The Juneau-Douglas and Thunder Mountain High School swim teams will compete at the 2015 Southeast Region V Swim & Dive Championships in Sitka beginning Friday.
The JDHS girls have the fastest 200-yard medley relay time in Southeast this season with a 1 minute 56.09 seconds time, second fastest in the state to Chugiak’s 1:54.88. Sitka is 3rd in the state with 1:56.17 and TMHS 8th at 2:00.63.
“Everyone is excited,” JDHS coach Seth Cayce said. “I can see it during practice. They have got that extra pep in their step. This weekend and next weekend are what we have been training all season long for.”
The JDHS girls also have the fastest Southeast 400 free relay time with 3:49.58 (2nd in state to Dimond’s 3:48.53), Sitka 3:51.01 (3 rd), Ketchikan 4:08.18 (13th) and TMHS 4:08.36 (14th).
JDHS’ Mia Ruffin leads SE with a 200-yard individual medley time of 2:14.70, second in state to Chugiak’s Emmie Jennings’ 2:13.13. Sitka’s Skylar Moore is at 2:17.74 (8th in state), Sitka’s Jessica Davis 2:18.47 (10th) and Ketchikan’s Kiera O’Brien 2:21.11 (11th).
TMHS’ Bergen Davis has the top SE boy’s 200 IM time with 2:01.50 (5th state). Dimond’s Jarod O’Brien is 1st with 1:59.63. JDHS’ Aidan Seid has a 2:09.86 (14th).
“This group has worked so hard from day one,” TMHS coach Jason Wilson said. “Assistant coaches Josiah Loseby and Roby Jarvill have done a great job of getting these swimmers ready for these next two weekends.”
Sitka’s Moore and Davis are one and two in SE (7th, 8th) in the girl’s 200 freestyle with 2:02.12 and 2:02.77, respectively (1st Dimond’s Erin Moody 1:58.84). JDHS’ Gabi Kito has a 2:03.43 (10th) and Cameron Howard 2:06.81 (16th).
Sitka’s Will Pate leads SE boy’s in the 200 free with 1:48.05 (4th state, 1st Kodiak’s Talon Lindquist 1:45.12) and TMHS’ Davis 1:53.13 (12th).
In the girl’s 50 free, Sitka’s Whitney McArthur has a 25.70 (6th state. 1st Jennings 25.01), Ketchikan’s O’Brien 25.71 (7th), Sitka’s Moore 26.05 (12th) and Sitka’s Davis 26.21 (16th).
Sitka’s James Morland has a boy’s 50 free time of 23.09 (11th state. 1st Service’s Nathaniel Adams 21.81).
Sitka’s Davis has a girl’s 100 free time of 55.39 (5th state, 1st Eagle River’s Jordyn Bruce), JDHS’ Ruffin 55.79 (8th), Sitka’s Moore 56.01 (11th), Ketchikan’s O’Brien 56.36 (12th), JDHS’ Kito 56.42 (13th) and Sitka’s McArthur 57.43 (16th).
Sitka’s Pate has a boy’s 100 free time of 50.23 (8th state, 1st Service’s Adams 47.64).
JDHS’ Ruffin has a girl’s 100 fly time of 1:00.81 (4th state, 1st Eagle River’s Esther Min), JDHS’ Kito a 1:01.51 (6th), Sitka’s Davis 1:01.79 (7th) and Ketchikan’s O’Brien 1:02.67 (11th).
TMHS’ Spencer Holt has a SE top time of 55.33 for the boy’s 100 fly (5th state, 1st Kodiak’s Lindquist 51.93) and TMHS’ Davis 57.12 (9th).
Ketchikan’s O’Brien leads SE in the girl’s 500 free with 5:29.76 (5th state, 1st Dimond’s Erin Moody 5:21.06), Sitka’s Moore 5:33.05 (9th), JDHS’ Kito 5:34.18 (12th) and JDHS’ Sophia Kaelke 5:42.32 (15th).
Sitka’s Pate has a boy’s 500 free time of 4:51.73 (2nd state, 1st Kodiak’s Lindquist 4:50.87) and TMHS’ Davis 5:01.66 (6th).
Sitka’s Moore leads SE girl’s in the 100 breast with 1:10.18 (2nd state, 1st Dimond’s Madeleine Oakley), JDHS’ Ruffin has a 1:10.86 (5th), Sitka’s McArthur 1:12.61 (7th) and TMHS’ Annie Hagen 1:15.74 (15th).
TMHS’ Davis leads SE boy’s in the 100 breast with 1:00.84 (2nd state, 1st Colony’s Joseph Anderson 1:00.57) and Ketchikan’s Chance Rhein 1:05.65 (13th).
Sitka’s Davis leads SE girls in the 100 back with 1:02.16 (4th state, 1st Chugiak’s Cheyenne Burke) and JDHS’ Eliza Chappell has 1:04.18 (9th).
TMHS’ Davis has a 56.72 in the boy’s 100 back (6th state, 1st West Valley’s Tristan O’Donoghue) and JDHS’ Seid is at 58.71 (12th).
The Sitka girls have SE’s fastest 200 free relay time with 1:44.38 (2nd state, 1st Chugiak 1:42.47), JDHS 1:45.87 (5th), TMHS 1:50.26 (12th) and Ketchikan 1:53.51 (14th).
The Sitka boys have the fastest 200-medley time in SE with 1:46.41 (7th in the state, Dimond 1st with 1:41.36). TMHS has a 1:47.12 (9th), JDHS 1:49.69 (12th) and Ketchikan 1:51.16 (14th).
The Sitka boys have a 200 free relay time of 1:33.80 (6th state, 1st Dimond 1:30.63), Ketchikan 1:37.58 (11th), JDHS 1:37.70 (12th), TMHS 1:37.81 (13th) and Petersburg 1:41.13 (16th).
The Sitka boy’s have a 3:31.62 time in the 400 free relay (8th in state, 1st Soldotna 3:21.15), Ketchikan 3:32.15 (9th), JDHS 3:40.27 (14th) and Petersburg 3:44.16 (16th).
Ketchikan’s Kegan Rhein is the only SE diver to break into the states top 16 ranking at 10th (1st Wasilla’s Brayden Schachle).
The conference individual event champions for each region and the next 12 finals times statewide qualify for the state championships at Anchorage’s Bartlett High School pool on November 6-7. For relays the conference champion and the next best four finals times statewide qualify.
“People may not know how hard our swimmers work,” Wilson said. “I am very proud of this group and extremely excited to see how we swim this weekend.”
