Herald staff
EVERETT – Behind strong performances by Shayla VanGerpen and Rikka Brunner, the Kamiak girls swim team defeated Jackson 107-78 Friday night to lock up first place in the Western Conference South Division.
Despite losing two out of the three relay races, Kamiak’s depth proved too much for the Timberwolves, who dropped to third place in the Wesco South with a 6-2 league record. Kamiak remained undefeated at 8-0 in league and 9-0 overall.
Brunner, who won both the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 backstroke, set a school record in the backstroke and posted state qualifying times in both races.
VanGerpen, on the other hand, won the 100 butterfly and finished second behind Brunner in the 200 individual medley, both in state qualifying times.
“It was a very competitive night,” said Kamiak coach Chris Erickson. “But in the end, our depth won it for us.”
Jackson’s Stephanie Aasland didn’t have too bad of a night in the loss. Aasland won both the 200 and 100 freestyle races, while swimming on both of Jackson’s victorious relay teams.
North Cascades meet: Cameron Hartman finished third to lead Lakewood to the team championship. Teammates Andy Dewey (fifth), Marc Dewey (sixth) and Ryan Thomas (ninth) gave the Cougars four runners in the top 10. South Whidbey packed five runners into the second 10 to finish second. Mount Baker’s Tyler Mitchell won the individual championship. Granite Falls’ Neil Hollo was fourth.
Team scores-1. Lakewood 40, 2. South Whidbey 73, 3. Mount Baker 82, 4. Lynden Christian 133, 5. Nooksack Valley 139, 6. Meridian 148, 7. Granite Falls 164, 8. Blaine 176, 9. Sultan 251.
1. Mitchell (Mount Baker) 16:50, 2. Walcon (Blaine), 3. Hartman (Lakewood), 4. Hollo (Granite Falls), 5. A. Dewey (Lakewood), 6. M. Dewey (Lakewood), 7. McKay (Meridian), 8. Anderson (Mount Baker), 9. Thomas (Lakewood), 10. Lemay (Lynden Christian). North Cascades meet: Bobeya Krishnek and Kristen Rohde finished 1-2 to lead defending state champion Mount Baker to the team title. Julie Gabelein finished fifth and Karen Schwager seventh to help South Whidbey take second place.
Team scores-1. Mount Baker 25, 2. South Whidbey 48, 3. Nooksack Valley 95, 4. Meridian 98, 5. Lakewood 103.
1. Krishnek (Mount Baker) 18:49, 2. Kristen Rohde (Mount Baker), 3. Coulter (Blaine), 4. Karin Rohde (Mount Baker), 5. Gabelein (South Whidbey), 6. Lewis (Nooksack Valley), 7. Schwager (South Whidbey), 8. Betts (Lakewood), 9. Pfeiffer-Hoyt (Mount Baker), 10. Englert (Meridian).
Archbishop Murphy 4, Bellevue Christian 2: Archbishop Murphy scored three second-half goals to overcome a 2-1 halftime deficit and win the non-league game.
Goals-Bellevue Christian: Kansky 2.. Archbishop Murphy: Jensen, Taylor, Hammond, Rice. Goalkeepers-Bellevue Christian: Edwards. Archbishop Murphy: Krell, Bourke. Records-Bellevue Christian: not reported. Archbishop Murphy 9-2-1 overall.
Wesco South championships: Shorewood’s Jeff Jablonski defeated Kamiak’s Marc Rollins 6-0, 6-2 to win the singles championship. Jablonski’s teammates Vincent Ma and Steve McCall, however, dropped the doubles championship to Chris Minaker and Eli Shields of Edmonds-Woodway 6-3, 6-2.
Singles finals-Jablonski (Shorewood) def. Rollins (Kamiak), 6-0, 6-2. Doubles finals-Minaker-Shields (Edmonds-Woodway) def. Ma-McCall (Shorewood), 6-3, 6-2. Doubles third-fourth places-Chong-Yee (Jackson) def. Pope-Pope (Jackson), 6-3, 6-4; Doubles fifth-sixth places-Busch-Yoon (Kamiak) def. Wadum-Pedersen (Shorecrest), injury default.
Archbishop Murphy 3, Forest Ridge 1: At Forest Ridge H.S., Trisha Terhar had 11 kills and 18 digs to lead Archbishop Murphy (4-8 overall) to the non-league win over Forest Ridge (9-3). Kristen Linscott had nine kills and 11 digs, Lauren Coate had 15 digs and six blocks and Molly Reynolds had 20 assists and four service aces as Archbishop Murphy won its second straight match.
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