Colony girls score victory at Valley Invite

PALMER — Another season, another win for the Colony Knights at the Valley Invitational.

Colony used 70 total points to earn its second consecutive team title in the girls’ standings of the annual event at the Palmer Pool. Camille Dayton and Madeline Vig each captured an individual victory to help the Knights finish seven points ahead of runner-up Kodiak in the team standings. Dayton finished first in the 100-yard butterfly, with a time of 1 minute, 2.66 seconds. Vig was first in the 100 breaststroke, with a mark of 1:11.09. Dayton was also second in the individual medley.

Gretchen Snelders used a pair of top-2 finishes to help Palmer finish fourth in the girls’ standings with 36 total points. Snelders was first in the 50 freestyle with a time of 25.27, and second in the 500 freestyle.

Jake Simmons led Colony to a fourth-place victory in the boys’ team standings with his win in the 200 individual medley. Simmons clocked a time of 2:01.94 to finish first. He was also second in the 500 freestyle.

Wasilla senior Brayden Schachle continued his tear in the diving event, winning easily with a total of 545.40 points.

A pair of Palmer school records fell during the invite. Max Snelders broke a school mark in the 100 backstroke with his time of 55.15. The old record, set in 2011, was a time of 56.51.

Gretchen Snelders, Ashtyn Peterson, Kameela Fletcher and Lindsay Musgrave used a time of 2:00.16 in the 200 medley relay to break another school mark. The old record, set last season, was 2:00.24.

More than 300 athletes from 18 schools participated in the three-day meet.

Valley Invitational

Thursday-Saturday, Palmer Pool

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 70; 2. Kodiak, 63; 3. Soldotna, 52; 4. Palmer, 36; 5. North Pole, 27; 6. Monroe, 21; 7. Hutchison, 18; 8. Homer, 16; 9. Lathrop, 12; 10. Kenai, 8; 11. Valdez, 3.

200-yard medley relay — 1. Soldotna (Davidson, Creglow, Padilla, Juliussen, S), 1:57.92; 2. Colony, 1:58.63; 3. Palmer, 2:00.16; 4. North Pole, 2:02.92; 5. Hutchison, 2:03.69.

200 freestyle — 1. Marina Cummiskey, Kod, 1:57.78; 2. Lauren Kuhns, Hom, 2:04.11; 3. Hannah Boatman, NP, 2:05.99; 4. Molly Blackmon, Kod, 2:09.62; 5. Maddie Hrinko, Mon, 2:09.90; 6. Jordyn Sager, Mon, 2:13.10.

200 IM — 1. Jessica Williamson, NP, 2:17.81; 2. Camille Dayton, Col, 2:18.99; 3. Portia Padilla, Sol, 2:26.36; 4. Raven Drake, Hut, 2:29.58; 5. Grace Martin, Lat, 2:31.66; 6. Madeline Vig, Col, 2:33.63.

50 freestyle — 1. Gretchen Snelders, Pal, 25.27; 2. Sydney Juliussen, Sol, 25.86; 3. Hannah Glover, Kod, 26.75; 4. Rylee Norris, Val, 27.73; 5. Kathryn Day, Lat, 27.76; 6. Alex Juliussen, Sol, 28.09.

Diving — 1. Mikaela Pitsch, Ken, 326.35; 2. Eileen Cyr, Col, 321.86; 3. Rhythm Becket-Cook, Hom, 280.95; 4. Lydia Stanford, Kod, 280.20; 5. Annalyn Brown, Hom, 267.85; 6. Zarah Helms-Leslie, Lat, 249.15.

100 butterfly — 1. Camille Dayton, Col, 1:02.66; 2. Portia Padilla, Sol, 1:06.06; 3. Erika Farring, Col, 1:06.12; 4. Kameela Fletcher, Pal, 1:07.49; 5. Samantha Belliston, Col, 1:08.28; 6. Grace Martin, Lat, 1:11.29.

100 freestyle — 1. Marina Cummiskey, Kod, 54.82; 2. Hannah Glover, Kod, 58.97; 3. Molly Blackmon, Kod, 59.21; 4. Jordyn Sager, Mon, 59.74; 5. Rachel Davidson, Sol, 1:00.24; 6. Alex Juliussen, Sol, 1:02.25.

500 freestyle — 1. Victoria Schachle, Mon, 5:31.77; 2. Gretchen Snelders, Pal, 5:33.13; 3. Hannah Boatman, NP, 5:33.26; 4. Alexis Mattson, Col, 5:47.58; 5. Shelby Berrie, Hut, 5:50.47; 6. Maddie Hrinko, Mon, 5:54.22.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Glover, Blackmon, Apitz, Cummiskey), 1:46.96; 2. Palmer, 1:48.26; 3. Colony, 1:50.38; 4. Soldotna, 1:50.70; 5. Hutchison, 1:51.23; 6. North Pole, 1:51.31.

