Kenai Central’s Abigail Price competes in the 100-yard individual medley in the SoHi Pentathlon on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai Central’s Abigail Price competes in the 100-yard individual medley in the SoHi Pentathlon on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai’s Price breaks another school record at SoHi Invite

Kenai Central junior Abigail Price continued to rewrite the school records Saturday at the SoHi Invite at Soldotna High School.

Price won the 100-yard freestyle in 54.21 seconds to break the 1990 record of 54.26, set by Mendy Benson.

Price has four school records. Last season, she was part of a team that broke the 400 freestyle relay record.

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Earlier this season, Price snapped the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly records before striking again Saturday.

Price also won the 50 freestyle in 25.72 seconds to help Kenai place third in the meet. Colony won with 90 points, while Palmer had 77.

The Colony boys won with 130 points, while Kenai was next with 70 and Soldotna was third with 37.

David Price won a pair of individual events for the Kardinals, taking the 200 IM in 2:11.87 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:04.63.

Michael Davidson claimed the 100 freestyle for Soldotna, stopping the clock at 51.41.

In Friday’s SoHi Pentathlon, Colony swept the team titles. The girls had 228 to the 197.5 of runner-up Kodiak, while the boys had 508 to the 93 of runner-up Kenai Central.

In the Pentathlon, each swimmer does the 100 individual medley, the 50 butterfly, the 50 backstroke, the 50 breaststroke and the 50 freestyle. The five events are totaled to determine the winner.

Colony’s Iver Gates won at 2:40.57, winning the 100 IM in 57.33.

Colony’s Thomas Smith won the 50 fly in 24.11, Colony’s Pierce McDonough won the 50 backstroke in 25.96, Smith won the 50 breaststroke in 29.77 and Kodiak’s Coby Hubert won the 50 freestyle in 22.53.

Kodiak’s Amaya Rocheleau won the girls competition in 2:53.15, with Kenai’s Abigail Price finishing second at 3:03.88.

Rocheleau won the 100 IM in 1:02.14, the 50 fly in 26.08, the 50 backstroke in 27.21, the 50 breaststroke in 33.14 and the 50 freestyle in 24.58.

SoHi Pentathlon

Friday at Soldotna High School

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 228; 2. Kodiak, 197.5; 3. Kenai Central, 191.5; 4. Palmer, 110; 5. Homer, 27; 6. Unalaska, 12; 7. Soldotna, 9.

Top 16 overall (Total of 100 IM, 50 butterfly, 50 backstroke, 50 breaststroke, 50 freestyle)

1. Amaya Rocheleau, Kod, 2 minutes, 53.15 seconds; 2. Abigail Price, Ken, 3:03.88; 3. Kylie Benner, Pal, 3:04.72; 4. Hannah Cooper, Col, 3:07.31; 5. Jerzey Lane, Col, 3:11.66; 6. Katie Dollick, Col, 3:12.47; 7. Sierra Hershberger, Ken, 3:16.99; 8. Lia Jones, Kod, 3:17.27; 9. Emily Neo, Kod, 3:17.30; 10. Emma Castimore, Ken, 3:17.46; 11. Morgan Hagen, Kod, 3:21.23; 12. Nina Adams, Pal, 3:21.24; 13. Cassidy Carroll, Hom, 3:21.56; 14. Isla Crouse, Ken, 3:22.82; 15. Zoe Burns, Sol, 3:23.38; 16. Chloe Blackburn, Col, 3:23.48.

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 508; 2. Kenai Central, 93; 3. Kodiak, 69; 4. Soldotna, 63; 5. Palmer, 37; 6. Seward, 3 7. Wasilla, 2.

Top 16 overall (Total of 100 IM, 50 butterfly, 50 backstroke, 50 breaststroke, 50 freestyle)

1. Iver Gates, Col, 2:40.57; 2. Thomas Smith, Col, 2:41.31; 3. Pierce McDonough, Col, 2:42.51; 4. Cody Hubert, Kod, 2:46.04; 5. Kellan DenBleyker, Col, 2:46.17; 6. Hudson Duguid, Col, 2:47.52; 7. Michael Davidson, Sol, 2:49.07; 8. Reven Settle, Col, 2:49.81; 9. David Price, Ken, 2:50.23; 10. Beck LaBoucane, Col, 2:55.73; 11. Landeyn Halstead, Col, 2:57.37; 12. Jackson Charton, Pal, 2:57.49; 13. Lyman McBride, Ken, 3:02.69; 14 (tie). Benjamin Merritt, Jacob Merritt, Ken, 3:07.35; 16. Mason Wallstrum, Col, 3:09.73.

