Port Angeles Swim Club relay team members from left

Port Angeles Swim Club relay team members from left

SPORTS BRIEFS: Swimmers compete at two meets . . . Run/walk Friday in Port Townsend . . . Wintertime Open at SkyRidge . . . Register for Sequim Little League

PA Swim Club competes in two big meets

FEDERAL WAY — Port Angeles Swim Club athletes competed at the Age Group and Senior Championship meets at King County Aquatic Center earlier this month.

The club’s Age Group meet placers were:

■ Mackenzie Dubois, 10, placed second in the 500-yard freestyle, ninth in 50 free, 12th in 100 free, 13th in the 100 butterfly and 200 free and 14th in individual medley.

■ Alex Che, 10, placed ninth in the 200 free, 14th in the 50 and 500 free and 19th in the 100 free. Che’s 500 free time broke a club record for his age group.

■ Nadia Cole, 13, placed 18th in the 200 breaststroke, 19th in the 100 breast and 20th in the 500 free. Her times in the 100 and 200 breast qualified her for the Regional and Far Western Spring Championship meets.

■ Kenzie Johnson, 14, placed 17th in the 500 free, 18th in the 200 backstroke, 19th in the 400 individual medley and 20th in the 100 back. Johnson qualified for the Regional and Far Western meets in the 100 and 200 back.

■ Felicia Che, 13; Emma Murray, 13; Cole; and Johnson placed 12th in the 400 medley relay, 13th in the 200 free relay and 15th in the 200 medley relay.

The club’s Senior Championship meet placers were:

■ Jaine Macias, 16, placed 10th in the 50 breast.

■ Nadia Cole, 13, placed 15th inthe 50 breast.

Run/walk set Friday

PORT TOWNSEND — Begin 2016 by running or walking Discovery Bay Golf Course and the Larry Scott Trail in the New Year’s Discovery 5K and

10K run/walk.

Runners and walkers start and finish at the golf course, located at 7401 Cape George Road, on Friday at 11 a.m.

Commemorative Olympic Discovery Trail hats and hot cocoa are available at the finish line.

The cost is $30 in advance and $35 the day of the race.

Register at

www.tinyurl.com/PDN-2016Run.

Wintertime Open

SEQUIM — SkyRidge Golf Course will host a Wintertime Open three-person scramble Saturday, Jan. 9.

Three drives and three second shots must be used by each player.

The event has a 9:30 a.m. frost-free shotgun start.

Entries are $90 per team and include range balls, two KP’s, a team long putt and food.

An optional honey pot is $60 per team, or $20 per individual.

To register, visit the club at 7015 Old Olympic Highway, or phone 360-683-3673.

Registration open

SEQUIM — Online registration is open for boys and girls interested in playing baseball and softball for Sequim Little League.

Boys ages 6-12 and girls ages 6-16 are eligible to compete in a variety of age groups.

To sign up, visit the Sequim Little League Facebook site and follow the directions.

Tryouts are planned Feb. 6 and 21, weather permitting.

Sequim Little League board president Kevin Carmichael said registration is open to children in Sequim and Port Angeles.

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