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Colony girls, boys sweep swimming, diving team titles at Palmer Invite

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

The Knights girls collected 108 points, while Palmer was runner-up with 79. Kenai was fourth, Soldotna was fifth and Seward was seventh.

The Colony boys piled up 128 points, with runner-up Kenai finishing with 60. Soldotna was fifth.

The lone individual title from the Kenai Peninsula went to Soldotna’s Michael Davidson. He won the 200-yard individual medley in 2 minutes, 9.19 seconds.

The peninsula teams are off until the Region 3 meet on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 31, Nov. 1 and Nov. 2, in Kodiak.

Palmer Invitational

Friday, Saturday at Palmer High School

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 108; 2. Palmer, 79; 3. Kodiak, 57; 4. Kenai, 50; 5. Soldotna, 11; 6. Valdez, 7; 7. Seward, 5; 8 (tie). Unalaska, West Valley 4; 10. Wasilla, 3.

200-yard medley relay — 1. Kodiak (Rocheleau, Jones, Neo, Hagen), 1 minute, 56.53 seconds; 2. Palmer, 1:57.71; 3. Kenai, 2:00.53; 4. Colony, 2:03.91; 5. Palmer, 2:13.01; 6. Kenai, 2:21.85.

200 freestyle — 1. Kylie Benner, Pal, 1:58.80; 2. Emma Castimore, Ken, 2:08.66; 3. Kendyl Ligman, Col, 2:10.10; 4. Teagan Havemeister, Pal, 2:11.46; 5. Chloe Blackburn, Col, 2:12.68; 6. Sylvia Mullen, Was, 2:24.14.

200 individual medley — 1. Hannah Cooper, Col, 2:15.51; 2. Emily Neo, Kod, 2:29.36; 3. Meili Smith, Col, 2:37.89; 4. Addison McBee, Pal, 3:02.16; 5. Ariel Wheeler, Sol, 3:02.79; 6. Alecia Moffat, Col, 3:09.11.

50 freestyle — 1. Amaya Rocheleau, Kod, 25.17; 2. Sierra Hershberger, Ken, 26.28; 3. Nina Adams, Pal, 26.70; 4. Morgan Hagen, Kod, 27.16; 5. Maraya Dunford, Col, 27.39; 6. Aubrey Stocker, Pal, 27.87.

Diving — 1. Charlize McManus, Col, 395.05; 2. Claire Wallstrum, Col, 383.20; 3. Aylin Hawkins, WV, 368.65; 4. Samantha Grisham, Col, 342.50; 5. Lyza Krozel, Col, 336.55; 6. Molly Althens, Pal, 300.50.

100 butterfly — 1. Kylie Benner, Pal, 59.92; 2. Jerzey Lane, Col, 1:04.15; 3. Katie Dollick, Col, 1:04.18; 4. Emily Neo, Kod, 1:06.26; 5. Ra’ah Roady, Ken, 1:11.10; 6. Aubrey Bunch, Col, 1:11.26.

100 freestyle — 1. Chloe Blackburn, Col, 57.63; 2. Aubrey Wilder, Sew, 58.42; 3. Kendyl Ligman, Col, 59.83; 4. Lia Jones, Kod, 1:00.53; 5. Anya Quass-Lee, Was, 1:01.45; 6. Mollyann Dunlap, Pal, 1:02.39.

500 freestyle — 1. Hannah Cooper, Col, 5:22.13; 2. Abigail Price, Ken, 5:25.53; 3. Katie Dollick, Col, 5:45.52; 4. Zoe Burns, Sol, 5:58.85; 5. Jade Bamford, Pal, 5:59.36; 6. Mollyann Dunlap, Pal, 5:59.85.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Colony (Blackburn, Dollick, Cooper, Lane), 1:43.62; 2. Kodiak, 1:44.91; 3. Palmer, 1:46.99; 4. Kenai, 1:47.30; 5. Kenai, 1:59.52; 6. Valdez, 2:02.61.

100 backstroke — 1. Amaya Rocheleau, 1:00.92; 2. Meili Smith, 1:05.90; 3. Aubrey Stocker, Pal, 1:06.42; 4. Teagan Havemeister, Pal, 1:06.59; 5. Morgan Hagen, Kod, 1:06.76; 6. Jade Bamford, Pal, 1:08.47.

