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| S'side Sharks bounce Barracudas, 692-120 |
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 | | Photo by Rod Smith/Daily Sun News | | Brad Luff of Sunnyside dives into the pool at the start of the boys 14&U, 50-meter butterfly race. Luff raced to a second place finish, behind teammate Jacob Hollander. |
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By Bob Story
It was over before last night's swim meet fully got underway. The host Sunnyside Sharks claimed one of the most lopsided victories ever in Mid-Valley Summer Swim League action, defeating the visiting Naches Barracudas by a 692-120 score.
Sunnyside's swimmers chalked up an incredulous 71 victories, compared to the mere three wins Naches collected.
The overwhelming defeat of the Barracudas upped the Sharks' league record to 5-0 on the season. Next up for the Sunnyside swimmers is a meet in the Prosser pool against the Piranhas tonight (Thursday). The Sharks, swimming in their home pool, edged Prosser by just 10 points in their league opener back on June 15.
Last night, the Barracudas had little to take back with them to Naches from the pounding the Sharks administered. The Barracudas' only real highlights came in the girls 8&U division, where Lexi St. Martin picked up a win in the 50-meter freestyle and Naches teammate Kaley Roberts sped to victory in the 50-backstroke. The only other win Naches came away with was Sienna Nelson's victory in the girls 10&U 50-meter breaststroke race.
Sunnyside had its usual performances from the complement of swimmers who dominate their age divisions meet in and meet out-athletes like Brittany Broersma, Toni Marie Castillo, Katie Knee, Rachelle Durfey, Fox Rodriguez, Tad Tyhuis, Tim Stiteler, Cristian Vargas, Jacob Hollander and Travis Anctil. But Sunnyside also picked up a few wins from Sharks who don't regularly come out on top.
Two of those wins came from petite Heidi Vergara, a girls 8&U competitor, who clipped teammate Kalie Bestebreur by six and a half seconds for top honors in the 50-butterfly, and who won by nearly seven seconds over Roberts of Naches in the 50-breaststroke.
Two more rare victories were earned by girls 14&U swimmers Megan Schlenker and Joslyn Ahumada. Schlenker was the clear victor in the 50-butterfly, beating her closest opponent by 2.65 seconds. Ahumada's win came in the 50-breaststroke, in which she defeated the runner-up-teammate Alissa Martin-by nearly seven-tenth's of a second. Martin, though, won the three other races in that age division.
Sunnyside's Kaitlyn Broersma prevented her teammate Knee from sweeping the girls 16&U races by picking up a nearly four-tenth's of a second margin of victory over Knee in the 50-breaststroke. Broersma added a pair of second place finishes and a third place showing to her night's work, as well as being on both winning relay teams in her age division.
Alexander Henry and Sam Bardell also got into the act last night, as the two Sharks made a clean sweep of it for Sunnyside in the boys 16&U races. Henry was a four-time winner in the individual races, with Bardell earning his victory in the 50-backstroke.
The Sharks and the number of team points they earned for Sunnyside last night in the individual races follow:
Girls 8&U
Heidi Vergara - 17 points, Kalie Bestebreur - 4 points, Summer Hazzard - 2 points, Sarah Hollander - 2 points, Kaitlyn Banks - 2 points.
Girls 10&U
Brittany Broersma - 28 points, Madi Marquez - 10 points, Natalie Hernandez - 4 points, Payton Sample - 2 points, Maxine Schademan - 2 points, Katelyn Hazzard - 1 point.
Girls 12&U
Toni Marie Castillo - 30 points, Marisa Broersma - 16 points, Tara Van Corbach - 2 points, Alex Newhouse - 2 points, Hannah Hollander - 1 point.
Girls 14&U
Alissa Martin - 22 points, Joslyn Ahumada - 14 points, Megan Schlenker - 12 points, Kelley Bridges - 6 points, Jackie Rodriguez - 2 points, Danielle Newhouse - 1 point, Analisa Van Oostrum - 1 point, Leslie Schilperoort - 1 point.
Girls 16&U
Katie Knee - 28 points, Kaitlyn Broersma - 16 points, Molly Dolan - 11 points, Megan Tyler - 5 points.
Girls 18&U
Rachelle Durfey - 30 points, Crystal Moore - 12 points, Bailey Morris - 6 points.
Boys 8&U
Fox Rodriguez - 24 points, Zack Spidle - 12 points, Gabriel Saenz - 2 points, Tavian Valenzuela - 2 points, Bryce Murphy - 1 point, Carlo Rodriguez - 1 point.
Boys 10&U
Tad Tyhuis - 30 points, Austin Garza - 18 points, Joel Martin - 6 points, Cameron Schlenker - 3 points, Alex Perez - 2 points, Ethan Partch - 2 points, Isiah Rodriguez - 2 points, Trajen Frank - 1 point, Christopher Martin - 1 point.
Boys 12&U
Tim Stiteler - 26 points, Cristian Vargas - 24 points, Grant Stutesman - 4 points, Giovanni Rodriguez - 4 points, Tyler Weddle - 1 point.
Boys 14&U
Jacob Hollander - 30 points, Aaron Henry - 8 points, Brad Luff - 5 points, Edgar Vargas - 4 points, Matt Hatfield - 2 points.
Boys 16&U
Alexander Henry - 25 points, Sam Bardell - 10 points, Jakob Anderson - 10 points.
Boys 18&U
Travis Anctil - 30 points, Zile Wagner - 16 points, David Knee - 14 points. |
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