Wasilla boys win Soldotna Pentathlon; Knights second in SoHi tri

SOLDOTNA — Jeff Frey led the Wasilla Warriors boys swimming and diving squad to the team title at the Soldotna Pentathlon at Soldotna High School on Friday.

Frey was the top swimming in the pentathlon — a meet that tests swimmers’ ability in five different events. Frey’s total time of 2 minutes, 39.15 seconds was three seconds faster than second-place Winter Heaven of Soldotna.

Frey scored the top individual time in three of the five events en route to claiming the top spot. His time of 56.26 in the 100-yard individual medley, his 25.96 in the 50 backstroke and time of 22.60 in the 50 freesyle were all meet bests.

Frey was one of two Warriors to finish in the top four and four to place in the top seven. Christian Long (2:44.84) finished fourth, while Charles Frey (2:49.11) was sixth and Max Merriam (2:52.77) was seventh.

Colony, led by Karina Barria, finished sixth in the girls’ team standings. Barina placed 10th overall for Colony.

Wasilla was seventh on the girls’ side. Caity Stigen led the Warriors witha 11th-place finish.

Soldotna Pentathlon

Friday, Soldotna

Boys team scores:

1. Wasilla, 60; 2. Kodiak, 32; 3. Seward, 22; 4. Soldotna, 17; 5. Homer, 11; 6. Kenai, 107. Cordova, 3.

Boys individual statistics:

(Swimmer, school Total 100 IM 50 fly 50 back 50 breast 50 free)

1. Jeff Frey, Was. 2:39.15 56.26 25.01 25.96 29.32 22.60;

2. Winter Heaven, Sol. 2:42.24 57.41 24.59 26.36 30.95 22.93;

3. Ryan O’Leary, Sew. 2:42.70 57.31 25.06 28.14 29.53 22.66

4. Christian Long, Was. 2:44.84 57.67 25.67 26.74 31.07 23.69

5. Nando Macinko, Kod. 2:46.36 59.02 26.47 27.01 31.12 22.74

6. Charles Frey, Was. 2:49.11 59.59 26.00 27.60 32.07 23.85

7. Max Merriam, Was. 2:52.77 1:00.86 27.32 29.36 30.41 24.82

8. Eric Friccero, Kod. 2:54.29 1:01.63 28.42 27.85 33.11 23.28

9. Dylan Wannamaker, Ken. 2:57.72 1:02.95 27.32 28.18 34.30 24.97

10. Layden Linscheid, Kod. 2:57.78 1:02.76 28.30 29.75 31.47 25.50

11. Nick Broughton, Sew. 2:58.66 1:03.97 27.26 31.06 31.99 24.38

12. John Roedl, Hom. 2:58.83 1:02.31 27.93 29.59 33.89 25.11

13. Richard Ginter, Hom. 2:59.02 1:02.68 27.81 30.05 33.35 25.13

14. Kyle Irving, Cor. 3:00.66 1:03.45 28.54 28.70 35.29 24.68

15. Alder Fletcher, Hom. 3:02.36 1:03.89 27.19 30.61 35.26 25.41

16. Anders Nyquist, Ken. 3:02.70 1:03.32 27.13 31.65 35.17 25.43

Girls team scores:

1. Kodiak, 58; 2. Seward, 32; 3. Soldotna, 31; 4. Valdez, 12; 5. Homer, 9; 6. Colony, 7; 7. Wasilla, 6.

Girls individual results:

Swimmer, school Total 100 IM 50 fly 50 back 50 breast 50 free

1. Olivia Bowen, Sol. 2:59.78 1:03.60 27.10 28.98 34.18 25.92

2. Meghan O’Leary, Sew. 3:07.22 1:06.37 28.75 30.33 35.40 26.37

3. Karen Philpot, Kod. 3:07.76 1:06.34 29.13 30.18 35.03 27.08

4. Eileen Audette, Sew. 3:08.15 1:06.50 30.02 30.70 34.03 26.90

5. Kyla Young, Kod. 3:08.82 1:06.74 28.39 33.12 33.95 26.62

6. Celeste Beck-Goodell, Kod. 3:08.92 1:05.37 29.69 32.42 34.23 27.21

7. Hannah Norris, Val. 3:09.49 1:07.21 28.79 32.24 34.67 25.58

8. Michaela Shirnberg, Sol. 3:10.19 1:07.43 29.74 31.43 34.66 26.93

9. Laura Griffing, Kod. 3:11.05 1:07.10 30.89 34.29 32.24 26.53

10. Karina Barria, Col. 3:12.21 1:07.97 30.09 32.43 34.25 27.47

11. Caity Stigen, Was. 3:13.83 1:08.70 29.35 31.86 36.35 27.57

12. Myra Scholze, Kod. 3:14.85 1:08.62 31.10 34.27 33.35 27.51

13. Marie Schmidt, Hom. 3:16.63 1:08.56 31.57 32.12 35.87 28.51

14. Jaclyn Arndt, Hom. 3:17.14 1:09.24 30.48 32.50 36.62 28.30

15. Grace Harrison, Hom. 3:17.17 1:08.01 31.08 35.05 35.74 27.29

16. Elyse Johnston, Kod. 3:17.22 1:09.69 29.59 32.06 29.28 26.60

Knights score pair of second-place finishes in Soldotna tri

SOLDONTA — The Colony Knights finished second in both the boys and girls team standings at a tri-meet hosted by Soldotna High School on Saturday.

