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Area swimmers compete in Homer, Kodiak

The Colony girls and boys swimming and diving teams swept the Homer Invitational on Saturday at Homer High School.

The Colony girls scored 122 points for the win, while Kenai had 82, Palmer had 76, Homer had 23 and Seward had 5.

For the boys, Colony had 190, Kenai had 78, Palmer had 34 and Seward had 3.

The Kenai girls got a victory from the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Abigail Price, Sierra Hershberger, Ra’ah Roady and Isla Crouse.

Price also won the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly for the Kardinals, while Emma Castimore won the 200 individual medley.

The Colony boys were able to sweep all of the events.

Homer Invitational

Saturday at Homer High School

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 122; 2. Kenai, 82; 3. Palmer, 76; 4. Homer, 23; 5. Seward, 5.

200-yard medley relay — 1. Colony (Dollick, Cooper, Lane, Blackburn), 2 minutes, 1.79 seconds; 2. Homer, 2:19.26; 3. Kenai, 2:22.08; 4. Colony, 2:42.04.

200 freestyle — 1. Abigail Price, Ken, 2:00.76; 2. Chloe Blackburn, Col, 2:13.88; 3. Teagan Havenmeister, Pal, 2:14.28; 4. Isla Crouse, Ken, 2:14.74.

200 IM — 1. Emma Castimore, Ken, 2:28.21; 2. Aubrey Bunch, Col, 2:48.57; 3. Meili Smith, Col, 2:48.88; 4. Addison McBee, Pal, 3:03.31.

50 freestyle — 1. Jerzey Lane, Col, 26.46; 2. Kylie Benner, Pal, 26.55; 3. Hannah Cooper, Col, 27.57; 4. Nina Adams, Pal, 27.87.

Diving — 1. Claire Wallstrum, Col, 202.90; 2. Samantha Grisham, Col, 198.90; 3. Lyza Krozel, Col, 188.75; 4. Charlize McManus, Col, 175.70.

100 butterfly — 1. Abigail Price, Ken, 1:00.42; 2. Katie Dollick, Col, 1:06.10; 3. Briston Neumann, Pal, 1:18.46; 4. Teagan Havenmeister, Pal, 1:21.03.

100 freestyle — 1. Chloe Blackburn, Col, 59.39; 2. Cassidy Carroll, Hom, 1:01.22; 3. Sierra Hershberger, Ken, 1:01.92; 4. Aubrey Wilder, Sew, 1:03.32.

500 freestyle — 1. Kylie Benner, Pal, 5:32.35; 2. Katie Dollick, Col, 5:56.02; 3. Jerzey Lane, Col, 5:56.04; 4. Emma Castimore, Ken, 5:56.26.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Kenai (Price, Hershberger, Ra’ah, Crouse), 1:48.61; 2. Palmer, 1:51.34; 3. Colony, 1:59.02.

100 backstroke — 1. Hannah Cooper, Col, 1:06.04; 2. Cassidy Carroll, Hom, 1:10.16; 3. Aubrey Stocker, Pal, 1:12.18; 4. Ra’ah Roady, Ken, 1:13.55.

100 breaststroke — 1. Nina Adams, Pal, 1:15.36; 2. Isla Crouse, Ken, 1:17.50; 3. Sierra Hershberger, Ken, 1:24.68; 4. Maraya Dunford, Col, 1:24.74.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Colony (Lane, Blackburn, Cooper, Dollick), 3:58.67; 2. Palmer, 4:15.57; 3. Kenai, 4:25.88; 4. Palmer, 4:29.53.

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 190; 2. Kenai, 78; 3. Palmer, 34; 4. Seward, 3.

200 medley relay — 1. Colony (Halstead, Duguid, Smith, LaBoucane), 1:45.55; 2. Kenai, 1:50.98; 3. Colony, 2:06.23; 4. Palmer, 2:12.95; 5. Palmer, 2:25.08.

