Madison Story of Homer and Lydia Jacoby of Seward lead the Kenai Peninsula state participants with individual state championships at the 2019 ASAA State Swimming & Diving Championships held at the Bartlett Pool in Anchorage.
Madison Story raced to the championship in the 200 Yard Individual Medley. Seward sophomore Lydia Jacoby broke her own state record in the 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:00.41 earning the gold medal.
Soldotna’s Ethan Evans swam to a pair of podium finishes for the Stars. Ethan finished second in the 100 Breaststroke final in a time of 58.06. Ethan set a new SoHi record in 50 Freestyle finishing third in 21.26 in the event final.
Top Performances for Kenai Central and Soldotna High swimmers included:
2nd Place Ethan Evans, SoHi 50 Freestyle
3rd Place Ethan Evans, SoHi 100 Breaststroke
4th Place Boys 200 Medlay Relay, KCHS: Koda Poulin, Trevor Bagley, Owen Rolph and Sorin Sorensen
5th Place Boys 200 Freestyle Relay, KCHS: Koda Poulin, Trevor Bagley, Owen Rolph and Sorin Sorensen
6th Place Owen Rolph, KCHS 100 Butterfly
8th Place Owen Rolph, KCHS 50 Freestyle
8th Place Koda Poulin, KCHS 500 Freestyle
8th Place Girls 200 Freestyle Relay, SoHi: Madison Snyder, Alex Juliussen, Katie Creglow and Madelyn Barkman
8th Place Girls 400 Freestyle Relay, SoHi: Madison Snyder, Alex Juliussen, Katie Creglow and Madelyn Barkman
ASAA State Swimming & Diving Finals
Girls Team Scores — 1. Dimond, 100 points; 2. Eagle River, 74; 3. West Valley, 65; 4. Sitka, 60; 5. Homer, 44; 6. Lathrop, 28; 7. South, 26; 8. Thunder Mountain, 21; 9. Colony, 20; 10. Kodiak, 18; 11. Seward, 15; 12. Wasilla, 14; 12. Palmer, 14; 14. Monroe Catholic, 11; 14. Hutchison, 11; 16. Ketchikan, 8; 17. Chugiak, 7; 18. Juneau, 6; 19. Soldotna, 4; 20. Wrangell, 3; 20. West, 3; 22. Valdez, 1.
Event Results
200 medley relay — 1. Eagle River (Mercer, Shaw, Borchardt, Fazio), 1:48.85; 2. Homer, 1:51.38; 3. Dimond, 1:52.29; 4. West Valley, 1:52.83; 5. Sitka, 1:53.22; 6. Colony, 1:53.51; 7. South, 1:53.61; 8. Thunder Mountain, DQ.
200 freestyle — 1. McKenzie Fazio, ER, 1:53.36; 2. Breckynn Willis, Dim, 1:58.28; 3. Emma Gassman, Sit, 2:00.27; 4. Leslie Spear, Kod, 2:00.40; 5. Allie Morgan, TM, 2:00.45; 6. Mesa Moran, Jun, 2:02.38; 7. Hannah Boyce, Dim, 2:02.49; 8. Shannon McCallum, Hut, 2:02.52.
200 IM — 1. Madison Story, Hom, 2:07.07; 2. Dreamer Kowatch, Dim, 2:08.55; 3. Lydia Jacoby, Sew, 2:09.83; 4. Patty Eppingher, WV, 2:12.70; 5. Laura Sherrill, Ket, 2:14.22; 6. Samantha Bristor, WV, 2:15.18; 7. Sophia Schwantes, Sit, 2:17.34; 8. Shelby Thompson, Chu, 2:18.68.
50 freestyle — 1. Katy McCarter, Lat, 24.53; 2. Grace Harang, Sit, 24.57; 3. Elizabeth Mercer, ER, 24.89; 4. Brooke Dittlinger, Dim, 25.06; 5. Aubrey Cheng, Sou, 24.20; 6. Isabelle Borke, Dim, 25.21; 7. Victoria Schachle, Mon, 25.36; 8. Renee Roberts, Wra, 25.71.
