Warriors second at Kenai Invite

KENAI — The Wasilla boys and girls combined to finish second overall in the Kenai Invitational at Kenai Central High School last week.

Led by a pair of relay wins, Wasilla finished second in the boys’ standings with 92 total points, just a dozen shy of first-place Kodiak.

Christian Long, Max Merriam, Charles Frey and Jeff Frey combined to win both the 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay.

Long, Merriam and Jeff Frey also won individual races during the single-day meet.

Long won a pair of events for WHS. H used a time of 1 minute, 51 seconds to win the 200-yard freestyle, beating second-place Anders Nyquist, of Kenai, by eight seconds. He beat Kodiak’s Hayden Linscheid by more than five seconds to win.

Merriam won the 100 breakstroke and finished second in the 200 individual medley for WHS, while Jeff Frey won the 100 freestyle.

Charles Long was second in the 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly.

Colony finished third in the boys’ standings, led by Alexander Deedy’s second-place finish in the 1-meter diving.

Rhowe Stefanski (100 freestyle) and Nicholas Brunger (200 freestyle) each finished third for CHS.

Richard Liebing finished eighth in the dive to lead the Moose.

The Warriors used 27 total points to finish fourth in the girls’ standings.

Mariah Schachle was the lone Valley athlete to win an event in the girls’ class, with a victory in the 1-meter dive. Her 167.15 total points pushed her ahead of teammate Zandra Christiansen, who finished second.

Caity Stigen finished fifth in the 50 freestyle for CHS.

Suzannah Whitford finished third in the diving event to lead the Colony Knights, who finished the meet in a fifth-place tie in the team standings with host Kenai.

Karina Barria finished fourth in the 100 butterfly and fifth in the 200 individual medley for the Knights.

Stacy Swindells led Palmer with a sixth-place finish in the 50 freestyle.

Kenai Invitational

Sept. 27, Kenai

Boys and girls combined team scores:

1. Kodiak, 225; 2. Wasilla, 119; 3. East, 96; 4. Soldotna, 77; 5. Colony, 60; 6. Kenai Central, 44; 7. Seward, 31; 8. Palmer, 8.

Girls team scores:

1. Kodiak, 121; 2. East, 85; 3. Soldotna, 42; 4. Wasilla, 27; 5 (tie). Kenai Central, Colony, 18; 7. Seward, 12; 8. Palmer, 7.

Girls individual results:

200-yard medley relay — 1. Kodiak (Philpot, Scholze, Young, Griffing), 1:55.24; 2. East, 1:56.65; 3. Soldotna, 2:01.59; 4. Wasilla, 2:10.41; 5. Kodiak, 2:11.68; 6. Colony, 2:12.13.

200 freestyle — 1. Karen Philpot, Kod, 2:06.80; 2. Leslie Rawson, Eas, 2:09.17; 3. Sarah Sauerbrey, Eas, 2:10.63; 4. Randi Freestone, Sol, 2:14.70; 5. Kendra Ashwell, Ken, 2:16.52; 6. Sonja Jones, Kod, 2:21.05.

200 IM — 1. Sam Wicks, Eas, 2:14.83; 2. Celeste Beck-Goodell, Kod, 2:18.52; 3. Olivia Bowen, Sol, 2:21.19; 4. Olivia Pfeifer, Ken, 2:28.83; 5. Karina Barria, Col, 2:32.62; 6. Brittany Shattuck, Was, 2:35.01.

50 freestyle — 1. Elyse Johnston, Kod, 26.25; 2. Kelly Brakora, Eas, 26.41; 3. Kyla Young, Kod, 26.81; 4. Eileen Audette, Sew, 27.01; 5. Caity Stigen, Was, 27.23; 6. Stacy Swindells, Pal, 28.28.

1-meter diving — 1. Mariah Schachle, Was, 167.15; 2. Zandra Christiansen, Was, 156.05; 3. Suzannah Whitford, Col, 152.30; 4. Kiera Rust, Was, 108.30; 5. Jessie Lachelt, Col, 99.65; 6. Cory Inch, Eas, 85.60.

100 butterfly — 1. Kyla Young, Kod, 1:04.24; 2. Lori Jones, Eas, 1:05.37; 3. Michaela Shirnberg, Sol, 1:09.15; 4. Karina Barria, Col, 1:10.36; 5. Brittany Shattuck, Was, 1:12.22; 6. Shelby Dresdow, Kod, 1:13.40.

100 freestyle — 1. Sam Wicks, Eas, 55.03; 2. Laura Griffing, Kod, 57.91; 3. Olivia Bowen, Sol, 57.92; 4. Meghan O'Leary, Sew, 58.51; 5. Elyse Johnston, Kod, 58.64; 6. Myra Scholze, Kod, 58.74.

500 freestyle — 1. Celeste Beck-Goodell, Kod, 5:31.14; 2. Olivia Pfeifer, Ken, 5:38.18; 3. McKinley Wallace, Eas, 5:48.45; 4. Sonja Jones, Kod, 6:12.53; 5. Sarah Rife, Sol, 6:15.58; 6. Maddie Merriam, Was, 6:22.49.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Johnston, Scholze, Beck-Goodell, Young), 1:45.25; 2. East, 1:48.90; 3. Soldotna, 1:48.91; 4. Palmer, 1:58.11; 5. East, 2:06.64; 6. Soldotna, 2:09.04.

