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PALMER — The Wasilla girls swimming squad won four relay events during the inaugural Colony Relays at the Palmer Pool on Saturday.
The Warriors earned first place in the 200-yard freestyle, 400 butterfly, 400 breaststroke and 400 freestyle relay events.
Colony won a pair of girls’ relays, the 200 medley and 400 backstroke.
Brittany Shattuck (50 butterfly) and Rachel Kennedy (1-meter diving) each won individual events for the Warriors.
Kalila Sawyer led the Palmer Moose with a second-place finish in the 50 butterfly, while Karina Barria led the host Knights with a second-place finish in the 50 breaststroke.
The Wasilla boys also won four relay events.
The Warriors earned first place in the 200 medley, 400 butterfly, 400 backstroke and 400 freestyle relays.
Charles Frey (50 backstroke) and Jeff Frey (100 freestyle) won individual events for the Warriors.
Alexander Deedy led the Knights with a win in the 1-meter diving event, while Branham Blake led Palmer with a fourth-place finish in the 100 freestyle.
Colony Relays
Saturday, Palmer Pool
Girls individual results
200-yard medley relay — 1. Colony ( Kangas, Ashley , Anderson, Kayla , Barria, Karina , Willard, Janessa ), 2:11.68; 2. Wasilla 2:26.68; 3. Palmer 2:39.48.
50 freestyle — 1, Hendrick, Lilla, SHS 29.91. 2, Whitmore, Laura, PHS 32.78. 3, Pomrenke, Rachel, COL 32.85. 3, Obeso, Morgan, PHS 32.85. 5, Sawyer, Kalila, PHS 33.17. 6, Caudle, Kayla, WHS 35.36. 7, Huseby, Sam F, PHS 35.56. 8, Gette-King, Dylan, PHS 37.81. 9, Olds, Emily, COL08 38.72. 10, Dault, Kaitlin, WHS 41.01.
200 freestyle relay — 1. Wasilla (Stigen, Caity, Kaina, Kamarae, Vekony, Aline, Shattuck, Brittany) 1:57.15; 2. Seward 2:00.86; 3. Colony 2:27.78.
50 butterfly — 1, Shattuck, Brittany, WHS 32.45. 2, Sawyer, Kalila, PHS 9.46. 3, Johnson, Jasmyn, COL08 41.38. 4, Robertson, Jessica, COL08 43.73. 5, Grediagin, Paige, COL08 45.90. 6, Solano, Jacqueline, COL 46.34. 7, Miller, Kayla, COL 46.82. 8, Richie, Lindsey, WHS 50.99
400 butterfly relay — 1. Wasilla (Stigen, Caity, Merriam, Maude, Schwarzburg, Ilsa, Shattuck, Brittany), 5:05.55; 2. Colony 5:17.56.
1-meter diving — 1, Kennedy, Rachel, WHS 194.40. 2, Christiansen, Zandra, WHS 145.80. 3, Whitford, Suzannah, COL08 145.00. 4, Wilson, Darlene, COL 130.25. 5, Lachelt, Jessie, COL 87.80.
50 backstroke — 1, O’Leary, Meghan, SHS 30.42. 2, Autette, Eileen, SHS 31.12. 3, Swindells, Stacy, PHS 35.87. 4, Kangas, Ashley, COL 35.94. 5, Shattuck, Christina, WHS 37.75. 6, Kari, Grace, COL 38.35. 7, Vekony, Aline, WHS 38.44. 8, Khoury, Chanel, COL 39.89. 9, Pomrenke, Rachel, COL 42.50. 10, Solano, Jacqueline, COL 45.32.
400 backstroke relay — 1, Colony (Anderson, Kayla , Willard, Janessa Kangas, Ashley , Barria, Karina ), 4:56.53; 2. Seward 5:14.36; 3. Wasilla 6:33.97; 4. Palmer 6:52.05.
50 breast stroke — 1, Autette, Eileen, SHS 34.15. 2, Barria, Karina, COL 35.46. 3, Anderson, Kayla, COL 35.86. 4, Schwarzburg, Ilsa, WHS 36.88. 5, Merriam, Maude, WHS 37.96. 6, Laupenmuhlen, Jana, WHS 41.00. 7, Vekony, Aline, WHS 41.35. 8, Willard, Janessa, COL 41.97. 9, Hendrick, Lilla, SHS 45.40. 10, Wold, Crystal, COL 45.59.
400 breast stroke relay — 1, Wasilla (Schwarzburg, Ilsa, Shattuck, Christina, Vekony, Aline Merriam, Maude), 5:44.35.
