Junior Lucas Brandt won a pair of individual events to highlight Philomath High School’s performance at the Blanchet Invitational on Saturday at the Kroc Center in Salem.
Brandt captured the 100-yard freestyle in 50.51 seconds and the 100 breaststroke in 1:01.44 to help the Warrior boys place third with 298 points. Tillamook won the boys competition with 377 points, followed by Taft’s 315.
The Warriors also won two relays, opening the meet with first place in the 200 medley with senior Mason Stevens, Brandt, senior Cameron McLennan and senior Blake Hauck clocking 1:52.33.
Later in the 200 freestyle relay, Hauck, junior Wyatt Coen, McLennan and Brandt posted the winning time of 1:41.62.
Coen earned a victory in the 100 individual medley with a time of 1:12.56.
McLennan added a second-place finish in the 100 butterfly (1:00.23) and placed third in the 100 breaststroke (1:15.01). Stevens finished third in the 100 backstroke (1:10.42).
On the girls side, Philomath finished seventh in the team standings with 187 points.
Freshman Adelina Kowalewski posted two top-three finishes. She took second in the 50 freestyle (28.25) and placed third in the 100 backstroke (1:14.25).
The 200 medley relay team of Kowalewski, sophomore Alyssa Weeber, junior Kate Burriel and junior Emma Mecham finished third in 2:18.33.
Philomath’s next competition is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at home against Junction City and Marist Catholic. The team’s seniors will be recognized at the meet.
Blanchet Invitational
Saturday, Jan. 24, at Kroc Center, Salem
BOYS
Team scoring — 1, Tillamook 377; 2, Taft 315; 3, Philomath 298; 4, Stayton 284; 5, Crosshill Christian 242; 6, Cascade 210; 7, Blanchet Catholic 131; 8, Valley Catholic 100; 9, Central 38; 10, Neah Kah Nie 24.
PHS results — 200 medley relay, 1, Philomath (Stevens, Brandt, McLennan, Hauck), 1:52.33; 9, Philomath B (Gaskey, Boynton, Avery, Coen), 2:19.43. 200 freestyle, 7, Wyatt Coen, 2:19.64; 13, Evan Bennett, 2:40.27. 200 IM, 8, Mason Stevens, 2:49.46. 50 freestyle, 16, Blake Hauck, 28.86; 18, Cedric Gaskey, 29.43; 21, Gage Mosbrucker, 30.35; 23, Milo Morrison, 30.91; 27, Deaglan Pindell, 32.13; 35, Quinn Wood, 33.61; 46, Michael Melara, 38.34. 100 butterfly, 2, Cameron McLennan, 1:00.23; 9, Gage Mosbrucker, 1:27.48. 100 freestyle, 1, Lucas Brandt, 50.51; 13, Blake Hauck, 1:02.27; 21, Cedric Gaskey, 1:08.52; 24, Evan Bennett, 1:10.39; 26, Deaglan Pindell, 1:12.55; 41, Quinn Wood, 1:27.23; T-42, Michael Melara, 1:27.68. 100 IM, 1, Wyatt Coen, 1:12.56. 500 freestyle, 5, Milo Morrison, 7:15.88; 6, Mika Laukkanen Raskauskas, 7:47.26. 200 freestyle relay, 1, Philomath (Hauck, Coen, McLennan, Brandt), 1:41.62; 10, Philomath B (Bennett, Mosbrucker, Stevens, Gaskey), 1:59.51; 14, Philomath C (Wood, Melara, Pindell, Morrison), 2:11.70. 100 backstroke, 3, Mason Stevens, 1:10.42. 100 breaststroke, 1, Lucas Brandt, 1:01.44; 3, Cameron McLennan, 1:15.01. 400 freestyle relay, 9, Philomath (Bennett, Laukkanen Raskauskas, Mosbrucker, Wood), 5:05.97.
GIRLS
Team scoring — 1, Tillamook 349; 2, Valley Catholic 315; 3, Taft 304; 4, Crosshill Christian 254.5; 5, Blanchet Catholic 204.5; 6, Cascade 199; 7, Philomath 187; 8, Stayton 173; 9, Central 65.
PHS results — 200 medley relay, 3, Philomath (Kowalewski, Weeber, Burriel, Mecham), 2:18.33. 50 freestyle, 2, Adelina Kowalewski, 28.25; 9, Emma Mecham, 30.57; 14, Charlotte Storch, 32.82; 19, Megan Ward, 34.07; 33, Hollie Barton, 39.02; 36, Kalei Rynearson, 40.30. 100 butterfly, 5, Kate Burriel, 1:23.76; 9, Alyssa Weeber, 1:33.84. 100 freestyle, 12, Charlotte Storch, 1:15.83; 23, Hollie Barton, 1:34.37. 500 freestyle, 4, Kate Burriel, 6:56.65. 200 freestyle relay, 4, Philomath (Kowalewski, Weeber, Burriel, Mecham), 2:01.57; 10, Philomath B (Rynearson, Cook, Barton, Ward), 2:30.44. 100 backstroke, 3, Adelina Kowalewski, 1:14.25. 100 breaststroke, 5, Alyssa Weeber, 1:33.53; 7, Emmylou Cook, 1:34.16; 13, Kalei Rynearson, 2:00.64.
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