The Palmer girls and Kodiak boys won the Homer Invitational on Friday and Saturday at Homer High School.
The Moose girls rolled up 65 points to defeat runner-up Soldotna by seven, while the Bears boys scored 120.5 to swamp the rest of the field, which was led by the 73.5 of Kenai.
On the girls side, Homer’s Madison Story had a big meet, winning the 200-yard freestyle and 100 backstroke and also helping the 200 medley relay, also including Alia Bales, Adeline Berry and Sailey Rhodes, to victory.
The SoHi girls also won a relay, with Sydney and Alex Juliussen teaming with Madelyn Barkman and Madelyn Brennan for the victory. Barkman also won the 50 freestyle, while Sydney Juliussen touched first in the 100 freestyle.
Also from the peninsula, Seward’s Lydia Jacoby won the 200 IM in 2:19.44 and Kenai’s Rachael Pitsch won the 500 freestyle.
On the boys side, Kenai tasted victory in the 200 freestyle relay, with Savaii Heaven, Trevor Bagley, Owen Rolph and Koda Poulin swimming to the win. Rolph also won the 100 butterfly, while Heaven won the 100 backstroke and Poulin won the 500 freestyle.
Also from the area, Soldotna’s Kylin Welch took the diving event and Homer’s Clayton Arndt won the 100 freestyle.
Homer Invitational
Saturday at Homer High School
GIRLS
Team scores: 1. Palmer, 65; 2. Soldotna, 58; 3. Kodiak, 55; 4. Homer, 45; 5. Colony, 41; 6. Kenai, 31; 7. Wasilla, 19; 8. Seward, 16.
200-yard medley relay — 1. Homer (Bales, Story, Berry, Rhodes), 2:03.81; 2. Soldotna, 2:04.01; 3. Colony, 2:04.72; 4. Palmer, 2:06.54; 5. Seward, 2:13.00; 6. Soldotna, 2:17.23.
200 freestyle — 1. Madison Story, Hom, 2:05.24; 2. Leslie Spear, Kod, 2:06.44; 3. Gretchen Snelders, Pal, 2:07.19; 4. Ellyse Russell, Pal, 2:10.06; 5. Riley Reese, Ken, 2:12.94; 6. Taylor Nelson, Col, 2:15.41.
200 IM — 1. Lydia Jacoby, Sew, 2:19.44; 2. Devon Cummiskey, Kod, 2:25.28; 3. Alexis Mattson, Col, 2:26.48; 4. Ashtyn Petersen, Pal, 2:29.80; 5. Madison Snyder, Sol, 2:30.32; 6. Sydney Juliussen, Sol, 2:30.41.
50 freestyle — 1. Madelyn Barkman, Sol, 26.92; 2. Ashleigh Nicholson, Kod, 27.32; 3. Alia Bales, Hom, 27.46; 4. Maria Beck, Pal, 27.83; 5. Lindsay Musgrave, Pal, 28.02; 6. Julia Anderson, Ken, 28.32.
Diving — 1. Jayde Chan, Was, 219.90; 2. Carrie Mayer, Was, 183.10; 3. Chloe Hartman, Pal, 178.40; 4. Elianah Micael, Kod, 164.90; 5. Sayuri Seto, Kod, 160.90; 6. Ansley Thornton, Col, 159.65.
100 butterfly — 1. Devon Cummiskey, Kod, 1:03.06; 2. Adeline Berry, Hom, 1:06.29; 3. Gretchen Snelders, Pal, 1:07.61; 4. Lydia Jacoby, Sew, 1:10.44; 5. Dea Sustaita, Sol, 1:15.77; 6. Ally Ferguson, Pal, 1:17.39.
100 freestyle — 1. Sydney Juliussen, Sol, 57.78; 2. Riley Reese, Ken, 57.87; 3. Ellyse Russell, Pal, 59.00; 4. Ashleigh Nicholson, Kod, 1:00.60; 5. Maria Beck, Pal, 1:00.91; 6. Lindsay Musgrave, Pal, 1:01.11.
500 freestyle — 1. Rachael Pitsch, Ken, 6:00.31; 2. Madison Snyder, Sol, 6:11.85; 3. Emily Hubert, Kod, 6:12.04; 4. Joscelyn Barrette, Was, 6:14.78; 5. Savannah Geffken, Pal, 6:14.85; 6. Katie Creglow, Sol, 6:16.12.
200 freestyle relay — 1. Soldotna (S. Juliussen, Barkman, Brennan, A. Juliussen), 1:49.21; 2. Kenai, 1:53.00; 3. Colony, 1:59.18; 4. Palmer, 2:01.25; 5. Wasilla, 2:02.27; 6. Seward, 2:02.69.
100 backstroke — 1. Madison Story, Hom, 1:02.48; 2. Taylor Nelson, Col, 1:08.90; 3. Kameela Fletcher, Pal, 1:11.51; 4. Josephine Rogness, Col, 1:12.45; 5. Darby McMillan, Sol, 1:13.24; 6. Addi Rogers, Kod, 1:14.68.
