Published: Sunday, October 5, 2008
Tommies shine at Mukilteo Invitational
Herald staff
FEDERAL WAY -- Facing off against future state-qualifier hopefuls is always interesting, especially when teams get a sneak peak at what they will see down the road. For all the teams, it's a matter of how they handle that emotional rollercoaster.
"Its a huge operation pulling together 25 teams for a meet," Kamiak head coach Chris Erickson said. "You have kids that are wide-eyed and never seen that kind of stuff before. You walk throught that door and it's always intimidating, yet very inspiring at the same time."
Mercer Island was the class of the Mukilteo Invite Saturday at the King County Aquatics Center, posting an impressive 511 points and qualifying for five different state swimming events.
Marysville-Pilchuck also made strides in its appearance, finishing second overall with 447.5 points. The Tomahawks' lone state-qualifying time came in the girls 400-yard freestyle relay, with a time of 3 minutes, 50.35 seconds.
"Marysville-Pilchuck is very deep (in its roster)," Erickson said. "They were trailing and then about halfway through shot up to second place. They are a team that can be very good down the road."
Louise Moores of Kamiak finished second in the 50-yard freestyle, stopping the clocks at 24.78 and meeting the required 25.50 time limit to qualify herself for state. That time also beat Rikka Brunner's team record. Kamiak as a team finished fifth overall with 353 points.
Last year, the Knights didn't qualify for state with their relay team until the district meet, whereas this year it is already done, a thing of the past, where Kamiak can look on to doing well at state and not worry about getting there.
"We have an inexperienced team, and this is pretty much the halfway mark," Erickson said. "If we can get those state times like we did today, our focus is really prepared for state, which is a nice position to be in."
Lake Stevens garnered 239 points for eighth place overall.
Glacier Peak's Melissa Randolf took first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.48, only 0.3 seconds faster than Moores' time. Glacier Peak finished 11th overall with 201 points.
Next up for Kamiak is a meet with Mountlake Terrace and Anacortes, and Erickson is unsure of the success that they will see, since many of the top teams in Saturday's meet were smaller schools, 2A and 3A, just like Anacortes.
"I'm a little worried about Anacortes," Erickson said. "They certainly have my attention."
At King County Aquatics Center
Final team results--1. Mercer Island 511, 2. Marysville-Pilchuck 447.5, 3. Bainbridge Island 410, 4. Bellevue 381.5, 5. Kamiak 353, 6. Fife 259, 7. Aberdeen 255, 8. Lake Stevens 239, 9. Eisenhower 237, 10. Liberty 234, 11. Glacier Peak 201, 12. Wenatchee 200, 13. Snohomish 197, 14. Kentridge 192.5, 15. Eastmont 192, 16. Sehome 151, 17. Prosser 120, 18. Southridge 117, 19. Ehs 98, 20. Kelso 42, 21. Sequim 38.5, 22. Kamiakin 30, 23. Mark Morris 29, 24. Cascade 12, 25. Kennewick 2.
200 medley relay--2. Kamiak (Juleigh Duke, Nathalie Klein, Hannah Kohagen, Louise Moores) 1:56.93;
200 freestyle--4. Jewel LeValley, Marysville- Pilchuck, 2:03.44;
200 individual medley--2. Cassie White, Lake Stevens, 2:15.32;
50 freestyle--1. Melissa Randolf, Glacier Peak, 24.48;
Diving-- 1. Fiona Weeks, (K) 208.95;
100 butterfly--1. Melissa Randolf, (GP) 58.50;
100 freestyle--3. Baker, Madelene, Snohomish, 55.30;
500 freestyle--1. Jewel LeValley, (M-P) 5:27.02;
200 freestyle relay--1. Lake Stevens (Kelsey Fallstrom, Madeline Summers, Cassie White, Lindsay Vanderhoff) 1:45.05;
100 backstroke--6. Kami Girard, (M-P) 1:04.01;
100 breaststroke--2. Nathalie Klein, (K) 1:08.61;
400 freestyle relay--2. Marysville-Pilchuck (Kami Girard, Megan Shoemaker, Jewel LeValley, Kendall Vincelette) 3:50.35.
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