Wa-Hi’s Jones wins state swimming title
Walla Walla’s Tyler Jones was the lone Mid-Columbia champion Saturday in the state boys swimming championships in Federal Way.
Jones, a senior, swam to the Class 4A 500 meters freestyle title.
He didn’t take the lead for good until the halfway point, when he overtook Eastlake’s Jackson Berman.
At that point, Jones held on for good, finishing in 4:35.27.
Richland’s Jeffery Kern, a sophomore, finished fourth in 4:45.06.
Jones placed fourth in the 200 freestyle, while Kern finished sixth.
The Richland 200 medley relay team — consisting of Cole Westendorf, Ryan Shiplet, Charles Fillebrown and Scott Francis — placed sixth.
Shiplet placed eighth in the 100 breastroke final.
Fillebrown won the B consolation in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:53.71
The Bombers’ 200 freestyle relay team of Francis, Luis Hernandez, Shiplet and Kern also won the B consolation in 1:30.85.
Westendorf (100 backstroke), Conor McShane (100 breastroke) and the Bombers’ 400 free relay team of Westendorf, Fillebrown, Hernandez and Kern all won consolation finals.
In Class 3A, Hanford’s James Bennett placed seventh in the 100 butterfly and the 200 freestyle.
Class 4A
Team scores: 1. Newport (Bellevue) 199; 2. Camas 185; 3. Kamiak 175; 6. Richland 139; 20. Walla Walla 35; 200 medley relay: 6. Richland (Cole Westendorf, Ryan Shiplet, Charles Fillebrown, Scott Francis) 1:39.81; 200 freestyle: 4. Tyler Jones (WW) 1:44.33; 6. Jeffery Kern (Rich) 1:45.71; 200 individual medley: 13. Shiplet (Rich) 2:01.06; 100 freestyle: 14. Westendorf (Rich) 48.99; 500 freestyle: 1. Jones (WW) 4:35.27; 4. Kern (Rich) 4:45.06; 9. Fillebrown (Rich) 4:53.71; 200 freestyle relay: 9. Richland (Francis, Luis Hernandez, Shiplet, Kern) 1:30.85; 100 backstroke: 9. Westendorf (Rich) 53.65; 13. Fillebrown (Rich) 56.73; 100 breaststroke: 8. Shiplet (Rich) 1:00.77; 9. Conor McShane (Rich) 1:00.09; 400 freestyle relay: 9. Richland (Westendorf, Fillebrown, Hernandez, Kern) 3:18.11.
Class 3A
Team scores: 1. Bellevue 406 points; 2. Mercer Island 225; Lakeside (Seattle) 154; 15. Hanford 45; 200 freestyle: 7. James Bennett (Han) 1:47.65; Diving: 14. Sam Hart (Han) 296.65 points; 100 butterfly: 7. Bennett (Han) 53.03; 13. Brady Myers (Han) 54.29; 400 freestyle relay: 10. Hanford (Bennett, Matthew Wagnon, Myers, Joel Johnson) 3:21.64.
Class 2A
100 breaststroke: 12. Sam Kawakami (Prosser) 1:04.42; 15. Tav Valenzuela (Grandview) 1:06.91.
This story was originally published February 21, 2015 at 11:17 PM with the headline "Wa-Hi’s Jones wins state swimming title."