Colony girls fourth at swim finals

The Colony girls' placed in a tie for fifth place in the ASAA/First National Bank 2002 State Swimming and Diving Championships at Bartlett High School over the weekend.

The Knights tallied 40 points to finish in a tie for fifth with Juneau-Douglas High School.

Elise Long led the Knight swimmers with a second place finish in the 200-meter individual medely. Long finished with a time off 2:14.71 in the race.

Sarah Brettrager notched a pair of fourth place finishes for Colony. Brettrager finished in the fourth position of both the 50-meter freestyle and the 100-meter freestyle.

Jorin Klawitter also placed in the 50-meter freestyle, placing sixth.

The Colony relay teams finished fourth in both the 200-meter freestyle relay and the 400-meter freestyle relay.

The lone Valley swimmer to place in the boys' championships was Logan Bean. The Palmer swimmer finished seventh in the 200-meter freestyle.

Bean's finish gave Palmer three team points and a tie for 16th in the team

standings.

Soldotna got at least a piece of the championship in both classes. The Stars edged the Service Cougars by two points to take home the girls' state title and Soldotna tied Juneau-Douglas for the boys' state championship.

ASAA/First National Bank 2002 State Swimming and Diving Championships

Saturday's finals from Bartlett High

Girls

Team scores

1) Soldotna 94; 2) Service 92; 3) Dimond 67; 4) Lathrop 61; 5) (tie) Juneau-Douglas, Colony 40; 7) Chugiak 29; 8) Valdez 23; 9) Homer 21; 10) East 19; 11) West 18; 12) North Pole 13; 13) Petersburg 11; 14) Seward 9; 15) Kenai 7; 16) (tie) Ketchikan, Eielson, Skyview 2.

Individual results

200-yard medley relay — 1) Soldotna (Amberlee Query, Karina Petersen, Abby Kiffmeyer, Jenna Syverson), 1:49.93; 2) Dimond 1:52.57; 3) Valdez 1:55.71; 4) Juneau-Douglas 1:57.27; 5) Homer 1:57.38; 6) Petersburg 2:00.69; 7) Lathrop 2:07.35; DQ, Service. 200 freestyle — 1) Felina Rosadiuk, Lathrop, 1:54.75; 2) Karin Wagner, North Pole, 1:58.82; 3) Catherine Engibous, Chugiak, 2:00.54; 4) Keely Chavka, Soldotna, 2:02.11; 5) Sierra Winegarner, Service, 2:02.65; 6) Eve Green, Soldotna, 2:02.72; 7) Weather Potdevin, Juneau-Douglas, 2:06.47; 8) Audrey Butcher, Dimond, 2:06.59. 200 individual medley — 1) Sarah Rockwell, West, state record 2:07.05 (previous record — Sara Fallico, East, 2:07.70, 1991); 2) Elise Long, Colony, 2:14.71; 3) Laura Smith, Dimond, 2:15.02; 4) Kara Stowell, Lathrop, 2:16.80; 5) Emily Chandler, Service, 2:17.38; 6) Kaelan Dickinson, East, 2:19.05; 7) Jamie Call, Valdez, 2:20.66; 8) Kate Gallaway, Ketchikan, 2:21.20. 50 freestyle — 1) Jenna Syverson, Soldotna, 24.34; 2) Julianne Fritcher, Soldotna, 24.52; 3) Rachel Fuller, Dimond, 24.77; 4) Sarah Brettrager, Colony, 24.80; 5) Jacqueline Van Driessche, Seward, 25.45; 6) Jorin Klawitter, Colony, 25.85; 7) Katie Fritcher, Service, 26.01; DQ, Deannie Andree, Homer.