Diving — 1. Carrie Mayer, Was, 437.05; 2. Jenna Walch, Dim, 397.75; 3. Tyler Coffman, Pal, 387.55; 4. Grace Greene, Hut, 372.85; 5. Lily Collins, Was, 363.70; 6. Taylor Miller, Pal, 343.40; 7. Ally Hrncir, Pal, 328.45; 8. Audrey Dietz, Was, 324.30.
100 butterfly — 1. Kiara Borchardt, ER, 57.47; 2. Breckynn Willis, Dim, 57.71; 3. Summer Cheng, Sou, 58.85; 4. Sophia Schwantes, Sit, 1:00.00; 5. Laura Sherrill, Ket, 1:00.02; 6. Alison Narog, Kod, 1:00.22; 7. Adeline Berry, Hom, 1:00.50; 8. Nancy Liddle, TM, 1:02.98.
100 freestyle — 1. Dreamer Kowatch, Dim, 52.63; 2. Katy McCarter, Lat, 52.88; 3. Shelby Thompson, Chu, 54.29; 4. Samantha Bristor, WV, 54.43; 5. Allie Morgan, TM, 54.72; 6. Ally Ferguson, Pal, 55.72; 7. Renee Roberts, Wra, 55.73; 8. Joscelyn Barrette, Col, 55.77.
500 freestyle — 1. McKenzie Fazio, ER, 5:11.73; 2. Grace Harang, Sit, 5:17.41; 3. Emma Gassman, Sit, 5:17.71; 4. Cassidy Welsh, Hut, 5:18.65; 5. Meah McCallum, WV, 5:25.89; 6. Ryann Dorris, Wes, 5:26.69; 7. Nancy Liddle, TM, 5:29.68; 8. Naomi Burgan, Dim, 5:32.01.
100 backstroke — 1. Elizabeth Mercer, ER, 56.77; 2. Heidi Billings, WV, 57.79; 3. Summer Cheng, Sou, 59.60; 4. Victoria Schachle, Mon, 1:01.63; 5. Hannah Boyce, Dim, 1:02.35; 6. Tahlia Gerger, Jun, 1:02.92; 7. Timberlyn Wendt, Lat, 1:03.64; 8. Jordan Gagner, Sit, 1:03.68.
100 breaststroke — 1. Lydia Jacoby, Sew, 1:00.61; 2. Madison Story, Hom, 1:03.57; 3. Patty Eppingher, WV, 1:06.62; 4. Jasmine Biederman, Col, 1:07.08; 5. Jean Cook, Mon, 1:07.72; 6. Juliette Benson, WV, 1:08.00; 7. Leslie Spear, Kod, 1:10.06; 8. Billi Lovell, Val, 1:10.55.
400 free relay — 1. Dimond (Willis, Terry, Boyce, Kowatch), 3:37.40; 2. Sitka, 3:41.07; 3. West Valley, 3:42.55; 4. Thunder Mountain, 3:43.85; 5. Kodiak, 3:44.74; 6. South, 3:45.93; 7. Lathrop, 3:49.64; 8. Soldotna, 3:55.32.
Boys Team Scores — 1. Service, 102; 2. Dimond, 99; 3. West Valley, 49; 4. Eagle River, 40; 5. Juneau, 36; 6. Colony, 34; 7. Kodiak, 32; 8. Chugiak, 28; 9. Kenai, 24; 10. Seward, 18; 11. Wasilla, 16; 12. Soldotna, 13; 12. West, 13; 14. Sitka, 11; 15. South, 10; 16. Petersburg, 8; 16. Thunder Mountain, 8; 18. Cordova, 4; 18. Ketchikan, 4; 18. North Pole, 4; 21. Valdez, 2.
Event Results
200 medley relay — 1. Dimond (Mitchell, Billings, Hoefer, Kass), 1:37.64; 2. Eagle River, 1:40.82; 3. Kodiak, 1:41.18; 4. Kenai, 1:41.78; 5. Juneau, 1:43.60; 6. Chugiak, 1:45.43; 7. Thunder Mountain, 1:45.73; 8. North Pole, 1:47.14.
