Colony swimmers sweep Homer Invite

Published 10:30 pm Sunday, September 7, 2025

The Colony swimming and diving teams swept the Homer Invite on Saturday at Homer High School.

The Knights girls scored 103 points for the win, while runner-up Kenai Central had 94. Soldotna was fourth and Homer was fifth.

On the boys side, Colony had 100, while the runner-up Kardinals notched 75. SoHi was right behind with 71 in third, while Homer was sixth.

The Kards girls did manage to pick up four individual wins and a relay win.

Abigail Price took home two individual wins — the 200-yard freestyle in 2 minutes, 5.42 seconds, and the 100 butterfly in 1:02.16.

She also teamed with Emma Castimore, Isla Crouse and Kailey Crouse to win the 200 medley relay in 2:01.60.

Castimore won the 100 backstroke in 1:10.16, while Molli Sansotta took the 100 breaststroke in 1:18.09.

On the boys side, Jacob Merritt won the 100 butterfly for the Kards at 1:04.88.

Kenai’s Lyman McBride, Peyton Katzenberger, Fletcher Darr and Bennett Martin also teamed to win the 400 freestyle relay at 3:48.62.

Homer Invite

Saturday, Sept. 6

at Homer High School

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 103; 2. Kenai, 94; 3. Palmer, 88; 4. Soldotna, 26; 5. Homer, 11; 6. Wasilla, 2.

200-yard medley relay — 1. Kenai (Castimore, I. Crouse, Price, K. Crouse), 2 minutes, 1.60 seconds; 2. Palmer, 2:03.47; 3. Colony, 2:08.67; 4. Soldotna, 2:19.37; 5. Homer, 2:33.28; 6. Wasilla, 2:38.46.

200 freestyle — 1. Abigail Price, Ken, 2:05.42; 2. Kendyl Ligman, Col, 2:16.36; 3. Avery Briscoe, Hom, 2:22.73; 4. Mollyann Dunlap, Pal, 2:24.59; 5. Dorothy Brown, Sol, 2:33.11; 6. McKenna Berga, Ken, 2:43.73.

200 IM — 1. Hannah Cooper, Col, 2:23.31; 2. Nova Hinze, Col, 2:23.89; 3. Emma Castimore, Ken, 2:29.01; 4. Kenzie Kostuta, Pal, 2:42.73; 5. Lucy Anderson, Ken, 2:44.96; 6. Meili Smith, Col, 2:48.39.

50 freestyle — 1. Kylie Benner, Pal, 25.52; 2. Jerzey Lane, Col, 26.31; 3. Teagan Havemeister, Pal, 28.04; 4. Isla Crouse, Ken, 28.66; 5. Briston Neumann, Pal, 28.86; 6. Lorelei Kinney, Hom, 29.20.

Diving — 1. Claire Wallstrum, Col, 228.25; 2. Lyza Krozel, Col, 179.20; 3. Briston Neumann, Pal, 104.80.

100 butterfly — 1. Abigail Price, Ken, 1:02.16; 2. Jerzey Lane, Col, 1:03.98; 3. Aubrey Bunch, Col, 1:18.56; 4. Allyse Chase, Sol, 1:28.40; 5. Addison McBee, Pal, 1:29.81; 6. Kiana Colwell, Col, 1:35.45.

100 freestyle — 1. Mariel Gustafson, Pal, 58.48; 2. Molli Sansotta, Ken, 59.96; 3. Meili Smith, Col, 1:01.27; 4. Kailey Crouse, Ken, 1:02.30; 5. Avery Briscoe, Hom, 1:06.20; 6. Dalton Neumann, Pal, 1:06.92.

500 freestyle — 1. Kylie Benner, Pal, 5:29.09; 2. Hannah Cooper, Col, 5:37.24; 3. Teagan Havemeister, Pal, 5:53.29; 4. Isla Crouse, Ken, 6:01.07; 5. Nova Hinze, Col, 6:05.62; 6. Zoe Burns, Sol, 6:13.90.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Colony (Cooper, Hinze, Blackburn, Lane), 1:49.13; 2. Palmer, 1:57.71; 3. Kenai, 1:58.46; 4. Soldotna, 1:16.48; 5. Colony, 2:17.47; 6. Palmer, 2:21.78.

100 backstroke — 1. Emma Castimore, Ken, 1:10.16; 2. Lucy Anderson, Ken, 1:12.96; 3. Julie Rego, Col, 1:13.69; 4. Zoe Burns, Sol, 1:14.98; 5. Isabel Kost, Pal, 1:20.57; 6. Katherine Anderson, Ken, 1:22.92.

