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KENAI — Senior Spencer Bloom won a pair of events to help the Palmer Moose win the boys team title at the Kenai Invitational Saturday at Kenai Central High School.
Bloom finished first in both the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke as the Moose finished with 70 total points. Bloom was one of three Palmer swimmers to win events. Evan McHenry was first in the 200 freestyle and Josh Hanson finished first in the 500 freestyle.
Palmer also won the 200 freestyle relay.
Zach Milbradt was second in the 200 IM and Zach Bloom was third in the 200 freestyle.
Mike Foy led Wasilla with a second-place finish in the 500 freestyle
Alex Kessler led fourth-place Colony with a win in the 100 breaststroke. The Knights were also first in the 200 medley relay.
Kenai Invitational
Saturday, Kenai Central
Boys team scores:
1. Palmer, 70; 2. West, 56; 3. Kenai, 45; 4. Colony, 43; 5.
East, 27; 6. Wasilla, 23; 7. Skyview, 16; 8. Seward, 10.
Boys individual results:
200-yard medley relay — 1. Colony (Kessler, Denny, T. Udomporn, L.
Udomporn), 1:59.03; 2. West, 2:01.90; 3. Kenai, 2:08.77; 4. Wasilla,
2:13.17; 5. Skyview, 2:27.74.
200 freestyle — 1. Evan McHenry, Pal, 2:09.38; 2. Zachary Bloom, Pal,
2:10.75; 3. Garrett Todd, Wes, 2:16.37; 4. Connor Minder, Was, 2:19.57; 5.
Jacob Gilman, Ken, 2:23.92; 6. Dezmond Ticknor, Ken, 2:30.16.
200 IM — 1. Kris Roylance, Wes, 2:23.46; 2. Zach Milbrant, Pal, 2:37.62; 3.
Sam Haney, Pal, 2:44.16; 4. Douglas Krukoff, Un, 2:45.62.
50 freestyle — 1. Spencer Bloom, Pal, 23.43; 2. Stephen Warner, Sew, 23.90;
3. Alex Kessler, Col, 23.95; 4. Noah Emerson, Eas, 25.56; 5. Tully
McConnell, Un, 26.45; 6. Danny McIntosh, Sky, 26.89.
Diving — 1. Joshua Oldham, Eas, 210.30; 2. Cole Gross, Ken, 156.70; 3. Brad
Bible, Ken, 127.30; 4. Bill Ashwell, Ken, 119.60; 5. Cody Haxby, Wes,
115.40; 6. Naephe Van Dyke, Pal, 111.30.
100 butterfly — 1. Cody Haxby, Wes, 1:05.55; 2. Josh Hanson, Pal, 1:06.21;
3. Zachary Bloom, Pal, 1:10.13; 4. Jacob Gilman, Ken, 1:13.79; 5. Ben Chang,
Eas, 1:19.64; 6. Tanner Hughes, Was, 1:26.92.
100 freestyle — 1. Ezra Hoque-Corwin, Eas, 56.06; 2. Stephan Werner, Sew,
56.81; 3. Brian Wise, Wes, 1:04.53; 4. Justin Reekie, Sky, 1:05.20; 5. Tully
McConnell, Un, 1:05.93; 6. Trace Braxling, Sky, 1:06.37.
500 freestyle — 1. Josh Hanson, Pal, 5:50.85; 2. Mike Foy, Was, 5:59.79; 3.
Bill Ashwell, Ken, 6:14.29; 4. Garrett Todd, Wes, 6:27.50; 5. Kei Kawanda,
Un, 6:34.39; 6. Jacob Dye, Ken, 6:51.40.
200 freestyle relay — 1. Palmer (S. Bloom, Z. Bloom, Hanson, McHenry),
1:44.09; 2. Colony, 1:46.31; 3. Un, 1:51.35; 4. Kenai, 1:53.05; 5. East,
1:53.16; 6. Skyview, 1:54.79.
100 backstroke — 1. Spencer Bloom, Pal, 1:01.84; 2. Kris Roylance, Wes,
1:04.02; 3. Noah Emerson, Eas, 1:08.52; 4. Evan McHenry, Pal, 1:09.26; 5.
Cole Gross, Ken, 1:12.24; 6. Dillion Magnusen, Un, 1:13.39.
100 breaststroke — 1. Alex Kessler, Col, 1:07.88; 2. Douglas Krukoff, Un,
1:15.60; 3. Connor Minder, Was, 1:18.74; 4. Danny McIntosh, Sky, 1:19.18; 5.
Danrick Trinidad, Un, 1:20.99; 6. Sam Haney, Pal, 1:21.92.