200 freestyle — 1. Tavner Wisdom, Ser, 1:44.65; 2. Jesse Tatakis, Dim, 1:44.76; 3. Kenneth Octuk, Dim, 1:45.22; 4. Caleb Peimann, Jun, 1:45.25; 5. Tytan Frawley, Sit, 1:46.25; 6. Peter Kowalski, Pet, 1:47.71; 7. Jackson Krug, Kod, 1:48.32; 8. Ethan Bartz, Ser, 1:51.78.
200 IM — 1. Nicholas Price, Ser, 1:55.93; 2. Ian Rocheleau, Kod, 1:57.73; 3. Matthew Heaphy, ER, 1:59.45; 4. Julien Wiese, Wes, 2:00.35; 5. Konnor Kolberg, Col, 2:00.64; 6. Logan Fox, WV, 2:01.23; 7. Chaz VanSlyke, Jun, 2:01.44; 8. Ethan Kwon, Ser, 2:02.77.
Diving — 1. Andrew Layman, Was, 464.65; 2. Eli Krozel, Col, 461.45; 3. Gabe Dobson, Chu, 440.65; 4. Kade Reynolds, Was, 439.50; 5. Marty Rygh, Dim, 409.90; 6. Daniel Cabrera, Wes, 363.60; 7. Deshawn Campbell, Was, 359.30; 8. Xander Backus, Col, 333.15.
100 butterfly — 1. Brian Jarupakorn, Ser, 49.90; 2. Jimmy Blackstone, Chu, 53.00; 3. Connor Spanos, Sew, 53.15; 4. Jacob Mitchell, Dim, 53.22; 5. Chaz VanSlyke, Jun, 54.14; 6. Owen Rolph, Ken, 54.55; 7. Mikel Carhart, 55.22; 8. Chase Randall, Val, 55.89.
100 freestyle — 1. Ezra Billings, WV, 47.84; 2. Jesse Tatakis, Dim, 47.91; 3. Scott Babbitt, Dim, 48.16; 4. Konnor Kolberg, Col, 48.79; 5. David Bascom, Sou, 48.96; 6. Fischer Kass, Dim, 49.42; 7. Ethan Bartz, Ser, 50.15; 8. Hunter Hollingsworth, Sew, 50.88.
500 freestyle — 1. Caleb Peimann, Jun, 4:46.88; 2. Tytan Frawley, Sit, 4:48.06; 3. Logan Fox, WV, 4:48.25; 4. Peter Kowalski, Pet, 4:51.59; 5. Trent Fritsch, Cor, 4:51.75; 6. Ian Rocheleau, Kod, 4:53.04; 7. Kenneth Octuk, Dim, 4:55.82; 8. Koda Poulin, Ken, 5:05.53.
200 free relay — 1. Service (Jarupakorn, Price, Kwon, Wisdom), 1:25.99; 2. Dimond, 1:27.64; 3. West Valley, 1:29.73; 4. Eagle River, 1:29.96; 5. Kenai, 1:32.73; 6. Seward, 1:32.85; 7. South, 1:33.47; 8. Thunder Mountain, 1:35.05.
100 backstroke — 1. Nicholas Price, Ser, 52.29; 2. Jonathan Cowin, Col, 52.42; 3. Jacob Mitchell, Dim, 53.74; 4. Jimmy Blackstone, Chu, 55.64; 5. Bryce Mattson, Ket, 57.08; 6. William Kitchen, Ser, 57.66; 7. Noah Loseby, TM, 58.05; 8. Isaiah Silveira, Val, 59.84.
100 breaststroke — 1. Tavner Wisdom, Ser, 57.14; 2. Ethan Evans, Sol, 58.06; 3. Matthew Heaphy, ER, 58.96; 4. Ethan Kwon, Ser, 1:00.34; 5. Josiah Keen, ER, 1:00.52; 6. Julien Wiese, Wes, 1:00.79; 7. Nicholas Carver, Kod, 1:01.39; 8. Trevor Bagley, Ken, 1:02.30.
