Bainbridge swimming takes third at district meet

Published 11:06 am Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Bainbridge won three events to place third at the SeaKing District meet Saturday. The Spartans scored 171, five points behind second-place Lakeside. Mercer Island took first with 345.5 points.

Senior David Ortyn won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 53.35 seconds and took second in the 200-yard individual medley. Sophomore Andrew McCarthy took first in the 500-yard freestyle (4:43.54).

The Spartans’ 400-yard freestyle relay team of Ortyn, senior Cody Jenkins, McCarthy and sophomore Colin Chupik also took first with a time of 3:17.11.

The WIAA 3A state preliminary round begins at 1:45 p.m. Friday at King County Aquatic Center. Finals start at 10:15 a.m. Saturday.

Complete Bainbridge results:

200 medley relay: 7th (1:44.12)

200 free: McCarthy 4th (1:46.79)

200 IM: Ortyn 2nd (1:58.58), Jenkins 7th (2:01.89).

50 free: Colin Chupik 2nd (22.61)

100 fly: Ortyn 1st (53.53), Jenkins 3rd (53.89), Zach Morrow 11th (57.15)

100 free: Chupik 3rd (49.05)

500 free: McCarthy 1st (4:43.54)

200 free relay: 5th (1:36.94)

100 breast: Jeff Yalung 10th (1:06.85)

400 free relay: 1st (3:17.11)