Under strict COVID-19 mandates and protocols, peninsula swimmers competed head-to-head for a final time in the 2020 season at the Kenai Peninsula Swimming Championships held at the Homer High School Kate Kuhns Aquatic Center on Saturday.
Swimmers representing Homer, Kenai, Seward and SoHi competed under unusal cercumstances including masks on the deck and leaving the designated area when not swimming–gone was the usual team rallying cheers, deck-side encouragement and even the ability to watch fellow teammates compete.
Homer High School topped the girls team scoring and the Kenai boys outdistanced the field. Soldotna High School placed second in the girls and boys team scoring.
Multiple event winners in the girls competition included:
Female swimmer of the Year Madison Story of Homer winning the 200IM, the 100 Breaststroke and Story set a Homer record in the 100 Freeestyle with an opening leg of the 400 Freestyle Relay time of 53.83 (swimmers may set records in the lead-off position of the relay).
Homer’s Adeline Berry won the 100 Butterfly and 50 Freestyle; Carly Nelson, of Homer, won the 200 Freestyle and 100 Freestyle.
Multiple event winners in the boys competition included:
Male swimmer of the Year Owen Rolph captured the 50 Freestyle and the 100 Butterfly, Kenai’s Koda Poulin won the 200 IM and the 500 Freestyle.
Kenai Peninsula Swimming Championships Individual Awards
Female Swimmer of the Year – Madison Story, Homer.
Male Swimmer of the Year – Owen Rolph, Kenai Central.
Coach of the Year – Caleb Miller, Homer.
Kenai Peninsula Swimming Championships: Girls
Girls Team Scores: 1. Homer High School, 117; 2. Soldotna High School, 75; 3. Kenai Central High School, 52; 4. Seward High School, 18
Girls Individual Results
200-yard medley relay — 1. Homer (Nelson, Story, Berry, Overdorf), 1 minute, 51.86 seconds; 2. Soldotna, 2:29.41.
200-yard freestyle — 1. Carly Nelson, Hom, 2:01.85; 2. Rachael Pitsch, Ken, 2:08.35; 3. Kylie Mullaly, Sew, 2:19.89; 4. Tirzah Frederickson, Sol, 2:19.93; 5. Bristol Johnson, Hom, 2:22.77; 6. Madison McDonald, Ken, 2:25.91.
200-yard IM — 1. Madison Story, Hom, 2:08.90; 2 Madison Snyder, Sol, 2:27.67; 3. Hazel Pearson, Hom, 2:36.76; 4. Olivia Overdorf, Hom, 2:51.42; 5. Eden Alioto, Ken, 3:00.26.
50-yard freestyle — 1. Adeline Berry, Hom, 25.73; 2. Regan Evans, Sol, 26.84; 3. Delta Fabich, Hom, 27.90; 4. Grace Morrow, Ken, 28.50; 5. Tirzah Frederickson, Sol, 29.80; 6. Maria Anderson, Ken, 30.88.
100-yard butterfly — 1. Adeline Berry, Hom, 1:00.20; 2. Mia Nappi, Sew, 1:03.08; 3. Julia Anderson, Ken, 1:09.08; 4. Olivia Overdorf, Hom, 1:22.41; 5. Evelyn Wilcox, Sol, 1:26.25.
100-yard freestyle — 1. Carly Nelson, Hom, 55.15; 2. Regan Evans, Sol, 1:01.29; 3. Delta Fabich, Hom, 1:02.92; 4. Grace Morrow, Ken, 1:03.71; 5. Wren Dougherty, Sew, 1:08.16; 6. Eden Alioto, Ken, 1:09.84.
500-yard freestyle — 1. Rachael Pitsch, Ken, 5:48.25; 2. Hannah Overdorf, Hom, 5:59.00; 3. Charisma Watkins, Sol, 6:15.61; 4. Madison McDonald, Ken, 6:25.32; 5. Evelyn Wilcox, Sol, 7:05.55; 6. Naomi Frederickson, Sol, 7:19.58.
100-yard backstroke — 1. Madison Snyder, Sol, 1:07.35; 2. Hannah Overdorf, Hom, 1:08.81; 3. Julia Anderson, Ken, 1:10.51; 4. Bristol Johnson, Hom, 1:13.66; 5. Maria Anderson, Ken, 1:17.29; 6. Emma Snyder, Sol, 1:26.15.
