The Richland Bombers left little room for others at the top on the first day of the District 5/6/7 Boys High School Swimming and Diving Championships on Friday in Ellensburg.
Corey Bradshaw, Taylor Armstrong and Scott Francis went 1-2-3 in the Class 4A 100-yard freestyle, while Ashton Pollick, Luke Jackson and Andrew Blanchard took the top three spots in the 100 backstroke.
Pollick finished ahead of Moses Lake’s Kaelan Connacher in the 200 individual medley, while Armstrong led the way in the 50 free.
Armstrong also anchored Richland to first place in the 200 free relay.
Walla Walla had top times by Patrick Giedeman, who dropped his 500 free time to 4 minutes, 55.90 seconds, and the 200 medley and 400 free relays.
Giedeman qualified for state in the 200 free (1:50.32) and will be joined in Federal Way by teammate Russell Skorina, who got his state cut in the 100 butterfly with his third-place time of 55.20.
In Class 2A, Prosser’s Will Burgett swam a season-best 22.11 seconds in the 50 free and was first in the 100 breaststroke.
At Central Washington University Aquatic Center, Ellensburg
Class 4A
(First place and locals in top eight) 200 medley relay—1, Walla Walla A (Patrick Giedeman, Josh Bumgarner, Russell Skorina, Jayden Wallace) 1:46.89; 3, Richland A 1:52.93. 200 free—1, Brenden Eslick (Moses Lake) 1:45.82 (SQ); 2, Giedeman (WW) 1:50.32 (SQ); 3, Luis Hernandez (Rich) 1:54.84; 5, Tyler Jones (WW) 1:57.57; 8, Corey Bradshaw (Rich) 2:04.64. 200 IM—1, Ashton Pollick (Rich) 2:05.05; 3, Scott Francis (Rich) 2:10.27; 4, Bumgarner (WW) 2:11.70; 7, Darian Corpus (WW) 2:17.37. 50 free—1, Taylor Armstrong (Rich) 23.33; 4, Wallace (WW) 23.80. Diving—N/A. 100 fly—1, Eslick (ML) 53.20 (SQ); 2, Andrew Blanchard (Rich) 53.43 (SQ); 3, Skorina (WW) 55.20 (SQ); 5, Hernandez (Rich) 58.46. 100 free—1, Bradshaw (Rich) 52.47; 2, Armstrong (Rich) 52.83; 3, S. Francis (Rich) 52.84; 6, Wallace (WW) 53.45; 8, Wiley Townsend (WW) 55.98. 500 free—1, Giedeman (WW) 4:55.90 (SQ); 4, Luke Jackson (Rich) 5:08.52; 5, Jones (WW) 5:15.01. 200 free relay—1, Richland A (S. Francis, Bradshaw, Ryan Francis, Armstrong) 1:40.80; 2, Walla Walla A 1:40.93. 100 back—1, Pollick (Rich) 54.62 (SQ); 2, Jackson (Rich) 57.01; 3, Blanchard (Rich) 58.22; 8, Corpus (WW) 1:03.77. 100 breast—1, Jared Vargas (Wenatchee) 1:02.79 (SQ); 2, Skorina (WW) 1:04.22; 3, Bumgarner (WW) 1:06.83. 400 free relay—1, Walla Walla A (Bumgarner, Jones, Skorina, Giedeman) 3:38.66; 3, Richland A 3:50.79.
Class 2A
(First place and locals in top eight) 200 medley relay—1, Selah A (Bailey Perez, Ivan Lancaster, Carson Petrea, Nolan Frampton) 1:51.21; 3, Prosser A 1:56.95; 4, Grandview A 1:58.93. 200 free—1, Jaeyoung Heo (Pullman) 1:50.86 (SQ); 5, Mitchell Wagner (Gra) 2:03.36. 200 IM—1, Scott Nadeau (Cheney) 2:15.31; 5, Sam Kawakami (Pro) 2:24.99. 50 free—1, Will Burgett (Pro) 22.11 (SQ); 3, Timothy Bowen (Pro) 24.68. Diving—N/A. 100 fly—1, Daniel Whitmore (Naches Valley) 59.42; 6, Jared Churchill (Gra) 1:03.41. 100 free—1, Kian Hausken (West Valley) 51.46. 500 free—1, Heo (Pul) 5:01.35 (SQ); 6, Wagner (Gra) 5:43.69. 200 free relay—1, Pullman A (Bennett McInturff, Trevor Joireman, Spencer Snodgrass, Heo) 1:38.56; 3, Prosser A 1:39.02; 6, Grandview A 1:49.52. 100 back—1, Hausken (WV) 57.45 (SQ); 7, Bowen (Pro) 1:10.68. 100 breast—1, Burgett (Pro) 1:02.93 (SQ); 3, Kawakami (Pro) 1:10.74; 4, Micah Binfet (Gra) 1:10.97. 400 free relay—1, Pullman A (Snodgrass, Joireman, McInturff, Heo) 3:33.10; 4, Grandview A 4:02.83.
