Will Wertz had two victories and one second-place finish to lead Hanford to a team title at the Walla Walla Invitational on Saturday at Whitman Pool.
Wertz won the 100-yard freestyle in a state-qualifying time of 49.65 seconds and the 100 individual medley in 57.26. He was the runner-up to Prosser's Nolan Saam in the 100 breaststroke.
Walla Walla didn't have any event wins, but Patrick Giedeman had three second-place finishes to help the Blue Devils take second in the team standings.
Third-place Richland got wins from Andrew Blanchard (state-qualifying time of 54.44 in 100 butterfly) and Ashton Pollick (100 backstroke).
Other local winners included Hanford's Jordan Hendry (50 fly) and the Falcons' 200 free relay team; and Prosser's Tim Bowen (50 back) and Samuel Kawakami (50 breast).
Team scores--1, Hanford 286.5; 2, Walla Walla 224.5; 3, Richland 193; 4, West Valley 118; 5, Pullman 73; 6, Prosser 66; 7, Selah 40; 8, Cheney 39; 9, Naches Valley 31; 10, Wapato 9; 11, Davis 3; 12, Eisenhower 2.
100 IM--1, Will Wertz (Han) 57.26; 2, Ashton Pollick (Rich) 59.87; 3, Kian Hausken (WV) 1:00.04. 50 fly--1, Jordan Hendry (Han) 27.60; 2, Mitchell Piper (Rich) 29.61; 3, Stephan Antoniak (Han) 29.66. 100 fly--1, Andrew Blanchard (Rich) 54.44 (SQ); 2, Patrick Giedeman (WW) 56.02; 3, Jake Douglas (Han) 57.95. 50 back--1, Tim Bowen (Pro) 32.59; 2, Samuel Kawakami (Pro) 34.54; 3, Braden Kimball (WW) 36.13. 100 back--1, Ashton Pollick (Rich) 57.81; 2, Patrick Giedeman (WW) 58.00; 3, Kian Hausken (WV) 58.25. 200 free relay--1, Hanford 'A' 1:36.29; 2, Pullman 'A' 1:38.85; 3, Richland 'A' 1:39.26. 50 breast--1, Samuel Kawakami (Pro) 34.47; 2, Luke Price (Han) 35.54; 3, Colby Ham (Han) 36.07. 100 breast--1, Nolan Saam (Pro) 1:05.13; 2, Will Wertz (Han) 1:05.99; 3, Russell Skorina (WW) 1:06.57. 50 free--1, Rustin Babcock (Cheney) 23.44; 2, Nolan Saam (Pro) 25.38; 3, Cody Quinton (Han) 25.49. 100 free--1, Will Wertz (Han) 49.65 (SQ); 2, Patrick Giedeman (WW) 51.11; 3, Ian McInturff (Pull) 51.30.
