (Monyahan, Davidson, Frederickson, Abel), 1:43.23; 2. Kenai, 1:57.38; 3. Soldotna, 2:02.15.

100 backstroke — 1. Nickolas Ambrosiani, Sew, 57.10; 2. Bengimin Ambrosiani, Sew, 57.56; 3. Nikita Monyahan, Sol, 1:00.58; 4. Michael Davidson, Sol, 1:03.24; 5. Jacob Merritt, Ken, 1:08.40; 6. Patric Wilcox, Sol, 1:16.00.

100 breaststroke — 1. Jody Goodrich, Hom, 1:12.75; 2. Enoch Frederickson, Sol, 1:14.50; 3. Gabe Cushman, Sol, 1:35.29.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Seward (N. Ambrosiani, Gates, Trobaugh, B. Ambrosiani), 3:30.13; 2. Kenai, 3:58.47; 3. Soldotna, 4:39.87.

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Kenai Central, 145; 2. Soldotna, 58; 3. Homer, 37; 4. Seward, 21.

200-yard medley relay — 1. Kenai (M. Anderson, Crouse, Hershberger, Price), 2:07.89; 2. Kenai, 2:21.00; 3. Homer, 2:33.39.

200 freestyle — 1. Abigail Price, Ken, 2:06.91; 2. Lucy Anderson, Ken, 2:30.56; 3. Jessica Wilcox, Sol, 2:31.42; 4. Audrey McDonald, Ken, 2:42.43.

200 IM — 1. Isla Crouse, Ken, 2:30.01; 2. Heidi Snyder, Sol, 2:37.21; 3. Eden Alioto, Ken, 2:43.55; 4. Marina Co, Hom, 2:50.62; 5. Daisy Walker, Hom, 3:00.49; 6. Ariel Wheeler, Sol, 3:11.94.

50 freestyle — 1. Charisma Watkins, Sol, 27.09; 2. Esme Wilder, Sew, 27.29; 3. Aubrey Wilder, Sew, 27.84; 4. Maria Anderson, Ken, 31.80; 5. Autumn Jones, Hom, 33.30; 6. Karalyn Veihdeffer, Sol, 34.61.

100 butterfly — 1. Charisma Watkins, Sol, 1:05.97; 2. Esme Wilder, Sew, 1:09.54; 3. Isla Crouse, Ken, 1:14.75.

100 freestyle — 1. Eden Alioto, Ken, 1:03.39; 2. Jessica Wilcox, Sol, 1:09.96; 3. Michelle Duffield, Ken, 1:10.02; 4. Autumn Jones, Hom, 1:15.02; 5. Bella Wolters, Hom, 1:22.70; 6. Sidney McRorie, Ken, 1:30.37.

500 freestyle — 1. Aubrey Wilder, Sew, 6:29.77; 2. Sierra Hershberger, Ken, 6:42.56; 3. Ra’ah Roady, Ken, 6:48.54; 4. Daisy Walker, Hom, 7:04.99; 5. Audrey McDonald, Ken, 7:15.04; 6. Genevieve Sheldon, Sol, 7:31.34.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Soldotna (Snyder, Wilcox, Wheeler, Watkins), 2:00.40; 2. Kenai, 2:03.72; 3. Kenai, 2:34.57.

100 backstroke — 1. Heidi Snyder, Sol, 1:12.49; 2. Sierra Hershberger, Ken, 1:14.02; 3. Marina Co, Hom, 1:19.63; 4. Bella Croom, Ken, 1:46.01; 5. Caitlyn Eskelin, Ken, 1:58.13.

100 breaststroke — 1. Abigail Price, Ken, 1:20.64; 2. Lucy Anderson, Ken, 1:33.45; 3. Genevieve Sheldon, Sol, 1:33.94; 4. Ra’ah Roady, Ken, 1:34.53; 5. Ariel Wheeler, Sol, 1:37.25.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kenai Central (Crouse, M. Anderson, Hershberger, Price), 4:16.25; 2. Homer, 4:58.91; 3. Kenai, 5:02.96.

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