Bergen Davis swims in the Men’s 200 Yard IM preliminary at the Southeast Alaska Regional Swim and Dive Championships at Thunder Mountain High School on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Bergen Davis swims in the Men’s 200 Yard IM preliminary at the Southeast Alaska Regional Swim and Dive Championships at Thunder Mountain High School on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Falcons fly away with Region V title

The Thunder Mountain High School boys swim team totaled 154 points to win the Region V Swimming & Diving Championships on Saturday.

The Falcons’ Spencer Holt and Casey Hamilton collected four individual titles, all while not worrying about setting personal bests.

The Sitka Wolves won the girls title with 163 total points. JDHS finished second with 119 points. Senior Andyn Mulgrew-Truitt swept the 50 and 100-yard freestyle sprints.

Region V Swim & Dive Championships

Saturday, Oct. 28

Dimond Park Aquatic Center

Girls 200-yard medley — 1, Sitka (Davis, W. McArthur, Schwantes, K. McArthur), 1:52.99. 2, JDHS (Tallmon, Norvell, Moran, Mulgrew-Truitt), 1:57.67. 3, TMHS (Heaton, Pajarillo, Matiashowski, Hagen), 1:59.19. 4, Ketchikan (Campbell, Spencer, Sherrill, Meiresonne), 1:59.71.

Boys 200-yard medley — 1, TMHS (Post, Davis, Grigg, Ray), 1:42.62. 2, JDHS (Peimann, Weldon, Goering, Gardinier), 1:45.62. 3, Sitka (Triershield, Diego, Gagner, McKinley), 1:46.88. 4, Ketchikan (Merle, Semaken-Hudson, Thomas, Mattson), 2:11.16.

Girls 200-yard freestyle — 1, Skylar Moore, Sitka, 1:59.44. 2, Grace Harang, Sitka, 2:03.23. 3, Cameron Howard, JDHS, 2:03.29. 4, Peyten Schultz, TMHS, 2:06.35. 5, Mesa Moran, JDHS, 2:08.58. 6, Alyssa Guthrie, Petersburg, 2:11.87. 7, Stella Tallmon, JDHS, 2:12.27. 8, Emma Campbell, Ketchikan, 2:12.69.

Boys 200-yard freestyle — 1, Spencer Holt, TMHS, 1:44.57. 2, Raymie Matiashowski, TMHS, 1:49.56. 3, Tate Goering, JDHS, 1:49.56. 4, McKinley Janik, Sitka, 1:53.12. 5, Micah Grigg, TMHS, 1:53.23. 6, Makai Saline, Sitka, 2:02.41.

Girls 200-yard IM — 1, Jessica Davis, Sitka, 2:13.08. 2, Sophia Schwantes, Sitka, 2:28.08. 3, Taelyn Norvell, JDHS, 2:20.55. 4, Evangelyn Pajarillo, TMHS, 2:21.25. 5, Dessa Gerger, JDHS, 2:32.57. 6, Natalie Zimmerman, JDHS, 2:32.63. 7, Sarah Heaton, TMHS, 2:37.77. 8, Adele Hagevig, JDHS, 2:41.47.

Boys 200-yard IM — 1, Casey Hamilton, TMHS, 1:54.28. 2, Bergen Davis, TMHS, 1:54.40. 3, Jacob Gagner, Sitka, 2:08.05. 4, Anders Marius, Sitka, 2:18.71. 5, Jaret Warstler, Ketchikan, 2:19.11. 6, Xavier de Liedekerke, Ketchikan, 2:44.10. 7, Caden Mattson, Ketchikan, 3:14.93.

Girls 50-yard freestyle — 1, Andyn Mulgrew-Truitt, JDHS, 25.32 2, Whitney McArthur, Sitka, 25.47. 3, Maddy Whitethorn, Petersburg, 26.01. 4, Kyleigh McArthur, Sitka, 26.56. 5, Annie Hagen, TMHS, 26.91. 6, Selma Matiashowski, TMHS, 27.21. 7, Maria Pfundt, Petersburg, 27.63. 8, Rose Pellet, Sitka, 28.18.

