High School Boys Districts Recap

Wave had 24 swimmers compete at Divisionals this past weekend. All put forth amazing effort and were close to their best times. Several achieved new best times, and some qualified for finals. It is exciting to see the boys swimming so fast right now. Their performance this past weekend bodes incredibly well for what they will be able to achieve at our end of season meets in March.

Senior Epic

• Fredrik Larsen (Lake Washington): Another great meet of fast swims for Fredrik. This time, he led the team to break the school record along with his teammates in 200 Medley Relay bringing home a bronze medal. He also finaled in the 200 IM and 100 Back, going less than a second off his personal best in the 200 IM achieved at KingCo. Besides that, he placed 8^th in the 100 Back and was part of the 400 Free relay that won a bronze medal.
• Tyler Kong (Lake Washington): Tyler has been swimming faster each weekend and went a best time (again!) in the 100 Breast, shaving another 0.05 seconds and getting even closer to the Sectionals cut. He also joined Fredrik in the 200 Medley Relay that broke the school record and brought home a bronze medal.
• Owen Ledrick (Lake Washington): Owen has proved to be a versatile swimmer, picking a distance event (the 500 Free) at Districts besides the usual breaststroke. His strongest swim was the 100 Breast where he went 2 seconds off his best time. He looks to continue to perform well heading into our March Meets.
• Blake Nilsen (Lake Washington): Blake competed very well last weekend and posted some great times. He was able to achieve a new personal best in the 200 Free and swam his fastest 100 Fly in the past year, going under 59 seconds again.
• Jaiden Sreenivasan (Redmond) With an amazing recovery from last meet, Jaiden was all business at Districts. After a smooth 500 Free during prelims, he came back for finals seeded first and confirmed his placing by winning his first event ever at a High School Meet as a freshman! He also swam the 100 Back at finals and led the team to a 4^th place in the 400 Free Relay.
• Noah Sattari (Redmond): Not to be outdone by Fredrik and Tyler, Noah and his teammates did the same for Redmond in the 200 Medley Relay! Again, he had an amazing fly split in the relay helping the team to bring home a bronze medal. He also performed well in the 200 IM and 100 Fly. He is confident he can swim even faster at State this weekend.
• Suhas Kannam (Redmond): Suhas posted strong swims and demonstrated great speed in both of his events, swimming right at his time in the 50 Free and going only a second off in the 100 Free. In the 400 Free relay, he joined Jaiden to score more points for Redmond, finishing 4^th.
• Alex Popov (Woodinville): Alex continued to show a strong 100 Breast with another solid swim. He qualified for finals again and this time went less than a second off his personal best. Besides that, Popov anchored the 200 Free Relay to a silver medal and swam the 200 IM!

High School Sport

• Joseph Moore (Eastlake): Came in 4^th place for diving with a score of 311.05.
• Will Goings (Lake Washington): In the 200 Free, Will placed 43^rd with a time of 2:12.99. In the 100 Free, he placed 34^th with a time of 1:00.95.
• Mihail Popov (Juanita): Mihail swam breast in the 200 Medley Relay with a 30.51. In the 50 Free, he placed 33^rd with a time of 24.04. In the 100 Back, he had his highest place, achieving 17^th with a   59.34. He finished the weekend by swimming in the 200 Free Relay and splitting a 24.28.

Senior 1

• Vincent Ngo (Juanita): Vincent was right on his best times in both the 50 Free and 100 Back. He had a strong lead-off leg in the 200 Medley Relay, going a best time in the 50 Back. He was a valuable member of the 200 Free Relay, leading off with the fastest split on his team.
• Boston Borg (Lake Washington): Boston had another weekend of huge swims, dropping time in the 500 Free for the third time in two weeks and dropping a big two seconds in the 200 Free.
• Carr Chellis (Lake Washington): Carr competed well as he is still coming back from some setbacks he experienced in December. He was within 0.5 of his best time in the 50 Free.
• Sonny Ngyuen (Lake Washington): Sonny was on point for the meet as he turned in another best time in the 100 Free, the second in as many weeks. He was also right on his best time in the 200 IM.
• Kyle Li (Eastlake): Kyle turned in a monster swim in the 500 Free, dropping almost seven full seconds. He was on point in his 200 Free as well as he was within 0.5 of his best time in the event.
• Shaur Shrivisttava (Eastlake): Shaur had another awesome weekend for his team. He once again dropped in the 100 Back, pushing him further under the 1:00 mark. He also proved a valuable member of the 200 Medley Relay as he helped them to a Finals appearance and a 6^th place finish.
• Alex Claux (Redmond): Alex came on strong in the 100 Fly for the second weekend in a row. He managed to come with 0.1 of his best time as well as qualifying for finals and putting points on the board for his team.
• Grant Gallagher (Redmond): Grant finished his season strong qualifying for finals in the 50 Free while going close to his best time. He also turned in a best time in the 100 Breast in prelims.
• Aarjav Jain (Redmond): Aarjav put on his game face for the meet! He started out going a small best time in the 200 Free and earned himself a spot in finals. In finals, he blew it up and dropped another three seconds.
• Ben Lam (Redmond): Ben turned in a strong swim in the 100 Free, going a season best time and approaching his lifetime best.
• Dane Padgett (Redmond): Dane proved himself to be a valuable team member by helping his 200 Free Relay qualify for finals. In finals, he turned in a monster best time split while helping his team qualify for the State Meet and break a school record.
• Aadhav Saravanan (Redmond): Aadhav performed very well at the meet. In the 500 Free, he was right off his best time posted just one week prior. He also achieved a new best time in the 200 IM with a great swim.
• Andy Wang (Redmond): Andy continued to turn in great swims in both the 200 Free and the 100 Fly, going right at his best time in both events. He qualified for finals in the 200 Free and put points on the board for his team.

Wave on 3!!