FEDERAL WAY – The Bainbridge Island Swim Club placed fifth as a team at the 2015 Northwest Region Short Course Age Group Championships last weekend at the King County Aquatic Center.
The Bainbridge club had 35 swimmers representing the championships on March 19-22, and the swim meet included approximately 1,300 swimmers from seven states — Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska and Hawaii — who met qualifying times by event.
The Bainbridge Island Swim Club placed fifth overall as a team within a field of 139 teams.
Several individual and relay Bainbridge club records were broken by swimmers’ outstanding performances.
The group of Ian Lipton, Aron Markow, James Sanchez and Andrew Witty won all four relays in the Boys 11-12 age group (200-yard freestyle, 400-yard freestyle, 200-yard medley and 400-yard medley).
Other relays placing in the top three included a second-place win for Samantha Caro, Carina Laukaitis, Candice Rose and Lauren Witty in the Girls 15-18 400-yard freestyle relay and a third place for Kevin Houseman, Makai Ingalls, Garret Waite and Jude Wenker in the 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard medley relays.
Swimmers from the Bainbridge Island Swim Club placing in the top eight included:
Girls 11
Margaret Hayes – fourth place, 50-yard backstroke; eighth place, 100-yard individual medley
Girls 15-18
Carina Laukaitis – fourth place, 400-yard individual medley; fifth place, 200-yard backstroke; eighth-place, 100-yard backstroke
Candice Rosen – first place, 500-yard freestyle; first place, 1650-yard freestyle; third place, 200-yard butterfly
Boys 10 & under
Collin Bushey – first place, 200-yard freestyle; second place, 100-yard freestyle; third place, 50-yard freestyle; third place, 50-yard butterfly; fifth place, 100-yard butterfly
Boys 11
Ian Lipton – second place, 500-yard freestyle; second place, 50-yard backstroke; second place, 100-yard backstroke; fourth place, 200-yard freestyle; eighth place, 50-yard freestyle
Boys 12
Aron Markow – first place, 50-yard breaststroke; first place, 100-yard breaststroke; first place, 200-yard breaststroke; second place, 50-yard freestyle; second place, 100-yard freestyle; second place, 50-yard backstroke
James Sanchez — sixth place, 100-yard individual medley; seventh place, 100-yard butterfly; seventh place, 200-yard individual medley
Andrew Witty – third place, 100-yard backstroke; third place, 200-yard backstroke; fourth place, 200-yard individual medley; fifth place, 50-yard backstroke; fifth place, 100-yard individual medley
Boys 13
Kevin Houseman – second place, 100-yard breaststroke; seventh place, 100-yard backstroke
Jude Wenker – second place, 50-yard freestyle; fourth place, 100-yard freestyle; fourth place, 200-yard freestyle; eighth place, 100-yard breaststroke
Boys 14
Makai Ingalls – third place, 50-yard freestyle; fifth place, 200-yard butterfly; seventh place, 100-yard butterfly
Garrett Waite – third place, 100-yard backstroke; third place, 200-yard backstroke; fifth place, 400-yard individual medley; sixth place, 200-yard butterfly; eighth place, 200-yard freestyle
