WENATCHEE -- Richland turned in three state qualifying times during Saturday's CBBN meet in Wenatchee with the Bombers 200 free relay team and two by Cody Roberts (50 free, 100 free).
Hanford's Danny Tixier also qualified for state in the 200 individual medley relay and Joe Wertz in the 100 butterfly.
Team scores--Richland 106, Wenatchee 79; Wenatchee 98, Hanford 88
200 medley relay--Richland (Cody Roberts, Mitchell Sturtevant, Tyler Pickett, Nathaniel Weinman) 1:47.07, Hanford 1:53.63. 200 free--Eric Blanchard (R) 1:51.65. 200 IM--Danny Tixier (H) 2:04.43 (sq), Weinman (R) 2:09.95, Nick Connors (R) 2:13.29. 50 free--Roberts (R) 22.33 (sq); 3, Alden Welsch (R) 23.98. Diving--Alec Wood (W) 190.40; 3, BJ Deatherage (H) 152.65. 100 fly--Joe Wertz (H) 55.17 (sq), Blanchard (R) 56.02, Weinman (R) 59.26 100 free--Roberts (R) 49.33 (sq), Tixier (H) 50.87. 500 free--Pickett (R) 5:03.11, Miles Phillips (H) 5:10.75. 200 free relay--Richland (Welsch, Weinman, Blanchard, Roberts) 1:33.86 (sq); 3, Hanford 1:36.83. 100 back--Wertz (H) 57.74, Pickett (R) 1:01.36, Welsch (R) 1:02.94. 100 breast--Jeff Grindel (H) 1:05.88, Sturtevant (R) 1:09.55. 400 free relay--Richland (Pickett, Connors, Welsch, Blanchard) 3:30.61, Hanford 3:32.31.
West Valley 89, Walla Walla 81
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200 medley relay--West Valley 1:53.67; 2, Walla Walla A, 1:54.64; 3, Walla Walla B, 1:59.40 . 200 free--Ryley Hausken (WV) 1:59.24; 2, Will Bergstrom (WW), 1:59.66. 200 IM--Thomas Kuhn (WV) 2:06.34; 3, Tyler Garrett (WW) 2:18.38. 50 free--McDowell (WV) 23.67; 2, Matt Staudenmaier (WW), 25.94. 100 fly--Tyler Jones (WV) 1:04.65; 2, Kyle Jones (WW) 1:05.65; 3, Garrett (WW) 1:06.10. 100 free--Tyler McDowell (WV) 51.67; 2, Hank Bohnet (WW) 55.37. 500 free--Bergstrom (WW) 5:31.15; 3, Austin Garrett (WW) 6:05.55. 200 free relay--West Valley 1:42.53, Walla Walla 1:46.91, Walla Walla B 1:51.97 100 back--Kuhn (WV) 58.64, Bohnet (WW) 1:05.34. 100 breast--Merrick Calder (WW) 1:06.01; 3, Daniel Rhoads (WW) 1:14.03. 400 free relay--West Valley 3:33.59, Walla Walla B 3:52.32, Walla Walla A 3:58.97.
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There were no state qualifying times for either team, but Richland or Hanford finished first in all but four events.
Will Wertz and Jake Douglas were a part of Hanford's winning 200-yard medley and 400 freestyle relays. Nick Connors took the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly for Richland.
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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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