Mat-Su athletes sweep diving events at Homer Invite

HOMER — Mat-Su divers swept their events at the Homer Invitational Saturday.

Colony’s Connor Eshelman won the boys’ 1-meter dive, posting a slim victory over second-place Garrett Hall of the host Homer Mariners. Eshelman finished with 170.5 total points, while Hall placed second with 167.95.

Mariah Schachle used 192.05 points to win the girls’ 1-meter dive. Schachle was one of two Warriors to place in the top-5. Hillary Graham finished third for Wasilla with 143.50 points.

Eshelman led Colony to a sixth-place finish in the boys’ standings of a meet that included squads from nine schools.

Zane Mileiur scored a fourth-place finish for the Knights in the 200 individual medley. Mileiur also teamed with Tristan Udomporn, Levi McAuliff and Alex Kessler to finish fifth in the 200 medley relay. The same foursome finished sixth in the 200 freestyle relay.

Kevin Snavley finished fifth in the 500 freestyle to help lead Wasilla to a seventh-place finish in the team standings. Keith Pulver was sixth in the 200 individual medley and Gaven Nelson was sixth in the 500 freestyle.

Snavley, Pulver, Mike Foy and Tristan Snavley combined to finish fourth in the 200 medley relay.

Spencer Bloom placed fifth in a pair of events for the Palmer Moose, who finished eighth in the team standings. Bloom was fifth in both the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke.

Karina Barria finished second in the 100 butterfly for the sixth-place Wasilla girls. Barria was also sixth in the 200 freestyle.

Katie Stark and Noelle Graham each earned fifth-place finishes for the seventh-place Palmer girls. Stark was fifth in the 100 freestyle and Graham was fifth in the 100 butterfly.

The relay team of Alex Traini, Willow Schlenker, Noelle Graham and Katie Stark finished fifth in the 200 medley relay.

Kayla Anderson was fifth in the 500 freestyle for the ninth-place Colony girls.

Homer Invitational

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Girls’ team scores:

1. Kodiak 139; 2. Soldotna 47; 3. Homer 42; 4. Kenai 37; 5. Valdez 25; 6. Wasilla 16; 7. Palmer 13; 8. Seward 9; 9. Colony 2.

Girls individual results:

200-yard medley relay — 1. Kodiak 1:57.12; 2. Kodiak B 2:01.81; 3. Homer 2:03.23; 4. Valdez 2:04.23; 5. Palmer 2:10.08; 6. Kenai 2:14.60.

200 freestyle — 1. J. Lindquist, Kod 2:02.36; 2. I. Bowen, Sol 2:04.77; 3. H. Norris, Val 2:05.03; 4. O. Pfeifer, Ken 2:05.04; 5. M. Jester, Ken 2:11.72; 6. K. Barria, Was 2:15.49.

50 freestyle — 1. E. Johnston, Kod 26.34; 2. E. Audette, Sew 26.39; 3. K. Ashwell, Ken 26.43; 4. M. Scholze, Kod 26.91; 5. K. Spence, Hom 27.26; 6. K. Louthan, Ken 27.41.

Girls 1-meter diving — 1. M. Schachle, Was 192.05; 2. L. Seneff, Hom 187.00; 3. S. Hogen, Kod 167.35; 4. H. Graham, Was 143.50; 5. A. Daly, Ken 131.75; 6. J. Flortaliza, Kod 130.10.

100 butterfuly — 1. O. Bowen, Sol 1:03.16; 2. K. Barria, Was 1:03.31; 3. M. Jester, Kod 1:07.05; 4. D. Olesch, Hom 1:08.56; 5. N. Graham, Pal 1:09.41; 6. S. Desdow, Kod 1:11.40.

100 freestyle — 1. K. Groleske, Sol 57.87; 2. L. Griffing, Kod 58.37; 3. E. Johnston, Kod 59.56; 4. K. Ashwell, Ken 1:00.45; 5. K. Stark, Pal 1:00.56; 6. K. Spence, Hom 1:01.57.

500 freestyle — 1. C. Beck-Goodell, Ken 5:32.20; 2. O. Pfeiffer, Ken 5:35.35; 3. M. Schmidt, Hom 5:41.36; 4. S. Jones, Ken 6:10.53; . K. Anderson, Col 6:14.91; 6. W. Schlenker, Pal 6:27.03.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak 1:47.26; 2. Soldotna 1:48.0; 3. Kenai 1:48.74; 4. Valdez 1:53.24; 5. Soldotna B 1:58.41; 6. Kenai 2:00.60.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak 3:52.25; 2. Soldotna 3:58.79; 3. Homer 4:08.32; 4. Kenai Central 4:08.62; 5. Palmer 4:13.79; 6. Kodiak 4:15.44.

