SoHi girls, boys swimmers take 2nd at Palmer Invite

  • By Staff Report
  • Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:29pm
  • Sports

PALMER — The Kodiak boys and Colony girls took team titles on Saturday on the final day of the Palmer High Swimming and Diving Invitational at the Palmer Pool. Soldotna was second in both competitions.

The Knights amassed 91 team points to outpace Soldotna (79) on the girls side, while the Bears earned 111 points to lap the Stars (70) for the boys title.

The SoHi girls received victories from their 200-yard medley relay, Rachel Davidson and Claire McElroy. The 200 medley relay finished at 1 minute, 57.32 seconds, while Davidson won the 100 backstroke at 1:12.61 and McElroy won the 100 breaststroke at 1:12.61.

Lauren Kuhns of Homer also picked up an individual win, taking the 500 freestyle in 5:33.32.

The SoHi boys received victories from Cody Watkins, David Hall, Jacob Hall and the 200 freestyle relay. The 200 freestyle relay touched the wall at 1:32.00 for the win. Watkins won the 50 freestyle in 22.51 seconds, while David Hall won the 100 freestyle in 49.83 seconds and Jacob Hall took the 500 freestyle in 5:01.47.

 

Palmer Swimming and Diving Invitational

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Palmer Pool

Boys team scores — 1) Kodiak, 111; 2) Soldotna, 70; 3) Colony, 64; 4) Palmer, 27; 5) Kenai Central, 17; 6) (Tie) North Pole and Wasilla, 15; 8) Homer, 9; 9) Valdez, 2.

Girls team scores — 1) Colony, 91; 2) Soldotna, 79; 3) Kodiak, 58; 4) Palmer, 40; 5) Valdez, 20; 6) (Tie) Kenai Central and Homer, 15; 8) North Pole, 10;  9) Wasilla, 2.

GIRLS

200-yard medley relay — 1. Soldotna , 1 minute, 57.32 seconds; 2. Colony, 2:00.37; 3. Palmer, 2:03.75; 4. Colony, 2:08.10; 5. Kodiak, 2:08.7; 6. Kenai, 2:08.85.

200 freestyle — 1, Cummiskey, Marina P, Kod, 1:59.21. 2, Kuhns, Lauren, Homer, 2:06.39. 3, Norris, Rylee G, VHS, 2:12.18. 4, Crosley, Sarah N, Col, 2:13.02. 5, Blackmon, Molly, Bears, 2:13.24. 6, Geffken, Savannah, PHS, 2:14.08.

200 IM — 1, Dayton, Camille R, Col, 2:17.01. 2, Snelders, Millie, PHS, 2:23.97. 3, Padilla, Portia, SOHI, 2:29.20. 4, McMillan, Darby, SOHI, 2:33.84. 5, Cummiskey, Devon P, Bears, 2:34.86. 6, Musgrave, McKenzie, PHS, 2:35.13.

50 freestyle — 1, Toussaint, Yanne, Col, 26.02. 2, Juliussen, Sydney, SOHI, 26.41. 3, Glover, Hannah, Bears, 26.64. 4, Norris, Rylee G, VHS, 26.92. 5, Laughlin, Kendyl, Colony, 27.70. 6, Bolen, Cameron, Bears, 28.20.

Diving — 1, Cyr, Eileen, Col, 338.20. 2, Pitsch, Mikaela, KCHS, 299.65. 3, McIntosh, Nicole, NPHS, 277.50. 4, Metz, Annali, Homer, 267.95. 5, Howe, Sydney, PHS, 261.55. 6, Henry, Isabell, SOHI, 237.45.

100 butterfly — 1, Dayton, Camille R, Col, 1:00.28. 2, Doyel, Emily, VHS, 1:08.58. 3, Belliston, Samantha, Col, 1:10.06. 4, Cummiskey, Devon P, Bears, 1:10.38. 5, Handeland, Rachel, NPHS-AK, 1:10.84. 6, Williams, Kimi, NPHS-AK, 1:12.72.

100 freestyle — 1, Cummiskey, Marina P, Bears, 55.08. 2, Toussaint, Yanne, Col, 55.78. 3, Davidson, Rachel, SOHI, 58.76. 4, Glover, Hannah, Bears, 59.84. 5, Laughlin, Kendyl M, Col, 1:01.85. 6, Bolen, Cameron, Bears, 1:02.57.

500 freestyle — 1, Kuhns, Lauren B, Hom, 5:33.32. 2, Juliussen, Sydney, SOHI, 5:46.72. 3, Mattson, Alexis D, Col, 6:04.17. 4, Geffken, Savannah, PHS, 6:06.04. 5, Brennan, Madelyn, SOHI-AK, 6:12.85. 6, Handeland, Rachel, NPHS, 6:36.20.

200 freestyle relay — 1, Kodiak High School 1:48.76. 2, Palmer 1:49.31. 3, Soldotna High Schoo 1:49.49. 4, Valdez 1:53.76. 5, Kenai Central 1:55.86.

 6, 1-6 Colony High School-AK ‘A’ 1:56.93.

