Crimson Bears lap pool competition at Petersburg

JDHS leads Kayhi, Sitka, Wrangell in PSG Invitational

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé junior Amy Liddle and senior Valerie Peimann, shown in a Crimson Bears practice last week at Augustus Brown Pool, were part of seven winning swim events at the Petersburg Invitational on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Independent)

By Juneau Independent Sports

The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears swim and dive team dominated the action on Friday at the Petersburg Invitational.

The girls 200 medley relay of  Valerie Peimann (backstroke), Kennedy Miller (breaststroke), Amy Liddle (butterfly) and Kaelyn Szefler (freestyle) won the first event of the girls meet in 1:53.73 and the boys 200 medley relay of Liam Kiessling (back), Josh Edwards (breast), Kaden Aldrich (fly) and Levi Phelps (free) followed in the boys meet with a winning time of 1:44.93.

The JDHS’ girls B medley of Katya Foy (back), Riley Soboleff (breast), Annabelle Woodruff (fly) and Hannah Plang (free) placed fourth in 2:05.33 and the boys B medley of Clive Mateo (back), Henry Thatcher (breast), Axel Bolly (fly) and Ben Pallenberg (free) were fourth in 2:00.78.

JDHS’ girls 400 free relay of Deedee Mills, Avery Smith, Lily Francis and Amy Liddle would finish off the girls meet with a winning time of 3:59.17.

The Crimson Bears girls would win 10 of the 12 events, the boys five, and both teams topped their respective meets.

Team Scores 

Girls

1) JDHS 837.5; 2) Sitka 270; 3) Petersburg 191; 4) Kayhi 183; 5) Wrangell 30.5.

Boys

1) JDHS 500; 2) Sitka 391; 3) Kayhi 332; 4) Petersburg 37; 5) Wrangell 11.

Individual Results

Girls

200 Medley Relay — 1) JDHS (Valerie Peimann, Kennedy Miller, Amy Liddle, Kaelyn Szefler) 1:53.73; 2) Sitka 2:00.83; 3) Petersburg 2:02.30; 4) JDHS-B (Katya Foy, Riley Soboleff, Annabelle Woodruff, Hannah Plang) 2:05.33; 5) Kayhi (Piper Bonzo, Mia Calvin, Josephine Jackson, Lina Merrill) 2:19.35

200 Free — 1) Amy Liddle (JD) 1:58.38; 2) Bella Miller (Petersburg) 2:11.01; 3) Mia Turner (Sitka) 2:12.01; 4) Maddox Rasmussen (JD) 2:15.69; 5) Brook Taintor (JD) 2:18.36; 6) Riley Soboleff (JD) 2:23.12; 7) Ruby Dunn (Sitka) 2:25.97; 8) Natalie Mackinnon (JD) 2:30.54; 9) Marian Morrison (JD) 2:38.79; 10) Macie Bullock (Kayhi) 2:56.18

200 IM — 1) Valerie Peimann (JD) 2:13.28; 2) Lexi Tow (Petersburg) 2:21.23; 3) Katya Foy (JD) 2:30.12; 4) Aela McCarthy (Sitka) 2:33.22; 5) Josephine Jackson (Kayhi) 2:33.43; 6) Mae Crocker (JD) 2:50.25; 7) Clara Van Kirk (JD) 3:01.81

50 Free — 1) Lily Francis (JD) 25.62; 2) Deedee Mills (JD) 26.16; 3) Taryn Fleming (Sitka) 26.73; 4) Kaelyn Szefler (JD) 26.89; 5) Brooklyn Whitethron (Petersburg) 26.93; 6) Maddie Manlulu (JD) 27.89; 7) Hannah Plang (JD) 29.21; 8) Piper Bonzo (Kayhi) 29.57; 9) Ellie Higgins (JD) 29.93; 10) Sarah Anderson (JD) 30.26; 10) Johanna Sanford (Wrangell) 30.26; 12) Delilah Clark (Sitka) 32.52; 13) Arabella Nore (Wrangell) 32.94; 14) Lina Merrill (Kayhi) 34.14; 15) Macie Bullock (Kayhi) 34.54

