Pair of Knights earn runner-up finishes at SoHi Pentathlon

WASILLA — A pair of Colony swimmers earned runner-up finishes during the Soldotna Pentathlon Sept. 23 in Soldotna.

Camille Dayton used a total time of 3 minutes, 5.85 seconds to place second in the girls’ class. Jake Simmons was second in the boys’ class with a total time of 2:38.36.

The annual pentathlon features each swimmer competing in five events — the 100-yard individual medley, 50 butterfly, 50 backstroke, 50 breaststroke and 50 freestyle — and the owner of the fastest combined time is crowned champion.

Kodiak swept the titles, with Talon Lindquist winning the boys’ class and Marina Cumminskey finishing first in the girls.

This marks the third straight year that Lindquist and Simmons have finished first and second in the boys’ pentathlon standings.

Dayton was one of a trio of Knights to place in the top 10 to help the Knights win the girls’ pentathlon team title. Alexis Mattson (3:13.70) was seventh and Madeline Vig (3:16.16) finished ninth. A pair of Palmer swimmers also placed in the girls’ top 10. Gretchen Snelders (3:07.47) was fourth and Ashtyn Peterson (3:15.71) placed eighth.

Max Snelders led the Palmer boys (2:41.72) with a fourth-place finish.

For results, see frontiersman.com/sports.

Colony girls 2nd in Soldotna Invitational

The Colony girls posted a second-place finish during the Soldotna Invitational Sept. 24 in Soldotna.

Madeline Vig (100 breaststroke), Camille Dayton (200 freestyle) and Eileen Cyr (diving) each won events for the Knights, who also finished first in the 200 medley relay.

Palmer, led by Gretchen Snelders’ win in the 500 freestyle, finished fourth in the team standings.

Jake Simmons finished first in the 200 individual medley to help the Colony boys finish third in the team standings. Wasilla’s Brayden Schachle finished first in the boys’ diving.

Palmer and Wasilla finished fourth and fifth in the boys’ team standings.

For results, see frontiersman.com/sports.