A pair of talented sophomores led the way for Renton swimmers at the 3A state swim and dive meet Feb. 18-20.
Renton’s Steve Sholdra and Liberty’s Logan Briggs took second and third respectively in the 500 freestyle, for the Renton-area’s highest finishes.
As a team, Liberty finished highest in 10th, with 89 points. Hazen took 11th with 73 points. Renton earned 19th and scored 26 points.
Event-by-event breakdown of how Renton’s swimmers did:
200 medley relay
Liberty finished ninth in the finals (Luke Duschl, Shunya Asano, Austin Briggs, Logan Briggs).
Hazen took tenth (Chase Onstot, Nathan Tat, Alex Klemetsen, Emoniel Isakharov), finishing 1.67 seconds behind Liberty.
Renton finished 17th in the preliminaries (Aslan DaVault, Andrew Vu, Steve Sholdra, Jacky Tran), 0.42 seconds away from making the finals.
200 freestyle
Logan Briggs placed sixth in the finals with a time of 1:44.96. Just 0.30 seconds separated the sophomore from fourth place.
Onstot finished 22nd in the preliminaries.
200 IM
Duschl finished 14th in the finals.
50 freestyle
Austin Briggs finished 16th in the finals.
One-meter dive
Klemetsen took sixth in the finals, earning a score of 277.50.
Liberty’s Cameron Kaulia finished 22nd in preliminaries.
100 freestyle
Tat placed 11th in the finals.
Austin Briggs finished 13th in the finals.
500 freestyle
Sholdra took second in the finals, finishing 3.35 seconds behind the state champion.
Logan Briggs earned third in the finals, 2.11 seconds behind Sholdra.
Onstot took 20th in preliminaries.
Renton’s Steve Sholdra competes in the finals 0f the 500-yard freestyle event during the WIAA 3A boys state swim and dive championships at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way on Saturday.
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200 freestyle relay
Hazen finished seventh in the finals (Tat, Tommy Truong, Isakharov, Onstot).
Liberty placed 20th in the preliminaries (Asano, Kaulia, Tucker Watts, Hayden Meriwether).
Liberty’s Logan Briggs competes in the finals 0f the 500-yard freestyle event during the WIAA 3A boys state swim and dive championships at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way on Saturday.
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100 backstroke
Duschl placed ninth in the finals.
100 breaststroke
Tat took fifth in the finals, 0.06 seconds behind fourth place.
Sholdra earned ninth in the finals.
Liberty’s Raymond Ha placed 20th in the preliminaries.
400 freestyle relay
Liberty finished 10th in the finals (Logan Briggs, Kevin Hays, Austin Briggs, Duschl).
Hazen finished 16th in the finals (Klemetsen, Isakharov, Truong, Corbin Kozai).
