Seward freshman posts unofficial state record

Seward freshman posts unofficial state record

Seward freshman Lydia Jacoby continued her torrid run of domination in the pool Saturday with an unofficial state record at the Seward Invite.

Jacoby blazed to a victory in the girls 100 breaststroke race in a time of 1 minutes, 4.44 seconds, eclipsing the current state mark of 1:04.50 by Kodiak’s Laura Griffing, set in 2010.

The record is not official since state records can only be set at the season-ending state meet.

Homer’s Madison Story won the girls 100 butterfly and the 100 backstroke, while Jacoby took wins in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke. Kenai’s Riley Reese also picked up two wins in the girls 200 and 100 freestyle races.

On the boys side, Homer’s Teddy Handley, Clayton Arndt and Kenai’s Savaii Heaven took six of the eight individual wins with two apiece. Handley collected wins in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke, Arndt won the 200 and 100 freestyles, and Heaven secured victories in the 100 butterfly and the 500 free.

GIRLS

200 medley relay — 1. Seward (Rodriguez, Jacoby, Mullaly, Nilsson), 2:11.64; 2. Homer, 2:12.74; 3. Kenai, 2:16.33; 4. Homer, 2:55.60.

200 free — 1. Riley Reese, Ken, 2:10.14; 2. Adeline Berry, Hom, 2:10.34; 3. Grace Morrow, Ken, 2:23.07; 4. Hartley Miller, Hom, 2:24.44.

200 IM — 1. Lydia Jacoby, Sew, 2:18.32; 2. Avari Gross, ken, 3:10.30; 3. Olivia Glasman, Hom, 3:24.36; 4. Alida Stiers, Ken, 3:28.38.

50 free — 1. Alia Bales, Hom, 27.38; 2. Julia Anderson, Ken, 28.65; 3. Kylie Mullaly, Sew, 29.14; 4. Annika Nilsson, Sew, 30.90.

100 butterfly — 1. Madison Story, Hom, 1:02.59; 2. Adeline Berry, Hom, 1:05.68; 3. Julia Anderson, Ken, 1:15.35; 4. Rachael Pitsch, Ken, 1:20.10.

100 free — 1. Riley Reese, Ken, 1:00.17; 2. Alia Bales, Hom, 1:01.91; 3. Grace Morrow, Ken, 1:02.37; 4. Sailey Rhodes, Hom, 1:09.13.

500 free — 1. Kylie Mullaly, Sew, 6:17.88; 2. Mickinzie Ticknor, Ken, 7:13.27; 3. Avari Gross, Ken, 7:23.56; 4. Michal Keyes, Ken, 7:30.67.

200 free relay — 1. Kenai B (Anderson, Morrow, Stiers, Ticknor), 2:01.43; 2. Kenai A, 2:01.82; 3. Homer, 2:02.55; 4. Seward, 2:07.61.

100 backstroke — 1. Madison Story, Hom, 1:01.96; 2. Hartley Miller, 1:18.38; 3. Annika Nilsson, Sew, 1:24.73; 4. Mickinzie Ticknor, Ken, 1:27.35.

100 breaststroke — 1. Lydia Jacoby, Sew, 1:04.44; 2. Rachael Pitsch, Ken, 1:28.09; 3. Sailey Rhodes, Hom, 1:28.41; 4. Abigail Moffett, Ken, 1:34.83.

400 free relay — 1. Homer A (Berry, Miller, Rhodes, Story), 4:17.84; 2. Homer B, 6:12.15.

BOYS

200 medley relay — 1. Kenai (Bagley, Poulin, Heaven, Rolph), 1:51.64; 2. Seward, 2:00.97; 3. Kenai, 2:01.19.

200 free — 1. Clayton Arndt, Hom, 1:55.30; 2. Jake Nelson, Hom, 2:08.14; 3. Peter Anderson, 2:09.17; 4. Aiden Huff, 2:39.69.

200 IM — 1. Teddy Handley, Hom, 2:15.01; 2. Theo Castellani, Hom, 2:17.75; 3. Owen Rolph, Ken, 2:20.14; 4. Sorin Sorensen, Ken, 2:27.64.

50 free — 1. Hunter Hollingsworth, Sew, 25.48; 2. Trevor Bagley, Ken, 25.66; 3. John Moriarty, Sew, 26.09; 4. Dominic Alioto, Ken, 26.43.

100 butterfly — 1. Savaii Heaven, Ken, 54.77; 2. Connor Spanos, Sew, 56.35; 3. Koda Poulin, Ken, 58.70; 4. Dominic Alioto, Ken, 1:05:85.

100 free — 1. Clayton Arndt, Hom, 51.15; 2. Jake Nelson, Hom, 56.18; 3. Skyler Rodriguez, Hom, 56.45; 4. Theo Castellani, Hom, 56.78.

500 free — 1. Savaii Heaven, Ken, 5:12.46; 2. Connor Spanos, Sew, 5:43.45.

200 free relay — 1. Homer (Handley, Castellani, Rodriguez, Arndt), 1:36.53; 2. Kenai B, 1:40.20; 3. Kenai A, 1:42.34; 4. Seward, 1:52.87.

100 backstroke — 1. Trevor Bagley, Ken, 1:03.57; 2. Sorin Sorensen, Ken, 1:05.02; 3. Owen Rolph, Ken, 1:06.97; 4. John Moriarty, Sew, 1:11.46.

100 breaststroke — 1. Teddy Handley, Hom, 1:11.31; 2. Koda Poulin, Ken, 1:12.53; 3. Aiden Huff, Ken, 1:44.54.

400 free relay — 1. Homer (Handley, Nelson, Castellani, Arndt), 3:39.16.

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