USA Swimming Alaska hosted a two-day, high school swimming invitational at the Bartlett Pool in Anchorage; an event which provided a state championship-style event featuring 146 swimmers from 19 different Alaska high school.
The Alaska Swimming Championship Meet was not an ASAA sanctioned event and swimmers competed under USA Swimming rules and guidelines with extensive COVID-19 protocols and safety measures.
Top Peninsula swimming results included:
Homer’s Madison Story recorded two individual event championships. Story won the 200 IM (2:06.03) and placed first in the 100 Breaststroke (1:04.22).
Kenai’s Owen Rolph finished third overall in the 100 Butterfly and 6th in the 50 Freestyle.
Kenai’s Koda Poulin placed 3rd in the 500 Freestyle and 6th in the 200 IM.
Seward’s Mia Nappi finished 5th in the 100 Breaststroke.
Homer’s Carly Nelson placed 5th in the 200 IM and 5th in the 100 Butterfly.
Homer’s Adeline Berry placed 6th in the 50 freestyle and 6th in the 100 Butterfly.
Alaska Swimming Championship Meet – Peninsula Swimmers
Information provided by Kenai Swimming & Diving
Kenai-
Prelims – November 20
- Owen Rolph – 50 free (22.53) and 100 fly (53.49) – qualified for finals in both swims.
- Koda Poulin – 200 IM (2:05.43) and 500 free (2:05.64) – qualified for finals in both swims
- Sorin Sorensen – 50 free (23.09) – did not move onto finals
- Rachael Pitsch – 500 free (5:39.12) – did not move onto finals
Finals – November 21
- Owen Rolph – place 6th in the 50 free (22.70) and 3rd in the 100 Fly (53.70)
- Koda Poulin – place 6th in the 200 IM (2:05.64) and 3rd in the 500 Free (5:03.18)
Seward-
Prelims – November 20
- Mia Nappi – 100 Fly (1:03.68) and 100 Breast (1:08.68) – qualified for finals in her 100 Breast
Finals – November 21
- Mia Nappi – 100 Breast (1:08.91) 5th place
Homer –
Prelims – November 20
- 200 Medley Relay (1:50.82) Adeline Berry, Carly Nelson, Hannah Overdorf, Madison Story – qualified for relay finals
- 200 Freestyle Relay (1:41.54) Adeline Berry, Carly Nelson, Hannah Overdorf, Madison Story – qualified for relay finals
- Adeline Berry – 50 free (25.27) and 100 Fly (1:00.38) – qualified for finals in both swims
- Carly Nelson – 200 IM (2:14.35) and 100 Fly (1:00.17) – qualified for finals in both swims
- Madison Story – 200 IM (2:07.63) and 100 Breast (1:03.96) – qualified for finals in both swims as top seed
Finals – November 21
- 200 Medley Relay (1:50.71) Adeline Berry, Carly Nelson, Hannah Overdorf, Madison Story – placed 2nd
- 200 Freestyle Relay (1:41.21) Adeline Berry, Carly Nelson, Hannah Overdorf, Madison Story – placed 3rd
- Adeline Berry – 50 free (25.68) – 6th place in finals and 100 Fly (59.86) – 6th place in finals
- Carly Nelson – 200 IM (2:14.26) – placed 5th in finals and 100 Fly (59.62) – placed 5th in finals
- Madison Story – 200 IM (2:06.03) -1st place in finals and 100 Breast (1:04.22) – 1st place in finals
Alaska Swimming Championship Meet: Finals (Top 8) Results
Girls Team Scores — 1) Lynx 103, 2) Wolfpack 63; 3) Mariners 57; 4) Malemutes 56; 5) Silver Wolves 48; 6) Wolves 42; 7) Wolverines 33; 8) Knights 26; 9) tie, Bears, Cougars and Eagles 16; 12) Lions 12; 13) Mustangs 10; 14) Moose 7; 15) Seahawks 4; 15) Buccaneers 4; 17) Hawks 2; 18) Patriots 1.
Boys Team Scores — 1) Cougars 96; 2) Lynx 86; 3) Silver Wolves 62; 4) Knights 60; 5) Wolfpack 49; 6) Bears 41; 7) Wolverines 26; 8) tie, Mustangs and Moose 25; 10) Kardinals 18; 11) Eagles 9; 12) Hawks 6.
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay — 1, Lynx (Hannah Boyce, Isabelle Borke, Brooke Dittlinger, Dreamer Kowatch ), 1:50.00. 2, Mariners 1:50.71. 3, Wolfpack 1:51.55. 4, Wolves 1:51.91. 5, Knights 1:54.05. 6, Silver Wolves 1:54.81. 7, Wolverines 1:55.11. 8, Cougars 1:59.51.