Boys 50-yard freestyle — 1, Maury Meiresonne, Ketchikan, 22.87. 2, Britton Erickson, Petersburg, 23.18. 3, Jake Triershield, Sitka, 22.22. 4, Noatak Post, TMHS, 23.82. 5, Rylan Wallace, Petersburg, 24.22. 6, Ethan Kuldt-Painter, Petersburg, 24.45. 7, Reed Gardinier, JDHS, 25.19. 8, Xavier de Liedekerke, Ketchikan, 26.07.

Girls 1-meter diving — 1, Jessi Sivertsen, Ketchikan, 222.0. 2, Amber Kahklen, TMHS, 211.75. 3, Rosemary Kiessling, 202.15.

Boys 1-meter diving —1, Cian Hart, JDHS, 314.10 . 2, Will Torgerson, JDHS, 263.90. 3, Steven Ireland-Haight, JDHS, 209.30.

Girls 100-yard butterfly — 1, Laura Scherrill, Ketchikan, 1:01.49. 2, Sophia Schwantes, Sitka, 1:03.20. 3, Selma Matiashowski, TMHS, 1:04.40. 4, Maria Pfundt, Petersburg, 1:04.69. 5, Evangelyn Pajarillo, TMHS, 1:05.36. 6, Mesa Moran, JDHS, 1:05.90.7, Peyten Schultz, TMHS, 1:06.30. 8, Adele Hagevig, JDHS, 1:17.71.

Boys 100-yard butterfly — 1, Spencer Holt, TMHS, 51.87. 2, Jacob Gagner, Sitka, 57.22. 3, Jacob Warstler, Sitka, 1:02.17. 4, Ethan Thomas, Ketchikan, 1:05.94.

Girls 100-yard freestyle — 1, Andyn Mulgrew-Truitt, JDHS, 56.39. 2, Cyleena Pellett, Sitka, 56.51. 3, Kyleigh McArthur, Sitka, 57.03. 4, Maddy Whitethorn, Petersburg, 57.23. 5, Emily Heaton, TMHS, 58.99. 6, Abby Forrester, Sitka, 1:02.71. 7, Evelyn Staples, Ketchikan, 1:04.31. 8, Claire Schumacher, JDHS, 1:05.19.

Boys 100-yard freestyle — 1, Van Abbott, Petersburg, 49.51. 2, Tate Goering, JDHS, 49.91. 3, Britton Erickson, Petersburg, 50.53. 4, Tyler Weldon, JDHS, 50.91. 5, Jordan Diego, Sitka, 53.31. 6, Bryce Mattson, Ketchikan, 55.17. 7, Sid Fleming, Sitka, 55.93. 8, Reed Gardinier, JDHS, 56.19.

Girls 500-yard freestyle — 1, Grace Harang, Sitka, 5:26.59. 2, Cameron Howard, JDHS, 5:40.23. 3, Hannah Taube, TMHS, 5:42.92. 4, Emma Campbell, Ketchikan, 5:47.28. 5, Natalie Zimmerman, JDHS, 5:47.57. 6, Alyssa Guthrie, Petersburg, 5:59.29. 7, Zoe Spencer, Ketchikan, 6:07.20. 8, Erin Blankenship, Sitka, 6:22.54.

Boys 500-yard freestyle — 1, Raymie Matiashowski, TMHS, 4:54.96. 2, McKinley Janik, Sitka, 4:56.68. 3, Caleb Peimann, JDHS, 5:06.64. 4, Micah Grig, TMHS, 5:06.89. 5, Chris Ray, TMHS, 5:14.72. 6, Makai Saline, Sitka, 5:19.43. 7, Casey Evens, Petersburg, 5:55.84.

Girls 200-yard freestyle relay — 1, Sitka (W. McArthur, Harang, K. McArthur, Moore), 1:42.29. 2, JDHS (Moran, Norvell, Howard, Mulgrew-Truitt). 3, Ketchikan (Sherrill, Campbell, Spencer, Meiresonne), 1:49.54. 4, Petersburg (Pfundt, Lister, Guthrie, Whitethorn), 1:52.97. 5, THMS (Heaton, Godkin, Matiashowski, Taube), 1:53.16.

