Eight members from the Unalaska boy and girl high school swim teams traveled to Kenai, Alaska for the Kenai Invitational, the annual swimming and diving competition.  Nearly 75 athletes from Homer, Kenai Central, Seward, Soldotna, and Unalaska high schools participated in this year's event October 3^rd and 4^th.

   Each athlete was able to swim in two individual events, two relay events, and no more than three athletes from one team could compete in any one event. Unalaska swimmers competed in 13 out of the 24 events and finished in the top three in five of those events.  Head coach, D. Tyrell McGirt, was pleased with the outcome of the meet and especially proud of the three freshmen swimmers, Jonathan Le, Johnny Khongsuk, and Alyssa Tungul, performance at their first ever swim competition outside of Unalaska.  Both boy and girl teams from Soldotna High School placed first in the overall swimming and diving competition.

 TOP UNALASKA FINISHES

• 2^nd Place Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay Team – Alyssa Tungul (Backstroke), Amber Le (Breaststroke), Delanney McConnell (Butterfly), and Marjamae Pili (Freestyle)
• 2^nd Place Lucio Howard – Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke
• 2^nd Place Jonathan Le – Boys 100 Yard Freestyle
• 3^rd Place Lucio Howard – Boys 200 Yard Individual Medley
• 3^rd Place Delanney McConnell – Girls 100 Yard Butterfly

 

OTHER TOP UNALASKA FINISHES

• 4^th / 7 Teams Alyssa Tungul, Amber Le, Trisxia Fernandez, & Delanney McConnell – Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
• 4^th / 7 Swimmers Amber Le – Girls 200 Yard Individual Medley
• 4^th / 20 Swimmers Alyssa Tungul – Girls 100 Yard Freestyle
• 6^th / 23 Swimmers Delanney McConnell – Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
• 7^th / 23 Swimmers Alyssa Tungul – Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
• 7^th / 20 Swimmers Marjamae Pili – Girls 100 Yard Freestyle
• 9^th / 23 Swimmers Trisxia Fernandez – Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
• 9^th / 20 Swimmers Trisxia Fernandez – Girls 100 Yard Freestyle

 The Unalaska Raiders swim teams will host their next home Community Swim Meet Friday, October 10th, at 7:00 p.m. and will travel again to the Valley Invitational in Palmer, Alaska Friday and Saturday, October 17^th and 18^th.