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay — 1, Cougars (Gavin Kitchen, Tavner Wisdom, Nicholas Price, Conrad Fawcett ), 1:36.49. 2, Knights 1:37.52. 3, Silver Wolves 1:39.24. 4, Lynx 1:44.41. 5, Mustangs 1:46.57.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle — 1, McKenzie Fazio, Silver Wolves, 1:52.42. 2, Leslie Spear, Bears, 1:58.10. 3, Liz Brower, Lions, 1:58.42. 4, Emma Gassman, Wolves, 1:59.21. 5, Hannah Boyce, Lynx, 1:59.99. 6, Ally Ferguson, Moose, 2:01.34. 7, Paige Antrobus, Lynx, 2:03.19. 8, Ryann Dorris, Eagles, 2:04.15.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle — 1, Tavner Wisdom, Cougars, 1:42.90. 2, Kenneth Octuk, Lynx, 1:45.36. 3, Jackson Krug, Bears, 1:46.52. 4, Conrad Fawcett, Cougars, 1:47.50. 5, Donovan Lodzins, Mustangs, 1:51.14. 6, Karson Kolberg, Knights, 1:51.17. 7, Jake Metzger, Silver Wolves, 1:53.32. 8, Kaeson Dalrymple-Sorenson, Moose, 1:53.62.
Girls 200 Yard IM — 1, Madison Story, Mariners, 2:06.03. 2, Heidi Billings, Wolfpack, 2:10.60. 3, Grace Harang, Wolves, 2:11.58. 4, Kiara Borchardt, Silver Wolves, 2:12.03. 5, Carly Nelson, Mariners, 2:14.26. 6, Jasmine Anderson, Knights, 2:14.79. 7, Samantha Bristor, Wolfpack, 2:15.51. 8, Hannah Katchen, Cougars, 2:20.09.
Boys 200 Yard IM — 1, Nicholas Price, Cougars, 1:54.72. 2, Ian Rocheleau, Bears, 1:57.34. 3, Ashton Banks, Wolfpack, 1:59.78. 4, Matthew Heaphy, Silver Wolves, 2:00.09. 5, George Sholton, Eagles, 2:05.30. 6, Koda Poulin, Kardinals, 2:05.64. 7, Josiah Keen, Silver Wolves, 2:07.31. 8, Sebiyam Werdin-Kennicott, Hawks, 2:08.12.
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle — 1, Isabelle Borke, Lynx, 24.12. 2, Katy McCarter, Malemutes, 24.14. 3, Alison Narog, Bears, 24.91. 4, Aubrey Cheng, Wolverines, 24.99. 5, Mia Sperbeck, Lynx, 25.26. 6, Brooke Dittlinger, Lynx, 25.52. 7, Adeline Berry, Mariners, 25.68. 8, Timberlyn Wendt, Malemutes, 26.33.
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle —1, Ezra Billings, Wolfpack, 20.59. 2, Scott Babbitt, Lynx, 21.71. 3, Konnor Kolberg, Knights, 22.03. 4, David Bascom, Wolverines, 22.31. 5, Fischer Kass, Lynx, 22.58. 6, Owen Rolph, Kardinals, 22.70. 7, Jaxson Lee, Moose, 22.75. 8, Reuben Dobson, Mustangs, 22.82.
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly — 1, Kiara Borchardt, Silver Wolves, 56.31. 2, Dreamer Kowatch, Lynx, 57.41. 3, Avery Hafele, Malemutes, 57.80. 4, Summer Cheng, Wolverines, 58.11. 5, Carly Nelson, Mariners, 59.62. 6, Adeline Berry, Mariners, 59.86. 7, Sophia Schwantes, Wolves, 1:00.75. 8, Evelyn Rupp, Wolfpack, 1:01.18.
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly — 1, Jonathan Cowin, Knights, 51.24. 2, Ashton Banks, Wolfpack, 51.89. 3, Owen Rolph, Kardinals, 53.70. 4, Reuben Dobson, Mustangs, 54.49. 5, Thomas Myers, Silver Wolves, 54.72. 6, Kaden Rhodes, Wolverines, 54.95. 7, Stewart Sawyer, Moose, 55.21. 8, Khalil Edais, Lynx, 58.19.
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle — 1, McKenzie Fazio, Silver Wolves, 51.11. 2, Isabelle Borke, Lynx, 52.51. 3, Katy McCarter, Malemutes, 52.70. 4, Samantha Bristor, Wolfpack, 53.89. 5, Ally Ferguson, Moose, 55.21. 6, Mia Sperbeck, Lynx, 55.52. 7, Joscelyn Barrette, Knights, 56.28. 8, Billi Lovell, Buccaneers, 56.86.