1-meter Diving — 1) Moira Bahn (JD) 167.85; 2) taylor Mesdag (JD) 155.80; 3) Mia Calvin (Kayhi) 107.35; 4) Lina Merrill (Kayhi) 57.40

100 Butterfly — 1) Lily Francis (JD) 1:02.26; 2) Kennedy Miller (JD) 1:03.10; 3) Avery Smith (JD) 1:04.98; 4) Annabelle Woodruff (JD) 1:05.35; 5) Brooklyn Whitethron (Petersburg) 1:09.07; 6) Aela McCarthy (Sitka) 1:10.16; 7) Brook Taintor (JD) 1:12.00; 8) Josephine Jackson (Kayhi) 1:13.12; 9) Maddox Rasmussen (JD0 1:13.69; 10) Natalie Mackinnon (JD) 1:20.12; 11) Arabelle Nore (Wrangell) 1:30.73; 12) Saana Amundson (JD) 1:34.47

100 Free — 1) Valerie Peimann (JD) 54.36; 2) Lexie Tow (Petersburg) 56.18; 3) Kaelyn Szefler (JD) 58.46; 4) Maddie Manlulu (JD) 1:04.57; 5) Olivia Hinde (Petersburg) 1:04.70; 6) Piper Bonzo (Kayhi) 1:05.54; 7) Delilah Clark (Sitka) 1:06.35; 9) Eliza Albrecht (JD) 1:07.95; 10) Augustine Kvasnikoff (JD) 1:17.63; 11) Lia Manino (JD) 1:27.64

500 Free – 1) Amy Liddle (JD) 5:22.17; 2) Bella Miller (Petersburg) 5:46.12; 3) Evi Rice (Sitka) 6:19.35; 4) Ella Bullock (Kayhi) 6:52.93; 5) Johanna Sanford (Wrangell) 7:11.53

200 Free Relay — 1) Petersburg 1:49.51; 2) JDHS (Maddox Rasmussen, Riley Soboleff, Maddie Mankulu, Annabelle Woodruff ) 1:52.55; 3) Sitka 1:56.81; 4) Kayhi (Macie Bullock, Piper Bonzo, Mia Calvin, Josephine Jackson) 2:02.79

100 Backstroke — 1) Taryn Fleming (Sitka) 1:02.63; 2) Deedee Mills (JD) 1:03.03; 3) Avery Smith (JD) 1:08.75; 4) Annabelle Woodruff (JD) 1:09.50; 5) Katya Foy (JD) 1:09.80; 6) Sarah Anderson (JD) 1:16.26; 7) Ruby Dunn 1:19.93

100 Breaststroke — 1) Kennedy Miller (JD) 1:12.71; 2) Evi Rice 1:15.16; 3) Mia Turner (Sitka) 1:18.94; 4) Riley Soboleff (JD) 1:19.37; 5) Ellie Higgins (JD) 1:24.36; 6) Mae Crocker (JD) 1:26.08; 7) Clara Van Kirk (JD) 1:26.74; 8) Eliza Albrecht (JD) 1:26.88; 9) Olivia Hinde (Petersburg) 1:28.58; 10) Mia Calvin (Kayhi) 1:29.16; 11) Augustine Kvasnikoff (JD) 1:32.05; 12) Saana Amundson (JD) 1:35.17; 13) Ila Manino (JD) 1:46.01

400 Free Relay — 1) JDHS (Deedee Mills, Avery Smith, Lily Francis, Amy Liddle) 3:59.17; 2) Sitka 4:28.81; 3) JDHS-B (Mae Crocker, Sarah Anderson, Clara Van Kirk, Brook Taintor) 4:32.26.

