SPARTANS BOUND FOR STATE: BHS swimmers, divers cap season
Published 2:23 pm Friday, February 20, 2015
Spartan swimmers will compete in three relay events — as well as a half dozen other individual events — as the Bainbridge boys swim team heads to the 3A Boys Swimming and Diving Championships this Friday and Saturday at the King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way.
The Bainbridge relay team of Sam Alpaugh, CJ Waite, Jem Bullock and Andy Yalung will kick things off for the Spartans in the 200-yard medley relay. The team had a qualifying time of 1:40.20 at districts last week at the Snohomish Aquatic Center.
Parker Bushey (1:49.25) will swim in the 200-yard freestyle, along with teammate Henry Bacon (1:55.38). He is also the 10th seed in the 100-yard freestyle (49.26).
David Jenkins (57.01) will compete in the 100-yard butterfly, and the Spartans will boast two racers in the 500-yard freestyle; Bullock (4:56.46) and Alpaugh (4:57.95).
The relay team of Bushey, Waite, Yalung and Will Thompson will race as the 12th seed in the 200-yard freestyle relay after getting a qualifying time of 1:32.95 during a late January home meet.
Alpaugh and Bullock are also in the 100-yard backstroke; with Alpaugh taking the seventh seed (54.91) and Bullock, the 13th spot (56.65) at state.
Waite will look to challenge for a state title in the 100-yard breaststroke.
He’s the third seed (59.64) and will race against top-seeded Dean Nguyen of Franklin (58.99) and second-seeded Andrew Lee of Bellevue (59.18).
The relay team of Bushey, Alpaugh, Bullock and Waite will also swim in the 400-meter freestyle relay at state after getting a qualifying time of 3:21.56 at districts.
The Spartans are also sending two divers, sophomore Gabe Emert (qualifying score, 300.70) and freshman Dylan Garthwaite (281.00).
Bainbridge is rolling into the state meet after a sixth-place team finish at the SeaKing District 2 Championships.
Standout performances at districts include a third-place finish by Waite in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:00.73) and third-place wins by the 400-yard free relay team and the 200-yard medley relay team.
Preliminaries at the state championship meet on Friday got underway at 9:45 a.m., and Saturday’s session also has an early start, with races beginning at 10 a.m.
