FEDERAL WAY – Bainbridge Island Swim Club is celebrating its highest ever team finish at the Pacific Northwest Swimming’s annual Long Course Championships. The BI swimmers finished fourth out of more than 40 teams.
The championship meet was held at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way July 31 through Aug. 2, and swimmers needed meet qualifying times to compete at the big event. Bainbridge Island Swim Club had 34 swimmers competing in individual and/or relay events.
Kevin Houseman, Makai Ingalls and Garrett Waite of the Bainbridge team set individual Pacific Northwest Swimming records, and many team records were broken.
Swimmers placing in the top eight in individual events included:
Girls 10 & under
Emma Solseng: second place, 200-meter freestyle; first place, 50-meter backstroke; second place, 100-meter backstroke; first place, 50-meter breaststroke; fifth place, 100-meter breaststroke
Girls 11-12
Margaret Hayes: fourth place, 200-meter freestyle; seventh place, 50-meter backstroke; fifth place, 50-meter butterfly; fifth place, 200-meter butterfly
Girls 13-14
Shea Schardein: seventh place, 100-meter backstroke; fifth place, 200-meter backstroke
Hannah Tonsmann: seventh place, 50-meter freestyle; eighth place, 200-meter freestyle; third place, 50-meter freestyle
Boys 10 & under
Sean Markow: second place, 50-meter freestyle; second place, 100-meter freestyle; second place, 50-meter breaststroke; fourth place, 100-meter breaststroke; second place, 50-meter butterfly; first place, 100-meter butterfly
Boys 11-12
Collin Bushey: seventh place, 50-meter butterfly
Ian Lipton: eighth place, 200-meter freestyle; seventh place, 400-meter freestyle; fifth place, 50-meter backstroke; fifth place, 100-meter backstroke; fourth place, 200-meter backstroke
Boys 13-14
Kevin Houseman: fifth place, 100-meter backstroke; fourth place, 200-meter backstroke; third place, 100-meter breaststroke; fourth place, 200-meter breaststroke; seventh place, 200-meter individual medley
Makai Ingalls: first place, 50-meter freestyle; second place, 100-meter freestyle; third place, 100-meter backstroke; first place, 100-meter butterfly; fifth place, 200-meter butterfly; fifth place, 200-meter individual medley
Aron Markow: eighth place, 100-meter backstroke; sixth place, 100-meter breaststroke
Garrett Waite: fourth place, 400-meter freestyle; first place, 100-meter backstroke; first place, 200-meter backstroke; fourth place, 100-meter butterfly; second place, 200-meter individual medley; first place, 400 meter individual medley
Aidan Wagner: fourth place, 50-meter freestyle; eighth place, 100-meter breaststroke
Jude Wenker: third place, 50-meter freestyle; first place, 100-meter freestyle; second place, 200-meter freestyle; seventh place, 100-meter backstroke; sixth place, 200-meter individual medley
Bainbridge Island Swim Club relay teams in the Boys 13-14 age group also won all four relay events.
Swimmers included Kevin Houseman, Makai Ingalls, Aidan Wagner, Garrett Waite and Jude Wenker.
Each of these four relay swims also broke Pacific Northwest Swimming records.
