Madras boys swimmers win meet

Published 4:00 am Sunday, January 6, 2013

REDMOND — In a swim meet that featured three reigning state championship teams, the Madras boys shined the brightest Saturday at the eight-team Jay Rowan Invitational.

The White Buffaloes swept the three relay events — including wins over Summit in both the 200-meter medley and 400 freestyle relays — and took five of eight individual contests at the Cascade Swim Center en route to 379 1⁄2 points to claim the top spot ahead of the Storm (242) and Rainier (186).

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Ian Goodwin paced Madras with victories in the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke while also leading off the winning 200 freestyle relay squad and swimming the third leg of the 200 medley relay. Dustin Henderson took the 200 individual medley, Cade Boston won the 100 freestyle, and Bryce Williams took first in the 400 freestyle.

Class 5A defending state champion Summit, which was without several of its top swimmers Saturday, rode Blake Kaufman’s first-place finish in the 100 backstroke and second-place showing in the 400 freestyle to place second as a team, as the Storm also saw Max Cook finish second in the 100 breaststroke.

Klamath Falls’ Henley High finished fourth with 183 points and Mountain View ended the meet in fifth with 120 points. The Cougars’ Kris Sagers won the 100 backstroke in 1 minute, 6.8 seconds, while Sisters, which placed sixth as a team with 87 points, was led by third-place performances from Tyler Berg (100 butterfly) and Brennan Miller (100 backstroke).

Conor McCreary led Ridgeview, which finished seventh in the boys standings, with a victory in the 50 freestyle. His Raven teammate, Owen Hucke, took second in the same race. McCreary also took third in the 100 freestyle.

Redmond High rounded out the scoring in the boys meet in eighth place with 5 1⁄2 points.

Henley, Class 4A’s reigning state champion, easily won the girls meet with 315 points, topping runner-up Sisters (208 points) by claiming victories in all three relays.

Freshman Mary Stewart paced the Outlaws with a pair of wins in the 50- and 100-meter freestyle races. Stewart also swam on Sisters’ 200 medley relay that placed third. Fellow freshman Karly Vial, who also swam on the Outlaws’ 200 medley relay, added third-place efforts in the 100 butterfly and 400 freestyle.

Madras (161 points), Summit (160 1⁄2) and Mountain View (151) placed third, fourth and fifth, respectively, in the girls team standings. White Buffalo sophomore Sophie Gemelas posted wins in the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke. Aurora Gerhardt added runner-up finishes in the 200 and 400 freestyle races for Madras.

The Storm, who did not bring several of their top swimmers to the meet Saturday, were paced by their third-place finish in the 400-meter relay. Cougar junior Phoebe Weedman led Mountain View with a runner-up showing in the 100 breaststroke. Weedman also led off the Cougars’ 400-meter relay team that finished second.

Ridgeview (111 points), Redmond (67 1⁄2) and Rainier (59) rounded out the scoring in the girls competition. Ridgeview junior Haley Houghton had a solid day for the Ravens, winning the 100 butterfly in addition to taking third in the 200 freestyle and anchoring her team’s 200 relay squad that placed second.

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