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle — 1, Ezra Billings, Wolfpack, 45.77. 2, Jackson Krug, Bears, 47.78. 3, Scott Babbitt, Lynx, 48.17. 4, Konnor Kolberg, Knights, 48.48. 5, David Bascom, Wolverines, 48.57. 6, Fischer Kass, Lynx, 49.39. 7, Micah Keen, Silver Wolves, 50.02. 8, Donovan Lodzins, Mustangs, 50.30.
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle — 1, Emma Gassman, Wolves, 5:19.33. 2, Ryann Dorris, Eagles, 5:23.53. 3, Naomi Burgan, Lynx, 5:30.48. 4, Symone Bailey, Malemutes, 5:31.06. 5, Aubrey Cheng, Wolverines, 5:32.32. 6, Emily Taylor, Lynx, 5:39.88. 7, Cassidy Welsh, Hawks, 5:41.10. 8, Alison Narog, Bears, 5:43.95.
Boys 500 Yard Freestyle — 1, Kenneth Octuk, Lynx, 4:46.84. 2, Conrad Fawcett, Cougars, 4:47.64. 3, Koda Poulin, Kardinals, 5:03.18. 4, Sebiyam Werdin-Kennicott, Hawks, 5:03.43. 5, Jake Metzger, Silver Wolves, 5:04.06. 6, Max Waters, Lynx, 5:16.44. 7, Jake Sarnowski, Bears, 5:24.63.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay — 1, Lynx (Isabelle Borke, Brooke Dittlinger, Mia Sperbeck, Dreamer Kowatch ), 1:38.59. 2, Malemutes 1:40.32. 3, Mariners 1:41.21. 4, Silver Wolves 1:41.36. 5, Mustangs 1:46.97. 6, Cougars 1:47.23. 7, Eagles 1:48.85.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay — 1, Wolfpack (Logan Fox, Ashton Banks, Kyan Harnum, Ezra Billings ), 1:27.39. 2, Lynx 1:28.99. 3, Silver Wolves 1:29.41. 4, Moose 1:31.45. 5, Wolverines 1:31.83. 6, Cougars 1:37.22. 7, Eagles 1:39.28.
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke — 1, Heidi Billings, Wolfpack, 58.25. 2, Summer Cheng, Wolverines, 59.00. 3, Liz Brower, Lions, 59.43. 4, Avery Hafele, Malemutes, 59.63. 5, Evelyn Rupp, Wolfpack, 1:00.95. 6, Hannah Boyce, Lynx, 1:01.63. 7, Alicia Sarnowski, Bears, 1:01.68. 8, Hannah Katchen, Cougars, 1:02.06.
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke — 1, Jonathan Cowin, Knights, 49.96. 2, Nicholas Price, Cougars, 51.17. 3, Ian Rocheleau, Bears, 52.64. 4, Gavin Kitchen, Cougars, 55.76. 5, Owen Thompson, Lynx, 58.06. 6, Will McKinley, Lynx, 58.57. 7, Tiago Tovar, Mustangs, 1:00.11. 8, Khalil Edais, Lynx, 1:02.12.
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke — 1, Madison Story, Mariners, 1:04.22. 2, Jasmine Anderson, Knights, 1:04.79. 3, Jasmine Biederman, Knights, 1:06.42. 4, Juliette Benson, Wolfpack, 1:08.72. 5, Mia Nappi, Seahawks, 1:08.91. 6, Billi Lovell, Buccaneers, 1:09.52. 7, Maria Cvancara, Lynx, 1:10.15. 8, Lylah Murrah, Patriots, 1:10.94.
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke — 1, Tavner Wisdom, Cougars, 56.97. 2, Matthew Heaphy, Silver Wolves, 58.81. 3, Josiah Keen, Silver Wolves, 59.92. 4, Nick Carver, Bears, 1:00.69. 5, Micah Keen, Silver Wolves, 1:01.49. 6, Preston Kwon, Cougars, 1:02.07. 7, Karson Kolberg, Knights, 1:02.53. 8, George Sholton, Eagles, 1:03.84.
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay — 1, Wolfpack (Heidi Billings, Evelyn Rupp, Juliette Benson, Samantha Bristor ), 3:38.64. 2, Lynx 3:39.09. 3, Malemutes 3:42.79. 4, Wolves 3:42.97. 5, Wolverines 3:45.80. 6, Cougars 3:56.19. 7, Eagles 3:56.32. 8, Mustangs 3:57.88.
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay — 1, Cougars (Nicholas Price, Gavin Kitchen, Conrad Fawcett, Tavner Wisdom ), 3:14.53. 2, Lynx 3:16.28. 3, Knights 3:19.57. 4, Moose 3:23.51. 5, Bears 3:24.24. 6, Wolverines 3:24.60. 7, Mustangs 3:29.69. 8, Silver Wolves 3:41.70.