200 freestyle — 1. Pierce McDonough, Col, 1:52.40; 2. Reven Settle, Col, 1:57.04; 3. Beck LaBoucane, Col, 2:02.02; 4. David Price, Ken, 2:02.53.

200 IM — 1. Isaiah Hulien, Col, 2:03.74; 2. Kellan DenBleyker, Col, 2:13.14; 3. Thomas Smith, Col, 2:19.17; 4. Lyman McBride, Ken, 2:26.59.

50 freestyle — 1. Iver Gates, Col, 23.30; 2. Landeyn Halstead, Col, 24.60; 3. Rhone Leach, Col, 25.71; 4. Peyton Katzenberger, Ken, 25.77.

100 butterfly — 1. Iver Gates, Col, 58.89; 2. Hudson Duguid, Col, 1:00.71; 3. David Price, Ken, 1:01.02; 4. Reven Settle, Col, 1:01.08.

100 freestyle — 1. Landeyn Halstead, Col, 55.38; 2. Lyman McBride, Ken, 57.32; 3. Peyton Katzenberger, Ken, 57.96; 4. Oliver Trobaugh, Sew, 59.27.

500 freestyle — 1. Isaiah Hulien, Col, 5:02.68; 2. Kellan DenBleyker, Col, 5:10.10; 3. Vincent Moore, Ken, 6:13.52; 4. Cash Young, Pal, 6:41.24.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Colony (Gates, Settle, McDonough, Hulien), 1:32.88; 2. Colony, 1:37.01; 3. Kenai, 1:45.73; 4. Colony, 1:53.03.

100 backstroke — 1. Pierce McDonough, Col, 57.85; 2. Benjamin Merritt, Ken, 1:05.73; 3. Mason Wallstrum, Col, 1:06.75; 4. Talus McClain, Pal, 1:10.86.

100 breaststroke — 1. Hudson Duguid, Col, 1:06.24; 2. Thomas Smith, Col, 1:14.24; 3. Fletcher Darr, Ken, 1:14.68; 4. Peyton Neumann, Pal, 1:17.15.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Colony (Hulien, Settle, McDonough, Gates), 3:25.78; 2. Colony, 3:38.98; 3. Kenai, 3:49.29; 4. Palmer, 4:11.19.

Soldotna swimmers compete in Valdez

The Soldotna swimming and diving team competed in a triple dual meet with Valdez and Kodiak on Friday and Saturday in Kodiak.

In the triple dual format, the three teams compete in a normal meet, then a computer calculates how each fared in a dual meet.

Friday, the Soldotna boys defeated Valdez 92-34, the Kodiak boys defeated Valdez 77-34 and the Soldotna boys defeated Kodiak 69-65.

Also Friday, the Soldotna girls defeated Valdez 72-53, the Kodiak girls defeated Valdez 78-50 and the Kodiak girls defeated Soldotna 81-58.

Saturday, the Soldotna boys defeated Valdez 103-33, the Kodiak boys defeated Valdez 73-38 and the Soldotna boys defeated Kodiak 84-60.

Also Saturday, the Soldotna girls defeated Valdez 82-50, the Kodiak girls defeated Valdez 79-24 and the Kodiak girls defeated Soldotna 75-71.

Saturday, the SoHi girls 200 freestyle relay of Lilly Dawley, Kylie Villa, Gen Sheldon and Zoe Burns won in 2:03.45. Sheldon also took the 500 free in 7:32.55 for the Stars.

Also Saturday, the SoHi boys 200 freestyle relay of Patric Wilcox, Owen Walker, Johnathan White and Michael Davidson won in 1:46.89.

Davidson won the 200 IM in 2:14.85 and the 100 free in 53.43, while Wilcox won the 100 butterfly in 1:09.34 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:19.03.

Friday, the SoHi girls also won the 200 free relay with Dawley, Dorothy Brown, Sheldon and Burns finishing at 2:05.87.

The SoHi boys also won the 200 free relay, with Davidson, Walker, White and Wilcox swimming 1:47.84.

Brett Haas won the 500 free in 6:53.52, while Wilcox won the 100 breast at 1:17.97.

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