Lady Bears Dominate as Kodiak Sweeps Region III Swimming and Diving

Jay Barrett/KMXT

The Kodiak High School girls rewrote the Region III record book at Saturday’s swimming and diving championships in Palmer, setting six records.

Ila Hughes set new marks in the 50 meter freestyle (23.8 seconds) and 100 freestyle (52.13) while Tahna Lindquist set records in the 200 meter individual medley (2:11.5) and the 500 freestyle (5:09.5). Both girls also helped Kodiak set a pair of relay record in the 200 and 400 freestyle (3:36.93 in the 400 free and 1:40.1 in the 200 free).

Tahna was named girls swimmer of the year, and the Bears coach, John Lindquist was named coach of the year.

The Lady Bears won the meet handily, scoring 131 points to second place Homer’s 41. Kenai was third, followed by Seward, Soldotna, Palmer, Valdez, Colony and Cordova.

The Kodiak boys completed the sweep, winning the region crown for the 10th straight year, scoring 97 points to Homer’s 92. Soldotna was third with 58 points, followed by Palmer, Seward, Colony, Skyview, Kenai and Cordova.

We have full results after the jump.

The state championships will be held next week.

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2011 Region III Swimming and Diving Championships

Thursday, Friday, Saturday at Palmer

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Kodiak, 131; 2. Homer, 41; 3. Kenai Central, 40; 4. Seward, 38; 5. Soldotna, 33; 6. Palmer, 26; 7. Valdez, 15; 8. Colony, 4; 9. Cordova, 2.

200-yard medley relay – 1, Kodiak High School, (Tahna Lindquist, Sammye Jones, Celeste Beck-Goodell, Megan Jester), 1 minute, 53.55 seconds. 2, Seward High School, 1:59.78. 3, Kenai Central High School, 2:01.18. 4, Homer High School, 2:01.81. 5, Soldotna, 2:02.39. 6. Valdez, 2:06.37.

200 freestyle ­- 1, Jori Lindquist, Kod, 1:57.38. 2, Olivia Pfeifer, Ken, 1:59.51. 3, Marie Schmidt, Hom, 2:01.74. 4, Kaitlyn Groleske, Sol, 2:01.91. 5, Megan Jester, Kod, 2:03.32. 6, Isabel Barnwell, Sew, 2:06.21.

200 IM – 1, Tahna Lindquist, Kod, 2:11.50. 2, Celeste Beck-Goodell, Kod, 2:15.27. 3, Sammye Jones, Kod, 2:16.83. 4, Hannah Norris, Vald, 2:17.10. 5, Illa Macinko, Kod, 2:27.48. 6, Cheyanne Smith, Hom, 2:33.24.

50 freestyle – 1, Ila Hughes, Kod, 23.80. 2, Alex Weeks, Sol, 24.68. 3, Katie Stark, Pal, 25.55. 4, Eileen Audette, Sew, 25.75. 5, Kaitlyn Louthan, Ken, 26.26. 6, Olivia Beckham, Sew, 26.45.

Diving – 1, Sophie Hogen, Kod, 352.90. 2, Lindsey Seneff, Hom, 321.80. 3, Jasmine Lewis, Hom, 296.20. 4, Andie Wall, Kod, 273.30. 5, Jessa Fortaliza, Kod, 268.10. 6, Sophie Ogle, Hom, 243.40.

100 butterfly – 1, Dana Olesch, Hom, 1:01.69. 2, Noelle Graham, Pal, 1:03.20. 3, Kaitlyn Groleske, Sol, 1:05.45. 4, Kaitlyn Louthan, Ken, 1:05.79. 5, Megan English, Sol, 1:08.27. 6, Celestina Castro, Ken, 1:09.16.

100 freestyle – 1, Ila Hughes, Kod, 52.13. 2, Alex Weeks, Sol, 55.08. 3, Hannah Norris, Val, 55.09. 4, Katie Stark, Pal, 56.39. 5, Megan Jester, Kod, 56.72. 6, Elaina Allen, Cor, 1:00.81.

500 freestyle – 1, Tahna Lindquist, Kod, 5:09.50. 2, Celeste Beck-Goodell, Kod, 5:18.40. 3, Olivia Pfeifer, Ken, 5:23.27. 4, Marie Schmidt, Hom, 5:23.73. 5, Isabel Barnwell, Sew, 5:38.69. 6, Rachel Henry, Sol, 6:09.47.

200 freestyle relay – 1, Kodiak (Jori Lindquist, Megan Jester, Sammye Jones, Ila Hughes), 1:40.10. 2, Soldotna, 1:47.06. 3, Kenai Central, 1:48.19. 4, Palmer, 1:51.92. 5, Valdez, 1:52.58. 6, Colony, 1:53.97.

100 backstroke – 1, Jori Lindquist, Kod, 59.53. 2, Olivia Beckham, Sew, 1:04.21. 3, Illa Macinko, Kod, 1:06.33. 4, Dana Olesch, Hom, 1:06.80. 5, Bridget Irish, Val, 1:07.32. 6, Zoya Hanson, Ken, 1:08.27.

