The Richland and Hanford boys swimming teams placed in the top 15 on Saturday at the 36-team Kentridge Invitational in Federal Way.
Hanford's Will Wertz picked up state-qualifying times with his top-10 finishes in the 200-yard freestyle (seventh, 1 minute, 50.21 seconds) and 100 free (10th, 50.02 seconds). Teammate BJ Deatherage was third in 1-meter diving.
(First place plus top-20 area finishers)
Team scores--1, Omaha Creighton Prep 756.50; 2, Mercer Island 603; 3, Lakeside 425.50; 4, Bainbridge 338.50; 5, Kamiak 318.50; 10, Richland 153; 13, Hanford 109; 19, Moses Lake 65; 31, Prosser 25.
200 medley relay--1, Omaha A (William Raynor, Alex Penrice, Ryan Tate, Carter Deras) 1:38.53; 15, Hanford A (Will Wertz, Andrew Peacock, Jake Douglas, Cam Sullivan) 1:46.59; 17, Richland A (Nick Connors, Ryan Francis, Andrew Blanchard, Taylor Armstrong) 1:46.99. 200 free--1, Raynor (Omaha) 1:42.71; 4, Brenden Eslick (ML) 1:48.94; 7, Wertz (Han) 1:50.21 (SQ). 200 IM--1, Cameron Lindsay (AMHS) 1:57.80; 7, Connors (Rich) 2:03.30 (SQ). 50 free--1, Andrew Weiss (Mercer Island) 21.72. Diving--1, William Tuthill (East) 256.85; 3, BJ Deatherage (Han) 215.15; 12, Corey Morris (Rich) 143.90. 100 fly--1, Michael Cox (THS) 52.82; 9, Blanchard (Rich) 55.13 (SQ); 18, Douglas (Han) 56.78; 20, Eslick (ML) 56.88. 100 free--1, Marco Signorelli (Mercer Island) 48.42; 10, Wertz (Han) 50.02 (SQ). 500 free--1, Andrew McCarthy (Bain) 4:38.65; 4, Connors (Rich) 5:01.20 (SQ); 13, Zach Johnston (ML) 5:08.91; 17, Corey Bradshaw (Rich) 5:17.08; 200 free relay--1, Mercer Island A (Dan Simons, Quinn Markwith, Noah Deiparine, Signorelli) 1:28.75; 14, Hanford A (Peacock, Sullivan, Cody Quinton, Wertz) 1:35.68; 19, Moses Lake A (Eslick, Johnston, Evan McFarland, Kaelen Connacher) 1:36.81. 100 back--1, Raynor (Omaha) 51.37; 9, Pollick (Rich) 57.14 (SQ); 17, Blanchard (Rich) 58.99. 100 breast--1, Liam Sosinsky (Kam) 1:00.66; 13, Saam (Pro) 1:04.00 (SQ); 18, Burgett (Pro) 1:05.77 (SQ). 400 free relay--1, Omaha A (Raynor, Sean Tate, Ryan Tate, Matthew Medara) 3:14.51; 11, Richland A (Pollick, Blanchard, Connors, Bradshaw) 3:25.88 (SQ).
WALLA WALLA REMAINS UNDEFEATED: With 1-2-3 finishes in the 200-yard freestyle, 100 butterfly, 100 free, 500 free and 200 free relay, the Blue Devils defeated Davis and Eisenhower at Whitman College in Walla Walla to tie Hanford and Richland atop the CBBN 4A-3A standings at 5-0.
Team scores--Walla Walla 129, Davis 40; Walla Walla 136, Eisenhower 31.
200 medley relay--1, Walla Walla A (Jonathon Klem, Russell Skorina, Patrick Giedeman, Austin Garrett) 1:46.65; 2, Walla Walla B 1:57.57; 3, Davis A 2:00.47. 200 free--1, Giedeman (WW) 1:53.88; 2, Reilly Beckstrand (WW) 2:03.67; 3, Skorina (WW) 2:04.62. 200 IM--1, Klem (WW) 2:05.66; 2, Jared Klingele (Ike) 2:33.47; 3, James Innes (WW) 2:35.90. 50 free--1, Zach Staudenmaier (WW) 24.61; 2, Jayden Wallace (WW) 26.23; 3, Sam Fiander (Dav) 26.24. Diving--None. 100 fly--1, Giedeman (WW) 57.17; 2, Skorina (WW) 57.40; 3, Klem (WW) 59.06. 100 free--1, Garrett (WW) 51.10; 2, Wiley Townsend (WW) 59.11; 3, Wallace (WW) 1:01.22. 500 free--1, Josh Bumgarner (WW) 5:27.43; 2, Beckstrand (WW) 5:42.31; 3, Tyler Jones (WW) 5:46.51. 200 free relay--1, Walla Walla A (Klem, Staudenmaier, Giedeman, Garrett) 1:35.46; 2, Walla Walla B 1:43.50; 3, Walla Walla C 1:52.32. 100 back--1, Andrew Sader (Dav) 1:02.44; 2, Troin (WW) 1:02.49; 3, Zach Morris (WW) 1:07.48. 100 breast--1, Staudenmaier (WW) 1:07.34; 2, Bumgarner (WW) 1:08.83; 3, Raihei Sato (Dav) 1:16.34. 400 free relay--1, Walla Walla A (Garrett, Staudenmaier, Beckstrand, Troin) 3:48.64; 2, Davis A 4:02.62; 3, Walla Walla B 4:06.56.
