Sprinter paces Warrior girls at Valley Invite

PALMER — Wasilla speedster Karina Barria led the Warrior girls to a solid fourth-place finish in this weekend’s Valley Invitational.

The sprint swimmer won the 50-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly in 25.12 and 1:02.29 respectively, while Mariah Schachle won the 1 meter diving event to pace Wasilla to 32 team points, a shade off third-place Kenai Central.

Kodiak was the big winner at the invite, with the Bears dominating both the men’s and women’s events. The Bears scored a combined 196 points, more than double second place Homer at 83.

The Palmer girls joined Wasilla in the top 10 with a ninth-place showing with 11 team points. For the boys, the Valley placed three teams in the top 10 — Colony tied with North Pole for sixth with 27 points, Wasilla eighth with 14 and Palmer ninth with 10.

Colony diver Connor Eshelman continued his strong season, winning the 1 meter diving event with 340.05 points.

The Valley Invitational attracted a large field of 10 schools to compete at Palmer High School.

Valley Invitational

Friday, Saturday at Palmer High School

Combined team

1. Kodiak 196, 2. Homer 83, 3. Kenai Central 81, 4. Seward 55, 5. Soldotna 54, 6. North Pole 53, 7. Wasilla 46, 8. Valdez 30, 9. Colony 27, 10. Palmer 21, 11. Un Alaska 3, 12. Cordova 1.

Women’s team

1. Kodiak 121, 2. Homer 42, 3. Kenai Central 35, 4. Wasilla 32, 5. Valdez 30, 6. North Pole 26, 7. Soldotna and Seward 12, 9. Palmer 11, 10. Cordova 1.

Men’s team

1. Kodiak 75, 2. Kenai Central 46, Seward 43, 4. Soldotna 42, 5. Homer 41, 6. North Pole and Colony 27, 8. Wasilla 14, 9. Palmer 10, 10. Unalaska 3.

Girls 200-yard medley relay

1. Kodiak A 1:56.64, 2. Homere A 2:01.88, 3. Valdez A 2:02.90, 4. Wasilla A 2:07.20, 5. Kodiak B 2:08.11, 6. Palmer A 2:08.94.

Boys 200-yard medley relay

1. Soldotna A 1:48.08, 2. Seward A 1:48.55, 3. Homer A 1:53.61, 4. Colony A 1:55.56, 5. Kenai Central A 2:00.34.

Girls 200 freestyle

1. Perkins, NP 2:01.56, 2. Lindquist, Kodiak 2:01.62, 3. Pfeifer, Kenai Central 2:04.73, 4. Jester, Kodiak 2:05.67, 5. Groleske, SoHi 2:07.55, 6. Barnwell, Seward 2:08.56.

Boys 200 freestyle

1. Schauff, Kodiak 1:57.33, 2. Smith, Kodiak 1:59.96, 3. Broughton, Seward 2:01.93, 4. Levan, Kodiak 2:05.17, 5. Pulver, Wasilla 2;08.31, 6. Bennet, North Pole 2:08.40.

Girls 200 individual medley

1. Beck-Goodell, Kodiak 2:23.02, 2. Audette, Seward 2:27.32, 3. Jones, Kodiak 2:28.12, 4. Shattuck, Wasilla 2:33.86, 5. Dresdow, Kodiak 2:36.49, 6. Schmidt, Homer 2:41.76.

Boys 200 individual medley

1. O’Leary, Seward 2:00.30, 2. Burnside, Kodiak 2:11.57, 3. Hollinger, Kenai Central 2:16.53, 4. Nore, North Pole 2:25.87, 5. Nelson, Wasilla 2:25.92, 6. Reece, North Pole 2:28.18.

Girls 50 freestyle

1. Barria, Wasilla 25.12, 2. Norris, Valdez 25.63, 3. Jonston, Kodiak 26.07, 4. Scholze, Kodiak 26.43, 5. Ashwell, Kenai Central 26.82, 6. Meierotto, North Pole 26.86.

Boys 50 freestyle

1. Macinko, Kodiak 22.07, 2. Ginter, Homer 23.55, 3. Mileur, Colony 23.98, 4. Murray, North Pole 24.91, 5. O’Leary, Seward 25.08, 6. Landry, Kenai Central 25.12.

Girls 1 meter diving

1. Schachle, Wasilla 344.80, 2. Seneff, Homer 338.05, 3. Hogen, Kodiak 307.15, 4. Villa, North Pole 266.55, 5. Graham, Wasilla 214.00, 6. Byerley, SoHi 204.70.

