Bears Sweep At Homer

Jay Barrett/KMXT

The Kodiak High School girls swimming team is so good, they won all but two events at a Homer meet on Friday. Those were the one-meter diving and 100-meter butterfly events. Kodiak’s team score was 142 to Homer’s 130. Wasilla had 46 and Palmer 11.

The Bears spread the winning around, with Karen Philpot winning the 100 and 200 freestyle, Celeste Beck-Goodell took the 200 individual medley, Laura Griffing the 500 freestyle, Elyse Johnston the 100 backstroke and Myra Scholze the 100 breaststroke.

In some events, the Bears are their only competition. While Kyla Young won the 50 freestyle in 26.47 seconds, Griffing was just one-onehundreth of a second behind, and Johnston just 16-onehundreths behind her. They all finished in less than a fifth of a second from each other.

Philpot, Griffing, Young and Johnston teamed up to win the 200 medley relay, while Johnston, Beck-Goodell, Philpot and Griffing won the 400 freestyle relay.

The Kodiak boys also won the team title in convincing fashion, with 131 points to Homer’s 98. Wasilla had 89 and Palmer 10.

Nando Macinko won both the 50 and 100 freestyle races, while Scott Wundersee won the 1 meter diving event. Quinn Langfitt, Hayden Linscheid, Devon Christiansen, and Eric Friccero teamed up to win the 400 freestyle relay.

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GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Kodiak, 142; 2. Homer, 130; 3. Wasilla, 46; 4. Palmer, 11.

200 medley relay — 1. Kodiak (Philpot, Griffing, Young, Johnston), 1:57.81; 2. Homer, 2:02.35; 3. Kodiak, 2:05.16.

200 freestyle — 1. Karen Philpot, Kod, 2:06.66; 2. Katherine Spence, Hom, 2:11.29; 3. Iris Fletcher, Hom, 2:11.63.

200 IM — 1. Celeste Beck-Goodell, Kod, 2:19.59; 2. Donna McNulty, Hom, 2:32.57; 3. Brittany Shattuck, Was, 2:37.86.

50 freestyle — 1. Kyla Young, Kod, 26.47; 2. Laura Griffing, Kod, 26.48; 3. Elyse Johnston, Kod, 26.64.

1-meter diving — 1. Rachel Kennedy, Was, 229.90; 2. Mariah Schachle, Was, 166.95; 3. Zandra Christiansen, Was, 162.60.

100 butterfly — 1. Jaclyn Arndt, Hom, 1:06.66; 2. Dana Olesch, Hom, 1:07.30; 3. Marie Schmidt, Hom, 1:09.46.

100 freestyle — 1. Karen Philpot, Kod, 59.11; 2. Myra Scholze, Kod, 59.94; 3. Grace Harrison, Hom, 1:00.52.

500 freestyle — 1. Laura Griffing, Kod, 5:39.92; 2. Iris Fletcher, Hom, 5:40.65; 3. Katherine Spence, Hom, 5:57.76.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Scholze, Clark, Beck-Goodell, Young), 1:46.49; 2. Homer, 1:49.58; 3. Wasilla, 1:53.52.

100 backstroke — 1. Elyse Johnston, Kod, 1:08.10; 2. Marie Schmidt, Hom, 1:08.31; 3. Jaclyn Arndt, Hom, 1:08.74.

100 breaststroke — 1. Myra Scholze, Kod, 1:10.90; 2. Celeste Beck-Goodell, Kod, 1:12.42; 3. Kyla Young, Kod, 1:14.76.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Johnston, Beck-Goodell, Philpot, Griffing), 3:52.43; 2. Homer, 4:00.32; 3. Homer, 4:07.57.

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Kodiak, 131; 2. Homer, 98; 3. Wasilla, 89; 4. Palmer, 10.

200 medley relay — 1. Homer (Roedl, Anderson, Ginter, Anderson), 1:50.33; 2. Kodiak, 1:53.06; 3. Wasilla, 1:53.52.

200 freestyle — 1. Jeff Frey, Was, 1:48.47; 2. John Roedl, Hom, 1:56.39; 3. Max Merriam, Was, 2:02.59.

200 IM — 1. Christian Long, Was, 2:10.01; 2. Hayden Linscheid, Kod, 2:16.44; 3. Quinn Langfitt, Kod, 2:21.09.

50 freestyle — 1. Nando Macinko, Kod, 22.75; 2. Eric Friccero, Kod, 23.07; 3. Pavle Pavlovie, Was, 23.93.

1-meter diving — 1. Scott Wundersee, Kod, 270.85; 2. David Kennedy, Was, 206.20; 3. Richard Liebing, Pal, 176.45.

100 butterfly — 1. Christian Long, Was, 1:00.50; 2. Alder Fletcher, Hom, 1:00.54; 3. Jack Anderson, Hom, 1:04.45.

100 freestyle — 1. Nando Macinko, Kod, 50.15; 2. Eric Friccero, Kod, 50.40; 3. Pavle Pavlovie, Was, 53.87.

500 freestyle — 1. Jeff Frey, Was, 4:57.50; 2. John Roedl, Hom, 5:21.46; 3. Devon Christensen, Kod, 5:32.26.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Wasilla (Merriam, Long, Frey, Frey), 1:33.24; 2. Kodiak, 1:34.65; 3. Homer, 1:40.63.

100 backstroke — 1. Charles Frey, Was, 1:00.35; 2. Quinn Langfitt, Kod, 1:01.37; 3. Devon Christensen, Kod, 1:05.54.

100 breaststroke — 1. Will Anderson, Hom, 1:07.54; 2. Michael McNulty, Hom, 1:07.99; 3. Hayden Linscheid, Kod, 1:10.92.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Langfitt, Linscheid, Christensen, Friccero), 3:37.50; 2. Kodiak, 3:41.28; 3. Homer, 3:42.95.