Lydia Jacoby will add Alaska Girls Most Outstanding Swimmer and two state swimming individual championships to her 2021 swim resume’ with her performances at the 2021 ASAA Alaska State Swimming & Diving Championships held at the Bartlett Pool in Anchorage.
Jacoby opened with a victory in the 200IM in a time of 2:05.7, finishing three seconds faster than her 2:08.9 prelim time. She followed up with a gold medal and new state record in the 100 Breaststroke posting a time of 59.66, breaking her own state record of 1:00.61 set in 2019 (all state records must be set at the state meet).
Homer’s Jillian Crooks won the 200 Freestyle and set an Alaska state record posting a record time of 1:49.85. Crooks also won the 100 Freestyle in 50.70. Crooks swam in the Tokyo Olympics representing the Cayman Islands. Crooks path to the Alaska state swim meet included covid protocols and a past relationship with Homer head swim coach Caleb Miller. Miller, while living in the Cayman Islands, taught Jillian Crooks to swim when Crooks was five-years-old. When Crooks completed competition in Tokyo she was unable to immediately return to the Caymans due to issues with covid testing. Miller arranged for Crooks to continue her training and swim for Homer High School. ASAA approved the paperwork–Crooks is an Alaska state champion.
Kenai Central swimmers qualifying for the event finals included Koda Poulin and Samuel Anderson.
Koda Poulin finished 6th in the boys 500 Freestyle with a time of 5:03.04.
Samuel Anderson finished 7th in the boys 100 Backstroke with a time of 56.78.
Soldotna diver Abriella Werner finished 4th in IM Diving with a point total of 346.35.
ASAA State Swimming & Diving Championships: Kenai & SoHi Results
Kenai Central High School
Koda Poulin, 6th in 500 Freestyle
Samuel Anderson, 7th in 100 Backstroke
Koda Poulin, 12th in 200 Freestyle
Hager Elserry, 9th in 100 Butterfly; 13th in 100 Backstroke
Madison McDonald, 16th in 500 Freestyle
Soldotna High School
Abriella Werner, 4th in IM Diving Total pts: 346.35
Heidi Snyder, 14th in 100 Freestyle; 15th in 500 Freestyle
Nikita Monyahan, 15th in 500 Freestyle
Madison Snyder, 10th in 100 Breaststroke
