RICHLAND -- Richland sprinter Sam Alderman won both the girls 100 and 200 at the Richland Twilight nonscoring meet Friday at Fran Rish Stadium.
Boys
100--Mitchell Urlacher (Pasco) 11.68. 200--Andrew Kusuda (Richland) 24.21. 400--Zach Pipkin (Wenatchee) 54.54. 800--Austin Richards (Kamiakin) 2:07.78. 1600--Richards (Kam) 4:40.50. 3200--Luis Aguero (Eisenhower) 10:46.22. 110H--Rylan Montgomery (Southridge) 17.17. 300H--Don Blowe (Ric) 44.66. 4x100--Richland (Kusuda, Tyler Powell, Connor Qualheim, Elon Staten) 46.26. 4x400--Wenatchee 3:44.78. HJ--Tyler Delong (Moses Lake) 5-6. PV--Kyle Avery (Ric) 10-6. LJ--Jake Scroggie (Wen) 18-7. TJ--Josh Izaguirre (Pas) 36-4. Shot--Dennis Christensen (Ric) 40-21/2. Dis--Joe Payne (Ric) 114-5. Jav--Payne (Ric) 146-8.
Girls
100--Sam Alderman (Ric) 13.49. 200--Alderman (Ric) 28.02. 400--Katherine Hempel (Kennewick) 1:03.82. 800--Maggie Hollick (Ric) 2:30.60. 1600--Destiny Dill (Ike) 6:01.75. 3200--Kayla Gelb (Eastmont) 13:16.78. 100H--Ashley Tonge (Wen) 18.14. 300H--Robyn Gibbons (Wen) 52.42. 4x100--Richland (Alderman, Asia Augustine, Roddie Shanley, Ashley Shephard) 55.07. 4x200--Wenatchee 1:56.09. 4x400--Walla Walla (Ana Andrade, Christina Felicie, Sarai Seekamp, Jocelyn Vargas) 4:39.65. HJ--Elizabeth Wood (WW) 4-8. PV--Kjirsten Lewis (Wen) 8-0. LJ--Gibbons (Wen) 14-7. TJ--Wood (WW) 30-11/2. Shot--Sydney Christiansen (WW) 31-3. Dis--Christiansen (WW) 95-4. Jav--Katie Voth (Est) 82-3.
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The Falcons won nine of 12 events to finish with 546 points, outpacing second-place Southridge (331) and third-place West Valley (301).
Merrill, the CBBN 3A Swimmer of the Year, was victorious in the 200-yard individual medley and 100 freestyle, as well as in the 200 free relay with Linnea Peacock, Kayla Burnight and Taylor Fievez.
Walla Walla, Hanford win district boys swim titles
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The edge went to Walla Walla on Saturday at the 4A district boys swimming and diving championships in Ellensburg.
Despite missing out on diving points, the Blue Devils had enough swimming depth to beat reigning champion Richland 428-425 and give Katharine Curles a district title in her first year as coach.
Hanford cruised in its quest to retain the 3A title, beating runner-up West Valley by 81.5 points.
Southridge 200 relay qualifies for state swim meet
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Team scores--Wenatchee 123, Southridge 63.
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Team scores--Richland 150, Davis 16; Richland 142, Eisenhower 41; Hanford 136, Kamiakin 49.
200 medley relay--1, Richland (Ruby, Lesser, Pickett, Bratton) 2:00.51; 2, Hanford 2:04.07; 3, Richland 2:07.59.
Richland, Hanford boys roll to swim wins at Eastmont
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EAST WENATCHEE -- Hanford and Richland enjoyed a successful trip to East Wenatchee on Saturday, with both teams posting wins in their first swim meet since Dec. 10.
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.