BIG RIGS – Max Bennett, 2, checks out the steering on a steamroller during the 3 to 5 Preschool’s Big Rig fundraiser in front of Mt. Edgecumbe High School Saturday. Hundreds of kids and parents braved the wet weather to check out the assortment of machines, including road building trucks, a U.S. Coast Guard ANT boat, police cars and fire department rigs. Kids were able to ride as passengers on ATVs. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Barracudas Make Waves at Alaska Age Group Champs
By ABIGAIL BLISS
Sentinel Staff Writer
Sitka’s Baranof Barracudas Swim Club racked up first-place finishes and personal best times at the Alaska Age Group Championships in Juneau over Presidents Day Weekend.
Out of the 12 Barracudas who participated in the 14-and-under event, 78 percent achieved best times, said coach Kevin Knox. The Barracudas placed eighth out of the 21 teams at the competition.
Baranof Barracudas coach Kevin Knox and 14-and-under swimmers goof around poolside at the Alaska Age Group Championships in Juneau Presidents Day Weekend. (Photo Courtesy of Kevin Knox)
Knox explained that this feat was particularly impressive given the fact that the team was injury- and illness-ridden at the time of the meet.
“We had three kids with the flu, one with a head cold, and we lost one kid to a fractured ankle the day before our swim meet,” he said.
Two swimmers, in particular, battled the stumbling blocks of the season to perform their best.
Emma Gassman won the third-place high point award for 13-year-old girls, and Porter Bastian won the second-place high point award for boys 10 and under.
“(Emma) was swimming against a girl that was breaking state records, so it was pretty cool,” Knox commented.
The Barracudas’ experience at the Alaska Age Group Championships will act as a springboard for many swimmers’ training for the Alaska Junior Olympics in Anchorage on April 26, where wider age-groups require kids to produce faster times to remain competitive.
Knox said the Barracudas currently plan to send 14 swimmers to the 18-and-under Junior Olympics.
“(Alaska Age Group Championships) is a lead up for J.O.s,” he said. “It’s a really good opportunity for kids to race against kids just in their age group ... It builds them up to the level of being able to compete against kids their own age. At J.O.s, the time standards are a little bit faster, and they’re competing against kids in a two-year gap.”
Top 3 Finishes:
Female (10 & Under)
50 Fly: Mia Turner, 3rd Place, 36.40
100 Fly: Mia Turner, 3rd Place, 1:24.79
Male (10 & Under)
50 Free: Porter Bastian, 2nd Place, 31.08
100 Free: Porter Bastian, 2nd Place, 1:06.94
200 Free: Porter Bastian. 2nd Place, 2:23.75
500 Free: Porter Bastian, 1st Place, 6:13.89
50 Back: Porter Bastian, 2nd Place, 37.42
100 Back: Porter Bastian, 2nd Place, 1:20.37
200 IM: Porter Bastian, 1st Place, 2:45.98
100 Fly: Benjamin Nendza, 3rd Place, 1:45.88
Male (11-11)
50 Free: Joseph Nendza, 1st Place, 25.86
100 Free: Joseph Nendza, 1st Place, 56.90
200 Free: Joseph Nendza, 1st Place, 2:02.35
50 Fly: Joseph Nendza, 1st Place, 29.56
200 IM: Joseph Nendza, 1st Place, 2:23.91
Female (13-13)
500 Free: Emma Gassman, 2nd Place, 5:48.46
200 Back: Emma Gassman, 2nd Place, 2:27.89
100 Fly: Emma Gassman, 3rd Place, 1:07.81
200 Fly: Emma Gassman, 2nd Place, 2:27.54
400 IM: Emma Gassman, 3rd Place, 5:13.71
Male (13-13)
100 Free: Matthew Rice, 2nd Place, 55.69
500 Free: Matthew Rice, 2nd Place, 5:30.69
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20 YEARS AGO
April 2004
Responding to the requests of athletes, coaches and parents, the Sitka School Board voted unanimously Monday against a proposal that would have changed Sitka High School’s classification from Class 4A, which includes Juneau and Ketchikan, to the 3A, which has schools with enrollment of 100 to 400 students.
50 YEARS AGO
April 1974
Memories of Sitka’s first radio station have been revived by a St. Louis, Mo., man who was one of the founders. Fred A. Wiethuchter recently wrote a letter to “Mayor Sitka, Alaska” asking about the town since he was here during World War II. He was an Army private at Fort Ray when he was attached to Armed Services Radio Station KRAY and WVCX ....
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