100 freestyle — 1, O’Leary, Meghan, SHS 58.70. 2, Stigen, Caity, WHS 1:00.97. 3, Johnson, Signe, PHS 1:08.16. 4, Kaina, Kamarae, WHS 1:12.13. 5, Whitmore, Laura, PHS 1:14.53. 6, Johnson, Jasmyn, COL 1:14.76. 7, Sawyer, Kalila, PHS 1:17.58. 8, Caudle, Kayla, WHS 1:19.24. 9, Grediagin, Paige, COL 1:22.42. 10, Dampier, Haley, WHS 1:28.07.
400 freestyle relay — 1, Wasilla (Shattuck, Christina, Stigen, Caity, Schwarzburg, Ilsa, Shattuck, Brittany), 4:25.45. 2, Palmer 5:44.07. 3, Colony 6:01.34.
Boys individual results:
200-yard medley relay
1. Wasilla (Long, Christian JR, Merriam, Max SR, Frey, Charles SR, Frey, Jeff JR), 1:42.35; 2. Seward 1:53.28; 3. Colony 1:59.56.
50 freestyle — 1, Broughton, Nick, SHS 24.57. 2, Spargo, Rmb, WHS 25.57. 3, Gary, Bryan, COL 26.21. 4, Minder, Lehvi AK, 27.29. 5, Shelton, Tannere, PHS 27.63. 6, McAuliff, Levi, COL 29.42. 7, Class, Thomas, COL 31.66. 8, Arnold, Austin, COL 32.51. 9, Pace, Garrett, COL 35.12. 10, Arnzen, Paul, PHS 35.56.
200 freestyle relay — 1. Colony (Jahn, Corbyn N , Kincaid, Adam , Brunger, Nicholas , Minder, Lehvi ), 1:41.70; 2. Wasilla 1:56.63; 3. Palmer 2:20.30.
50 butterfuly — 1, O’Leary, Ryan, SHS 25.16. 2, Merriam, Max, WHS 27.26. 3, Kincaid, Adam, COL08 28.92. 4, Pezzini, Scott, WHS 29.87. 5, McAuliff, Levi, COL 34.12. 6, Minder, Lehvi, COL 37.99.
400 butterfly relay — 1, Wasilla (Frey, Charles, Spargo, Rmb, Snavley, Kevin, Pezzini, Scott), 4:30.00, 2. Colony 5:11.85.
1-meter diving — 1, Deedy, Alexander, COL 203.85. 2, Kennedy, David, WHS 193.75. 3, Eshleman, Connor, COL 109.15. 4, Pepitone, Cody, WHS 53.60.
50 backstroke — 1, Frey, Charles, WHS 27.52. 2, Jahn, Corbyn N, COL 30.80. 3, Bartley, Easton, WHS 39.05. 4, Pace, Garrett, COL 46.61. 5, Huseby, Tyler, PHS 55.35. 6, Wold, Kevin, COL08 1:02.59. 7, Olagvar, Kyle, COL 1:16.93
400 backstroke relay — 1, Wasilla (Frey, Jeff, Long, Christian, Pezzini, Scott, Pulver, Keith), 4:14.68; 2. Palmer 6:28.50.
50 breast stroke — 1, O’Leary, Ryan, SHS 30.22. 2, Broughton, Nick, SHS 32.63. 3, Fife, Benjamin, WHS 37.46. 4, Pulver, Keith, WHS 38.72. 5, Nelson, Joseph, COL 40.59. 6, Bartley, Easton, WHS 44.79. 7, Corey, Tim, PHS 1:14.58
400 breast stroke relay — 1, Seward (Broughton, Nick , O’Leary, Ryan , ), 5:10.22. 2. Wasilla 5:20.21.
100 freestyle — 1, Frey, Jeff, WHS 49.09. 2, Long, Christian, WHS 51.68. 3, Brunger, Nicholas, COL 55.11. 4, Branham, Blake, PHS 56.49. 5, Gary, Bryan, COL 1:00.59. 6, Bloom, Spencer, PHS 1:01.29. 7, Snavley, Kevin, WHS 1:04.40. 8, Fife, Benjamin, WHS 1:05.47. 9, Shelton, Tannere, PHS 1:05.56. 10, Class, Thomas, COL 1:11.50.
400 freestyle relay — 1, Wasilla (Frey, Jeff, Frey, Charles, Merriam, Max, Long, Christian), 3:24.70. 2, Colony 4:12.17. 3, Palmer High 6:31.05.