State swim champions and records
The Alaska state high school swim team champions since 1978. Champions from before 1978 are being researched and not all results are currently available. Sections of this list were compiled the Anchorage Daily News and others by the Juneau Empire.
Year Team
2002 tie, Juneau-Douglas/Soldotna
2001 Dimond
2000 Dimond
1999 Dimond
1998 Dimond
1997 Dimond
1996 Service
1995 Dimond
1994 Dimond
1993 Soldotna
1992 Service
1991 Service
1990 Service
1989 Service
1988 Service
1987 Service
1986 Bartlett
1985 Chugiak
1984 Juneau-Douglas
1983 Bartlett
1982 Ketchikan
1981 Service
1980 Ketchikan
1979 West Anchorage
1978 Ketchikan
GIRLS
Year Team
2002 Soldotna
2001 Service
2000 Service
1999 Lathrop
1998 Lathrop
1997 Service
1996 Service
1995 Lathrop
1994 Dimond
1993 Dimond
1992 Dimond
1991 East Anchorage
1990 East Anchorage
1989 tie, East Anchorage/Service
1988 Service
1987 Bartlett
1986 Bartlett
1985 Dimond
1984 Dimond
1983 Juneau-Douglas
1982 Bartlett
1981 West Anchorage
1980 Ketchikan
1979 Ketchikan
1978 Ketchikan
STATE HIGH SCHOOL SWIM MEET RECORDS
State high school swim meet records through the 2002 state meet. These records can only be broken during the preliminary and final rounds of the annual state meet, so there may be faster times posted during the regular season. This list courtesy of the Alaska School Activities Association.
200-yard medley relay
Girls - Lathrop (N. Paskvan, Heather King, Patty Nash, Sampson), set in 1995, 1 minute, 49.53 seconds. Boys - Petersburg (Derek Gibb, Ty Westre, Tony McKay, Derek Carlson), 1998, 1:36.98.
200 freestyle
Girls - Kayla Meiergerd, Chugiak, 1998, 1:50.83. Boys - Andrew Billings, West Valley, 1985, 1:42.69.
200 individual medley
Girls - Sarah Rockwell, West Anchorage, 2002, 2:07.05. Boys - John Rogers, Lathrop, 1995, 1:53.51.
50 freestyle
Girls - Maria Reeves, Lathrop, 1998, 23.34. Boys - Andrew Tainter, Service, 1996, 20.91.
One-meter springboard diving
(11-dive sequence)
Girls - Alaina Patterson, Chugiak, 1998, 463.45 points. Boys - Alvin Spencer, Chugiak, 1982, 517.25.
100-yard butterfly
Girls - Sarah Murphy, Service, 1997, 56.07 seconds. Boys - Lucas Peterson, Lathrop, 2000, 50.97.
100 freestyle
Girls - Sarah Rockwell, West Anchorage, 2002, 51.38. Boys - Derek Gibb, Petersburg, 1998, 46.27.
500 freestyle
Girls - Kayla Meiergerd, Chugiak, 1998, 4:56.55. Boys - Ben Smith, Service, 1990, 4:37.85.
200 freestyle relay
Girls - Lathrop (individual swimmer names not available), 1999, 1:36.36. Boys - Dimond (individual swimmer names not available), 1998, 1:26.56.
100 backstroke
Girls - Brette Winegarner, Service, 2002, 58.84. Boys - Chris Geitz, Dimond, 1994, 51.91.
100 breaststroke
Girls - Heather King, Lathrop, 1995, 1:05.74. Boys - Joshua Gemmell, Soldotna, 2000, 56.40.
400 freestyle relay
Girls - Lathrop (individual swimmer names not available), 1999, 3:31.88. Boys - Dimond (individual swimmer names not available), 1998, 3:09.70.