Swimmers land titles, CCS bids, PRs at WBAL finals

Menlo swimming brought home two league champions, more CCS qualifying times and scores of PRs in the finals of the West Bay Athletic League Championships on Saturday.

In the team competition at Sacred Heart Prep, Menlo’s boys placed third of nine teams and the girls’ team took fourth of 13 teams. Next up is the CCS Championships, which begin with trials on Friday, followed by Saturday’s finals at Hollister High.

The boys 200 medley relay of senior Andrew Tung, juniors Sam Warman, Connor Grant and Ben Kossow won a league championship, coming in at 1:43.55, easily making the CCS cut and beating its closest competitor by nearly three seconds. Grant swam the 50 butterfly split in 22.4.

Grant was the league champion in the 100 butterfly, winning by over 2 seconds in 51.83

The Knights 400 free relay of senior Annika Porteous, and juniors Kenya Cassidy, Scarlett Gamble and Sage Huddleston came in 3:54.03, good for a CCS cut and third place.

The Knights boys 200 free relay made the CCS cut. Again, Grant, Tung, Warman and Kossow combined to finish in 1:32.89 for fourth.

The Knights had a strong showing in boys’ 100 back: Grant took third in another CCS-qualifying time of 56.51 followed closely by junior Alex Boesch, who was fourth in 56.51 in the finals. Brendan Wong won 100 back consolation final. Tung placed fifth in the 100 breast stroke in 1:05.19.

Huddleston was fifth in the girls’ 100 free, .10 from the CCS standard, finishing in 55.49. Porteous finished fifth in the 500 free in 5:35.88

WBAL Finals Qualifiers

Girls

200 Medley Relay – (Jackie Laria, Lya Slater, Hinako Karachiwala, Itzel Salgado Oseguera)

200 free – Annika Porteous

50 free – Sofia Flierl, Kenya Cassidy, Scarlett Gamble

100 free – Sage Huddleston, Kenya Cassidy, Scarlett Gamble, Sofia Flierl

500 free - Annika Porteous, Hinako Karachiwala

200 Free Relay – A (Sage Huddleston, Kenya Cassidy, Scarlett Gamble, Sofia Flierl) and B (Jackie Laria, Lya Slater, Lauren Barg, Itzel Salgado Oseguera)

100 back – Sage Huddleston, Hinako Karachiwala

400 Free Relay – (Kenya Cassidy, Annika Porteous, Scarlett Gamble, Sage Huddleston)

Boys

200 Medley Relay – A (Sam Warman, Andrew Tung, Connor Grant, Ben Kossow) and B (Brendan Wong, Lucas Kawamoto, Alex Stoffel, Calvin Barad)

200 free – Alex Gani, Ben Kossow

200 Individual Medley – Alex Boesch, Andrew Tung, Lucas Kawamoto, Sam Warman

50 free – Jackson Coleman

100 Fly – Connor Grant, Ben Kossow

100 free – Jackson Coleman, Isaiah Lee

500 free - Alex Gani, Patrick Galligan

200 Free Relay – A (Sam Warman, Andrew Tung, Connor Grant, Ben Kossow) and B (Alex Boesh, Cormac Mulloy, Isaiah Lee, Jackson Coleman)

100 back – Connor Grant, Alex Boesch, Brendan Wong

100 breast – Andrew Tung

400 Free Relay – A (Alex Boesch, Cormac Mulloy, Alex Gani, Jackson Coleman and B (Teddy Meeks, Evan Panchula, Connor Burks, Patrick Galligan)