100 breaststroke – 1, Eileen Audette, Sew, 1:10.00. 2, Sammye Jones, Kod, 1:10.36. 3, Shelby Dresdow, Kod, 1:15.79. 4, Chelsea Chess, Ken, 1:18.41. 5, Emily Schmidt, Hom, 1:20.15. 6, Brittany Shattuck, Was, 1:20.74.

400 freestyle relay – 1, Kodiak (Jori Lindquist, Tahna Lindquist, Celeste Beck-Goodell, Ila Hughes), 3:36.93. 2, Seward, 3:55.06. 3, Palmer, 4:03.86. 4, Homer, 4:06.89. 5, Kenai Central, 4:13.13. 6, Soldotna, 4:23.15.

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Kodiak, 97; 2. Homer, 92; 3. Soldotna, 58; 4. Palmer 31; 5. Seward, 24; 6. Colony, 11; 7. Skyview, 4; 8. Kenai Central, 2; 9. Cordova, 1.

200 medley relay 1, Homer High School (Kyle Wentz, James Reid, Richard Ginter, Nathanael Hardy), 1:40.84 2, Soldotna, 1:41.26. 3, Kodiak, 1:47.36. 4, Seward, 1:56.10. 5, Palmer, 2:00.68.

200 freestyle – 1, Michael Smith, Kod, 1:49.14. 2, Joshua Eavis, Sew, 1:53.09. 3, Brandon Schauff, Kod, 1:55.35. 4, Ehren Rickman, Sol, 1:58.17. 5, Mark Nagle, Hom, 1:59.83 6, Axl Levan, Kod, 2:00.05.

200 IM – 1, Carlton Burnside, Kod, 2:05.41. 2, Blake James, Kod, 2:10.84. 3, James Reid, Hom, 2:12.61. 4, Dustin Hunter, Sol, 2:13.38. 5, Joseph Rife, Sol, 2:29.54. 6, Zach Milbradt, Pal, 2:30.26.

50 freestyle – 1, Richard Ginter, Hom, 22.21. 2, Nathanael Hardy, Hom, 22.89. 3, Sawyer Rickman, Sol, 22.96. 4, Spencer Bloom, Pal, 23.12. 5, Daniel McElroy, Sol, 23.37. 6, Joshua Hamberger, Cor, 23.69.

Diving – 1, Garrett Hall, Hom, 361.70. 2, Brian Rowe, Hom, 342.25. 3, Kaec Brinster, Hom, 333.70. 4, Joe Provo, Pal, 323.05. 5, Luke Rohl, Sol, 303.75. 6, Gaeden Ames, Sol, 283.00.

100 butterfly – 1, Richard Ginter, Hom, 51.98. 2, Jonas Anderson, Kod, 59.41. 3, James Nagle, Hom, 59.98. 4, Dyton Schauff, Kod, 1:01.26. 5, Chase Corona-Cain, Sol, 1:03.08. 6, Noah Hamlin, Sew, 1:05.26.

100 freestyle – 1, Carlton Burnside, Kod, 49.85. 2, Christian Carrico, Sol, 50.16. 3, Kyle Wentz, Hom, 50.24. 4, Sawyer Rickman, Sol, 50.60. 5, Ben Kirk, Kod, 54.06. 6, Joshua Hamberger, Cor, 54.26.

500 freestyle – 1, Michael Smith, Kod, 4:53.25. 2, Brandon Schauff, Kod, 5:13.64. 3, James Nagle, Hom 5:25.00. 4, River Hanson, Kod, 5:26.49. 5, Mark Nagle, Hom, 5:26.85. 6, Axl Levan, Kod, 5:30.93.

200 freestyle relay – 1, Homer (Richard Ginter, James Reid, Nathanael Hardy, Kyle Wentz), 1:33.20. 2, Kodiak, 1:44.46. 3, Palmer High, 1:51.01. 4, Seward, 1:53.54.

100 backstroke – 1, Joshua Eavis, Sew, 56.62. 2, Spencer Bloom, Pal, 56.81. 3, Alex Kessler, Col, 58.29. 4, Dyton Schauff, Kod, 59.20. 5, Kyle Wentz, Hom, 59.78. 6, Ehren Rickman, Sol, 1:01.60.

100 breaststroke – 1, Christian Carrico, Sol, 1:02.51. 2, Nathanael Hardy, Hom, 1:02.97. 3, 2-3 James Reid, Hom, 1:03.60. 4, Daniel McElroy, Sol, 1:10.29. 5, Max Mutch, Kod, 1:10.66. 6, Jacob Balowski, Val, 1:13.45.

400 freestyle relay – 1, Kodiak (Michael Smith, Brandon Schauff, Blake James, Carlton Burnside), 3:27.11. 2, Soldotna, 3:31.03. 3, Palmer, 3:41.78. 4, Colony, 3:57.53. 5, Skyview, 4:09.14. 6, Kenai Central, 4:09.21.