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Colony swimmers, divers sweep Palmer Invite

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

The Knights girls scored 83 points, while runner-up Kenai had 73. Also, Soldotna had 19 in fifth, Seward had five points to tie for eighth, and Homer was 10th with three points.

On the boys side, Colony won with 81 points, while runner-up Seward had 61. Also, Soldotna was fifth with 30.5 and Kenai was sixth with 26.5.

Seward was the lone Kenai Peninsula school at the meet to win events.

Bengimin Ambrosiani won the 200-yard freestyle for the Seahawks, while Nickolas Ambrosiani won the 100 backstroke.

The twin brothers teamed with Oliver Trobaugh and Iver Gates to win the three boys relays. They took the 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay.

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 83; 2. Kenai, 73; 3. Kodiak, 69; 4. Palmer, 56; 5. Soldotna, 19; 6 (tie). Unalaska, Wasilla, 6; 8 (tie). Seward, Valdez, 5; 10. Homer, 3; 11. West Valley, 1.

200-yard medley relay — 1. Kodiak (Rocheleau, Jones, Neo, Hagen), 1 minute, 56.38 seconds; 2. Colony, 1:56.99; 3. Palmer, 2:03.28; 4. Kenai, 2:05.40; 5. Soldotna, 2:08.99; 6. Kenai, 2:20.05.

200 freestyle — 1. Hannah Cooper, Col, 2:01.20; 2. Abigail Price, Ken, 2:03.53; 3. Emily Neo, 2:10.55; 4. Kendyl Ligman, 2:11.47; 5. Eden Alioto, 2:18.00; 6. Makenzie Edgar, Col, 2:20.48.

200 individual medley — 1. Jasmine Anderson, Col, 2:11.59; 2. Charisma Watkins, Sol, 2:21.92; 3. Isla Crouse, Ken, 2:28.75; 4. Aubrey Bunch, Col, 2:41.56; 5. Ra’ah Roady, Ken, 2:48.44; 6. Audrey McDonald, Ken, 2:55.11.

50 freestyle — 1. Addie Charton, Pal, 26.03; 2. Morgan Hagen, Kod, 26.18; 3. Sierra Hershberger, Ken, 27.04; 4. Chloe Blackburn, Col, 27.83; 5. Heidi Snyder, Sol, 28.04; 6. Aubrey Stocker, Pal, 28.24.

Diving — 1. Charlize McManus, Col, 378.05; 2. Claire Wallstrum, Col, 327.50; 3. Abriella Werner, Sol, 325.20; 4. Samantha Grisham, Col, 321.00; 5. Lyza Krozel, Col, 294.45; 6. Aylin Hawkins, WV, 288.50.

100 butterfly — 1. Emily Neo, Kod, 1:06.91; 2. Olivia Noffke, Col, 1:13.69; 3. Lucy Anderson, Ken, 1:13.82; 4. Marina Co, Hom, 1:16.72; 5. McKayla Real, Ken, 1:17.13; 6. Hallee Schoening, Sew, 1:43.56.

100 freestyle — 1. Amaya Rocheleau, Kod, 54.46; 2. Addie Charton, Pal, 57.94; 3. Charisma Watkins, Sol, 59.32; 4. Lia Jones, Kod, 1:00.24; 5. Nina Adams, Pal, 1:00.67; 6. Sierra Hershberger, Ken, 1:00.79.

500 freestyle — 1. Hannah Cooper, Col, 5:21.88; 2. Abigail Price, Ken, 5:35.53; 3. Eden Alioto, Ken, 6:04.60; 4. Jade Bamford, Pal, 6:04.71; 5. Aubrey Bunch, Col, 6:08.35; 6. Olivia Noffke, Col, 6:29.85.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Palmer (Adams, Stocker, Strobel, Charton), 1:48.23; 2. Kenai, 1:49.69; 3. Kenai, 2:01.84; 4. Unalakleet, 2:09.24; 5. Valdez, 2:11.14.

100 backstroke — 1. Amaya Rocheleau, Kod, 1:00.85; 2. Morgan Hagen, Kod, 1:05.00; 3. Jade Bamford, Pal, 1:09.46; 4. Maria Anderson, Ken, 1:10.77; 5. Emily Boman, Was, 1:10.90; 6. Emily Stocker, Pal, 1:12.72.

