Soldotna girls win Valdez Invitational

Soldotna girls win Valdez Invitational

The Soldotna girls swimming and diving team won the Valdez Invitational on Saturday morning, while the boys finished fifth.

The SoHi girls scored 89 points to win the meet, while West Valley was second with 84 points. On the boys side, West Valley won with 73 points, while Soldotna finished with 28.

The following are all the swimmers who scored for the Stars:

GIRLS

200-yard medley relay — 3. Soldotna, 2 minutes, 20.99 seconds; 200 freestyle — 3. Sydney Juliussen, 2:10.00; 4. Madison Snyder, 2:12.42; 5. Madelyn Brennan, 2:13.74; 6. Kortney Birch, 2:14.33; 200 IM — 3. Darby McMillan, 2:39.61; 5. Dea Sustaita, 2:51.18; 50 freestyle — 4. Alex Juliussen, 28.41; 100 butterfly — 4. Katie Creglow, 1:12.52; 100 freestyle — 2. Madelyn Brennan, 58.86; 3. Kortney Birch, 1:01.67; 5. Madelyn Barkman, 1:01.81; 6. Alex Juliussen, 1:02.04; 500 freestyle — 2. Sydney Juliussen, 5:53.29; 3. Dea Sustaita, 6:27.25; 5. Sydney Erickson, 6:32.24; 200 freestyle relay — 2. Soldotna (Brennan, Barkman, Birch, S. Juliussen), 1:48.11; 100 breaststroke — 1. Katie Creglow, 1:15.48; 2. Madelyn Barkman, 1:17.03; 400 freestyle relay — 1. Soldotna (Snyder, Brennan, A. Juliussen, S. Juliussen), 4:00.92.

BOYS

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200 medley relay — 5. Soldotna (Evans, Ratky, Grinestaff, Christenson), 2:01.79; 200 freestyle — 5. Jeremy Kupferschmid, 2:12.15; 50 freestyle — 1. Ethan Evans, 23.09; 100 butterfly — 2. Ethan Evans, 58.54; 200 freestyle relay — 2. Soldotna (Kupferschmid, Evans, Wolfe, Grinestaff), 1:41.97.

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