The Philomath High swim teams got in another competition before shifting focus to districts with an appearance Saturday at a four-school meet at Sweet Home.
Junior Lucas Brandt won two events and senior Cameron McLennan and junior Kate Burriel also had wins in the individual events for the Warriors. Philomath’s 200-yard freestyle relays for both the boys and girls had victories as well.
In the 50 freestyle, Brandt won by 0.25 of a second over the runner-up. Brandt’s time of 22.34 seconds was three-tenths of a second off the school-record pace of 22.04, set by Mike Dill in 1999.
Brandt also finished first in another event that Dill holds the school record in — the 100 freestyle. Brandt touched the wall in 49.97 seconds to finish well ahead of the field, the second-place finisher coming in 2.59 seconds later. Dill’s school record time sits at 48.99, a record he also set in 1999.
McLennan had a dominating performance in the 100 butterfly with a time of 59.42, which was nearly 5 seconds faster than the runnerup. The 200 freestyle relay won with a time of 1:41.52 with Brandt, junior Wyatt Coen, McLennan and senior Blake Hauck.
Other top-three individual finishes for the boys included Coen in the 500 freestyle (second, 6:18.24), senior Mason Stevens in the 100 backstroke (second, 1:09.26), freshman Milo Morrison in the 500 freestyle (third, 7:15.35) and McLennan in the 100 breaststroke (third, 1:12.32).
The 200 medley relay for the boys placed second in 1:50.94 with Stevens, Brandt, McLennan and Coen.
Mountain View won the boys competition with 104 points, followed by Philomath with 86, Sweet Home with 67 and Junction City with 37.
For the girls, Burriel’s winning time in the 100 butterfly came in at 1:19.16, which was more than 23 seconds faster than the second-place finisher.
The 200 freestyle relay came in with a time of 2:00.67 to tie Junction City for first place in the event with sophomore Hailey Smith, freshman Adelina Kowalewski, Burriel and junior Emma Mecham.
Other top-three finishes for the girls were Kowalewski in the 100 backstroke (second, 1:17.62), Burriel in the 500 freestyle (third, 6:47.26) and sophomore Emmylou Cook in the 100 breaststroke (third, 1:32.98).
Two relays had third-place finishes for the Warriors. The 200 medley of Kowalewski, Cook, Burriel and Mecham came in at 2:21.56. The 400 freestyle with freshman Kalei Rynearson, junior Megan Ward, Smith and Cook touched in 5:13.81.
Sweet Home captured the girls title with 108 points, ahead of Junction City’s 68, Philomath’s 57 and Mountain View’s 35.
Philomath’s next competition is scheduled for Feb. 13-14 in the Special District 4 Championships at Albany Community Pool.
Sweet Home Quad
Saturday, Jan. 31, at Sweet Home HS
BOYS
Team scoring — 1, Mountain View 104; 2, Philomath 86; 3, Sweet Home 67; 4, Junction City 37.
PHS results — 200 medley relay, 2, Philomath (Stevens, Brandt, McLennan, Coen), 1:50.94; 5, Philomath B (Gaskey, Boynton, Mosbrucker, Morrison), 2:18.76. 200 freestyle, 6, Evan Bennett, 2:37.33; 7, Milo Morrison, 2:39.50; 11, Quinn Wood, 3:07.70. 200 IM, 4, Mason Stevens, 2:46.44. 50 freestyle, 1, Lucas Brandt, 22.34; 8, Nico Mayo Carrasco, 26.74; 9, Blake Hauck, 26.92; 11, Wyatt Coen, 27.32; 16, Cedric Gaskey, 29.12; 17, Gage Mosbrucker, 29.61; 18, Deaglan Pindell, 30.41; 23, Kayden Boynton, 32.75; 24, Mika Laukkanen Raskauskas, 32.77; 25, Quinn Wood, 33.73; 28, Michael Melara, 36.97. 100 butterfly, 1, Cameron McLennan, 59.42. 100 freestyle, 1, Lucas Brandt, 49.97; 6, Blake Hauck, 1:00.90; 9, Nico Mayo Carrasco, 1:02.07; 13, Gage Mosbrucker, 1:06.89; 14, Cedric Gaskey, 1:06.93; 15, Deaglan Pindell, 1:10.30; 16, Evan Bennett, 1:11.44; 19, Mika Laukkanen Raskauskas, 1:14.42; 24, Michael Melara, 1:24.72. 500 freestyle, 2, Wyatt Coen, 6:18.24; 3, Milo Morrison, 7:15.35. 200 freestyle relay, 1, Philomath (Brandt, Coen, McLennan, Hauck), 1:41.52; 5, Philomath B (Mosbrucker, Mayo Carrasco, Gaskey, Stevens), 1:58.54; 6, Philomath C (Boynton, Pindell, Bennett, Morrison), 2:04.43. 100 backstroke, 2, Mason Stevens, 1:09.26. 100 breaststroke, 3, Cameron McLennan, 1:12.32; 5, Kayden Boynton, 1:19.71. 400 freestyle relay, 4, Philomath (Wood, Laukkanen Raskauskas, Mayo Carrasco, Hauck), 4:44.18.
GIRLS
Team scoring — 1, Sweet Home 108; 2, Junction City 68; 3, Philomath 57; 4, Mountain View 35.
PHS results — 200 medley relay, 3, Philomath (Kowalewski, Cook, Burriel, Mecham), 2:21.56. 50 freestyle, 4, Adelina Kowalewski, 29.11; 6, Emma Mecham, 30.72; 8, Hailey Smith, 32.91; 9, Megan Ward, 33.23; 11, Emmylou Cook, 33.99; 16, Kalei Rynearson, 39.88. 100 butterfly, 1, Kate Burriel, 1:19.16. 100 freestyle, 5, Hailey Smith, 1:15.23; 6, Megan Ward, 1:15.82. 500 freestyle, 3, Kate Burriel, 6:47.26; 5, Emma Mecham, 7:20.14. 200 freestyle relay, T-1, Philomath (Smith, Kowalewski, Burriel, Mecham), 2:00.67. 100 backstroke, 2, Adelina Kowalewski, 1:17.62. 100 breaststroke, 3, Emmylou Cook, 1:32.98. 400 freestyle relay, 3, Philomath (Rynearson, Ward, Smith, Cook), 5:13.81.
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