The Philomath High School boys and girls swim teams competed away from home for the first time this season with Wednesday’s appearance at the Cascade Invitational.
Swimming at the Stayton Family Memorial Pool, the boys placed fourth and girls fifth in the team standings. Winning teams at the meet were the Stayton boys and Salem Academy girls.
Individually for the Warriors, senior Cameron McLennan won two events with first in the 100-meter butterfly in 1:10.03 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:22.40. Junior Wyatt Coen captured first place in the 400 freestyle with a time of 5:47.38.
Senior Mason Stevens earned second place in the 100 backstroke, touching in 1:22.62, while senior Evan Hernandez took third in the same event with a time of 1:23.04.
Other top-three finishes for the boys included the 200 medley relay with Stevens, senior Isaac Avery, McLennan and Coen posting a time of 2:17.38.
Junior Kate Burriel led the Philomath girls with second in the 200 individual medley (3:15.32) and third in the 100 backstroke (1:28.94). The 400 freestyle relay team of junior Charlotte Storch, Burriel, junior Emma Mecham and sophomore Hailey Smith finished second with a time of 5:37.86.
The 200 medley relay team of sophomore Alyssa Weeber, sophomore Emmylou Cook, Burriel and Mecham placed third in 2:46.59.
A few notes on the times — events at the Stayton pool were in meters, not yards as seen at most meets and the marathon swim was 400 meters instead of 500. Junior Lucas Brandt did not compete for the boys.
Philomath is scheduled to compete again on Friday at the Sweet Home Invitational.
Cascade Invitational
Wednesday, Dec. 17, at Stayton Family Memorial Pool, Stayton
BOYS
Team scoring — 1, Stayton 158; 2, Crosshill Christian 122; 3, Cascade 103; 4, Philomath 98.
PHS results — 200 medley relay, 3, Philomath (Stevens, I. Avery, McLennan, Coen), 2:17.38. 200 freestyle, 6, Evan Hernandez, 2:54.76. 200 individual medley, 5, Isaac Avery, 3:16.66. 50 freestyle, 6, Blake Hauck, 31.48; 7, Mason Stevens, 31.70; 9, Nico Mayo Carrasco, 32.13; 12, Gage Mosbrucker, 33.02; 20, Deaglan Pindell, 36.63; 23, Kayden Boynton, 37.16; 30, Mika Laukkanen Raskauskas, 38.48; 33, Charlie Avery, 41.65; 36, Samuel Holroyd, 45.00; 38, Quinn Wood, 46.02; 40, Michael Melara, 51.98. 100 butterfly, 1, Cameron McLennan, 1:10.03. 100 freestyle, 10, Nico Mayo Carrasco, 1:13.95; 13, Gage Mosbrucker, 1:17.32; 16, Kayden Boynton, 1:24.74; 23, Deaglan Pindell, 1:28.90; 31, Michael Melara, 1:59.17. 400 freestyle, 1, Wyatt Coen, 5:47.38; 4, Blake Hauck, 6:20.27. 200 freestyle relay, 4, Philomath (I. Avery, Coen, Hauck, McLennan), 2:03.59; 7, Philomath (C. Avery, Mosbrucker, Mayo Carrasco, Hernandez), 2:20.18. 100 backstroke, 2, Mason Stevens, 1:22.62; 3, Evan Hernandez, 1:23.04; 7, Charlie Avery, 1:47.69. 100 breaststroke, 1, Cameron McLennan, 1:22.40; 6, Isaac Avery, 1:36.91. 400 freestyle relay, 4, Philomath (Pindell, Mosbrucker, Coen, Hauck), 5:10.06.
GIRLS
Team scoring — 1, Salem Academy 100; 2, Cascade 93; 3, Stayton 91; 4, Crosshill Christian 73; 5, Philomath 53; 6, Kennedy 16.
PHS results — 200 medley relay, 3, Philomath (Weeber, Cook, Burriel, Mecham), 2:46.59. 200 individual medley, 2, Kate Burriel, 3:15.32. 50 freestyle, 4, Emma Mecham, 33.86; 10, Alyssa Weeber, 36.65; 12, Charlotte Storch, 37.05; 19, Megan Ward, 38.49; 20, Hailey Smith, 39.11; 26, Emmylou Cook, 40.32; 29, Hollie Barton, 41.37; 32, Syd Clark, 44.40; 34, Kalei Rynearson, 46.78. 100 freestyle, 9, Alyssa Weeber, 1:21.61; 12, Hailey Smith, 1:28.88. 200 freestyle relay, 7, Philomath (Storch, Cook, Smith, Weeber), 2:34.42. 100 backstroke, 3, Kate Burriel, 1:28.94. 100 breaststroke, 4, Emmylou Cook, 1:47.54. 400 freestyle relay, 2, Philomath (Storch, Burriel, Mecham, Smith), 5:37.86.