Shorewood takes control of Wesco South

SHORELINE — Facing one of their toughest challenges of the boys swimming season, Shorewood and first-year head coach Scott Kelley expected no more than a tie with Kamiak.

Instead, the Thunderbirds pushed beyond their expectations and inched closer to their preseason goal of winning the Western Conference South Division title with a 101-85 victory against Kamiak on Tuesday at Shoreline pool.

Shorewood’s unexpected triumph was huge in several ways, Kelley said. "It probably means that we’re going to basically win our division. It’s a pretty big meet. It’s kind of neat for the seniors to get it."

Several seniors did their part to propel Shorewood (5-0 in league, 5-1 overall). Senior Nick Joy swam a personal best in the 100-yard freestyle, and senior teammate Charlie Maier swam on two first-place relays.

Garrett Gentling of Shorewood swam a state-meet qualifying time of 56.51 seconds in 100 backstroke.

Zach Harrington won two individual events (50 freestyle and 100 backstroke) for Kamiak (2-1, 3-2).

Next, the Thunderbirds battle Meadowdale on Thursday at Shoreline Pool. The meet will be Shorewood’s toughest remaining league meet, Kelley said.

"I think Meadowdale will be pretty good competition, but we have better depth."

At Shoreline

200 medley relay—Shorewood (Gentling, Maier, Kim, C. MacGeorge) 1:48.32; 200 freestyle—Trotter (K) 1:54.84; 200 individual medley—Gentling (S) 2:13.11; 50 freestyle—Harrington (K) 23.86; Diving—Twitchell (K) 120.25; 100 butterfly—Kim (S) 58.87; 100 freestyle—McCall (S) 53.91; 500 freestyle—Lusier (K) 5:35.87; 200 freestyle relay—Shorewood (Kim, Maier, Crooks, MacGeorge) 1:37.69; 100 backstroke—Harrington (K) 56.1*; 100 breaststroke—Taubeneck (K) 1:10.39; 400 freestyle relay—Shorewood (McCall, MacGeorge, Kim, Gentling). Records—Kamiak 2-1 league, 3-2 overall. Shorewood 5-0, 5-1.

* Class 4A state-meet qualifying time.

Meadowdale 109, Mariner 69: David Cloves won both the 200- and 500-yard freestyle races to help Meadowdale capture the Wesco South meet.

At Mukilteo

200 medley relay—Meadowdale 1:48.78; 200 freestyle—Cloves (Me.) 1:57.00; 200 individual medley—Shiu (Me.) 2:12.97; 50 freestyle—Merrifield (Me.) 23.34; Diving—Dewey (Ma.) 124.9; 100 butterfly—Keane (Me.) 57:45; 100 freestyle—Holyan (Ma.) 53.16; 500 freestyle—Cloves (Me.) 5:29.33; 200 freestyle relay—Meadowdale 1:35.72; 100 backstroke—Bland (Ma.) 1:12.33; 100 breaststroke—Asp (Me.) 1:12.11; 400 freestyle relay—Meadowdale 3:31.82. Records—Mariner 2-4 league, 3-5 overall. Meadowdale 1-2, 4-2.

Mariner 127, Lynnwood 7: Joel Holan, Alex Staheli and Robert Calamia each won two events for Mariner in the Wesco South meet.

At Mukilteo

200 medley relay—Mariner 1:54.54; 200 freestyle—Staheli (M) 2:13.02; 200 individual medley—Calamia (M) 2:28.22; 50 freestyle—Holyan (M) 23.78; Diving—Dewey (M) 124.9; 100 butterfly—Calamia (M) 1:03.32; 100 freestyle—Holyan (M) 53.16; 500 freestyle—Staheli (M) 5:54.69; 200 freestyle relay—Mariner 1:46.63; 100 backstroke—Bland (M) 1:12.33; 100 breaststroke—Moore (M) 1:13.44; 400 freestyle relay—Mariner 4:13.81. Records—Mariner 2-4 league, 3-5 overall. Lynnwood 0-1, 0-3.

Jackson 123, Shorecrest 45: Seniors Peter Mullins and Johnny Quackenbush each won two events and swam legs on two of three relay victories for Jackson in its Wesco South victory.

At Mill Creek

200 medley relay—Jackson (Quackenbush, P. Mullins, Ramos, Chang) 1:54.92; 200 freestyle—Pleasant (J) 2:01.10; 200 individual medley—A. Mullins (J) 2:11.9; 50 freestyle—P. Mullins (J) 23.96; 100 butterfly—Ramos (J) 1:02.8; 100 freestyle—Quackenbush (J) 54.94; 500 freestyle—J. Quackenbush (J) 5:22.92; 200 freestyle relay—Jackson (A. Mullins, Wallace, Pleasant, P. Mullins) 1:41.17; 100 backstroke—Pleasant (J) 1:01.68; 100 breaststroke—P. Mullins (J) 1:04.1; 400 freestyle relay—Jackson (PLeasant, Ramos, Lin, Quackenbush) 3:47.45. Records—Jackson 3-1 league, 6-1 overall. Shorecrest 0-5, 0-6.

Marysville-Pilchuck 125, Cascade 60: Stephen Garka swam a state-meet qualifying time in the 200-yard freestyle and Michael Hodgins swam legs on all three victorious relays as Marysville-Pilchuck captured its fourth-straight Wesco North victory.

At Marysville

200 medley relay—M-P (Knodel, Tweed, Hodgins, Bartley) 1:54.91; 200 freestyle—Garka (M-P) 1:49.81*; 200 individual medley—Collins (M-P) 2:25.25; 50 freestyle—T.J. Henninger (M-P) 25.95; Diving—Muelller (M-P) 210.0; 100 butterfly—Schroeder (M-P) 1:06.21; 100 freestyle—Collman (M-P) 57.00; 500 freestyle—Aljets (Cas) 6:16.82; 200 freestyle relay—M-P (Hodgins, Griffin, Schroeder, Garka) 1:34.25; 100 backstroke—Knodel (M-P) 1:03.51; 100 breaststroke—Li (Cas) 1:17.85; 400 freestyle relay—M-P (Keyes, Stuart, Collins, Hodgins) 3:57.11. Records—M-P 4-0 league, 4-0 overall. Cascade 1-2-1, 3-4-1.

*4A state-meet qualifying time.

Lake Stevens 82, Edmonds-Woodway 80: Lake Stevens won two of the three relay races to capture the non-league meet at the Lynnwood city pool. E-W’s Tony Dennis swam a state-meet qualifying time of one minute, 50.9 seconds in the 200-yard freestyle.