Boys 200-yard freestyle relay —1, TMHS (Davis, Ray, Hamilton, Holt), 1:29.92. 2, Petersburg (Wallace, Kludt-Painter, Abbott, Erickson), 1:38.08. 3, Ketchikan (Meiresonne, Mattson, Warstler, de Liedekerke), 1:38.08. 4, Sitka (Fleming, Saline, Littlefield, Marius), 1:43.69. 5, JDHS (Gabel, Swanson, Torgerson, Hart), 1:57,63.

Girls 100-yard backstroke — 1, Jessica Davis, Sitka, 59.09. 2, Stella Tallmon, JDHS, 1:06.09. 3, Emily Heaton, TMHS, 1:06.25. 4, Cyleena Pellett, Sitka, 1:06.34. 5, Sunny Tveten, JDHS, 1:08.39. 6, Amara Sanguni, TMHS, 1:10.09. 7, Sarah Heaton, TMHS, 1:11.33. 8, Makayla Moore, Sitka, 1:15.67.

Boys 100-yard backstroke — 1, Casey Hamilton, TMHS, 52.62. 2, Jake Triershield, Sitka, 57.08. 3, Noatak Post, TMHS, 57.39. 4, Caleb Peimann, JDHS, 58.90. 5, Noah Loseby, 59.94. 6, Bryce Mattson, Ketchikan, 1:02.77. 7, August Kiessling, TMHS, 1:02.87. 8, Maury Meiresonne, Ketchikan, 1:03.41.

Girls 100-yard breaststroke — 1, Skylar Moore, Sitka, 1:06.21. 2, Whitney McArthur, Sitka, 1:09.34. 3, Taelyn Norvell, JDHS, 1:13.18. 4, Annie Hagen, TMHS, 1:13..67. 5, Zoe Spencer, Ketchikan, 1:13.76. 6, Laura Sherrill, Ketchikan, 1:14.27. 7, Dessa Gerger, JDHS, 1:16.62. 8, Anne Coss, Ketchikan, 1:40.27.

Girls 400-yard freestyle relay — 1, Sitka (Pellett, Harang, Davis, Moore), 3:46.17. 2, TMHS (Heaton, Schultz, Hagen, Pajarillo), 3:54.94. 3, JDHS (Howard, Tveten, Zimmerman, Tallmon), 4:01.95. 4, Petersburg (Pfundt, Lister, Guthrie, Whitethorn), 4:11.02. 5, Ketchikan (Staples, Sivertsen, Nieshe, Coss), 5:05.87.

Boys 400-yard freestyle relay — 1, TMHS (Hamilton, Matiashowski, Ray, Holt), 3:21.43. 2, Sitka (Gagner, Janik, Diego, Triershield). 3, Petersburg (Wallace, Kludt-Painter, Erickson, Abbott), 3:28.57. 4, JDHS (Weldon, Peimann, Gardinier, Goering), 3:29.75. 5, Ketchikan (Meiresonne, Mattson, Warstler, de Liedekerke), 3:42.21.


• Contact sports reporter Nolin Ainsworth at 523-2272 or nolin.ainsworth@juneauempire.com.


Casey Hamilton, of Thunder Mountain, swims in the Men’s 200 Yard IM preliminary at the Southeast Alaska Regional Swim and Dive Championships at Thunder Mountain High School on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Casey Hamilton, of Thunder Mountain, swims in the Men’s 200 Yard IM preliminary at the Southeast Alaska Regional Swim and Dive Championships at Thunder Mountain High School on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Jessi Sivertsen, of Ketchikan, dives at the Southeast Alaska Regional Swim and Dive Championships at Thunder Mountain High School on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Jessi Sivertsen, of Ketchikan, dives at the Southeast Alaska Regional Swim and Dive Championships at Thunder Mountain High School on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Cian Hart dives at the Southeast Alaska Regional Swim and Dive Championships at Thunder Mountain High School on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Cian Hart dives at the Southeast Alaska Regional Swim and Dive Championships at Thunder Mountain High School on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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