WALLA WALLA -- Richland and Hanford swimmers combined for six state-qualifying times as each defeated Walla Walla at a CBBN meet at Whitman College.
Team scores--Hanford 114, Walla Walla 56; Richland 118, Walla Walla 52.
200 medley relay--Richland (Eric Blanchard, Tyler Pickett, Cody Roberts, Nathaniel Weinman) 1:44.05 (sq), Hanford 1:46.63 (sq), Walla Walla 1:55.45. 200 free--Alden Welsch (R) 2:01.36, Jeff Grindel (H) 2:02.20, Will Bergstrom (WW) 2:03.41. 200 IM--Danny Tixier (H) 2:08.39, Weinman (R) 2:11.43, Tyler Garrett (WW) 2:23.03. 50 free--Roberts (R) 22.49 (sq), Joe Wertz (H) 23.48, Keith Meline (H) 25.57. 100 fly--Pickett (R) 58.61, Miles Phillips (H) 1:00.09, Robbie Pfaff (H) 1:02.64. 100 free--Tixier (H) 51.70, Ben Barton (R) 56.98, Casey Morris (R) 57.73. 500 free--Wertz (H) 4:56.00 (sq), Nick Connorts (R) 5:07.80, Bergstrom (WW) 5:38.21. 200 free relay--Richland (Welsch, Weinman, Blanchard, Roberts) 1:32.71 (sq), Hanford 1:41.40, Richland 1:44.22. 100 back--Pickett (R) 59.42, Connors (R) 1:01.68, Phillips (H) 1:03.94. 100 breast--Grindel (H) 1:05.75, Blanchard (R) 1:08.13, Merrick Calder (WW) 1:12.13. 400 free relay--Hanford (Tixier, Pfaff, Wertz, Phillips) 3:28.11 (sq), Richland 3:30.48, Richland 3:31.29.
Moses Lake 123, W.Valley 61
Moses Lake (Late Tuesday)
200 medley relay--Moses Lake (Reuben Huddleston, Tamas Toth, Cameron Goodrich, Kyle Reeder) 1:53.37. 200 free--Chandler Byington (ML) 2:01.18. 200 IM--Evan McFarland (ML) 2:23.12. 50 free--Sebastian Weber (ML) 23.33. Diving--Braxton Ford (ML) 175.30. 100 fly--Thomas Kuhn (WV) 56.04. 100 free--Weber (ML) 50.90. 500 free--Byington (ML) 5:28.47. 200 free relay--Moses Lake (Weber, McFarland, Huddleston, Marshall Goodrich) 1:35.44. 100 back--Kuhn (WV) 58.74. 100 breast--Kyle Hickman (ML) 1:07.67. 400 free relay--Moses Lake (Weber, Byington, Huddleston, M.Goodrich) 3:30.68.
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"Richland was leading going into the last relay," Bombers/Falcons swim coach Kathy Piper said of the tight race. "It made for quite an enjoyable bus ride home, both of them having won today."
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RICHLAND -- Richland's Lisa Bratton qualified for state in the 100-yard freestyle event with a first-place time of 55.38 seconds as the Bombers earned a 117-69 victory over Moses Lake in CBBN 4A swimming Saturday at Prout Pool.
In the 3A ranks, Hanford's Melissa Merrill earned state-qualification times in the 200 freestyle (2:00.97) and 100 backstroke (1:03.35), and Southridge's Kate McLaughlin posted an SQ in the 100 butterfly (1:01.59) as the Falcons bested the Suns 114-71.
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Hanford notched its first victory in nearly a decade over host Moses Lake in a CBBN double dual Thursday.
The Falcons won 111-72. Richland also topped the Chiefs 98-88.
Team scores --Richland 98, Moses Lake 88. Hanford 111, Moses Lake 72.
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