Lindbergh diver sets new school record; swimmers from all schools advance to districts

Lindbergh High School's nearly 38-year-old diving record fell this past weekend as sophomore Derek Anderson put up a score of 460.85 points during this past weekend's Seamont League Championships at Hazen Pool.

Lindbergh High School’s nearly 38-year-old diving record fell this past weekend as sophomore Derek Anderson put up a score of 460.85 points during this past weekend’s Seamont League Championships at Hazen Pool.

Anderson’s score tops the previous record, set in 1976, by 47 points and earned him first place on Saturday. The second-place diver finished 120 points behind.

Renton’s Dan Pham finished third and Hazen’s Ethan O’Neal finished fourth in the event, also qualifying for the district meet.

The league meet was won this year by Kennedy Catholic, who finished with a team score of 369 points. Hazen finished second with 326 and Lindbergh came in third with 249.

Swimmers from all three Renton High Schools qualified for this weekend’s district meet, also at Hazen.

Other top individual finishers include:

Hazen’s Sergio Licea-Montes finished second in the 200-yard freestyle, followed by teammate Turner Englehart at third and fellow Highlander Logan Dickman in fifth. Lindbergh’s Dupree Nugent finished fourth.

In the 200-yard individual medley, Connor Broughton and Kien Nquyen, both of Hazen, finished second and fourth while Anthony Vogler of Lindbergh finished fifth.

Hazen’s Nolan Hoover and Lindbergh’s Ben Pogue finished second and third, respectively, in the 50 freestyle.

In the 100 butterfly, Licea-Montes finished second, Hazen’s Derek Wei took third and Nguyen finished sixth.

Lindbergh Iron Man James Buchanan took the top spot in the 100 freestyle, followed by Pogue in third and Renton’s Connor Anselme in sixth.

Renton schools dominated the 500-yard freestyle with Broughton winning the event, Englehart coming in second, Nugent in third and Lindbergh’s Henry Malphrus in fourth and Hazen’s Nichlas Fasano in sixth.

Buchanan also took the top spot in the 100-yard backstroke, follwoed by Hoover in second and Hazen’s Trevor Ofsthus in sixth.

In the 100-yard breaststroke, Wei just out-touched a Kennedy swimmer by less than a second to win the event while Anderson, the diver, finished in fifth.

The district meet begins Friday, at the Hazen Pool.