Kenai girls, SoHi boys swimmers win Kenai Quad

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The Kenai Central girls and Soldotna boys won team titles as the swimming season on the Kenai Peninsula got started Saturday with the Kenai Quad at Kenai Central High School.

The Kardinals girls scored 131 points, while Soldotna had 49, and Seward and Unalaska tied for third at 23. The Stars boys scored 106, while Kenai had 74, Seward had 61 and Unalaska had seven.

Sierra Hershberger led the Kardinals girls to victory with individual wins in the 50- and 100-yard freestyles. Soldotna’s Heidi Snyder and Charisma Watkins also had a pair of individual wins. Snyder won the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke, and Watkins won the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly.

Soldotna’s Benn Abel and Seward’s Nickolas Ambrosiani each had a pair of individual wins on the boys side. Abel won the 100 and 200 freestyles, while Ambrosiani won the 50 freestyle and 100 breaststroke.

Kenai Quad

Saturday

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Kenai Central, 131; 2. Soldotna, 49; 3 (tie). Unalaska, Seward 23.

200-yard medley relay — 1. Kenai (Anderson, Crouse, Price, Hershberger), 2:05.51; 2. Soldotna, 2:17.38; 3. Kenai, 2:19.23.

200 freestyle — 1. Heidi Snyder, Sol, 2:13.87; 2. Maria Anderson, Ken, 2:18.95; 3. Eden Alioto, Ken, 2:21.30.

200 IM — 1. Charisma Watkins, Sol, 2:24.76; 2. Ablgail Price, Ken, 2:31.80; 3. Isla Crouse, Ken, 2:33.73; 4. Meriedi Morrison, Ken, 3:16.24.

50 freestyle — 1. Sierra Hershberger, Ken, 26.88; 2. Aubrey Wilder, Sew, 28.67; 3. Michelle Duffield, Ken, 30.31; 4. Rylee Lekanoff, Un, 30.50; 5. Lucy Anderson, Ken, 30.56; 6. Corynn Lekanoff, Un, 32.98.

100 butterfly — 1. Charisma Watkins, Sol, 1:09.63; 2. Lucy Anderson, Ken, 1:16.44; 3. Audrey McDonald, Ken, 1:32.80; 4. Christina Bivol, Un, 1:40.54.

100 freestyle — 1. Sierra Hershberger, Ken, 59.67; 2. Esme Wilder, Sew, 1:03.10; 3. Adyson Scott, Un, 1:10.22; 4. Michelle Duffield, Ken, 1:13.61; 5. Hallee Schoening, Sew, 1:15.52; 6. Genevieve Sheldon, Sol, 1:15.80.

500 freestyle — 1. Ablgail Price, Ken, 5:51.20.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Kenai (Alioto, Anderson, Duffield, Morrison), 2:05.63.

100 backstroke — 1. Heidi Snyder, Sol, 1:10.94; 2. Esme Wilder, Sew, 1:14.15; 3. Aubrey Wilder, Sew, 1:15.39; 4. Rylee Lekanoff, Un, 1:20.56; 5. Meriedi Morrison, Ken, 1:22.74; 6. Sidney McRorie, Ken, 1:39.20.

100 breaststroke — 1. Isla Crouse, Ken, 1:18.41; 2. Adyson Scott, Un, 1:24.05; 3. Corynn Lekanoff, Un, 1:30.36; 4. Eden Alioto, Ken, 1:31.72; 5. Hallee Schoening, Sew, 1:44.75.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kenai (Anderson, Hershberger, Price, Crouse), 4:09.61; 2. Soldotna, 4:27.81; 3. Kenai, 5:28.59.

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Soldotna, 106; 2. Kenai, 74; 3. Seward, 61; 4. Unalaska, 7.

200 medley relay — 1. Kenai (J. Merritt, D. Price, B. Merritt, A. Price), 1:54.37; 2. Seward, 2:04.06.

200 freestyle — 1. Benn Abel, Sol, 2:08.73; 2. Benjamin Merritt, Ken, 2:08.91; 3. Johnathan White, Sol, 2:15.14; 4. Jason Johnson, Ken, 2:21.51; 5. Peyton Kratzenberger, Ken, 2:21.83.

200 IM — 1. Bengimin Ambrosiani, Sew, 2:09.87; 2. Nikita Monyahan, Sol, 2:12.29; 3. David Price, Ken, 2:16.56; 4. Enoch Frederickson, Sol, 2:30.62; 5. Jacob Merritt, Ken, 2:45.11.

50 freestyle — 1. Nickolas Ambrosiani, Sew, 22.79; 2. Iver Gates, Sew, 23.66; 3. Oliver Trobaugh, Sew, 26.53; 4. Arthur Price, Ken, 26.86; 5. Patric Wilcox, Sol, 27.89; 6. Oliver Delas Lllagas, Un, 27.94.

Diving — 1. Ben Inman, Sol, 110.55.

100 butterfly — 1. Benjamin Merritt, Ken, 1:00.39; 2. Michael Davidson, Sol, 1:03.70.

100 freestyle — 1. Benn Abel, Sol, 56.42; 2. Oliver Delas Lllagas, Un, 59.70; 3. Jason Johnson, Ken, 1:01.32; 4. Johnathan White, Sol, 1:01.74; 5. Brett Haas, Sol, 1:11.97; 6. Cache Henning, Un, 1:13.33.

500 freestyle — 1. Nikita Monyahan, Sol, 5:26.70; 2. Dwight Brown, Sol, 6:18.89; 3. Arthur Price, Ken, 6:18.94.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Soldotna (Monyahan, Abel, Frederickson, Davidson), 1:40.89; 2. Seward, 1:50.30; 3. Soldotna, 1:57.61; 4. Kenai, 2:00.58.

100 backstroke — 1. Iver Gates, Sew, 1:04.05; 2. Michael Davidson, Sol, 1:04.78; 3. Dwight Brown, Sol, 1:16.45; 4. Ben Inman, Sol, 1:24.73.

100 breaststroke — 1. Nickolas Ambrosiani, Sew, 1:06.93; 2. David Price, Ken, 1:07.21; 3. Bengimin Ambrosiani, Sew, 1:12.19; 4. Enoch Frederickson, Sol, 1:15.40; 5. Patric Wilcox, Sol, 1:21.22; 6. Peyton Kratzenberger, Ken, 1:23.54.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kenai (A. Price, B. Merritt, Johnson, D. Price), 3:56.04; 2. Soldotna, 4:37.74.

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