SoHi Invite

Saturday at Soldotna High School

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 90; 2. Palmer, 77; 3. Kenai, 64; 4. Kodiak, 54; 5. Homer, 21; 6 (tie). Soldotna, Unalaska, 8; 8 (tie). Wasilla, Seward, 4.

Diving — 1. Charlize McManus, Col, 229.45; 2. Samantha Grisham, Col, 217.35; 3. Claire Wallstrum, Col, 209.10; 4. Molly Athens, Pal, 176.45; 5. Dannica Sharratt, Kod, 139.25; 6. Briston Neumann, Pal, 99.40.

200-yard medley relay — 1. Kodiak (Hagen, Jones, Rocheleau, Neo), 1:58.68; 2. Palmer, 2:00.00; 3. Kenai, 2:01.03; 4. Colony, 2:02.53; 5. Palmer, 2:17.57; 6. Kenai, 2:18.66.

200 freestyle — 1. Kylie Benner, Pal, 2:05.90; 2. Teagan Havemeister, Pal, 2:12.63; 3. Aubrey Wilder, Sew, 2:12.95; 4. Zoe Burns, Sol, 2:13.95; 5. Chloe Blackburn, Col, 2:14.16; 6. Kendyl Ligman, Col, 2:14.83.

200 IM — 1. Hannah Cooper, Col, 2:19.25; 2. Jerzey Lane, Col, 2:31.10; 3. Lia Jones, Kod, 2:35.13; 4. Audrey McDonald, Ken, 2:56.52; 5. Ellie Jones, Kod, 2:59.64; 6. Addison McBee, Pal, 3:03.46.

50 freestyle — 1. Abigail Price, Ken, 25.72; 2. Katie Dollick, Col, 27.04; 3. Nina Adams, Pal, 27.29; 4. Emily Neo, Kod, 27.33; 5. Emma Castimore, Ken, 28.34; 6. Aubrey Stocker, Pal, 28.55.

100 butterfly — 1. Kylie Benner, Pal, 1:02.47; 2. Jerzey Lane, Col, 1:06.86; 3. Ra’ah Roady, Ken, 1:09.87; 4. Isla Crouse, Ken, 1:12.48; 5. Lucy Anderson, Ken, 1:14.45; 6. Lia Jones, Kod, 1:15.90.

100 freestyle — 1. Abigail Price, Ken, 54.21; 2. Amaya Rocheleau, Kod, 55.16; 3. Cassidy Carroll, Hom, 59.16; 4. Chloe Blackburn, Col, 59.98; 5. Maraya Dunford, Col, 1:02.54; 6. Aubrey Bunch, Col, 1:03.99.

500 freestyle — 1. Hannah Cooper, Col, 5:27.68; 2. Emma Castimore, Ken, 5:53.62; 3. Zoe Burns, Sol, 6:01.17; 4. Jade Bamford, Pal, 6:06.68; 5. Katie Hallam, Hom, 6:15.86; 6. Mollyann Dunlap, Pal, 6:20.72.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Palmer (Adams, Havemeister, Stocker, Benner), 1:49.07; 2. Kenai, 1:56.37; 3. Homer, 1:58.84; 4. Colony, 1:59.25; 5. Unalaska, 2:10.44; 6. Palmer, 2:29.41.

100 backstroke — 1. Katie Dollick, Col, 1:06.53; 2. Cassidy Carroll, Hom, 1:07.43; 3. Emily Neo, Kod, 1:08.74; 4. Teagan Havemeister, Pal, 1:09.42; 5. Aubrey Stocker, Pal, 1:09.94; 6. Isla Crouse, Ken, 1:10.48.

100 breaststroke — 1. Nina Adams, Pal, 1:12.21; 2. Amaya Rocheleau, Kod, 1:13.73; 3. Adyson Scott, Una, 1:16.11; 4. Maraya Dunford, Col, 1:24.06; 5. Marina Co, Hom, 1:24.20; 6. Gen Sheldon, Sol, 1:28.42.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Neo, Hagen, Jones, Rocheleau), 3:55.46; 2. Kenai, 3:56.90; 3. Colony, 4:01.46; 4. Colony, 4:35.90; 5. Wasilla, 5:04.38; 6. Palmer, 5:56.50.

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 130; 2. Kenai Central, 70; 3. Soldotna, 37; 4. Palmer, 32; 5. Kodiak, 28; 6. Wasilla, 16.

Diving — 1. Colter Gose, Was, 180.40.