Boys

200 Medley Relay — 1) JDHS-A (Liam Kiessling, Josh Edwards, Kaden Aldrich, Levi Phelps) 1:44.93; 2) Sitka 1:45.42; 3) Kayhi (Gavin Harold, Max Meredith, JP Robbins, Aiden Eldridge) 1:49.78; 4) JDHS-B (Clive Mateo, Henry Thatcher, Axel Bolly, Ben Pallenberg) 2:00.78

200 Free — 1) Zach Martens (Sitka) 1:51.87; 2) Phin Edwards (Sitka) 1:59.10; 3) James Nellis (Sitka) 2:04.65; 4) Hunter Eckert (Kayhi) 2:04.73; 5) Chedi Giron (JD) 2:10.80

200 IM — 1) Max Meredith (Kayhi) 2:18.82; 2) Gabe Aldrich (JD) 2:24.29; 3) Clive Mateo (JD) 2:24.36

50 Free — 1) Logan Tow (Petersburg) 22.20; 2) Tommy McCarthy (Sitka) 22.45; 3) Evan Dash (Kayhi) 22.54; 4) Kaden Aldrich (JD) 23.27; 5) Josh Edwards (JD) 24.02; 6) Sam Pallenberg (JD) 24.47; 7) Elliott Galanin (Sitka) 24.63; 8) Levi Phelps (JD) 24.69; 9) Erik Chevalier (Sitka) 25.62; 10) Keagen Andrews (JD) 26.04; 11) Wyatt Kirkness (Sitka) 26.26; 12) Aiden Eldridge (Kayhi) 26.69; 13) Andrei Siekawitch (Wrangell) 26.88; 14) Jake Peterson (Sitka) 27.37; 15) Gus Becker (Sitka) 31.06

1-meter Diving — 1) Liam Woodward (Kayhi) 235.20; 2) Easton Berger (JD) 132.55; 3) Jett Miller (Kayhi) 113.55

100 Butterfly — 1) Liam Kiessling (JD) 57.65; 2) Gavin Harold (Kayhi) 1:00.17; 3) Axel Boily (JD) 1:07.02; 4) Erik Chevalier (Sitka) 1:07.91

100 Free — 1) Tommy McCarthy (Sitka) 49.01; 2) Evan Dash (Kayhi) 49.29; 3) Levi Phelps (JD) 54.63; 4) JP Robbins (Kayhi) 54.69; 5) Phin Edwards (Sitka) 55.42; 6) Gabe Aldrich (JD) 57.95; 7) Chedi Giron (JD) 58.86; 8) Henry Thatcher (JD) 59.07; 8) Ben Pallenberg (JD) 59.07; 10) Andrei Siekawitch (Wrangell) 59.54; 11) Odin Emley (Sitka) 1:09.76

500 Free — 1) Zach Martens (Sitka) 4:59.81; 2) Logan Tow (Petersburg) 5:04.16; 3) Gavin Harold (Kayhi) 5:16.71; 4) kaden Aldrich (JD) 5:23.55; 5) Aiden Eldridge (Kayhi) 6:00.08; 6) Wyatt Kirkness (Sitka) 6:01.72; 7) Kaegan Andrews (JD) 6:08.51

200 Free Relay — 1) JDHS (Josh Edwards, Clive Mateo, Gabe Aldrich, Sam Pallenberg) 1:39.34; 2) Kayhi (Hunter Eckert, Max Meredith, Nathaniel Duran, Evan Dash) 1:39.72; 3) Sitka 1:48.17

100 Backstroke — 1) Liam Kiessling (JD) 56.64; 2) JP Robbins (Kayhi) 1:01.54; 3) Elliott Galanin (Sitka) 1:03.67; 4) Hunter Eckert (Kayhi) 1:04.99; 5) Sam Pallenberg (JD) 1:05.42; 6) Clive Mateo (JD0 1:07.07; 7) Gus Becker (Sitka) 1:24.16

100 Breastroke — 1) Josh Edwards (JD) 1:05.97; 2) Max Meredith (Kayhi) 1:06.66; 3) Henry Thatcher (JD) 1:17.02; 4) james Nellis (Sitka) 1:17.29; 5) Ben Pallenberg (JD) 1:17.42; 6) Axel Boily (JD) 1:17.94; 7) Nathaniel Duran (Kayhi) 1:25.94

400 Free Relay — 1) Sitka 3:29.27; 2) Kayhi (Gavin Harold, JP Robbins, Hunter Eckert, Evan Dash) 3:30.88; 3) JDHS (Liam Kiessling, Gabe Aldrich, Keagen Andrews, Kaden Aldrich) 3:37.41; 4) Sitka B 4:12.90