400 freestyle relay — 1. West (Todd, Haxby, Wise, Roylance), 3:57.32; 2.
Wasilla, 4:44.17; 3. Colony, 4:52.52; 4. Kenai, 5:47.31.
Girls team scores:
1. Kenai, 94; 2. East, 87; 3. West, 52; 4. Palmer, 41; 5.
Seward, 25; 6. Colony, 22; 7. Wasilla, 3.
Girls individual results:
200-yard medley relay — 1. Kenai (Hanson, Chess, Pfeifer, Louthan), 2
minutes, 5.21 seconds; 2. East, 2:12.09; 3. West, 2:13.15; 4. Kenai,
2:16.41; 5. Colony, 2:20.95; 6. Un, 2:22.28.
200 freestyle — 1. Katy Dalton, Wes, 2:01.35; 2. Olivia Pfeifer, Ken,
2:03.53; 3. Noelle Graham, Pal, 2:14.12; 4. Carrie Sauerbrey, Eas, 2:14.31;
5. Kayla Anderson, Col, 2:19.10; 6. Brittany Shattuck, Was, 2:19.75.
200 individual medley — 1. Lilly Harris, Wes, 2:38.67; 2. Chelsea Chess,
Ken, 2:38.76; 3. Mariah Fox, Eas, 2:41.25; 4. Celestina Castro, Ken,
2:44.64; 5. Joy Wannamaker, Ken, 2:45.85; 6. Jamie Brakora, Eas, 2:46.68.
50 freestyle — 1. Eileen Audette, Sew, 25.63; 2. Kaitlyn Louthan, Ken,
26.50; 3. McKinley Wallace, Eas, 26.54; 4. Katie Stark, Pal, 26.90; 5.
Olivia Beckham, Sew, 27.77; 6. Ena Burr, Eas, 28.12.
Diving — 1. Kirsten Williams, Eas, 133.50; 2. Amalise Decker, Wes, 118.30;
3. Austin Daly, Ken, 113.15; 4. Tiffany Israel, Wes, 107.45; 5. Amanda
Ritchie, Ken, 101.20; 6. Denali Branham, Pal, 78.75.
100 butterfly — 1. Jesi Cavanaugh, Eas, 1:01.30; 2. Noelle Graham, Pal,
1:07.84; 3. Celetina Castro, Ken, 1:13.25; 4. Laura Gordon, Wes, 1:17.82; 5.
Joy Wannamaker, Ken, 1:18.75; 6. Saige Stefanski, Col, 1:21.29.
100 freestyle — 1. Carrie Sauerbrey, Eas, 58.49; 2. Katie Stark, Pal, 59.49;
3. Kaitlyn Louthan, Ken, 59.71; 4. Ena Burr, Eas, 1:01.62; 5. Brittany
Shattuck, Was, 1:03.67; 6. Willow Schlenker, Pal, 1:04.21.
500 freestyle — 1. Katy Dalton, Wes, 5:24.81; 2. Olivia Pfeifer, Ken,
5:34.20; 3. McKinley Wallace, Eas, 5:38.59; 4. Jesi Cavanaugh, Eas, 5:41.88;
5. Rachel Tougas, Sew, 6:19.19; 6. Kayla Anderson, Col, 6:24.78.
200 freestyle relay — 1. East (Wallace, Sauerbrey, Cavanaugh, n/a), 1:48.71;
2. Kenai, 1:52.31; 3. Palmer, 1:52.82; 4. Colony, 2:03.43; 5. Kenai,
2:06.05; 6. West, 2:07.66.
100 backstroke — 1. Olivia Beckham, Sew, 1:09.51; 2. Jessica Rohleder, Eas,
1:10.83; 3. Austin Daly, Ken, 1:12.57; 4. Willow Schlenker, Pal, 1:12.61; 5.
Zoya Hanson, Ken, 1:12.71; 6. Shayla Shaishnikoff, Un, 1:15.02.
100 breaststroke — 1. Eileen Audette, Sew, 1:10.49; 2. Chelsea Chess, Ken,
1:22.12; 3. Molly Sullivan, Col, 1:27.85; 4. Amber Vernon, Un, 1:28.83; 5.
Lauren Higdon, Wes, 1:29.11; 6. Kelsey Cost, Pal, 1:29.89.
400 freestyle relay — 1. East (Wallace, Sauerbrey, n/a, Cavanaugh), 4:01.93;
2. Palmer, 4:19.49; 3. West, 4:19.92; 4. Kenai, 4:21.84; 5. Colony, 4:29.48;
6. Kenai, 4:48.63.