Juneau-Douglas High School junior Mia Ruffin did everything she could to put the Crimson Bears on the brink of a team state championship Saturday except polish swim goggles and wash towels.
Ruffin won the girl’s 200 yard IM and girl’s 100 yard breaststroke at the ASAA/First National Bank State Swimming and Diving Championships in Anchorage’s Bartlett High School pool. She also swam the breaststroke on the Crimson Bears’ state championship 200 yard medley relay win.
“I’m very proud of the team this year on how well we did at state,” Ruffin said. “We all worked extremely hard, and the dedication really paid off. I cannot stress how thankful I am for being part of such a talented swim team, as well as, having very supportive and fantastic coaches. I couldn’t have achieved what I did without them.”
Ruffin’s times were 2:09.23 in the IM and 1:06.60 in the breaststroke.
“Mia had the meet of her life,” JDHS coach Seth Cayce said. “She dropped three seconds in her 200 IM and broke the school record. She is the first girl in almost 10 years to win both her individual races for JDHS.”
Ruffin was also one of four double state championship winners. Chugiak’s Emmie Jennings won the girl’s 50 free (23.42) and 100 free (51.01); Service’s Nathaniel Adams won the boy’s 50 free (21.02) and 100 free (46.56); and Kodiak’s Talon Lindquist won the boy’s 200 free (1:40.60) and 100 fly (50.05). Lindquist won the boy’s 200 IM and the 100 back state titles last season as a freshman.
The JDHS medley relay team of Ruffin, Eliza Chappell, Gabi Kito and Andyn Mulgrew-Truitt powered to a 1:49.60 to win the event for the second time in a row. They finished one second faster than Chugiak.
Sitka’s Will Pate won the boy’s 500 yard freestyle and teammate Jessica Davis the girls 100 backstroke to give Southeast their only other titles.
Thunder Mountain freshman Bergen Davis set the tone for future swim championships by bringing home two medals. Davis finished second in the boy’s 200 IM in 1:57.24 and third in the 100 breast with a 59.09.
“I think the team swam really well this weekend at state,” Davis said via text. “I am also more than happy with taking away two medals. This year has gotten me really excited for our team next year. Hopefully we’ll get a few more kids to qualify for state individually and on relays. I am really happy with how this year turned out.”
JDHS’ Eliza Chappell medaled with a third in the girl’s 100 back with 1:00.17.
The Falcons Spencer Holt placed fourth in the boy’s 100 fly with 52.47 and eighth in the 200 free in 1:49.66.
“It was a blast to come up to Anchorage for state,” Holt said. “I loved competing against so many great athletes I can’t wait for next swim season. Most of all I want to thank my coaches and team for all their support this year.”
JDHS’ Kito was fifth in the girl’s 200 free in 1:59.65 and fifth in the 100 fly with 1:00.97. Teammate Riley Walsh was eighth in the girl’s 100 free with 56.35, and Aidan Seid was eighth in the boy’s 200 IM with 2:05.45.
“The girls really stepped their game up in finals today,” JDHS swim coach Cayce said. “Gabi’s two fifth-place finishes and Eliza’s third-place finish really helped out. Our relays came up huge too. We couldn’t have finished where we did without any of the girls. It was a true team effort.
“I am extremely proud that I was able to coach this group of kids. I couldn’t have asked for a better team.
State Records were set by the Dimond Boys 200 Medley Relay (1:36.29) and by Eagle River girls diver Jami Stone (482.75 points).
Outstanding Female Athlete of the state meet was Chugiak’s Jennings and Outstanding Male Athlete was Kodiak’s Lindquist.
ASAA/First National Bank State swimming and diving championships
Bartlett High School
Team scores
Girls
1, Dimond 105. 2, Juneau 74. 3, Chugiak 72. 4, Sitka 49. 5, West Valley 46. 6, Eagle River 38. 7, Bartlett 26. 8, Soldotna 25. 8, Kodiak 25. 10, Colony 24. 11, West 23. 12, South 22. 13, Ketchikan 10. 14, Hutchinson 8. 15, Palmer 6. 16, tie, Homer and Kenai Central 1.
