The annual Big Eight Invite featured a strong showing by the reigning boys state champions and a surprising result on the girls side.
The high school swimming and diving season in Alaska only last about three months from early August to early November.
The Cougars are being led this year by junior Benjamin Price and senior Conrad Fawcett, who are returning individual state champions and are both members of the Northern Lights Swim Club where they train and compete throughout the rest of the year. The Cougars finished first at state in the 200 medley relay and both Price and Fawcett helped them do the same on Saturday as the first leg and anchor, finishing in first place with a time of 1:39.33.That was only the beginning of what would be a strong day of the two of them and boys team as a whole as Service who had 10 individuals or relay teams with top three finishes. Team scores weren’t tallied at the meet.
Fawcett’s favorite event is the 500 freestyle, a race in which he is the defending boys state champion. The senior finished first in that event as well on Saturday with a time of 4:54.22 and is “pretty confident” that he’ll be able to successfully defend his title come November. “It would be pretty amazing to win twice in a row and to three-peat in my career would be pretty awesome,” he said. “I think we can do it.”
“Lola got the good lead and I couldn’t see anyone else on the breaststroke and feel like I got us a little bit further,” Baldwin said. “Reese is so good at butterfly that she really put is over and Sophia brought us home.”They both view the notable win over such a quality opponent at nine-team meet as a “huge” confidence booster that will hopefully propel them to through the rest of the season.
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