1-meter diving (11 dives) — 1) Jessi Earp, Chu, 347.05; 2) Rachel Knowles, Kenai, 322.30; 3) Katie Spohnholz, Service, 319.15; 4) Ashley Preslan, Lathrop, 299.85; 5) Marnita Coenraad, Juneau-Douglas, 275.80; 6) Jenaya Lee, Chugiak, 275.55; 7) Jessica Blankenship, Eielson, 259.50; 8) Chelsea Ray, Dimond, 251.85. 100 butterfly — 1) Abby Kiffmeyer, Soldotna, 58.45; 2) Renae Rykaczewski, Homer, 1:00.25; 3) Christina Piakak, Service, 1:01.44; 4) Brittany Walker, East, 1:02.81; 5) Ashleigh Atkinson, East, 1:03.63; 6) Bronwen Nicholls, Dimond, 1:03.94; 7) Katie Fair, Valdez, 1:04.26; 8) Jenna Mayra, Dimond, 1:05.04. 100 freestyle — 1) Sarah Rockwell, West, state record 51.38 (previous record — Emily McCoy, Dimond, 51.51, 1999); 2) Brette Winegarner, Service, 52.89; 3) Jenna Syverson, Soldotna, 53.19; 4) Sarah Brettrager, Colony, 54.47; 5) Sierra Winegarner, Service, 54.95; 6) Rachel Fuller, Dimond, 55.60; 7) Katie Fritcher, Service, 55.83; 8) Eve Green, Soldotna, 56.56. 500 freestyle — 1) Felina Rosadiuk, Lathrop, 5:08.28; 2) Catherine Engibous, Chugiak, 5:19.46; 3) Emily Chandler, Service, 5:26.55; 4) Weather Potdevin, Juneau-Douglas, 5:28.87; 5) Keely Chavka, Soldotna, 5:30.79; 6) Lisse Focht, Juneau-Douglas, 5:37.25; 7) Crystal Marso, North Pole, 5:37.42; 8) Audrey Butcher, Dimond, 5:39.24.

200 freestyle relay — 1) Soldotna (Abby Kiffmeyer, Eve Green, Keely Chavka, Jenna Syverson), 1:38.99; 2) Service 1:41.16; 3) Lathrop 1:42.09; 4) Colony 1:42.64; 5) Dimond 1:45.14; 6) Juneau-Douglas 1:47.06; 7) Chugiak 1:47.32; 8) Skyview 1:49.54. 100 backstroke — 1) Brette Winegarner, Service, state record 58.84 (previous record — Brette Winegarner, Service, 58.86, 2000); 2) Abby Kiffmeyer, Soldotna, 59.98; 3) Renae Rykaczewski, Homer 1:01.52; 4) Jamie Call, Valdez, 1:01.97; 5) Kelsey Potdevin, Juneau-Douglas, 1:03.46; 6) Julianne Frichter, Service, 1:04.05; 7) Jenna Mayra, Dimond, 1:04.82; 8) Brittany Carlson, Petersburg, 1:05.68. 100 breast stroke — 1) Laura Smith, Dimond, 1:07.89; 2) Kaelan Dickinson, East, 1:08.11; 3) Karina Pederson, Soldotna, 1:10.08; 4) Jacqueline Van Driessche, Seward, 1:10.38; 5) Carole Triem, Petersburg, 1:10.43; 6) Kara Stowell, Lathrop, 1:10.49; 7) Katie Fair, Valdez, 1:11.15; 8) Amy Wadley, Ketchikan, 1:13.41. 400 freestyle relay — Service (Brette Winegarner, Sierra Winegarner, Katie Fritcher, Emily Chandler), 3:39.30; 2) Lathrop 3:41.90; 3) Dimond 3:43.14; 4) Colony 3:47.74; 5) Soldotna 3:49.22; 6) Juneau-Douglas 3:50.83; 7) North Pole 3:51.11.

Outstanding swimmer — Sarah Rockwell, West.

Boys

Team scores

1) (tie) Juneau-Douglas, Soldotna 77; 3) Service 69; 4) Homer 64; 5) North Pole 55; 6) Dimond 49; 7) Lathrop 45; 8) Kodiak 26; 9) Bartlett 24; 10) Chugiak 21; 11) East 11; 12) Ketchikan 10; 13) Valdez 9; 14) Pacific Northern 5; 15) West 4; 16) (tie) Palmer, Cordova 3; 18) Monroe Catholic 2; 19) West Valley 1.

Individual results

200-yard medley relay — 1) Juneau-Douglas (Kirk Fishel, Paul Hughes, Olin Robus, Q. Smythe), 1:41.24; 2) Lathrop 1:41.27; 3) Soldotna 1:41.45; 4) North Pole 1:41.57; 5) Dimond 1:41.88; 6) Homer 1:43.32; 7) Service 1:46.05; 8) Kodiak 1:47.46. 200 freestyle — 1) Leon RoseFigura, Bartlett, 1:44.09; 2) Nick Sorrell, Soldotna, 1:44.31; 3) Luke Thomas, North Pole, 1:45.81; 4) Dusty Woster, North Pole, 1:49.14; 5) Steven Burnham, Service, 1:49.29; 6) Ben Kuhns, Homer, 1:49.42; 7) Logan Bean, Palmer, 1:51.30; 8) Clint Severns, Lathrop, 1:54.34. 200 individual medley — 1) Paul Hughes, Juneau-Douglas, 1:56.59; 2) Gilbert Raposa, Dimond, 2:01.44; 3) Kevin Vik, Chugiak, 2:01.70; 4) Kirk Fishel, Juneau-Douglas, 2:02.29; 5) Nathan Rose, Kodiak, 2:03.14; 6) Chris Meyer, East, 2:04.30; 7) Kevin Wythe, Homer, 2:05.37; 8) Chris Humphrey, Lathrop, 2:05.77. 50 freestyle — 1) tie, Ty Mann-Schweigert, Soldotna and Sam Wolfe, Lathrop, 21.97; 3) Gerry Zeek, Service, 22.44; 4) Jake Bell, Homer, 22.51; 5) Ben Voetberg, Ketchikan, 22.55; 6) Treg McLaughlin, North Pole, 22.74; 7) Luke Butcher, Monroe, 22.85; 8) Dan van Hees, Service, 23.40.

