Kitsap swimmers were well represented on the Pacific Northwest
Swimming team that finished in second place overall at the Western
Zone Age Group Championships last week at King County Aquatic
Center in Federal Way.
PNS finished behind Colorado Swimming Zone Team with 3,283 points
to PNS 3,056. Local swimmers who competed were Amanda Ashmore and
Andrew Renninger of Olympic Aquatic Club; Eleanor Beers and Alex
Stefanski of Poulsbo Piranhas Swim Team; and Ian Lipton, Andrew
Markow, Jude Wenker and Parker Bushey of Bainbridge Island Swim
Club.
Lipton was the highest finisher among locals individually, placing
second in the 10U 100-meter backstroke in 1 minute, 14.01 seconds
and the 50 backstroke in 35.26 seconds. Lipton was the top seed
heading into the final. He was also third in the 200 individual
medley in 2:46.18, fifth in the 200 freestyle in 2:26.08, the 100
freestyle in 1:08.41 and the 50 free in 31.60. Lipton was part of
the PNS championship 400 medley relay in 5:11.52 and helped the 200
free relay to second place in 2:07.80.
Ashmore helped PNS place second in the 10-U 200 medley relay in
2:23.31, third in the 400 free relay in 4:43.84, third in the 200
free relay in 2:07.93, and sixth in the 400 medley relay in
5:11.11. Individually, Ashmore was fifth in the 50 freestyle in
31.62, 10th in the 50 butterfly in 34.77 and 13th in the 100
freestyle in 1:11.64.
Renninger placed 15th in the 10U 200 freestyle in 2:37.29 and the
200 individual medley in 2:55.52, and 19th in the 50 backstroke in
39.05. He also helped PNS finish eighth in the 400 free relay in
4:57.47, 10th in the 200 free relay in 2:15.47, and 10th in the 400
medley relay in 5:39.57.
Beers finished eighth in the 11-12 division in the 100 free in
1:03.90, and 13th in the 50 fly in 31.63. In the 400 medley relay,
Beers helped PNS place second in 400 medley relay in 4:40.15, third
in the 200 medley relay in 2:07.28, fourth in the 200 free relay in
1:56.52, and fifth in the 400 free relay in 4:17.74.
Stefanski placed 13th in the 11-12 100 breaststroke in 1:20.55 and
the 200 breast in 2:57.62.
Markow placed fourth in the 11-12 50 breast in 34.40, 13th in the
50 back in 33.54, and 14th in the 100 breast in 1:20.72.
Markow also helped the 200 free relay to eighth place in 1:56.73,
and the 400 free relay to a ninth-place finish in 4:22.13.
Wenker placed third in the 11-12 200 free in 2:12.09, fourth in the
50 free in 27.68 sixth in the 50 breast in 35.88, sixth in the 100
free in 1:01.64, seventh in the 200 breast in 2:51.83, and ninth in
the 100 breast in 1:18.32. He was also part of the three winning
relay teams, the 400 free relay that finished in 4:02.94 the 200
free relay in 1:50.41, and the 400 medley relay in 4:29.37. The 200
medley relay placed third in 2:07.36.
Bushey helped the 13-14 400 free relay to a first-place finish in
3:44.36 as well as the 200 free realy in 1:41.42. He finished 14th
in the 13-14 100 free in 56.99.
The Blogstroke Annette Griffus covers swimming, from age-group to high school and the Olympics.
