Kenai girls, SoHi boys swimming and diving capture Kenai Invite

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

The Kardinals girls scored 109 points for the victory, while Soldotna had 87 to finish second, Homer had 21 to take fourth and Seward had 12 to capture sixth.

The Stars boys won with 91 points, while runner-up Palmer had 80. Also from the Kenai Peninsula, Seward was third at 73, Kenai was fourth at 48 and Homer was sixth at three.

The Kenai girls piled up points with a pair of relay wins. Maria Anderson, Isla Crouse, Sierra Hershberger and Abigail Price won the 200-yard medley relay, while the same group won the 200 freestyle relay.

Charisma Watkins had a big day for the SoHi girls, winning the 100 backstroke and 200 freestyle, while combining with Heidi Snyder, Jessica Wilcox and Zoe Burns to win the 400 freestyle relay.

Snyder took the 500 freestyle, while Abriella Werner won diving for the Stars.

For the Seward girls, Aubrey Wilder won the 200 individual medley.

The Seward boys got a huge day from Nickolas Ambrosiani. He won the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly, and teamed with Bengimin Ambrosiani, Iver Gates and Oliver Trobaugh to win the 200 and 400 freestyle relays.

Bengimin Ambrosiani won the 50 freestyle, while Gates took the 100 freestyle.

For the Soldotna boys, Nikita Monyahan won the 200 IM and the 500 freestyle, while Enoch Frederickson captured the 100 breaststroke.

Kenai Invitational

Friday, Saturday at Kenai Central

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Kenai Central, 109; 2. Soldotna, 87; 3. Palmer, 72; 4. Homer, 21; 5. Wasilla, 19; 6. Seward, 12.

Diving — 1. Werner, Sol, 201.65; 2. Geoghegan, Was, 133.75; 3. Gross, Sol, 118.48.

200-yard medley relay — 1. Kenai (M. Anderson, Crouse, Hershberger, Price), 2:05.73; 2. Kenai, 2:22.49; 3. Homer, 2:29.02; 4. Soldotna, 2:38.74; 5. Wasilla, 2:40.42.

200 freestyle — 1. Watkins, Sol, 2:11.20; 2. Burns, Sol, 2:14.66; 3. M. Anderson, Ken, 2:15.48; 4. Alioto, Ken, 2:18.71; 5. Neumann, Pal, 2:34.47; 6. Quass-Lee, Was, 2:37.96.

200 individual medley — 1. Wilder, Sew, 2:47.70; 2. Roady, Ken, 2:51.22; 3. Co, Hom, 2:51.31; 4. Mullen, Was, 2:57.58; 5. McBee, Pal, 3:08.65; 6. Wheeler, Sol, 3:15.97.

50 freestyle — 1. Charton, Pal, 25.64; 2. Neumann, Pal, 31.20; 3. Sheldon, Sol, 32.55; 4. Jones, Hom, 33.06; 5. Schoening, Sew, 33.29; 6. McDonald, Ken, 33.88.

100 butterfly — 1. Price, Ken, 1:09.77; 2. Snyder, Sol, 1:11.67; 3. Carrol, Hom, 1:15.99; 4. McDonald, Ken, 1:28.88; 5. McBee, Pal, 1:33.38; 6. Duffield, Ken, 1:34.24.

100 freestyle — 1. Charton, Pal, 58.00; 2. Adams, Pal, 1:00.58; 3. Burns, Sol, 1:00.77; 4. Wilder, Sew, 1:02.38; 5. Carrol, Hom, 1:04.86; 6. Roady, Ken, 1:06.94.

500 freestyle — 1. Snyder, Sol, 6:02.88; 2. Crouse, Ken, 6:07.46; 3. Alioto, Ken, 6:16.04; 4. Bamford, Pal, 6:17.78; 5. Stocker, Pal, 6:35.33; 6. Mullen, Was, 6:39.69.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Kenai (Price, Crouse, M. Anderson, Hershberger), 1:52.31; 2. Palmer, 1:53.22; 3. Soldotna, 1:53.35; 4. Kenai, 2:00.94; 5. Palmer, 2:44.37; 6. Wasilla, 2:55.47.

