Knowles takes diving in Valdez

A pair of swimmers from the Kenai Peninsula earned first-place medals at the Valdez Invitational Swimming and Diving Meet, held Friday and Saturday at Valdez.

Kenai's Rachel Knowles won the girls 1-meter diving event with a total score of 207.55. Seward's Jacqueline Van Driessche won a pair of events, taking first in the 50-yard freestyle in 25.89 seconds and first in the 100 freestyle in 56.90 seconds.

Valdez Invitational Swimming and Diving Meet

Friday and Saturday at Valdez

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Juneau, 232; 2. Colony, 203; 3. Lathrop, 194; 4. North Pole, 174; 5. Valdez, 130; 6. West Valley, 102; 7. Wasilla, 86; 8. Kenai, 79; 9. Kodiak, 72; 10. Palmer, 35; 11. Seward, 32; 12. Monroe, 14; 13. Eielson, 9.

Peninsula placewinners: 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY -- Kenai, 2 minutes, 19.49 seconds. 50 FREESTYLE -- 1. Jacqueline Van Driessche, Sew, 25.89; 9. Amanda Keen, Ken, 28.48; 12. Madison Gifford, Ken, 29.20. 100 BUTTERFLY -- Desiree Huntsman, Ken, 1:23.74. 100 FREESTYLE -- 1. Jacqueline Van Driessche, Sew, 56.90; 5. Amanda Keen, Ken, 1:03.28; 11. Madison Gifford, Ken, 1:04.58. 200 FREESTYLE RELAY -- 6. Kenai, 1:57.13. 400 FREESTYLE RELAY -- Kenai, 4:35.79. 1-METER DIVING -- 1. Rachel Knowles, Ken, 207.55; 10. Jesse Miller, Ken, 126.0; 12. Dixie Meeks, Ken, 102.55.

Team scores: 1. Juneau, 301; 2. North Pole, 259; 3. Lathrop, 227; 4. Kodiak, 185; 5. West Valley, 103; 6. Valdez, 88; 7. Colony, 63; 8. Palmer, 57; 9. Kenai, 35; 10. Wasilla, 16; 11. Monroe, 14; 12. Seward, 1.

Peninsula placewinners: 100 BUTTERFLY -- 12. Leonard McDermott, Sew, 2:09.60. 200 FREESTYLE RELAY -- 7. Kenai, 1:52.46. 400 FREESTYLE RELAY -- 8. Kenai, 4:21.94. 1-METER DIVING -- 4. Jordan Garten, Ken, 134.65.