Prep swimming: Kentridge Invite

FEDERAL WAY — Despite not having an individual champion, the Kamiak boys swimming team was able to top all other Wesco programs while earning a third-place finish at the Kentridge Invitational on Saturday at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

Competing without talent swimmer Liam Sosinsky, who traveled to Austin, Texas to swim at the USA Swimming Austin Grand Prix, the Knights saw several swimmers earn state qualifying times.

Senior Chris Choi captured third place in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.61) and fourth in the 200 individual medley (2:01.31). John Stupey and Andre Tacuyan set Kamiak school records in the 100 backstroke (55.40) and 100 butterfly (54.45), respectively.

Kamiak, which finished behind Lakeside and Mercer Island in the final standings, is in a good position heading toward next month’s state meet, according to Knights’ head coach Chris Erickson.

“(We had) a lot of really good swims … Everybody was at season-best times and some personal-best times,” Erickson said. “… We love this competition for sure and that’s what helps everybody do better.”

Trent Roberts finished fifth in the 100 freestyle (49.70) with another state time for the Knights and Kamiak qualified its 200 freestyle relay team for state with a fourth-place finish (1:32.19).

“We hadn’t (qualified) our 200 freestyle relay (for state) so today we finally got that done,” Erickson said. “… We have at least one kid qualified in every event (for state) which we’ve never done before. We’re always short one event or two events.”

The Knights, who Erickson believes to be 55-1 in dual meets over the last four seasons, still must swim against Marysville-Pilchuck and Shorewood this season prior to the District meet.

At King County Aquatics Center

Team scores—Lakeside Upper School 617, Mercer Island 459, Kamiak 437, Shorewood 321, Sehome 283, Richland 268, O’Dea 251.50, Issaquah 235, Marysville-Pilchuck 208.50, Kentridge 206, Mountain View 190, Oak Harbor 182.50, Mount Rainier 180, Snohomish 150, Shorecrest 126, Hanford 90, Tahoma 87, Eastmont 78, Aberbeen 73.50, Cascade 69, Lake Stevens 47.50, Lindbergh 46, Auburn Mountainview 43.50, Wenatchee 34, Union 30, Kentlake 30, Moses Lake 29, Walla Walla 27, Robert A. Long 25, Hazen 23, Evergreen 12, Kentwood 9, Kelso 9, Prosser 6, Emerald Ridge 4, Mark Morris 2, Glacier Peak 1

200 medley relay—Shorewood (Thor Stenfjord, Mackey Hopen, Andrew Garrison, Colin Bell) 1:41.08;

200 freestyle—Zach Wagner (Lakeside Upper School) 1:45.10;

200 individual medley—Thor Stenfjord (Shorewood) 1:57.45;

50 freestyle—Mackey Hopen (Shorewood) 21.04;

Diving—Eddie Young (Shorewood) 274.65;

100 butterfly—Bryan Harvey (Snohomish) 51.75;

100 freestyle—Zach Wagner (Lakeside Upper School) 47.29;

500 freestyle—Dillon Webster (Mount Rainier) 4:47.98;

200 freestyle relay—Lakeside Upper School (Henry Fox, Brad Fitch, Sean Ekavithvorakul, Zach Wagner) 1:29.01;

100 backstroke—Bryan Harvey (Snohomish) 54.07;

100 breaststroke—Mackey Hopen (Shorewood) 58.36;

400 freestyle relay—Lakeide Upper School (Henry Fox, Brad Fitch, Sean Ekavithvorakul, Zach Wagner) 3:14.87.