100 backstroke — 1. Watkins, Sol, 1:08.87; 2. L. Anderson, Ken, 1:15.63; 3. Strobel, Pal, 1:19.36; 4. Quass-Lee, Was, 1:22.88; 5. Wilcox, Sol, 1:23.43; 6. Dawley, Sol, 1:29.25.

100 breaststroke — 1. Adams, Pal, 1:15.43; 2. Hershberger, Ken, 1:22.35; 3. Real, Ken, 1:29.42; 4. Wilcox, Sol, 1:32.86; 5. Sheldon, Sol, 1:33.09; 6. Duffield, Ken, 1:37.21.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Soldotna (Snyder, Wilcox, Burns, Watkins), 4:07.86; 2. Kenai, 4:10.56; 3. Palmer, 4:32.59; 4. Kenai, 5:03.31; 5. Palmer, 5:39.07.

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Soldotna, 91; 2. Palmer, 80; 3. Seward, 73; 4. Kenai Central, 48; 5. Wasilla, 21; 6. Homer, 3.

Diving — 1. Thornton, Was, 197.75; 2. Jones, Sol, 224.30; 3. Musgrave, Was, 233.65; 4. Gose, Was, 94.10.

200 medley relay — 1. Palmer (Lee, Houser, Charton, Neumann), 1:54.14; 2. Kenai, 1:55.33; 3. Soldotna, 2:05.20; 4. Palmer, 2:10.84.

200 freestyle — 1. N. Ambrosiani, Sew, 1:57.02; 2. Gates, Sew, 1:59.66; 3. Price, Ken, 2:00.26; 4. Davidson, Sol, 2:03.32; 5. Trabaugh, Sew, 2:16.90; 6. Merritt, Ken, 2:22.22.

200 IM — 1. Monyahan, Sol, 2:11.84; 2. Charton, Pal, 2:21.54; 3. Wilcox, Sol, 2:36.44.

50 freestyle — 1. B. Ambrosiani, Sew, 23.14; 2. Houser, Pal, 23.52; 3. Jones, Sol, 25.48; 4. Branham, Was, 25.72; 5. Neumann, Pal, 26.81; 6. Varys, Was, 27.26.

100 butterfly — 1. N. Ambrosiani, Sew, 55.71; 2. B. Ambrosiani, Sew, 57.00; 3. Merritt, Ken, 57.41; 4. Charton, Pal, 59.00; 5. Trobaugh, Sew, 1:05.00; 6. Goodrich, Hom, 1:07.59.

100 freestyle — 1. Gates, Sew, 51.46; 2. Houser, Pal, 52.06; 3. Davidson, Sol, 54.47; 4. Neumann, Pal, 58.43; 5. Goodrich, Hom, 58.46; 6. Branham, Was, 58.82.

500 freestyle — 1. Monyahan, Sol, 5:23.35; 2. Lee, Pal, 5:35.51; 3. Abel, Sol, 5:48.72; 4. Brown, Sol, 6:14.26; 5. Katzenberger, Ken, 6:56.33; 6. Trobaugh, Sew, 9:17.88.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Seward (N. Ambrosiani, Trobaugh, Gates, B. Amrosiani), 1:33.61; 2. Soldotna, 1:37.92; 3. Kenai, 1:46.85; 4. Palmer, 1:54.54; 5. Soldotna, 1:56.70; 6. Wasilla, 2:00.53.

100 backstroke — 1. Lee, Pal, 1:03.22; 2. Abel, Sol, 1:07.13; 3. Merritt, Ken, 1:09.83; 4. McClain, Pal, 1:17.11; 5. Haas, Sol, 1:18.08; 6. Farabaugh, Pal, 1:31.73.

100 breaststroke — 1. Enoch Frederickson, Sol, 1:13.48; 2. Arthur Price, Ken, 1:19.72; 3. Neumann, Pal, 1:19.90; 4. Kolb, Pal, 1:31.92; 5. Trobaugh, Sew, 1:35.79; 6. Cushman, Sol, 1:37.05.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Seward (B. Ambrosiani, Trobaugh, Gates, N. Ambrosiani), 3:29.85; 2. Soldotna, 3:39.33; 3. Palmer, 3:40.87; 4. Kenai, 3:55.51; 5. Soldotna, 4:56.05.

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