Wave Boys Rock High School Championships!

Jay Pearson

Boys High School Championships Recap

Wave had 32 boys representing their High School teams in the three postseason meets: KingCo, Districts, and State. It was exciting to see them performing well for their school while still training hard for Wave. We had many fantastic swims during the season including six new HS Team Records (five individual and one relay), two new Meet Records (KingCo and Districts), three new Spring Sectionals cuts, and several best times achieved during the season! We had several boys qualify for and make finals at the State Meet, which is the highest level and hardest meet to qualify for. It was awesome to follow along with the results for the three meets and see all the hard work the swimmers have put in pay off.

FUN FACT: Wave had two boys on top of the podium in the 500 Free with Jaiden Sreenivasan winning the gold medal and Nik Brusilovski winning the bronze medal!!

High School Group

  • Feynman Chen (Juanita): At KingCo, he swam fly in the A Medley Relay. Swam a 50 Free and stayed at his best time, which is an A time! Swam 500 Free for a best time and dropped -8.89 for a BB time. Swam in the 400 Relay and helped his team score 10 points! At Districts, he swam fly in the 200 Medley Relay. Swam 100 Fly and dropped -2.74 in his race for an A time!! At State, he swam fly in the Medley Relay and his split was well under his best.
  • Dario Giuliani (Juanita): At KingCo, he swam fly in the B Medley Relay. Swam 200 IM and even though he didn’t drop time, it was a great swim and he placed 6th. Swam 100 Fly had another great swim even though he didn’t drop time. Swam in the 400 Free Relay.
  • Mike Nikitenko (Juantia): At KingCo, he swam the 200 Free 1 second away from a BB time. Swam the 50 Free and added a little time. Also, swam in the 200 Free Relay, placing 5th for Juanita. At Districts, he swam in the 400 Free Relay and 100 Free for a BB time. Swam right at his best time in both races.
  • Jay Song (Lake Washington): At KingCo, he swam breast on the C Medley Relay. Swam 200 IM for a B time. Swam in the D 200 Free Relay. Swam 100 Breast and dropped -0.86. At Districts, he swam 100 Breast and dropped another -1.04 for a BB time!
  • Lucas Blat-Phillip (Lake Washington): At KingCo, he swam back on the C Medley Relay. Swam the 100 Free for a B time. Swam the 100 Back and placed 9th.
  • Ian Chow (Eastlake): At KingCo, he swam 100 Breast and dropped -1.13 to place 13th.
  • Oliver Wang (Redmond): At KingCo, he swam 200 Free dropping -3.20 for a B time. Swam in the C 200 Free Relay. Swam 100 Back dropping -1.17.
  • Felix Deng (Redmond): At KingCo, he swam 100 Fly and got the same exact time that he was entered in! Swam in the C 200 Free Relay. Swam the 100 Breast dropping -0.97.
  • Daniel Luckowski (Lake Washington): At KingCo, he placed 17th in 1 Meter Diving improving by 14.15 in scoring.
  • Ron Saveliev (Eastlake): At KingCo, he swam 100 Fly dropping -0.93.

