Bainbridge boy swimmers dominate districts
Published 1:30 am Sunday, February 16, 2025
The Bainbridge Spartans boys swim team cleaned house at the 2A district swim meet at Mount Tahoma High School Feb. 14-15, winning all events which resulted in many relay teams and individuals qualifying for state.
The 2A state swim championships take place Feb. 20-22 at the King County Aquatic Center.
Results:
Team scores: first place – Bainbridge, 434; second place – Steilacoom, 173; third place – Port Angeles, 155
50-yard freestyle: first place – Aidan Cole, Bainbridge senior (21.41); second place – Elias Dean, Bainbridge senior (22.07), third place – Weston Adams, Olympic freshman (22.61), all three qualified for state. Bainbridge junior Mathias Bang-Knudsen (22.62) also qualified for state.
100-yard fly: first place – Sota Inoue, Bainbridge junior (53.00), second place – Ian Letson, Bainbridge sophomore (53.93), third place – Leo Soboil, Bainbridge sophomore (57.20), all three qualified for state.
100-yard free: first place – Cole (46.86); second place – Dean (48.2); third place – Alex Geddes, Bainbridge freshman (51.94), all three qualified for state.
100-yard backstroke: first place – Bang-Knudsen (53.95), second place – Tavyn Shelton, Olympic senior (56.34); third place – Calvin Cox, Bainbridge freshman (58.88), all three qualified for state.
100-yard breaststroke: first place – Ryan Rich, Bainbridge junior (1:00.05), second place – Sawyer Adams, Olympic junior (1:01.30), both qualified for state. Bainbridge senior Hayden Ludwig (1:03.92) also qualified for state.
200-yard medley relay: first place – Bainbridge (Inoue, Rich, Letson, Bang-Knudsen) (1:39.26); second place – Olympic (Shelton, S. Adams, senior Trenton Crandall, W. Adams) (1:43.33), both teams qualify for state.
200-yard free: first place – Wyatt Livingston, Bainbridge freshman (1:49.97), qualified for state; second place – Josh VanHuis, Kingston junior (1:53.93); third place – Cox (1:54.08).
200-yard individual medley: first place – Inoue ( 1:58.94); second place – Letson (2:00.94); third place – Rich (2:06.32), all three qualified for state.
200 yard free relay: first place – Bainbridge (Cole, sophomore Bradley Roloff, Ludwig, Dean) (1:31.03), qualified for state; second place – PA (1:37.37); third place – Steilacoom (1:38.19)
400-yard free relay: first place – Bainbridge (Bang-Knudsen, Dean, Inoue, Cole) (3:18.19); second place – Olympic (W. Adams, Shelton, S. Adams, senior Kaleb Chappell) (3:28.35), both teams qualified for state.
500-yard free: first place – Livingston (4:53.38), third place – VanHuis (5:08.35), both qualified for state.
