McNulty, Schmidt crack top-10 at State meet

by Aaron Selbig
Homer Tribune
After the crowd had quieted and the waves subsided at last weekend’s chaotic Alaska Swimming and Diving Championships in Anchorage, a pair of Homer girls – Donna McNulty and Marie Schmidt – came back home with top-10 finishes in their events.
Schmidt placed sixth in the grueling 500-yard freestyle with a time of five minutes, 29.19 seconds while McNulty took sixth in the 100-yard breaststroke – coming in at 1:11.72 – and eighth in the 500 free at 5:40.92.
“They were both so excited,” said Head Coach Anna Borland-Ivy. “Marie dropped four seconds off her time between (preliminaries) and finals and Donna had a best time in the final that was one second off the school record.”
Overall, the Homer girls team scored seven points and finished in a three-way tie for 14th place with Kenai and Petersburg.
Next year’s team could be even better, said Borland-Ivy.
“I’m pretty happy about how the season went and I think most of the swimmers are, as well,” she said. “Next year, we’re only losing three seniors so we should have a real strong year.”

Alaska Swimming and Diving Championships
Nov. 7-8, Bartlett High School

Girls results
Team scores – 1. Service 113; 2. Kodiak 69; 3. East 63; 4. Dimond 60; 5. Ketchikan 57; 6. West Valley 41; 7. South 31; 8. Lathrop 20; 9. Soldotna 18; 10. Monroe 17; 11. Juneau 14; 12. Valdez 10; 13. Wasilla 9; 14. tie, Kenai, Homer and Petersburg, 7; 17. West 6; 18. Bartlett 3; 19. Colony 2, 20. Chugiak 1.

500 freestyle – 6. Marie Schmidt, 5:29.19; 8. Donna McNulty, 5:40.92.

100 breast stroke – 6. Donna McNulty, 1:11.72.

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