Senior Epic

  • Jaiden Sreenivasan (Redmond) had a phenomenal season, breaking four school records during the season (100, 200 & 500 Free + 200 IM). He won all his individual events at KingCo, Districts and State, culminating with two gold medals in the 200 & 500 Free at State! He also set a new KingCo Meet Record in the 200 IM and a new Districts Meet Record in the 500 Free! He went a personal best time in 200 IM, 200 Free, and 50 Free, and helped his team to finish in 4th in the 200 Free relay.
  • Nik Brusilovski (Woodinville) started off his postseason winning the 500 Free at KingCo. The next two meets he broke the school record in the 500 Free twice: first at Districts where he finished 3rd, then again at State where he dropped 6 seconds off his best time and grabbed a bronze medal!! He also helped his team to break the in the 400 Free Relay placing 5th at State. He finished his extraordinary season going best times in four events: 50 & 100 Back + 100 & 500 Free. In the 100 Free, he broke the :50 barrier for the first time.
  • Henry Geitz (Woodinville) crushed his postseason and got a new Spring Sectionals cut in the 200 IM breaking by the 2:00 barrier for the first time. And he did it twice! First at Districts when he dropped almost 10 seconds to go 1:59 and 5th place, then he did it again at State going 1:58.72 and placing 10th. He also swam the 500 Free in the last two meets and was able to maintain a consistent race going close to his best time on both meets. He wrapped up the season helping his team to break the school record in the 400 Free Relay placing 5th at State.
  • Ethan Na (Inglemoor) swam the 50 & 100 Free at KingCo and Districts and the 100 Fly at Districts. He also swam the 200 and 400 Free Relays in all three meets. His greatest swim came at State where he got his first ever Spring Sectionals cut in the 50 Free leading off the 200 Free Relay at finals! He swam the 50 Free many times from December to February and missed the Sectionals cut by 0.02-0.15 in all of them, but he kept working on the details of his race and it finally paid off at State!
  • Oleg Arlouski (Juanita) started off his postseason with 2nd place in the 500 Free at KingCo. At Districts he qualified for finals in the same event and swam strong, going only two seconds off his lifetime best. He also swam the 100 Fly where he went a second off his best. He completed his season represented his school at State swimming the 500 Free one more time.
  • Daniel Cho (Redmond) had a solid and consistent postseason and swam the 100 Breast at KingCo, Districts and State, going a second or less than a second off his best time every time he swam the event. He also got a personal best time in the 50 Free at KingCo.
  • Noah Sattari (Redmond) had solid swims in all three postseason meets. He qualified for finals at Districts in the 100 Back and had a solid 100 Fly in prelims. He also helped his team to place 3rd in the 200 Free Relay at Districts. At State, he swam in the 200 Medley Relay and the 400 Free Relay where his team placed 8th at finals.
  • Owen Ledrick (Lake Washington) started off the post season strong and went a best time in the 200 IM dropping 1.5 seconds at KingCo. He also qualified for finals in the 100 Breast in all three postseason meets and swam 0.15 off his best time at Districts where he placed 7th and again at State where he finished in 13th.
  • Rik Brusilovski (Woodinville) swam individual events at both KingCo and Districts and was able to go a lifetime best in the 100 Free at Districts. He swam the 200 and 400 Free Relays in all three postseason meets with fast splits for his team. He closed his season strong helping his team to break the School Record in the 400 Free Relay and placing 5th at State.

Senior 1

  • Bradley Barkans (Juanita) competed at KingCo and Districts. He turned in an awesome 200 Free at KingCo, taking it out right at his best 100 time and holding on to the finish dropping 2 seconds in the process.
  • Tanay Boda (Redmond) competed at KingCo swimming right at his best times. He had a great experience his first year and is looking forward to three more years.
  • Kevin Flannery (Juanita) had an awesome postseason competing at all three meets. He had awesome swims in the 100 Breast, making finals at both KingCo and Districts. At State, he blasted his previous best time in the 100 Breast and qualified for finals, finishing 15th with a strong swim.
  • Peter Hansen (Sammamish) competed at all three meets scoring points and helping his team win KingCo and Districts, and get 2nd at State. He swam the 200 IM and absolutely crushed his previous best time, dropping 7 seconds. He decided to switch gears and took on the 500 Free. He turned in drops in the event each time he swam it, dropping 20 total seconds in the process.
  • Adrian Juco (Juanita) was able to compete at all three meets, qualifying for State his first year. He turned in strong swims at KingCo and Districts making finals in the 100 Breast at both meets and going right off his best time.
  • Kyle Li (Eastlake) competed at KingCo and Districts. He has been working on his sprint training, which paid off as he went a best time in his 100 Free.
  • Anton Mazepa (Redmond) competed at Districts. He turned in strong prelims swims in the 100 Back and 200 Free qualifying him for finals in both events going right at his best time in the Back. He really attacked the 200 Free in finals dropping a second from his prelims time and going 5 seconds faster than his previous best.
  • Joseph Nguyen (Redmond) competed at KingCo and Districts. He turned in strong swims in the 100 Fly, going right at his best time in the race at both meets.
  • Sonny Nguyen (Lake Washington) competed at KingCo and Districts. He had a solid meet at KingCo going right at his best time in the 100 Free and being a valuable member of the 200 Free Relay, going a best time as the leadoff swimmer.
  • Kieran O’Gorman (Juanita) competed at all three meets, turning in some solid swims at KingCo and Districts. At State, he swam a stellar leadoff leg of the 200 Medley Relay, helping his school qualify for finals. In finals he would go even faster helping them move up a spot from their prelims finish.
  • Neil Rawal (Eastlake) competed at KingCo and Districts. At Districts, he had a fantastic 100 Breast, splitting the race well and going under 1:10 for the first time officially.
  • Gabe Traina (Woodinville) competed in the 100 Back and 200 Free at both KingCo and Districts. He was right at his best time in the 200 at Districts and just missed making finals.

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