100 breaststroke — 1. Molli Sansotta, Ken, 1:18.09; 2. Kailey Crouse, Ken, 1:21.10; 3. Mariel Gustafson, Pal, 1:21.22; 4. Chloe Blackburn, Col, 1:22.17; 5. Kenzie Kostuta, Pal, 1:23.40; 6. Gen Sheldon, Sol, 1:28.75.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Palmer (Gustafson, Kostuta, Havemeister, Benner), 4:00.76; 2. Kenai, 4:02.43; 3. Colony, 4:08.95; 4. Colony, 4:26.02; 5. Soldotna, 4:31.57; 6. Kenai, 4:37.30.

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 100; 2. Kenai, 75; 3. Soldotna, 71; 4. Palmer, 44; 5. Wasilla, 15; 6. Homer, 10.

200 medley relay — 1. Colony (LaBoucane, Hulien, Gates, Leach), 1:46.20; 2. Kenai, 1:52.42; 3. Kenai, 1:56.47; 4. Soldotna, 1:57.01; 5. Palmer, 2:14.53; 6. Soldotna, 2:28.31.

200 freestyle — 1. Rhone Leach, Col, 2:00.53; 2. Jeremiah Overdorf, Hom, 2:02.92; 3. Dwight Brown, Sol, 2:09.37; 4. Brody Westrick, Col, 2:10.21; 5. Zander Wold, Sol, 2:23.21; 6. Trevor Sinclair, Pal, 2:24.80.

200 IM — 1. Isaiah Hulien, Col, 2:10.98; 2. Iver Gates, Col, 2:12.53; 3. Michael Davidson, Sol, 2:18.15; 4. Peyton Katzenberger, Ken, 2:21.56; 5. Samual Merritt, Ken, 2:22.69; 6. Fletcher Darr, Ken, 2:24.73.

50 freestyle — 1. Beck LaBoucane, Col, 22.82; 2. Lyman McBride, Ken, 24.18; 3. Blake Athens, Pal, 24.84; 4. Jacob Merritt, Ken, 25.20; 5. Eli Farabaugh, Pal, 25.82; 6. Noah Johnson, Sol, 26.06.

Diving — 1. Colter Gose, Was, 205.75.

100 butterfly — 1. Jacob Merritt, Ken, 1:04.88; 2. Peyton Katzenberger, Ken, 1:06.09; 3. Owen Walker, Sol, 1:08.17; 4. Eli Farabaugh, Pal, 1:08.43; 5. Patric Wilcox, Sol, 1:09.91; 6. Eric Stick, Col, 1:17.27.

100 freestyle — 1. Iver Gates, Col, 49.60; 2. Rhone Leach, Col, 55.18; 3. Blake Althens, Pal, 56.26; 4. Noah Johnson, Sol, 59.26; 5. Parker Lysdahl, Col, 59.75; 6. Ryan Melendez, Pal, 1:01.56.

500 freestyle — 1. Isaiah Hulien, Col, 4:54.87; 2. Jeremiah Overdorf, Hom, 5:31.21; 3. Finn Nordstrom, Col, 5:35.44; 4. Dwight Brown, Sol, 5:45.97; 5. Lyman McBride, Ken, 5:46.92; 6. Ronald Smith, Col, 5:49.77.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Palmer (Farabaugh, Sinclair, Willardson, Althens), 1:45.24; 2. Kenai, 1:49.79; 3. Soldotna, 1:53.61; 4. Soldotna, 1:55.93; 5. Wasilla, 1:57.43; 6. Palmer, 2:08.95.

100 backstroke — 1. Beck LaBoucane, Col, 56.60; 2. Michael Davidson, Sol, 59.57; 3. Owen Walker, Sol, 1:06.87; 4. Weston Allred, Was, 1:07.91; 5. Fletcher Darr, Ken, 1:10.10; 6. Everett Poulin, Ken, 1:13.17.

100 breaststroke — 1. Ronald Smith, Col, 1:14.15; 2. Patric Wilcox, Sol, 1:16.59; 3. Finn Nordstrom, Col, 1:16.86; 4. Ben Willardson, Pal, 1:18.86; 5. Bennett Martin, Ken, 1:19.58; 6. Brody Moore, Was, 1:24.28.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kenai (McBride, Katzenberger, Darr, Martin), 3:48.62; 2. Soldotna, 3:57.26; 3. Colony, 4:00.75; 4. Palmer, 4:06.43; 5. Colony, 4:30.97; 6. Soldotna, 5:07.76.