1-meter diving (11 dives) — Chad Frichtl, Chugiak, 476.7 points; 2) Chris Bancroft, Bartlett, 394.85; 3) Casey Willis, Service, 377.25; 4) David Arlington, Pacific Northern, 357.8; 5) Wilson McDonald, Service, 332.9; 6) Owen Barrington, Dimond, 308.55; 7) Matt Arb, Service, 282.5; 8) Eamon Stack, West Valley, 269.25. 100 butterfly — 1) Luke Thomas, North Pole, 53.05; 2) Greg Otero, Dimond, 53.82; 3) Evan Smith, Homer, 54.23; 4) Jamey Smith, Homer, 54.93; 5) Kreg Lesage, North Pole, 55.30; 6) Clint Severns, Lathrop, 55.62; 7) Greg Rose, Kodiak, 55.92; 8) Nick Rosenfeld, Ketchikan, 56.49. 100 freestyle — 1) tie, Leon RoseFigura, Bartlett, and Nick Sorrell, Soldotna, 48.55; 3) Steven Burnham, Service, 48.62; 4) Gerry Zeek, Service, 49.45; 5) Jake Bell, Homer, 49.62; 6) Ben Voetberg, Ketchikan, 49.80; 7) Treg McLaughlin, North Pole, 50.12; 8) Logan Bean, Palmer, 50.20. 500 freestyle — 1) Jimmy Rutter, Valdez, 4:51.85; 2) Nathan Rose, Kodiak, 4:52.88; 3) Kevin Vik, Chugiak, 4:53.05; 4) Dan Quay, Service, 5:00.12; 5) Tyler Hennon, Juneau-Douglas, 5:01.12; 6) Jake Kreuzenstein, Juneau-Douglas, 5:01.95; 7) Kevin Wythe, Homer, 5:03.00; 8) Scott Woster, North Pole, 5:06.26.

200 freestyle relay — Soldotna (Ty Mann-Schweigert, Clayton Harrison, Leo Grasso, Nick Sorrell), 1:28.16; 2) Lathrop 1:29.9; 3) Service 1:30.06; 4) Homer 1:30.44; 5) Dimond 1:32.82; 6) Juneau-Douglas 1:34.27; 7) East 1:34.89; 8) Ketchikan 1:36.58. 100 backstroke — 1) Kirk Fishel, Juneau-Douglas, 55.8; 2) Ben Kuhns, Homer, 56.55; 3) Joshua Fellwock, Dimond, 58.15; 4) Jeramy Young, Kodiak, 58.45; 5) Luke Stocker, West, 58.46; 6) Nicholas Case, Dimond, 58.81; 7) Leo Grasso, Soldotna, 59.3; 8) Shawn Fernandez, Lathrop, 1:03.39. 100 breast stroke — 1) Paul Hughes, Juneau-Douglas, 58.1; 2) Gilbert Raposa, Dimond, 59.13; 3) Andy Vait, Homer, 1:02.09; 4) Dusty Woster, North Pole, 1:02.54; 5) Clayton Harrison, Soldotna, 1:02.88; 6) Sean Beecher, Cordova, 1:04.01; 7) Olin Robus, Juneau-Douglas, 1:04.44; 8) Chris Humphrey, Lathrop, 1:04.67. 400 freestyle relay — 1) Soldotna (Ty Mann-Schweigert, Aladean Marcy, Leo Grasso, Nick Sorrell), 3:14.89; 2) Service 3:17.59; 3) Juneau-Douglas 3:18.27; 4) North Pole 3:19.29; 5) Homer 3:19.52; 6) Kodiak 3:24.08; 7) East 3:30.55; 8) Lathrop 3:39.72.

Outstanding swimmer — Leon RoseFigura, Bartlett.