MLHS and QHS participate at state swim meet, bring home one championship
REBECCA PETTINGILL | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 8 months AGO
Quincy High School senior Wyatt Van der Merwe swims in the WIAA boys swim and dive competition held at the King County Aquatics Center on Feb. 19. He took 4th in both the 200 yard freestyle and in the 500 yard freestyle.
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Quincy High School junior Trenten Calloway took first place in the 100 yard butterfly event. He smiles and waves after receiving his medal on the podium.
The Quincy High School boys swim and dive team participated in the 2A category of the state swim and dive tournament and took 6th as a team.
The Moses Lake High School boys swim and dive team participated in the 4A category of the state swim and dive tournament and took 18th as a team.
Moses Lake High School senior Kade Pack swims in the 200-yard individual medley during the state swim and dive preliminaries on Feb. 18 at the King County Aquatic Center. His results were 19th in the event.
FEDERAL WAY — The Moses Lake and Quincy high schools swim and dive teams participated in the state meet at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way Feb. 17-19.
Moses Lake High School participated in the 4A category and took 18th as a team.
As the competitors worked their way through the meet, Moses Lake was hoping to make eighth or better in the preliminaries to secure a top-eight spot in the finals in order to make the top bracket in the tournament, said Chiefs head coach Lindy Tracey.
The only event in which they did place top eight was the 200-yard freestyle relay. However, it was earned through extra hard work as there was a tie between Moses Lake and another school for ninth and 10th place in the preliminaries as well as a possible time error for eighth place in the same race.
In cases where there is a tie, there is a swim-off, essentially a redo of the race with just the athletes or teams that are tying. This resulted in a swim-off for the three teams, Moses Lake, Olympia and Skyline, in the 200-yard freestyle relay. This was Moses Lake’s second chance to make the top eight heat for finals.
In an exciting, by only inches, victory, Moses Lake beat both teams in the swim-off to take eighth in the preliminaries and then eighth again at finals the next day.
Moses Lake athletes finished:
• 2nd in the 50-yard freestyle adaptive by sophomore Danny Thurman
• 3rd in the 50-yard backstroke adaptive by sophomore Danny Thurman
• 12th in the 200-yard freestyle by junior Nicholas Moore
• 15th in 1-meter diving by sophomore Dallin DeGooyer
• 16th in the 100-yard freestyle by junior Ashton McKean
• 16th in the 500-yard freestyle by junior Nicholas Moore
• 17th in the 50-yard freestyle by junior Ashton McKean
• 17th in 1-meter diving by sophomore Carter Beus
• 18th in the 100-yard butterfly by freshman Luke Molitor
• 19th in the 200-yard individual medley by senior Kade Pack
• 20th in the 100-yard backstroke by senior Issac Patten
The Moses Lake team took:
• 8th in the 200-yard freestyle relay
• 14th in the 400-yard freestyle relay
• 19th in the 200-yard medley relay
Quincy had one state champion and seven other top 10 finishes. They took sixth as a team in the 2A category. There is no 1A category.
Quincy athletes finished:
• 1st in the 100-yard butterfly by junior Trenten Calloway.
• 4th in the 200-yard freestyle by senior Wyatt Van der Merwe
• 4th in the 500-yard freestyle by senior Wyatt Van der Merwe
• 6th in the 200-yard individual medley by junior Rami Escure
• 10th in the 100-yard freestyle by junior Trenten Calloway
• 10th in the 100-yard breaststroke by junior Rami Escure
As a team, Quincy took:
• 6th in the 200-yard medley relay
• 3rd in the 400-yard freestyle relay
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