Homer High School hosted the Homer Invite swim meet with teams visiting from Palmer, Colony, Kenai and Seward high schools. For combined team scores, Colony placed first followed by Kenai and Palmer. Homer placed fourth and Seward followed in fifth place.

Mariner pool manager and swim coach Kane Graham said overall the athletes performed very well. “This was a good early season showing for Homer, the kids performances look really good out there,” he said.

Graham has been pool manager at the high school for six months and this is his first year coaching. But, he’s not new to the pool. He swam for the Mariner team and was a member of the Kachemak Swim Club growing up in Homer. He said he’s glad to be in his new role as pool manager and “being able to provide some experience to help these kids perform the best that they can,” he said.

Seniors Katie Hallam and Cassidy Carroll, team captains, both said they thought the meet went well for one of the first meets of the season. Carroll said the swim team is relatively small this year so this was the first time they’ve been able to compete in the relays, noting specifically their second-place finish in the 200-yard relay. Hallam said there are several students on the team this year who are either new to swimming altogether or they haven’t swum in a couple of years. Both Carroll and Hallam have been swimming for several years.

The next meet for the team will take place in Kenai on Sept. 21, the same day as Mariner football homecoming. The swimmers will be able to return home to attend the events for homecoming.

Homer Invitational

Saturday at Homer

High School

HOMER SWIMMERS

Girls 200 yard medley relay, 2nd place, 2.19.26: Cassidy Carroll, Katie Hallam, Avery Briscoe, Sabre Wilmeth.

Girls 200 yard freestyle, 7th place, 2:26.85: Katie Hallam.

Girls 50 yard freestyle, 9th place, 31.96, Kia Weisser.

Girls 100 yard freestyle, 2nd place, 1:01.22, Cassidy Carroll. 10th place, 1:15.00, Kia Weisser.

Girls 500 yard freestyle, 6th place, 6:55.82, Avery Briscoe.

Girls 100 yard backstroke, 1:10.16, Cassidy Carrol. 7th place, 1:19.84, Avery Briscoe.

Girls 100 yard breaststroke, 5th place, 1:28.15, Katie Hallam.

OVERALL RESULTS

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 122; 2. Kenai, 82; 3. Palmer, 76; 4. Homer, 23; 5. Seward, 5.

200-yard medley relay — 1. Colony (Dollick, Cooper, Lane, Blackburn), 2 minutes, 1.79 seconds; 2. Homer, 2:19.26; 3. Kenai, 2:22.08; 4. Colony, 2:42.04.

200 freestyle — 1. Abigail Price, Ken, 2:00.76; 2. Chloe Blackburn, Col, 2:13.88; 3. Teagan Havenmeister, Pal, 2:14.28; 4. Isla Crouse, Ken, 2:14.74.

200 IM — 1. Emma Castimore, Ken, 2:28.21; 2. Aubrey Bunch, Col, 2:48.57; 3. Meili Smith, Col, 2:48.88; 4. Addison McBee, Pal, 3:03.31.

50 freestyle — 1. Jerzey Lane, Col, 26.46; 2. Kylie Benner, Pal, 26.55; 3. Hannah Cooper, Col, 27.57; 4. Nina Adams, Pal, 27.87.

Diving — 1. Claire Wallstrum, Col, 202.90; 2. Samantha Grisham, Col, 198.90; 3. Lyza Krozel, Col, 188.75; 4. Charlize McManus, Col, 175.70.

100 butterfly — 1. Abigail Price, Ken, 1:00.42; 2. Katie Dollick, Col, 1:06.10; 3. Briston Neumann, Pal, 1:18.46; 4. Teagan Havenmeister, Pal, 1:21.03.

100 freestyle — 1. Chloe Blackburn, Col, 59.39; 2. Cassidy Carroll, Hom, 1:01.22; 3. Sierra Hershberger, Ken, 1:01.92; 4. Aubrey Wilder, Sew, 1:03.32.

500 freestyle — 1. Kylie Benner, Pal, 5:32.35; 2. Katie Dollick, Col, 5:56.02; 3. Jerzey Lane, Col, 5:56.04; 4. Emma Castimore, Ken, 5:56.26.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Kenai (Price, Hershberger, Ra’ah, Crouse), 1:48.61; 2. Palmer, 1:51.34; 3. Colony, 1:59.02.

100 backstroke — 1. Hannah Cooper, Col, 1:06.04; 2. Cassidy Carroll, Hom, 1:10.16; 3. Aubrey Stocker, Pal, 1:12.18; 4. Ra’ah Roady, Ken, 1:13.55.

100 breaststroke — 1. Nina Adams, Pal, 1:15.36; 2. Isla Crouse, Ken, 1:17.50; 3. Sierra Hershberger, Ken, 1:24.68; 4. Maraya Dunford, Col, 1:24.74.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Colony (Lane, Blackburn, Cooper, Dollick), 3:58.67; 2. Palmer, 4:15.57; 3. Kenai, 4:25.88; 4. Palmer, 4:29.53.

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Colony, 190; 2. Kenai, 78; 3. Palmer, 34; 4. Seward, 3.

200 medley relay — 1. Colony (Halstead, Duguid, Smith, LaBoucane), 1:45.55; 2. Kenai, 1:50.98; 3. Colony, 2:06.23; 4. Palmer, 2:12.95; 5. Palmer, 2:25.08.

200 freestyle — 1. Pierce McDonough, Col, 1:52.40; 2. Reven Settle, Col, 1:57.04; 3. Beck LaBoucane, Col, 2:02.02; 4. David Price, Ken, 2:02.53.

200 IM — 1. Isaiah Hulien, Col, 2:03.74; 2. Kellan DenBleyker, Col, 2:13.14; 3. Thomas Smith, Col, 2:19.17; 4. Lyman McBride, Ken, 2:26.59.

50 freestyle — 1. Iver Gates, Col, 23.30; 2. Landeyn Halstead, Col, 24.60; 3. Rhone Leach, Col, 25.71; 4. Peyton Katzenberger, Ken, 25.77.

100 butterfly — 1. Iver Gates, Col, 58.89; 2. Hudson Duguid, Col, 1:00.71; 3. David Price, Ken, 1:01.02; 4. Reven Settle, Col, 1:01.08.

100 freestyle — 1. Landeyn Halstead, Col, 55.38; 2. Lyman McBride, Ken, 57.32; 3. Peyton Katzenberger, Ken, 57.96; 4. Oliver Trobaugh, Sew, 59.27.

500 freestyle — 1. Isaiah Hulien, Col, 5:02.68; 2. Kellan DenBleyker, Col, 5:10.10; 3. Vincent Moore, Ken, 6:13.52; 4. Cash Young, Pal, 6:41.24.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Colony (Gates, Settle, McDonough, Hulien), 1:32.88; 2. Colony, 1:37.01; 3. Kenai, 1:45.73; 4. Colony, 1:53.03.

100 backstroke — 1. Pierce McDonough, Col, 57.85; 2. Benjamin Merritt, Ken, 1:05.73; 3. Mason Wallstrum, Col, 1:06.75; 4. Talus McClain, Pal, 1:10.86.

100 breaststroke — 1. Hudson Duguid, Col, 1:06.24; 2. Thomas Smith, Col, 1:14.24; 3. Fletcher Darr, Ken, 1:14.68; 4. Peyton Neumann, Pal, 1:17.15.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Colony (Hulien, Settle, McDonough, Gates), 3:25.78; 2. Colony, 3:38.98; 3. Kenai, 3:49.29; 4. Palmer, 4:11.19.