Boys 1 meter diving

1. Eshelman, Colony 340.05, 2. Frazier, North Pole 317.60, 3. Hall, Homer 313.20, 4. Brinster, Homer 270.45, 5. Gross, Kenai Central 253.35, 6. Obeso, Palmer 231.55.

Girls 100 butterfly

1. Barria, Wasilla 1:02.29, 2. Olesch, Homer 1:05.78, 3. Graham, Palmer 1:08.24, 4. Louthan, Kenai Central 1:09.79, 5. Barnwell, Seward 1:10.34, 6. Drewsdow, Kodiak 1:11.58.

Boys 100 butterfly

1. Heaven, Kenai Central 52.57, 2. Snavley, Wasilla 58.99, 3. White, North Pole 1:04.34, 4. Reece, North Pole 1:05.35, 5. McAuliff, Colony 1:05.95, 6. Hunter, SoHi 1:06.95.

Girls 100 freestyle

1. Norris, Valdez 55.96, 2. Griffing, Kodiak 56.18, 3. Johnston, Kodiak 57.80, 4. Ashwell, Kenai Central 59.98, 5. Mokracek, SoHi 1:02.02, 6. Allen, Cordova 1:02.42.

Boys 100 freestyle

1. Wentz, Homer 50.83, 2. Carrico, SoHi 51.65, 3. Burnside, Kodiak 52.86, 4. Ginter, Homer 53.47, 5. Mileur, Colony 53.51, 6. Hollinger, Kenai Central 53.62.

Girls 500 freestyle

1. Perkins, North Pole 5:24.93, 2. Beck-Goodell, Kodiak 5:29.83, 3. Schmidt, Homer 5:30.34, 4. Pfeifer, Kenai Central 5:36.86, 5. Jester, Kodiak 5:40.68, 6. Groleske, SoHi 5:49.57.

Boys 500 freestyle

1. O’Leary, Seward 4:59.92, 2. Smith, Kodiak 5:14.02, 3. Schauff, Kodiak 5:17.49, 4. Nore, North Pole 5:24.37, 5. Levan, Kodiak 5:39.76, 6. Nelson, Wasilla 5:40.45.

Girls 200 freestyle relay

1. Kodiak A 1:44.19, 2. Kenai Central A 1:48.74, 3. North Pole A 1:50.91, 4. Valdez A 1:52.59, 5. Palmer A 1:53.78.

Boys 200 freestyle relay

1. Kodiak A 1:35.12, 2. Kenai Central A 1:35.69, 3. Seward A 1:35.84, 4. Soldotna A 1:37.69, 5. Homer A 1:39.01, 6. Colony A 1:42.22.

Girls 100 backstroke

1. Lindquist, Kodiak 1:01.35, 2. Schmidt, Homer 1:07.46, 3. Irish, Valdez 1:09.39, 4. Macinko, Kodiak 1:10.51, 5. Jones, Kodiak 1:11.45, 6. Traini, Palmer 1:13.22.

Boys 100 backstroke

1. Heaven, Kenai Central 55.30, 2. Macinko, Kodiak 56.95, 3. Snavley, Wasilla 59.53, 4. Bloom, Palmer 1:01.85, 5. Murray, North Pole 1:02.95, 6. Rickman, SoHi 1:03.51.

Girls 100 breaststroke

1. Griffing 1:08.02, 2. Scholze, Kodiak 1:09.30, 3. Audette, Seward 1:11.52, 4. McNulty, Homer 1:12.26, 5. Jones, Kodiak 1:14.56, 6. Schmidt, Homer 1:21.34.

Boys 100 breaststroke

1. Carrico, SoHi 1:05.37, 2. Broughton, Seward 1:08.71, 3. Kessler, Colony 1:09.53, 4. Fernandez, Unalaska 1:12.22, 5. Hardy, Homer 1:13.24, 6. Wentz, Homer 1:14.53.

Girls 400 freestyle relay

1. Kodiak A 3:48.37, 2. Kenai Central A 4:02.57, 3. Homer A 4:07.13, 4. Soldotna A 4:13.26.

Boys 400 freestyle relay

1. Kodiak A 3:31.59, 2. Kenai Central A 3:37.49, 3. Soldotna A 3:51.36, 4. Palmer A 3:52.71, 5. Homer A 3:58.07, 6. North Pole A 4:09.77.