100 breaststroke — 1. Jasmine Anderson, Col, 1:04.39; 2. Nina Adams, Pal, 1:13.11; 3. Esme Wilder, Sew, 1:16.70; 4. Lia Jones, Kod, 1:16.96; 5. Isla Crouse, Ken, 1:17.09; 6. Kinsey Mishmash, Val, 1:17.16.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Neo, Hagen, Jones, Rocheleau), 3:54.04; 2. Colony, 3:56.52; 3. Kenai, 4:19.10; 4. Palmer, 4:33.88; 5. Wasilla, 4:47.25.

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 81; 2. Seward, 61; 3. Kodiak, 50; 4. Palmer, 49; 5. Soldotna, 30.5; 6. Kenai, 26.5; 7. Lathrop, 17; 8. Wasilla, 12; 9. West Valley, 2; 10. Valdez, 1.

200 medley relay — 1. Seward (B. Ambrosiani, N. Ambrosiani, Trobaugh, Gates), 1:43.93; 2. Kodiak, 1:45.60; 3. Palmer, 1:47.73; 4. Colony, 1:48.53; 5. Soldotna, 1:51.03; 6. Kenai, 1:52.41.

200 freestyle — 1. Bengimin Ambrosiani, Sew, 1:54.42; 2. Pierce McDonough, Col, 1:55.56; 3. London Lee, Pal, 1:57.35; 4. Benjamin Merritt, Ken, 2:05.19; 5. Finn Nordstrom, Col, 2:08.54; 6. Jackson Neumann, Pal, 2:11.44.

200 IM — 1. Max Robinson, Kod, 2:07.78; 2. Reven Settle, Col, 2:17.17; 3. Justin Hart, 2:26.14; 4. Mason Wallstrum, Col, 2:30.44; 5. Konnor Burdine, Lat, 2:34.21; 6. Jacob Merritt, Ken, 2:48.93.

50 freestyle — 1. Aidan Houser, Pal, 22.79; 2. Iver Gates, Sew, 23.22; 3. Jackson Charton, Pal, 23.25; 4. Grady Dhondt, Col, 23.47; 5. Nikita Monyahan, Sol, 23.91; 6. Hudson Duguid, Col, 25.05.

Diving — 1. Travis Thornton, Was, 449.20; 2. Derrick Jones, Sol, 350.35; 3. Theron Glover, Kod, 344.10; 4. Colter Gose, Was, 302.25; 5. Eli West, WV, 274.90; 6. Micah Wodrich, Lat, 250.90.

100 butterfly — 1. Isaiah Hulien, Col, 56.46; 2 (tie), Benjamin Merritt, Ken, Nikita Monyahan, Sol, 57.58; 4. Landeyn Halstead, Col, 59.69; 5. William Braley, Lat, 1:01.72; 6. Thomas Smith, Col, 1:01.77.

100 freestyle — 1. Aidan Houser, Pal, 49.66; 2. James Berestoff, Kod, 51.10; 3. Jackson Charton, Pal, 51.39; 4. David Price, Ken, 51.98; 5. Grady Dhondt, Col, 52.50; 6. Pierce McDonough, Col, 52.78.

500 freestyle — 1. Isaiah Hulien, Col, 5:16.96; 2. London Lee, Pal, 5:31.04; 3. Johnathan White, Sol, 6:02.79; 4. Dwight Brown, Sol, 6:04.79; 5. Ronald Smith, Col, 6:26.92; 6. Cash Young, Pal, 6:41.38.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Seward (N. Ambrosiani, Gates, Trobaugh, B. Ambrosiani), 1:32.36; 2. Colony, 1:35.19; 3. Palmer, 1:37.40; 4. Kenai, 1:41.07; 5. Kodiak, 1:43.71; 6. Wasilla, 1:47.26.

100 backstroke — 1. Nickolas Ambrosiani, Sew, 54.99; 2. Max Robinson, Kod, 56.82; 3. Michael Davidson, Sol, 1:00.92; 4. Landeyn Halstead, Col, 1:01.78; 5. Thomas Smith, Col, 1:04.06; 6. Grant Osburn, Val, 1:06.17.

100 breaststroke — 1. James Berestoff, Kod, 1:04.35; 2. David Price, Ken, 1:04.73; 3. Enoch Frederickson, Sol, 1:12.13; 4. Hudson Duguid, Col, 1:14.20; 5. Konnor Burdine, Lat, 1:15.66; 6. Reven Settle, Col, 1:16.25.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Seward (B. Ambrosiani, Gates, Trobaugh, N. Ambrosiani), 3:25.19; 2. Colony, 3:29.65; 3. Kodiak, 3:43.62; 4. Lathrop, 3:43.92; 5. Colony, 3:55.90; 6. Kenai, 3:55.94.

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