High School Sports

Dimond swimmers shine in season-opening Big 8 meet

The high school swim season kicked off Saturday with the Big 8 meet at the Bartlett High pool, where three swimmers emerged as double winners.

Dimond's Maximus Addington and Dreamer Kowatch and Chugiak's Izzy Powers each claimed two individual victories. Both Addington and Kowatch also swam legs on two winning relay teams for the Lynx.

The meet included all eight schools from the Cook Inlet Conference. No team scores were kept, but Dimond won nine of the 18 individual races and five of the six relay races.

Girls 200 Medley Relay — 1, Eagle River (Ellie Mercer, Gracie Keen, Kiara Borchardt, Katherine Horning), 2:00.20. 2, South 2:02.34. 3, Dimond, 2:02.73.

Boys 200 Medley Relay — 1, Dimond (Jacob Mitchell, Justin Ross, Maximus Addington, Andrew Walch), 1:43.00. 2, Service, 1:43.77. 3, Eagle River , 1:44.96.

Girls 200 Freestyle — 1, Izzy Powers, Chugiak, 2:02.99. 2, Breckynn Willis, Dimond, 2:04.15. 3, Ellie Mercer, ER, 2:08.77.

Boys 200 Freestyle — 1, Andrew Walch, Dimond, 1:54.49. 2, Fredric Rygh, Dimond, 1:55.92. 3, Jesse Tatakis, Dimond, 1:59.15.

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Girls 200 IM — 1, Dreamer Kowatch, Dimond, 2:16.52. 2, Kiara Borchardt, ER, 2:24.00. 3, Aubrey Cheng, South, 2:25.08.

Boys 200 IM — 1, Christopher Loudon, Dimond, 2:06.34. 2, Matthew Heaphy, ER, 2:08.64. 3, Tavner Wisdom, Service, 2:10.18.

Girls 50 Freestyle — 1, Izzy Powers, Chugiak, 25.66. 2, Ellie Mercer, ER, 26.23. 3, Aubrey Cheng, South, 26.26.

Boys 50 Freestyle — 1, Maximus Addington, Dimond, 22.18. 2, Caleb Law, Service, 22.29. 3, Scott Babbitt, Dimond, 23.64.

Girls diving — 1, Lindsay Drummond, ER, 89.45.

Boys diving — 1, Holt Dannenberg, West, 256.60. 2, Gabe Dobson, Chugiak, 213.00.

Girls 100 Butterfly — 1, Breckynn Willis, Dimond, 1:01.42. 2, Kiara Borchardt, ER, 1:01.98. 3, Summer Cheng, South, 1:04.07.

Boys 100 Butterfly — 1, Maximus Addington, Dimond, 53.31. 2, John Heaphy, ER, 54.09. 3, Brian Jarupakorn, Service, 54.41.

Girls 100 Freestyle — 1, Dreamer Kowatch, Dimond, 55.47. 2, Kasey Romspert, South, 1:00.20. 3, Katherine Horning, Eagle River, 1:00.38.

Boys 100 Freestyle — 1, Kenneth Octuck, Dimond, 51.79. 2, Ethan Christiansen, Eagle River, 52.56. 3, Jesse Tatakis, Dimond, 53.00.

Girls 500 Freestyle — 1, Naomi Burgan, Dimond, 5:43.08. 2, Emi Soldwedel, Dimond, 5:47.87. 3, Emily Taylor, Dimond, 5:58.62.

Boys 500 Freestyle — 1, Caleb Law, Service, 5:05.67. 2, John Heaphy, Eagle River, 5:10.46. 3, Andrew Walch, Dimond, 5:12.59.

Girls 200 Freestyle Relay — 1, Dimond (Dreamer Kowatch, Brooke Dittlinger, Breckynn Willis, Mikayla Terry), 1:44.01. 2, South 1:48.49. 3, Chugiak 1:48.50.

Boys 200 Freestyle Relay — 1, Dimond (Andrew Walch, Maximus Addington, Jesse Tatakis, Scott Babbitt), 1:33.75. 2, Eagle River, 1:33.90. 3, Service, 1:35.36.

Girls 100 Backstroke — 1, Summer Cheng, South, 1:03.60. 2, Mikayla Terry, Dimond, 1:07.94. 3, Katie Puls, Dimond, 1:08.52.

Boys 100 Backstroke — 1, Nicholas Price, Service, 58.99. 2, Austin Carpenter, Service, 59.42. 3, David Lundell, East, 1:03.36.

Girls 100 Breaststroke — 1, Addison Morgan, Chugiak, 1:12.70. 2, Maria Cvancara, Dimond, 1:17.43. 3, Gracie Keen, ER, 1:18.89.

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Boys 100 Breaststroke — 1, Brian Jarupakorn, Service, 1:05.21. 2, Christopher Loudon, Dimond, 1:07.14. 3, Justin Ross, Dimond, 1:07.82.

Girls 400 Freestyle Relay — 1, Dimond (Breckynn Willis, Anna Ratcliffe, Mikayla Terry, Dreamer Kowatch), 3:53.68. 2, Dimond, 4:10.13. 3, West, 4:48.91.

Boys 400 Freestyle Relay — 1, Dimond (Fredric Rygh, Christopher Loudon, Kenneth Octuck, Jesse Tatakis), 3:31.26. 2, Dimond, 3:45.12. 3, West, 4:06.68.

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