Boys
1, Dimond 104.5. 2, Kodiak 81.5. 3, Soldotna 66. 4, Service 52. 5, Eagle River 45. 6, South 41. 7, Sitka 38. 8, Colony 30. 9, Thunder Mountain 19. 10, Lathrop 14. 11, West Valley 13. 12, Palmer 10. 13, Wasilla 9. 13, Ketchikan 9. 15, Chugiak 8. 16, Bartlett 6. 17, Juneau 3. 18, Hutchinson 2. 19, Homer 1.
Final results
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay — 1, Juneau (Chappell, Eliza, Ruffin, Mia, Kito, Gabi, Mulgrew-Truitt, Andyn), 1:49.60. 2, Chugiak 1:50.53. 3, Dimond 1:53.21. 4, Soldotna 1:53.28. 5, Sitka 1:54.02. 6, Colony 1:55.03. 7, South 1:56.94. 8, Hutchinson 1:59.35.
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay — 1, Dimond(Dittlinger, Reed, Hoen, Jack, Alfano, Nathan, O’Brien, Jaro ), 1:36.29. 2, Eagle River 1:39.42. 3, Sitka 1:42.07. 4, South 1:42.12. 5, Kodiak 1:44.34. 6, 1:44.38. 7, West Valley 1:45.31.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle — 1, Cummiskey, Marina (Kodiak) 1:54.93. 2, Moody, Erin (Dimond) 1:56.14. 3, Moore, Skylar (Sitka) 1:56.47. 4, Randall, Angie (West Valley) 1:58.35. 5, Kito, Gabi (Juneau) 1:59.65. 6, Williams, Camryn (Dimond) 2:00.19. 7, Beverlin, Jenna (Bartlett) 2:01.77. 8, Sato, Ripple (Dimond) 2:03.41.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle — 1, Lindquist, Talon (Kodiak) 1:40.60. 2, Suleimani, Alex (Lathrop) 1:42.84. 3, Pate, Will (Sitka) 1:44.24. 4, Emili, Ryan (South) 1:45.48. 5, Hall, Jacob (Soldotna) 1:45.53. 6, Alfano, Nathan (Dimond) 1:46.24. 7, Addington, Maximus (Dimond) 1:46.63. 8, Holt, Spencer (Thunder Mountain) 1:49.66.
Girls 200 Yard IM — 1, Ruffin, Mia (Juneau) 2:09.23. 2, Oakley, Madeleine (Dimond) 2:10.03. 3, DeGeorge, Tara (West) 2:12.09. 4, Hanson, Olivia (Dimond) 2:15.36. 5, Bruce, Jordyn (Eagle River) 2:15.42. 6, Snelders, Millie (Palmer) 2:17.64. 7, Jarupakorn, Wanlaya (Bartlett) 2:20.19. 8, Shannon, Alex (South) 2:21.57.
Boys 200 Yard IM — 1, O’Brien, Jarod (Dimond) 1:54.55. 2, Davis, Bergen (Thunder Mountain) 1:57.24. 3, Anderson, Joseph (Colony) 1:59.68. 4, Creglow, Jacob (Soldotna) 2:01.30. 5, James, Luke (Kodiak) 2:03.68. 6, Anderson, Baxter (Kodiak) 2:03.87. 7, Hoen, Jack (Dimond) 2:05.08. 8, Seid, Aidan (Juneau) 2:05.45.
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle — 1, Jennings, Emmie (Chugiak) 23.42. 2, Powers, Izzy (Chugiak) 24.24. 3, O’Brien, Kiera (Ketchikan) 24.82. 4, Min, Esther (Eagle River) 25.16. 5, Angaiak, Abigail (West Valley) 25.46. 6, Hampton, Alyssa (Dimond) 25.60. 7, Juliussen, Sydney (Soldotna) 25.61. 8, Toussaint, Yanne (Colony) 25.73.