Four Knights won individual events during the boys’ meet to help Colony finish with 117 total points, 22 behind first-place Soldotna.

Rhowe Stefanski used a time of 23.98 to win the 50 freestyle. Stefanski’s teammate, Adam Kincaid, finished second.

Colony’s Alexander Deedy also finished ahead of a teammate to win the 1-meter diving event. Connor Eshleman finished second in the event for the Knights.

Joseph Nelson (100 butterfly) and Nicholas Brunger (500 freestyle) also won events.

Karina Barria was the lone Colony swimmer to win an event on the girls’ side. Barria finshed first in the 50 freestyle.

Kayla Anderson (200 freestyle) and Suzannah Whitford (1-meter diving) posted second-place finishes for the Knights.

Girls team scores

1. Soldotna, 144; 2. Colony, 91; 3. Valdez, 58.

Girls individual results:

200-yard medley relay — 1. Soldotna (Shirnberg, Freestone, Bowen, Rife), 2:02.31; 2. Valdez, 2:13.75; 3. Colony, 2:19.46. 200 freestyle — 1. Randi Freestone, Sol, 2:12.49; 2. Kayla Anderson, Col, 2:18.18; 3. Sarah Rife, Sol, 2:21.07.

200 individual medley — 1. Olivia Bowen, Sol, 2:19.68; 2. Lis Evans, Sol, 2:57.83; 3. Grace Kari, Col, 3:03.99.

50 freestyle — 1. Karina Barria, Col, 27.00; 2. Bridget Irish, Val, 28.94; 3. Sarah Gussert, Val, 29.58.

1-meter diving — 1. Nicky Collett, Sol, 141.45; 2. Suzannah Whitford, Col, 141.00; 3. Darlene Wilson, Col, 122.50.

100 butterfly — 1. Nicky Collett, Sol, 1:15.80; 2. Angela Ramponi, Sol, 1:20.69; 3. Ashley Kangas, Col, 1:35.91.

100 freestyle — 1. Olivia Bowen, Sol, 55.92; 2. Hannah Norris, Val, 56.48; 3. Kayla Anderson, Col, 1:02.36.

500 freestyle — 1. Michaela Shirnberg, Sol, 5:56.86; 2. Taelor Broandon, Sol, 7:03.26; 3. Rachel Pomrenke, Col, 7:45.88.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Valdez (Irish, Fifirek, Miner, Norris), 2:01.90; 2. Soldotna, 2:02.06; 3. Colony, 2:19.18.

100 backstroke — 1. Michaela Shirnberg, Sol, 1:09.08; 2. Bridget Irish, 1:13.57; 3. Linnea Powers, 1:18.97.

100 breaststroke — 1. Randi Freestone, Sol, 1:12.74; 2. Hannah Norris, Val, 1:15.23; 3. Karina Barria, Col, 1:16.98.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Soldotna (Bowen, Rife, Shirnberg, Freestone), 3:59.46; 2. Colony, 4:30.96; 3. Soldotna, 4:39.61.

Boys team scores:

1. Soldotna, 139, 2. Colony, 117; 3. Valdez, 16.

Boys individual results:

200 medley relay — 1. Soldotna (Whitaker, Youngren, Heaven, Byerley), 1:55.70; 2. Colony, 1:59.04; 3. Soldotna, 2:25.25.

200 freestyle — 1. Winter Heaven, Sol, 1:54.21; 2. Cole Beck, Val, 2:12.62; 3. Corbyn Jahn, Col, 2:17.51.

200 individual medley — 1. Austin Whitaker, Sol, 2:28.63; 2. Christian Carrico, Sol, 2:28.95; 3. Joseph Nelson, Col, 2:38.05.

50 freestyle — 1. Rhowe Stefanski, Col, 23.98; 2. Adam Kincaid, Col, 24.60; 3. Garrett Byerley, Sol, 24.91.

1-meter diving — 1. Alexander Deedy, Col, 181.40; 2. Connor Eshleman, Col, 128.55; 3. Austin Whitaker, Sol, 118.80.

100 butterfly — 1. Joseph Nelson, Col, 1:15.07; 2. Jake Douthit, Sol, 1:27.00; 3. Lehvi Minder, Col, 1:31.17.

100 freestyle — 1. Winter Heaven, Sol, 50.68; 2. Bryan Gary, Col, 57.40; 3. Jacob Trippe, Sol, 1:06.73.

500 freestyle — 1. Nicholas Brunger, Col, 5:45.47; 2. Adam Kincaid, Col, 6:24.96; 3. Garrett Byerley, Sol, 6:37.19.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Soldotna (Youngren, Whitaker, Byerley, Heaven), 1:41.03; 2. Colony, 1:44.13; 3. Soldotna, 1:56.45.

100 backstroke — 1. Cole Beck, Val, 1:05.02; 2. Corbyn Jahn, Col, 1:10.02; 3. Rhowe Stefanski, Col, 1:10.20.

100 breaststroke — 1. Mark Youngren, Sol, 1:13.10; 2. Christian Carrico, Sol, 1:16.72; 3. Bryan Gary, Col, 1:21.18.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Soldotna (McCown, Chase, Carrico, Youngren), 4:18.30; 2. Colony, 4:34.68; 3. Soldotna, 4:54.81.