100 backstroke — 1. Victoria Schachle, Mon, 1:04.56; 2. Raven Drake, Hut, 1:05.36; 3. Rachel Davidson, Sol, 1:07.26; 4. Ashtyn Peterson, Pal, 1:07.68; 5. Oliva Apitz, Kod, 1:07.96; 6. Mikaela Pitsch, Ken, 1:11.53.

100 breaststroke — 1. Madeline Vig, Col, 1:11.09; 2. Lauren Kuhns, Hom, 1:11.28; 3. Jessica Williamson, NP, 1:12.60; 4. Alexis Mattson, Col, 1:13.61; 5. Katie Creglow, Sol, 1:14.99; 6. Katie Laasch-Gray, Col, 1:16.25.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak, 3:54.96; 2. Colony, 3:58.44; 3. Soldotna, 4:11.84; 4. Lathrop, 4:17.50; 5. Colony, 4:21.84.

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Kodiak, 108; 2. Soldotna, 60; 3. Hutchison, 46; 4. Colony, 27; 5. Kenai, 18; 6. Palmer, 17; 7. North Pole, 16; 7. Wasilla, 16; 9. Lathrop, 12; 10. Unalaska, 6; 11. Seward, 2.

200 medley relay — 1. Soldotna (Hall, Creglow, Watkins, Welch), 1:44.54; 2. Kodiak, 1:45.54; 3. Kenai, 1:47.53; 4. North Pole, 1:51.53; 5. Kodiak, 1:54.22.

200 freestyle — 1. Talon Lindquist, Kod, 1:42.62; 2. Alex Suleimani, Lat, 1:44.36; 3. Jacob Hall, Sol, 1:51.04; 4. Dan Lambert, Kod, 1:51.49; 5. Noah Palmer, Hu, 1:53.20; 6. Savaii Heaven, Ken, 1:53.39.

200 IM — 1. Jake Simmons, Col, 2:01.94; 2. Luke James, Kod, 2:06.85; 3. Baxter Anderson, Kod, 2:08.55; 4. Nevin Lee, Kod, 2:13.73; 5. Sam Pope, Hut, 2:18.42; 6. Caleb Frederickson, Sol, 2:21.62.

50 freestyle — 1. Cody Watkins, Sol, 22.25; 2. Max Snelders, Pal, 22.39; 3. Nathan Schauff, Kod, 22.62; 4. Adam Nguyen, Un, 23.56; 5. Hunter Reese, Ken, 23.82; 6. Graham Burnside, Kod, 24.12.

Diving — 1. Brayden Schachle, Was, 545.40; 2. Kylin Welch, Sol, 432.40; 3. Tanner Belliston, Col, 417.00; 4. Elijah Chan, Was, 400.60; 5. Ruben Ulatan, Kod, 393.35; 6. Cole Johnson, Pal, 339.80.

100 butterfly — 1. Noah Palmer, Hut, 56.06; 2. Noah Kegley, Hut, 56.62; 3. Jacob Creglow, Sol, 57.05; 4. Ryan Chastain, Col, 59.08; 5. Connon Spanos, Sew, 1:00.56; 6. Patrick Peralta, Kod, 1:02.45.

100 freestyle — 1. Cody Watkins, Sol, 48.01; 2. Nathan Schauff, Kod, 50.14; 3. Charlie Gregor, Hut, 51.29; 4. Luke James, Kod, 51.65; 5. Graham Burnside, Kod, 52.05; 6. Canon Cogan, Hut, 53.22.

500 freestyle — 1. Alex Suleimani, Lat, 4:49.23; 2. Jake Simmons, Col, 4:55.39; 3. Baxter Anderson, Kod, 5:02.40; 4. Jacob Hall, Sol, 5:03.70; 5. Dan Lambert, Kod, 5:06.20; 6. Hunter Reese, Ken, 5:13.26.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Lindquist, James, Lambert, Schauff), 1:30.51; 2. Hutchison, 1:34.63; 3. Colony, 1:36.34; 4. Wasilla, 1:37.40; 5. Palmer, 1:38.34; 6. North Pole, 1:41.05.

100 backstroke — 1. Talon Lindquist, Kod, 52.34; 2. Max Snelders, Pal, 55.15; 3. Gus Hanson, Kod, 57.19; 4. Adam Nguyen, Un, 58.17; 5. Savaii Heaven, Ken, 59.11; 6. Cameron Conley, NP, 1:01.26.

100 breaststroke — 1. Evan Smith, NP, 1:04.25; 2. Jacob Creglow, Sol, 1:04.36; 3. Charlie Gregor, Hut, 1:04.38; 4. Noah Kegley, Hut, 1:04.49; 5. Nevin Lee, Kod, 1:07.21; 6. Anders Hocum, Kod, 1:08.03.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (James, Lambert, Schauff, Lindquist), 3:16.81; 2. Soldotna, 3:27.78; 3. Hutchison, 3:32.42; 4. Kodiak, 3:32.46; 5. Kenai, 3:36.02; 6. Palmer, 3:37.00.