100 backstroke — 1. J. Lindquist, Kod 1:01.43; 2. K. Clark, Kod 1:06.26; 3. B. Irish, Val 1:09.97; 4. S. Jones, Kod 1:13.41; 5. T. Iredale, Hom 1:13.46; 6. A. Daly, Ken 1:14.05.

100 breaststroke — 1. L. Griffing, Kod 1:10.74; 2. H. Norris, Val 1:11.93; 3. E. Audette, Sew 1:12.22; 4. M. Sholze, Kod 1:12.30; 5. D. McNulty, Hom 1:13.01; 6. S. Jones, Kod 1:15.19.

Boys’ team scores:

1. Kodiak 73; 2. Homer 69; 3. Kenai ; 4. Soldotna 46; 5. Seward 3; 6. Colony 21; 7. Wasilla 19; 8. Palmer 10; 9. Valdez 1.

Boys’ individual results:

200-yard medley relay — 1. Soldotna 1:46.96; 2. Homer 2:52.04; 3. Seward 1:52.10; 4. Wasilla 2:02.17; 5. Colony 2:04.44; 6. Kenai 2:05.43.

200 freestyle — 1. M. Hollinger, Ken 2:57.35; 2. B. Schauff, Ken 1:57.67; 3. M. Smith, Ken 1:59.77; 4. K. Wentz, Hom 1:59.87; 5. A. Levan, Kod 2:07.57; 6. C. Corona-Cain, Sol 2:07.60.

200 individual medley — 1. W. Heaven, Ken 1:9.52; 2. C. Burnside, Kod 2:14.70; 3. R. Ginter, Hom 2:17.78; 4. Z. Mileuir, Col 2:25.87; 5. S. Bloom, Pal 2:30.41; 6. K. Pulver, Was 2:33.00.

50 freestyle — 1. N. Mcainko, Kod 22.32; 2. R. O’Leary, Sew 22.38; 3. A. Fletcher, Hom 23.51; 4. T. Landry, Ken 25.12; 5. S. Werner, Sew 25.62; 6. J. Snelders, Val 25.67.

1-meter diving — 1. C. Eshelman, Col 170.0; 2. G. Hall, Hom 167.95; 3. G. Ames, Sol 164.30; 4. K. Brinster, Hom 148.70; 5. B. Rowe, Hom 142.80; 6. B. Bible, Ken 130.60.

100 butterfly — 1. W. Heaven, Ken 2.62; 2. R. Ginter, Hom 6.79; 3. K. Wentz, Hom 1:02.24; 4. N. Hardy, Hom 1:04.42; 5. D. Hunter, Sol 1:13.78.

500 freestyle — 1. M. Smith, Kod 5:18.03; 2. B. Schauff, Kod 5:22.91; 3. A. Levan, Kod 5:41.23; 4. J. Eavis, Sew 5:43.97; 5. K. Snavley, Was 5:45.22; 6. G. Nelson, Was 5:53.95.

100 freestyle — 1. C. Carrico, Sol 51.36; 2. C. Burnside, Ken 53.44; 3. M> Hollinger, Ken 53.59; 4. N. Broughton, Sew 54.82; 5. C. Corono-Cain, Sol 57.22; 6. T. Landry, Ken 58.01.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Homer 1:36.29; 2. Kenai 1:37.13; 3. Kodiak 1:37.62; 4. Soldotna 1:38.29; 5. Seward 1:38.89; 6. Colony 1:4.36.

100 backstroke — 1. N. Macinko, Ken 5.83; 2. R. O’Leary, Sew 57.11; 3. A. Fletcher, Hom 1:01.92; 4. E. Rickman, Sol 1:03.03; 5. S. Bloom, Pal 1:04.26; 6. K. Snavley, Was 1:05.06.

100 breaststroke — 1. C. Carrico, Sol 1:04.20; 2. N. Broughton, Sew 1:11.80; 3. N. Hardy, Hom 1:12.22; 4. A. Kessler, Col 1:15.14; 5. Z. Mileiur, Col 1:15.30; 6. B. Gillman, Ken 1:15.37.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak 3:32.60; 2. Kenai Central 3:37.38; 3. Wasilla 3:58.26; 4. Palmer 4:02.52; 5. Homer 4:12.84; 6. Kenai Central 4:13.81.