100 backstroke — 1. Kelly Brakora, Eas, 1:01.94; 2. Karen Philpot, Kod, 1:04.34; 3. Eileen Audette, Sew, 1:06.70; 4. Sarah Sauerbrey, Eas, 1:07.95; 5. Kalsin Clark, Kod, 1:09.13; 6. Michaela Shirnberg, Sol, 1:10.27.

100 breaststroke — 1. Myra Scholze, Kod, 1:10.59; 2. Laura Griffing, Kod, 1:10.95; 3. Randi Freestone, Sol, 1:14.33; 4. Leslie Rawson, Eas, 1:15.49; 5. Meghan O'Leary, Sew, 1:18.50; 6. Kayla Anderson, Col, 1:19.36.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Johnston, Beck-Goodell, Philpot, Griffing), 3:52.07; 2. East, 3:53.70; 3. Kenai Central, 4:17.27; 4. Kodiak, 4:17.68; 5. Colony, 4:18.72; 6. Soldotna, 4:31.70.

Boys team scores:

1. Kodiak, 104; 2. Wasilla, 92; 3. Colony, 42; 4. Soldotna, 35; 5. Kenai Central, 26; 6. Seward, 19; 7. East, 11; 8. Palmer, 1.

Boys individual results:

200 medley relay — 1. Wasilla (Long, Merriam, C. Frey, J. Frey), 1:44.11; 2. Soldotna, 1:53.33; 3. Kenai Central, 1:54.48; 4. Kodiak, 1:55.01; 5. East, 1:56.71; 6. Wasilla, 2:00.35.

200 freestyle — 1. Christian Long, Was, 1:51.02; 2. Anders Nyquist, Ken, 1:59.64; 3. Nicholas Brunger, Col, 2:01.81; 4. Devon Christensen, Kod, 2:03.43; 5. Chad Paulson, Kod, 2:03.76; 6. Micah Stocker, Eas, 2:06.53.

200 IM — 1. Ryan O'Leary, Sew, 2:07.75; 2. Max Merriam, Was, 2:13.40; 3. Hayden Linscheid, Kod, 2:17.93; 4. Quinn Langfitt, Kod, 2:19.81; 5. Dylan Wannamaker, Ken, 2:21.72; 6. Carlton Burnside, Kod, 2:24.48.

50 freestyle — 1. Nando Macinko, Kod, 22.79; 2. Jeff Frey, Was, 22.89; 3. Winter Heaven, Sol, 23.20; 4. Eric Friccero, Kod, 23.38; 5. Rhowe Stefanski, Col, 23.49; 6. Shawn Wooten, Eas, 23.50.

1-meter diving — 1. Scott Wundersee, Kod, 188.99; 2. Alexander Deedy, Col, 165.25; 3. Tim Sheffler, Kod, 141.60; 4. Elrik Hanson, Kod, 131.50; 5. Cody Tate, Sol, 131.10; 6. Richard Liebing, Pal, 130.70.

100 butterfly — 1. Winter Heaven, Sol, 54.82; 2. Charles Frey, Was, 58.00; 3. Anders Nyquist, Ken, 59.33; 4. Adam Kincaid, Col, 1:04.52; 5. Rmb Spargo, Was, 1:07.55; 6. Joseph Nelson, Col, 1:13.34.

100 freestyle — 1. Jeff Frey, Was, 49.45; 2. Eric Friccero, Kod, 50.77; 3. Rhowe Stefanski, Col, 52.11; 4. Pavle Pavlovic, Was, 53.73; 5. Shawn Wooten, Eas, 54.22; 6. Nick Broughton, Sew, 54.69.

500 freestyle — 1. Christian Long, Was, 4:59.47; 2. Hayden Linscheid, Kod, 5:24.51; 3. Devon Christensen, Kod, 5:36.56; 4. Bryan Gary, Col, 5:51.83; 5. Brandon Schauff, Kod, 5:53.09; 6. Corbyn Jahn, Col, 5:56.99.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (N. Macinko, S. Macinko, Paulson, Friccero), 1:34.58; 2. Colony, 1:35.18; 3. Soldotna, 1:40.63; 4. Kodiak, 1:43.67; 5. Wasilla, 1:45.03; 6. Seward, 1:45.30.

100 backstroke — 1. Nando Macinko, Kod, 58.28; 2. Charles Frey, Was, 59.29; 3. Ryan O'Leary, Sew, 59.68; 4. Dylan Wannamaker, Ken, 59.81; 5. Quinn Langfitt, Kod, 1:01.69; 6. Micah Stocker, Eas, 1:03.87.

100 breaststroke — 1. Max Merriam, Was, 1:06.30; 2. Nick Broughton, Sew, 1:11.45; 3. Mark Youngren, Sol, 1:12.85; 4. Rmb Spargo, Was, 1:13.08; 5. Benjamin Fife, Was, 1:17.73; 6. Lehvi Minder, Col, 1:21.12.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Wasilla (Long, Merriam, C. Frey, J. Frey), 3:26.41; 2. Kodiak, 3:31.70; 3. Colony, 3:38.90; 4. Kodiak, 3:45.67; 5. Kenai Central, 3:50.06; 6. East, 3:52.33.