100 breaststroke — 1. Nina Adams, Pal, 1:11.63; 2. Kinsey Mishmash, Val, 1:14.83; 3. Adyson Scott, Una, 1:15.33; 4. Lia Jones, Kod, 1:16.50; 5. Emma Castimore, Ken, 1:16.98; 6. Isla Crouse, Ken, 1:17.69.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Colony (Blackburn, Dollick, Lane, Cooper), 3:50.35; 2. Kenai, 3:56.54; 3. Palmer, 4:23.40; 4. Soldotna, 4:28.52; 5. Palmer, 5:50.52.

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 128; 2. Kenai, 60; 3. Palmer, 33; 4. Kodiak, 28; 5. Soldotna, 25; 6. Lathrop, 24; 7. Wasilla, 22; 8. West Valley, 7.

200 medley relay — 1. Colony (McDonough, Duguid, Hulien, Gates), 1:38.69; 2. Kenai, 1:49.87; 3. Lathrop, 1:51.89; 4. Palmer, 1:53.64; 5. Wasilla, 2:02.12.

200 freestyle — 1. Cody Hubert, Kod, 1:47.57; 2. Kellan DenBleyker, Col, 1:49.73; 3. William Braley, Lat, 1:59.58; 4. Peyton Katzenberger, Ken, 2:00.12; 5. Michael Branham, Was, 2:03.23; 6. Weston Allred, Was, 2:10.76.

200 IM — 1. Michael Davidson, Sol, 2:09.19; 2. Beck LaBoucane, Col, 2:10.41; 3. Mason Wallstrum, Col, 2:22.77; 4. Everett Poulin, Ken, 2:23.24; 5. Hudson Duguid, Col, 2:23.32; 6. Vincent Moore, Ken, 2:29.36.

50 freestyle — 1. Jackson Charton, Pal, 22.58; 2. Thomas Smith, Col, 22.65; 3. Reven Settle, Col, 23.20; 4. David Price, Ken, 24.29; 5. Parker Lysdahl, Col, 24.51; 6. Jason Johnson, Ken, 25.01.

Diving — 1. Travis Thornton, Was, 453.30; 2. Eli West, WV, 358.00; 3. Colter Gose, Was, 309.45; 4. Micah Wodrich, Lat, 302.85; 5. Elias Armstrong, WV, 179.10.

100 butterfly — 1. Isaiah Hulien, Col, 53.00; 2. Jackson Charton, Pal, 54.50; 3. Thomas Smith, Col, 54.84; 4. Iver Gates, Col, 56.00; 5. Landeyn Halstead, Col, 56.75; 6. Benjamin Merritt, Ken, 57.97.

100 freestyle — 1. Pierce McDonough, Col, 49.52; 2. Iver Gates, Col, 50.84; 3. Marek Wyszkowski, Kod, 55.25; 4. Jason Johnson, Ken, 56.65; 5. Blake Althens, Pal, 57.16; 6. Holden Carpenter, Col, 57.77.

500 freestyle — 1. Cody Hubert, Kod, 4:52.25; 2. William Braley, Lat, 5:21.38; 3. Finn Nordstrom, Col, 5:33.33; 4. Benjamin Merritt, Ken, 5:39.00; 5. Johnathan White, Sol, 5:41.13; 6. Justin Hart, Lat, 5:49.01.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Colony (Duguid, LaBoucane, Smith, DenBleyker), 1:30.87; 2. Palmer, 1:38.91; 3. Kenai, 1:39.83; 4. Soldotna, 1:42.16; 5. Colony, 1:42.58; 6. Kenai, 1:51.39.

100 backstroke — 1. Pierce McDonough, Col, 54.71; 2. Reven Settle, Col, 57.29; 3. Michael Davidson, Sol, 57.84; 4. Landeyn Halstead, Col, 1:00.54; 5. Lyman McBride, Ken, 1:03.88; 6. Jacob Merritt, Ken, 1:06.57.

100 breaststroke — 1. Hudson Duguid, Col, 1:04.71; 2. David Price, Ken, 1:04.77; 3. Fletcher Darr, Ken, 1:10.48; 4. Garrett Eames, Lat, 1:11.17; 5. Peyton Katzenberger, Ken, 1:11.84; 6. Cash Young, Pal, 1:14.53.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Colony (DenBleyker, LaBoucane, Settle, Hulien), 3:18.84; 2. Kodiak, 3:36.39; 3. Kenai, 3:37.68; 4. Soldotna, 3:51.77; 5. Wasilla, 3:52.18; 6. Palmer, 4:15.72.

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