100 backstroke — 1, Davidson, Rachel, SOHI, 1:05.36. 2, Padilla, Portia, SOHI, 1:08.67. 3, Crosley, Sarah N, Col, 1:09.98. 4, Pitsch, Mikaela, KCHS, 1:10.14. 5, Doyel, Emily M, VHS, 1:10.58. 6, Musgrave, Lindsay, PHS, 1:11.17.

100 breaststroke — 1, McElroy, Claire, SOHI, 1:12.61. 2, Snelders, Millie, PHS, 1:14.67. 3, Sullivan, Anne R, Col, 1:14.82. 4, Belliston, Samantha, Col, 1:18.62. 5, Graham, Alisha, NPHS, 1:20.94. 6, Ivy, Faith J, KCHS, 1:21.12.

400 freestyle relay — 1, Colony High School 3:54.18. 2, Kodiak High School 3:56.16. 3, Soldotna High School 3:57.35. 4, Soldotna High School 4:18.90. 5, Palmer High Swim 4:20.93. 6, Wasilla High School 4:47.68.

BOYS

200 medley relay — 1, Colony High School 1:41.79. 2, Soldotna High, 1:41.80. 3, Kodiak High School 1:49.79. 4, Kenai Central, 1:52.96. 5, Palmer, 1:53.47. 6, Wasilla, 1:54.56.

200 freestyle — 1, Lindquist, Talon, Bears, 1:45.12. 2, Hall, Jacob, Sol, 1:50.36. 3, Lambert, Dan J, Bears, 1:54.44. 4, Handeland, Joshua, NPHS, 1:57.36. 5, Smith, Daniel, Bears, 1:57.53. 6, Reese, Hunter, KCHS, 1:58.54.

200 IM — 1, Simmons, Jake J, Col, 2:00.83. 2, Anderson, Joseph S, Col, 2:01.47. 3, Anderson, Baxter M, Bears, 2:09.86. 4, James, Luke, Bears, 2:10.03. 5, Hannan, Sergius N, Homer, 2:14.24. 6, Lee, Nevin, Bears, 2:16.13. 

50 freestyle — 1, Watkins, Cody, SOHI, 22.51. 2, Snelders, Max, PHS, 22.88. 3, Hall, David, SOHI, 23.02. 4, Schauff, Nathan, Bears, 23.03. 5, Amato, Elliott M, Col, 23.65. 6, Burnside, Graham F, Bears, 24.09.

50 freestyle swim-off — 1, Burnside, Graham F, Bears, 23.93. 2, Heaven, Savaii, KCHS, 23.96.

Diving — 1, Schachle, Brayden, Was, 433.45. 2, Belliston, Tanner, Col, 423.60. 3, Waldhaus, Gabe, PHS, 387.80. 4, Welch, Kylin, SOHI, 351.40. 5, Hall, Ian H, Hom, 336.60. 6, Black, Jerimiah, Bears, 307.90.

100 butterfly — 1, Lindquist, Talon, Bears, 51.93. 2, Watkins, Cody, SOHI, 54.98. 3, Hannan, Sergius N, Hom, 57.38. 4, Creglow, Jacob, SOHI, 58.30. 5, Anderson, Baxter M, Bears, 59.32. 6, Nagle, Remi R, Hom, 1:00.20.  

100 freestyle — 1, Hall, David, SOHI, 49.83. 2, Schauff, Nathan R, Bears, 50.75. 3, Snelders, Max, PHS, 51.06. 4, James, Luke t, Bears, 51.16. 5, Burnside, Graham F, Bears, 53.48. 6, Croome-Preece, Sean, NPHS, 54.34.

500 freestyle — 1, Hall, Jacob, SOHI, 5:01.47. 2, Lambert, Dan J, Bears, 5:05.41. 3, Smith, Daniel, Bears, 5:08.26. 4, Chastain, Ryan B, Col, 5:29.55. 5, James, Nathan G, Bears, 5:33.15. 6, Jim, Charlie, PHS, 5:47.83.

200 freestyle relay — 1, Soldotna High School 1:32.00. 2, Kodiak High 1:32.38. 3, Palmer 1:40.14. 4, Kodiak High School 1:42.16. 5, Wasilla 1:43.59. 6, North Pole 1:45.97.

100 backstroke — 1, Simmons, Jake J, Col, 55.71. 2, Hanson, Gus L, Bears, 59.57. 3, Heaven, Savaii, KCHS, 1:01.34. 4, Handeland, Joshua, NPHS, 1:02.63. 5, Cummins, Chris, VHS-AK, 1:03.63. 6, Peralta, Patrick R, Bears, 1:05.28.

100 breaststroke — 1, Anderson, Joseph S, Col, 1:00.57. 2, Creglow, Jacob, SOHI, 1:03.27. 3, Amato, Elliott M, Col, 1:06.95. 4, Lee, Nevin C, Bears, 1:08.61. 5, Croome-Preece, Sean, NPHS, 1:10.40. 6, Jim, Charlie, PHS, 1:12.48.

400 freestyle relay — 1, Kodiak High School 3:22.78. 2, Colony 3:25.74. 3, Kodiak High School 3:38.06. 4, Kenai Central High School 3:52.56. 5, North Pole Patriot Swimming 3:53.98. 6, Wasilla High School 2015 3:58.15.

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