Mavs take 2nd at swimming Districts

MOSES LAKE - The Moses Lake Boys Swim and Dive Team took second at the district meet held in Moses Lake over the weekend.

“The meet itself actually came down to whoever won the 400 Free(style) Relay,” said Moses Lake Head Coach Jason Hart.

MLHS hosted the District Swim and Dive meet over the weekend. Preliminaries were held Thursday, diving on Friday and finals on Saturday.

Teams included Davis High School, West Valley (Yakima) High School, Wenatchee High School, Eastmont High School and Eisenhower High School.

As a team, Moses Lake placed second behind Wenatchee High School by only an 11-point difference. Hart explained that if Moses Lake had won the 400-yard Freestyle Relay, the last event of the meet, then they would have been able to win the meet. Moses Lake took second in that event to Wentatchee by a difference of 12.73 seconds.

“I think the most exciting race was probably the 200(yard) Medley Relay because we ended up getting second by three-one hundredths (of a second) over Eastmont,” Hart said.

Hart said coming out of districts, there are eight events that the team will be moving on to state in, although the full state roster will not be available until closer to the state meet due to wildcards and alternates not being determined yet.

The 2023 Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Boys Swimming and Diving Competition will be held Feb. 16-18 at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

“I’d love to see us in the top 10 but I’d be super happy for top 12 or 13 at state,” Hart said.

Rebecca Pettingill may be reached at rpettingill@columbiabasinherald.com.

Moses Lake Finals:

200-yard Medley Relay

2nd place - Nicholas Moore, Dylan Moore, Sam Molitor and Jay Rodrigues with a time of 1:50.25.

200-yard Freestyle

1st place - Nicholas Moor with a time of 1:50.11.

5th place - Sam Molitor with a time of 2:01.14.

6th place - Kylan Chivers with a time of 2:07.36.

50-yard Freestyle Adaptive

1st place - Danny Thurman with a time of 29.25, which also beats the district record set in 2020 of 40.48.

200-yard Individual Medley

2nd place - Dylan Moore with a time of 2:11.06.

50-yard Freestyle

3rd place - Luke Molitor with a time of 22.54.

4th place - Ashton McKean with a time of 12 22.76.

7th place - Jay Rodrigues with a time of 24.81.

8th place - Carter Beus with a time of 25.56.

1 mtr Diving

3rd place - Carter Beus with 272.95 total points.

4th place - Austin Higgins with 233.50 total points.

5th place - Hunter Blackman with 229.65 total points.

6th place - Ledger Archer with 199.80 total points.

7th place - Drake Roybal with 133.05 total points.

8th place - Bryson Aronsohn with 102.20 total points.

100 Yard Butterfly

2nd place - Luke Molitor with a time of 53.26.

5th place - Ryder Cranston with a time of 1:11.96.

7th place - Warren Skaug with a time of 1:13.55.

50-yard Backstroke Adaptive

1st place - Danny Thurman with a time of 36.51, which also beats the district record set in 2020 of 54.69.

100-yard Freestyle

2nd place - Ashton McKean with a time of 49.49.

5th place - Jay Rodrigues with a time of 54.47.

6th place - Sam Molitor with a time of 54.61.

7th place - Kylan Chivers with a time of 58.06.

500-yard Freestyle

1st place - Nicholas Moore with a time of 5:01.33.

3rd place - Damien Paluch with a time of 5:27.56.

5th place - Anthony Longoria with a time of 5:55.51.

7th place - Tanner Noyes with a time of 6:11.22

200-yard Freestyle Relay

1st place - Luke Molitor, Dylan Moore, Jay Rodrigues and Ashton McKean with a time of 1:33.30.

100-yard Backstroke

3rd place - Dylan Moore with a time of 1:01.97.

4th place - Sam O'Shea with a time of 1:08.37.

8th place - Drake Roybal with a time of 1:14.28.

100-yard Breaststroke

6th place - Damien Paluch with a time of 1:10.26.

400-yard Freestyle Relay

2nd place - Luke Molitor, Sam Molitor, Nicholas Moore and Ashton McKean with a time of 3:24.70.