200 medley relay — 1. Colony (McDonough, DenBleyker, Smith, Gates), 1:45.74; 2. Kenai, 1:50.16; 3. Colony, 1:52.40; 4. Kodiak, 2:01.61; 5. Wasilla, 2:07.73; 6. Palmer, 2:12.61.

200 freestyle — 1. Pierce McDonough, Col, 1:55.17; 2. Thomas Smith, Col, 2:02.17; 3. Peyton Katzenberger, Ken, 2:03.78; 4. Dwight Brown, Sol, 2:08.60; 5. Nate Hicks, Kod, 2:09.57; 6. Johnathan White, Sol, 2:10.59.

200 IM — 1. David Price, Ken, 2:11.87; 2. Kellan DenBleyker, Col, 2:12.76; 3. Iver Gates, Col, 2:17.71; 4. Finn Nordstrom, Col, 2:30.43; 5. Everett Poulin, Ken, 2:34.65; 6. Lincoln Varys, Was, 2:38.04.

50 freestyle — 1. Hudson Duguid, Col, 23.62; 2. Jason Johnson, Ken, 24.81; 3. Marek Wyszkowski, Kod, 25.59; 4. Blake Althens, Pal, 25.63; 5. Vincent Moore, Ken, 26.87; 6. Mason Wallstrum, Col, 26.90.

100 butterfly — 1. Jackson Charton, Pal, 56.82; 2. Benjamin Merritt, Ken, 58.45; 3. Beck LaBoucane, Col, 1:00.01; 4. Pierce McDonough, Col, 1:01.76; 5. Cody Hubert, Kod, 1:01.77; 6. Michael Branham, Was, 1:05.09.

100 freestyle — 1. Michael Davidson, Sol, 51.41; 2. Thomas Smith, Col, 51.87; 3. Reven Settle, Col, 51.95; 4. Jackson Charton, Pal, 52.74; 5. Landeyn Halstead, Col, 55.05; 6. Peyton Katzenberger, Ken, 56.11.

500 freestyle — 1. Reven Settle, Col, 5:28.47; 2. Dwight Brown, Sol, 5:43.33; 3. Johnathan White, Sol, 5:43.45; 4. Benjamin Merritt, Ken, 5:46.40; 5. Beck LaBoucane, Col, 5:46.83; 6. Weston Allred, Was, 5:52.63.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Colony (Settle, LaBoucane, Duguid, Smith), 1:33.49; 2. Palmer, 1:42.17; 3. Soldotna, 1:42.92; 4. Kenai, 1:53.63; 5. Soldotna, 1:59.86; 6. Wasilla, 2:06.05.

100 backstroke — 1. Landeyn Halstead, Col, 1:03.51; 2. Jacob Merritt, Ken, 1:06.77; 3. Fletcher Darr, Ken, 1:08.16; 4. Hudson Duguid, Col, 1:10.10; 5. Ben Inman, Sol, 1:10.65; 6. Talus McClain, Pal, 1:12.94.

100 breaststroke — 1. David Price, Ken, 1:04.63; 2. Kellan DenBleyker, Col, 1:09.74; 3. Cody Hubert, Kod, 1:10.49; 4. Michael Davidson, Sol, 1:11.52; 5. Iver Gates, Col, 1:12.75; 6. Lyman McBride, Ken, 1:13.92.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Colony (DenBleyker, Duguid, McDonough, Gates), 3:25.07; 2. Kodiak, 3:38.48; 3. Kenai, 3:40.23; 4. Palmer, 3:55.16; 5. Colony, 4:02.65.

Soldotna’s Dwight Brown competes in the 100-yard individual medley in the SoHi Pentathlon on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Soldotna’s Dwight Brown competes in the 100-yard individual medley in the SoHi Pentathlon on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Homer’s Cassidy Carroll competes in the 100-yard individual medley in the SoHi Pentathlon on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Homer’s Cassidy Carroll competes in the 100-yard individual medley in the SoHi Pentathlon on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai Central’s Emma Castimore competes in the 100-yard individual medley in the SoHi Pentathlon on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai Central’s Emma Castimore competes in the 100-yard individual medley in the SoHi Pentathlon on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai Central’s Sierra Hershberger competes in the 100-yard individual medley in the SoHi Pentathlon on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai Central’s Sierra Hershberger competes in the 100-yard individual medley in the SoHi Pentathlon on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai Central’s David Price competes in the 100-yard individual medley in the SoHi Pentathlon on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai Central’s David Price competes in the 100-yard individual medley in the SoHi Pentathlon on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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