With the Midnight Sun Swim Team leading the way, local swimmers turned in several record-setting performances during the Great Alaskan Open swim meet late last month at Hamme Pool.

The Midnight Sun Swim Team, under the guidance of coach Gary Crowe, captured the overall team title, finished second in the women’s team standings and took first place in the men’s team standings during the three-day meet at Hamme Meet.

Lathrop High School standout Keegan Severns of the Midnight Sun Swim team won the high point award for the boys and MSST’s Shelby Perkins of North Pole High School took third in the girls high point competition.

High points are the cumulative points from the meet.

The Stingray Swim Team finished fifth overall and the North Pole Aquatic Club was 10th. Swimmers from 13 teams throughout the state scored points during the event.

Midnight Sun won the event with 957 points. The Aurora Swim Team of Anchorage was second with 916 and the Northern Lights Swim Club of Anchorage took third with 733. The Stingray Swim Team amassed 334 points and NPAC garnered 33.

Aurora won the girls division with 469 points and Midnight Sun was second with 426. The Midnight Sun boys picked up 531 points, while Aurora captured second with 447.

Since the meet is held every four years and features swimmers of all ages competing against each other, numerous state and age-group records were set during the competition.

Complete results were posted in the News-Miner Sports Scoreboard each day of the event.

Following are highlights of each of the local teams as submitted by their respective coaches.

Midnight Sun

Swim Team

• Liz Bennett: Third, 100 backstroke; fifth, 50 freestyle; second, 200 IM, fourth 100 breaststroke.

• Richard Chen (First GAO): Sixth, 200 breaststroke; sixth, 400 IM; 11th, 100 breaststroke; fifth, 200 backstroke.

• Jeff Daniels: First, 1,500 freestyle; fifth, 200 freestyle; sixth 100 freestyle; fifth, 400 freestyle.

• Greg Evershed: Seventh, 100 backstroke; third 100 butterfly; fourth, 200 IM; second, 200 butterfly.

• Maddy Franz: Fifth, 1,500 freestyle; 12th, 400 freestyle.

• Anne Goering: Second, 200 freestyle; fourth, 50 freestyle; second, 100 freestyle; fourth, 400 freestyle.

• Luis Marquez (First GAO): Second, 1,500 freestyle; eighth, 100 butterfly; fourth, 400 IM; eighth, 200 IM.

• Phillip Martinez: Second, 200 freestyle; fourth, 100 butterfly; first 200 butterfly, third, freestyle.

• Ryan Nicholson (First GAO): Fourth, 1,500 freestyle; 12th, 100 butterfly; fourth, 200 butterfly; ninth, 400 freestyle.

• Kyle Perkins: 11th, 200 backstroke.

• Shelby Perkins: First, 1,500 freestyle; fourth, 200 (Unknown); fourth, 400 IM; first, 400 freestyle.

• Ilaura Reeves: Seventh, 50 freestyle.

• Keegan Severns: First, 200 breaststroke; first, 400 IM, second, 200 IM, first, 100 breaststroke.

• Annie Smith: Eighth, 1,500; ninth, 400 IM.

• Geena Spencer (First GAO): 12th, 100 backstroke.

• Drew Vandermeer: Fourth, 100 backstroke, second, 50 freestyle.

• Vanessa Wetterhall (First GAO): Seventh, 100 butterfly.

• Victoria Wetterhall (First GAO): Sixth, 100 butterfly.

Stingray Swim Team

• Mallory Dixon: Ninth, 200 breaststroke.

• Austin Fitzgerald: 11th, 100 butterfly; ninth, 100 freestyle; ninth, 100 breaststroke.

• Iris Fletcher: 12th, 200 backstroke.

• Gram Hood: Eighth, 200 breaststroke.

• Martha Hood: Ninth, 200 breaststroke; seventh, 400 IM; 10th, 100 breaststroke.

• Julie James: Fourth, 1,500 freestyle; fourth, 200 butterfly; fifth, 100 butterfly; 10th, 50 freestyle.

• Jessie Lingaas: Sixth, 1,500 freestyle; seventh, 200 backstroke; ninth, 400 freestyle.

• Tory Martinez: 10th, 400 IM).

• Evan Mathers: Ninth, 50 freestyle; 11th, 100 freestyle.

• Kira O’Donoghue: Sixth, 200 breaststroke; fifth, 100 breaststroke; eighth, 200 backstroke.

• Paul Owens: 12th, 100 backstroke; 10th, 400 freestyle.

North Pole

Aquatic Club

• Justice Kramer: One of three 12-year-olds in the meet, Kramer’s placed 12th in the 200 freestyle and seventh in the 400 freestyle, breaking the state age-group record in both events. The previous 400 freestyle record was held by NPAC alum Scott Woster.

• Kaitlin Pendleton: Swam personal best times in the consolation finals of the 200 breaststroke and 400 IM.