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle — 1, Adams, Nathanial (Service) 21.02. 2, Watkins, Cody (Soldotna) 21.67. 3, Law, Caleb (Service) 22.17. 4, Snelders, Max (Palmer) 22.32. 5, Schauff, Nathan (Kodiak) 22.54. 6, Min, Joseph (Eagle River) 22.65. 7, Hall, David (Soldotna) 22.73.
Girls 1-meter diving — 1, Stone, Jami (Eagle River) 482.75. 2, Trueb, Savana (South) 377.75. 3, Wagner, Kendall (West) 369.50. 4, Lockard, Lara (Dimond) 329.55. 5, Cook, Madison (South) 326.00. 6, Cyr, Eileen (Colony) 324.90. 7, Micael, Elianah (Kodiak) 273.15. 8, Pitsch, Mikaela (Kenai) 258.00.
Boys 1-meter diving — 1, Schachle, Brayden (Wasilla) 491.35. 2, Belliston, Tanner (Colony) 417.90. 3, Larson, Ethan (Bartlett) 395.00. 4, Waldhaus, Gabe (Palmer) 370.85. 5, Welch, Kylan (Soldotna) 338.15. 6, Rhein, Kegan (Ketchikan) 321.90. 7, Zimmerman, Robert (Colony) 307.80. 8, Hall, Ian (Homer) 297.55.
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly — 1, Min, Esther (Eagle River) 57.70. 2, Dayton, Camille (Colony) 59.27. 3, Evershed, Elcee, HUTCH, 59.34. 4, Jarupakorn, Wanlaya (Bartlett) 1:00.15. 5, Kito, Gabi (Juneau) 1:00.97. 6, Watson, Cassie (South) 1:01.83. 7, Willis, Tatumn (Dimond) 1:02.66. 8, Cummiskey, Devon (Kodiak) 1:03.78.
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly — 1, Lindquist, Talon (Kodiak) 50.05. 2, Watkins, Cody (Soldotna) 51.82. 3, Simmons, Jake (Colony) 52.16. 4, Holt, Spencer (Thunder Mountain) 52.47. 5, Alfano, Nathan (Dimond) 52.51. 6, Addington, Maximus (Dimond) 54.12. 7, Wolcott, John (South) 55.58. 8, Min, Joseph (Eagle River) 56.36.
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle — 1, Jennings, Emmie (Chugiak) 51.01. 2, Cummiskey, Marina (Kodiak) 53.57. 3, Davis, Jessica (Sitka) 53.66. 4, Bruce, Jordyn (Eagle River) 53.91. 5, Williams, Kendal (Dimond) 54.98. 6, Burke, Cheyenne (Chugiak) 54.99. 7, Toussaint, Yanne (Colony) 55.18. 8, Walsh, Rielly (Juneau) 56.35.
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle — 1, Adams, Nathanial (Service) 46.56. 2, Dittlinger, Reed (Dimond) 47.69. 3, Emili, Ryan (South) 48.24. 4, Fox-Icarro, Bryce (Eagle River) 48.28. 5, Schauff, Nathan (Kodiak) 48.94. 6, Hall, David (Soldotna) 49.06. 7, James, Luke (Kodiak) 49.88. 7, Chung, Christopher (Dimond) 49.88.
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle — 1, DeGeorge, Tara (West) 5:10.84. 2, Randall, Angie (West Valley) 5:14.70. 3, Moody, Erin (Dimond) 5:17.27. 4, Williams, Camryn (Dimond) 5:18.07. 5, O’Brien, Kiera (Ketchikan) 5:21.95. 6, Sato, Ripple (Dimond) 5:28.64. 7, Keyes, Taylor (West Valley) 5:30.70. 8, Kuhns, Lauren (Homer) 5:36.53.
