The Soldotna Stars swim team qualified 17 swimmers and divers to the ASAA State Swimming and Diving Championships and when all the heats and finals were complete, the SoHi girls placed sixth in the team scoring and a respective group of Stars placed in the state swimming event finals.
The state swimming championships crowned Juneau as girls champions and Dimond won the boys team title. Nine state records were broken and Kodiak’s Tahna Lindguist set two individual state records.
Soldotna High State Highlights: Girls
Megan Weeks: 3rd in 50 Freestyle; 3rd in 100 Freestyle
Megan English: 5th in 100 Backstroke; 6th in 100 Butterfly
Girls 400 Free Relay-English, Weeks, Portia Padilla, Rachel Davidson: 6th
Girls 200 Medley Relay-English, Weeks, Padilla and Isabell Henry: 4th
Soldotna High State Highlights: Boys
David Hill: 4th in 50 Freestyle
Cody Watkins: 6th in 50 Freestyle; 5th in 100 Butterfly
Jacob Hill: 6th in 200 Freestyle
Jacob Creglow: 6th in 100 Bresaststroke
Kenai Central High State Finalist
Mikaela Pitsch: 6th in 1-Meter Diving