100 breaststroke — 1 (tie). Alexis Mattson, Col, Leslie Spear, Kod, 1:11.62; 3. Ashtyn Petersen, Pal, 1:16.78; 4. Madelyn Barkman, Sol, 1:17.20; 5. Olivia Beck, Pal, 1:23.18; 6. Katie Laasch-Gray, Col, 1:24.21.
400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Cummiskey, Hubert, Nicholson, Spear), 3:57.23; 2. Palmer, 4:00.30; 3. Homer, 4:07.80; 4. Kenai, 4:10.51; 5. Colony, 4:12.31; 6. Soldotna, 4:13.52.
BOYS
Team scores: 1. Kodiak, 120.5; 2. Kenai, 73.5; 3. Homer, 42; 4. Wasilla, 29; 5. Soldotna, 23; 6. Colony, 19; 7. Palmer, 16; 8. Seward, 5.
200 medley relay — 1. Kodiak (Jensen, Carver, Dumm, Skonberg), 1:43.76; 2. Homer, 1:50.92; 3. Wasilla, 1:56.58; 4. Kenai, 1:58.13; 5. Kodiak, 1:58.43; 6. Colony, 1:58.95.
200 freestyle — 1. Gage Egdorf, Kod, 1:51.02; 2. Savaii Heaven, Ken, 1:52.51; 3. Ethan Evans, Sol, 1:55.74; 4. Patrick Peralta, Kod, 1:59.30; 5. Jacob Hengen, Kod, 2:05.21; 6. Kaeson Dalrymple-Sorenson, Pal, 2:05.79.
200 IM — 1. Ian Rocheleau, Kod, 2:08.88; 2. Konnor Kolberg, Col, 2:11.80; 3. Koda Poulin, Ken, 2:11.84; 4. Teddy Handley, Hom, 2:17.93; 5. Jackson Krug, Kod, 2:18.17; 6. Dominic Alioto, Ken, 2:23.64.
50 freestyle — 1. Camren Hancock, Was, 22.68; 2. Clayton Arndt, Hom, 23.20; 3. Connor Spanos, Sew, 23.68; 4. Nathan James, Kod, 23.73; 5 (tie). Anders Hocum, Kod, Owen Rolph, Ken, 24.47.
Diving — 1. Kylin Welch, Sol, 244.80; 2. Eli Krozel, Col, 226.45; 3. Sam Skolnick, Sol, 219.15; 4. Cole Johnson, Pal, 203.30; 5. Joe Cooper, Col, 140.85; 6. Rio Shemet Pitcher, Hom, 95.05.
100 butterfly — 1. Owen Rolph, Ken, 56.37; 2. Konnor Kolberg, Col, 57.68; 3. Gage Egdorf, Kod, 58.40; 4. Teddy Handley, Hom, 58.88; 5. Peter Anderson, Ken, 1:01.52; 6. Skyler Rodriguez, Hom, 1:02.08.
100 freestyle — 1. Clayton Arndt, Hom, 50.93; 2. Nathan James, Kod, 51.62; 3. Jackson Krug, Kod, 53.50; 4. Teddy Fussell, Was, 54.20; 5. Trevor Bagley, Ken, 56.35; 6. Sorin Sorensen, Ken, 56.73.
500 freestyle — 1. Koda Poulin, Ken, 5:17.67; 2. Jacob Hengen, Kod, 5:40.92; 3. Dominic Alioto, Ken, 6:01.14; 4. Aidan Skonberg, Kod, 6:05.34; 5. Theo Castellani, Hom, 6:06.38; 6. Alex Jensen, Kod, 6:29.77.
200 freestyle relay — 1. Kenai (Heaven, Bagley, Rolph, Poulin), 1:35.60; 2. Homer, 1:37.20; 3. Kodiak, 1:39.17; 4. Wasilla, 1:43.98; 5. Palmer, 1:54.40; 6. Kodiak, 1:55.35.
100 backstroke — 1. Savaii Heaven, Ken, 55.61; 2. Ian Rocheleau, Kod, 57.70; 3. Ethan Evans, Sol, 58.33; 4. Patrick Peralta, Kod, 1:01.76; 5. Camren Hancock, Was, 1:02.77; 6. Connor Spanos, Sew, 1:04.26.
100 breaststroke — 1. Anders Hocum, Kod, 1:03.82; 2. Trevor Bagley, Ken, 1:09.76; 3. Wesley Dumm, Kod, 1:10.17; 4. Miles Laughlin, Was, 1:10.49; 5. Nick Carver, Kod, 1:11.47; 6. Sorin Sorensen, Ken, 1:16.59.
400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Krug, Egdorf, Rocheleau, James), 3:28.55; 2. Kodiak, 3:53.22; 3. Palmer, 3:54.28; 4. Kenai, 3:55.51; 5. Soldotna, 4:08.26.