Boys 500 Yard Freestyle — 1, Pate, Will (Sitka) 4:39.83. 2, Suleimani, Alex (Lathrop) 4:40.09. 3, Hall, Jacob (Soldotna) 4:52.57. 4, Lambert, Dan (Kodiak) 4:57.00. 5, Walch, Andrew (Dimond) 5:00.68. 6, Smith, Daniel (Kodiak) 5:01.63. 7, Blackstone, Reid (Chugiak) 5:01.69. 8, Loudon, Christopher (Dimond) 5:07.35.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay — 1, Chugiak (Powers, Izzy, Cockreham, Leslie, Burke, Cheyenne, Jennings, Emmie), 1:38.84. 2, Dimond 1:39.93. 3, West Valley 1:41.38. 4, Juneau 1:42.83. 4, Bartlett 1:42.83. 6, Eagle River 1:42.99. 7, Soldotna 1:44.34. 8, West 1:45.06.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay — 1, Service (Law, Caleb, Bruce, Nikolaus, Powers, Sam, Adams, Nathanial), 1:27.32. 2, Kodiak 1:28.13. 3, Soldotna 1:28.27. 4, Dimond 1:30.16. 5, South 1:30.64. 6, Sitka 1:31.25. 7, Eagle River 1:32.89. 8, Hutchinson 1:34.44.
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke — 1, Davis, Jessica (Sitka) 58.30. 2, Powers, Izzy (Chugiak) 59.27. 3, Chappell, Eliza (Juneau) 1:00.17. 4, Burke, Cheyenne (Chugiak) 1:01.10. 5, Angaiak, Abigail (West Valley) 1:01.15. 6, Shannon, Alex (South) 1:01.20. 7, Dayton, Camille (Colony) 1:02.27. 8, Hanson, Olivia (Dimond) 1:03.84.
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke — 1, Dittlinger, Reed (Dimond) 52.43. 2, O’Donoghue, Tristan (West Valley) 53.05. 3, Fox-Icarro, Bryce (Eagle River) 54.62. 4, Harang, Brady (Sitka) 55.85. 5, Minster, Nick (South) 56.43. 6, Hanson, Gus (Kodiak) 56.58. 7, Seid, Aidan (Juneau) 56.90. 8, Floyd, Nigel (Eagle River) 57.36.
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke — 1, Ruffin, Mia (Juneau) 1:06.60. 2, Oakley, Madeleine (Dimond) 1:06.64. 3, Moore, Skylar (Sitka) 1:08.75. 4, McElroy, Claire (Soldotna) 1:09.55. 5, McArthur, Whitney (Sitka) 1:10.11. 6, Snelders, Millie (Palmer) 1:10.60. 7, Cvancara, Ruth (Dimond) 1:10.64. 8, Sullivan, Anne (Colony) 1:11.59.
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke — 1, Anderson, Joseph (Colony) 57.70. 2, O’Brien, Jarod (Dimond) 57.73. 3, Davis, Bergen (Thunder Mountain) 59.09. 4, Hoen, Jack (Dimond) 59.30. 5, Creglow, Jacob (Soldotna) 1:00.30. 6, Carpenter, Bryce (Eagle River) 1:01.44. 7, Rhein, Chance (Ketchikan) 1:01.64. 8, Cvancara, Dax (Dimond) 1:03.53.
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay — 1, Dimond (Moody, Erin, Williams, Camryn, Williams, Kendal, Oakley, Madeleine), 3:39.10. 2, Juneau 3:41.66. 3, West Valley 3:42.02. 4, Sitka 3:44.35. 5, Bartlett 3:46.25. 6, Kodiak 3:47.26. 7, Soldotna 3:48.35. 8, Colony 3:48.46.
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay — 1, Dimond (Alfano, Nathan, Dittlinger, Reed, Chung, Christopher, O’Brien, Jarod), 3:10.79. 2, Kodiak 3:12.87. 3, Soldotna 3:13.83. 4, Service 3:15.35. 5, Eagle River 3:16.67. 6, South 3:19.38. 7, Ketchikan 3:21.64. 8, West Valley 3:28.91.
Thunder Mountain’s Bergen Davis competes in the 200 IM during the state championship prelims at Bartlett on Friday, November 6, 2015.
