PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles won 11 out of 12 events and outscored Bremerton 117 to 66 in the final home swim meet for seven seniors.
Swimming in their last home meet Thursday were Jonas Kongerslev, Tom Lismonde, Tommaso Begal, Karsten Hertzog, Tristin Butler, Noah Sinnes and diver David Jensen.
Milo Atwater won two events, the 50 free style (in 24.63 seconds) and the 100 freestyle (54.93). Tristin Butler also won two events, the 500 freestyle (4.59.01) and the 100 breaststroke (1:08.02).
Other winners were:
Karsten Hertzog, 200 freestyle, 2:00.71; Alex Hertzog, 100 backstroke, 1:06.49; 200 medley relay (Alex Hertzog, Tristin Butler, Cameron Butler, Atwater), 1:50.80; 200 freestyle relay (Kongerslev, Atwater, Sinnes, Karsten Hertzog), 1:46.50; 400 freestyle relay (Karsten Hertzog, Cameron Butler, Alex Hertzog, Tristin Butler), 3:41.60; and Andrew Methner, diving, 166.90 points.
The Riders’ next meet in the Divisional Invitational Tuesday at the William Shore Memorial Pool in Port Angeles.
Olympic League teams will be competing for one last opportunity to qualify for postseason competition. The diving competition will begin at noon and swimming at 3:30 p.m.
North Kitsap 106, Sequim 50
SEQUIM — Sequim swimmer Jax Thornton qualified for Districts in the 100 freestyle in a dual meet against North Kitsap, improving his best time by over a second.
About two-thirds of the team showed initial symptoms of a cold today, so given the health state of the team, I think they swam very well. We would have liked to have seen more best times, but hopefully a weekend of rest will result in faster swims on Tuesday at the Divisional Invitational in Port Angeles),” said coach Linda Moats.
North Kitsap had a much deeper team than Sequim, Moats said.
Other highlights include:
Sam Frymer dropped his best time in the 200 freestyle by 12 seconds and nine seconds off his best time in the 100 backstroke.
The 400 freestyle relay team of Alex Berikoff, Christian Goodrich, Liam Payne and Thaxton dropped six seconds off their best time and are now just 12.52 seconds off the Districts qualifying time.
“I feel confident they can make a [qualifying] time at the League meet,” said Moats.
Sequim also will compete the the Divisional Invitational Tuesday at the William Shore Memorial Pool in Port Angeles.