100-yard breaststroke — 1. Madison Story, Hom, 1:04.92; 2. Mia Nappi, Sew, 1:08.34; 3. Hazel Pearson, Hom, 1:18.85; 4. Charisma Watkins, Sol, 1:21.82; 5. Kylie Mullaly, Sew, 1:22.40; 6. Deloma Watkins, Sol, 1:28.02.
400-yard freestyle relay — 1. Homer (Story, Nelson, Berry, Overdorf), 3:46.50; 2. Soldotna, 4:12.28; 3. Kenai, 4:39.85.
Boys Team Scores: 1. Kenai Central High School, 117; 2. Soldotna High School, 68; 3. Seward High School, 63; 4. Homer High School, 17
Boys Individual Results
200-yard medley relay — 1. Kenai (Poulin, Sorensen, Owen, Wright), 1:47.18; 2. Soldotna, 1:56.61; 3. Seward, 2:01.53.
200-yard freestyle — 1. John Wright, Ken, 2:04.34; 2. Brock Storms, Ken, 2:04.68; 3. Nikita Monyahan, Sol, 2:06.44; 4. Jackson Bird, Sew, 2:06.81; 5. Max Reese, Sol, 2:13.10; 6. Foster Boze, Sol, 2:13.19.
200-yard IM — 1. Koda Poulin, Ken, 2:06.35; 2. Tristen Reese, Ken, 2:24.40; 3. Bengimin Ambrosiani, Sew, 2:25.50; 4. Lucas Nollar, Hom, 2:32.43; 5. Hunter Fry, Hom, 2:33.25; 6. Anatoli Boutwell, Sol, 2:41.00.
50-yard freestyle — 1. Owen Rolph, Ken, 23.36; 2. Nathan Pitka, Sol, 23.97; 3. Paxton Hill, Sew, 24.32; 4. Peter Spanos, Sew, 25.48; 5. Emmet Wilkinson, Hom, 25.70; 6. Ethan Berga, Ken, 26.02.
100-yard butterfly — 1. Owen Rolph, Ken, 54.65; 2. Ethan Berga, Ken, 1:06.48; 3. Nickolas Ambrosiani, Sew, 1:11.30.
100-yard freestyle — 1. Sorin Sorensen, Ken, 52.39; 2. Nathan Pitka, Sol, 52.51; 3. Peter Spanos, Sew, 56.79; 4. Tristen Reese, Ken, 56.90; 5. Foster Boze, Sol, 59.38; 6. Brandon Christenson, Sol, 1:00.90.
500-yard freestyle — 1. Koda Poulin, Ken, 5:05.33; 2. Nikita Monyahan, Sol, 5:46.60; 3. Jackson Bird, Sew, 5:50.39; 4. Hunter Fry, Hom, 5:52.42; 5. Bennjamin Abel, Sol, 6:39.82.
200-yard freestyle relay — 1. Kenai (Sorensen, Storms, Poulin, Rolph), 1:35.05; 2. Soldotna, 1:42.85; 3. Seward, 1:46.48.
100-yard backstroke — 1. Paxton Hill, Sew, 1:01.39; 2. Sorin Sorensen, Ken, 1:01.46; 3. Brock Storms, Ken, 1:01.95; 4. Sam Mclain, Sew, 1:10.69; 5. Anatoli Boutwell, Sol, 1:12.89; 6. Bennjamin Abel, Sol, 1:15.43.
100-yard breaststroke — 1. Max Reese, Sol, 1:13.41; 2. John Wright, Ken, 1:14.46; 3. Emmet Wilkinson, Hom, 1:14.89; 4. Lucas Nollar, Hom, 1:15.93; 5. Enoch Frederickson, Sol, 1:17.15; 6. Judah Brueckner, Sew, 1:22.10.
400-yard freestyle relay — 1. Kenai (Reese, Storms, Berga, Wright), 3:45.55; 2. Seward, 3:52.80; 3. Soldotna, 4:12.09.
Swim Note: Kenai’s Sorin Sorensen has signed to swim for the Division I Long Island University in New York.
