KELSO — The Prairie boys swimming had a near-perfect day on the 4A/3A District 4 championship meet on Saturday.
The Falcons did every little thing, besides seize the 3A crew title. That went to the host Kelso Hilanders.
Kelso solely had one swimmer end on the highest step of the rostrum, however the Hilanders total depth propelled them to the crew title by simply three factors over Prairie 258-255.
However Prairie senior Vladyslav Danylyuk wasn’t too dissatisfied as Prairie swimmers received each occasion however three.
“We got we wanted to do accomplished,” Danylyuk mentioned. “We were three points short of the district title. We just didn’t have the numbers in the lower places, but we won eight events out of 11 today.”
Danylyuk received the 100-yard freestyle (48.90 seconds) and 100 backstroke (54.15). Teammates Michael Oshkader received the 200 particular person medley (2:08.11) and 500 freestyle (5:05.35), and Vladyslav Revutskyy took the 50 freestyle (23.39).
And Prairie swept all three relays, despite the fact that the Falcons weren’t at their quickest.
“The relays were fun,” Danylyuk mentioned. “We didn’t stack our relays like 100 percent. Because the goal was to win all three, so we spread out a little bit. We didn’t get our four best swimmers in a couple of the relays. We spread them out to win all three, and we got it done.”
Owen Gallagher was Kelso’s lone district champion, successful the 200 freestyle (1:53.08). However the Hilanders had three runner-up finishes and plenty of different podium finishes to tally up the crew factors.
Tally up the crew factors was one thing the Camas swim crew did with ease within the 4A meet, simply incomes the district crew title with 442 factors. Skyview was second at 268, adopted by Union at 228.
“We did amazing,” Camas coach Kelly Dean mentioned. “I’m so proud of these guys. I think we have 12 kids going to state, and I would say we had about 90 percent of our kids swim their personal-best times today.”
Aarnav Krishna earned a pair of district titles for Camas, taking the 100 butterfly (54.89) and 100 backstroke (55.09). Owen Yam (200 particular person medley, 2:00.90), Alan Xie (50 free, 22.51) and Tenzin Kelsang (100 breaststroke, 59.14) additionally received district titles.
Each of Krishna’s wins came to visit teammates, as did victories by Yam and Kelsang.
“A lot of the times, we’re racing ourselves because we have a really strong team,” Dean mentioned. “They’re racing their best friends, trying to see which one is going to get first. … I tell them all the time that we have the luxury of racing people every day in practice, and that makes us better.”
Union’s Owen Robertson positioned himself for a powerful exhibiting at subsequent week’s state meet, successful the 200 freestyle (1:44.64) and 500 freestyle (4:56.03). His time within the 200 free was a season finest.
However he was most excited in regards to the Titans’ wins within the 200 free and 400 free relays.
“The (200 free relay) was one that we’ve have been struggling with for a while this season,” Robertson mentioned. “It was kind of our last shot to get the state-qualifying time. There was only one allocation to state this year (for the district). So if you’re not first, you’re not going to state unless you make the state time. But we got first and we also got under the time, which is really good for us.”
In different occasions Saturday, Union’s Cullen Kahler earned a district title within the 100 freestyle (48.81), and Camas received the 200 medley relay (1:41.28).
Full meet outcomes are on the highschool scoreboard.