KING Results and Wrap-Up: Washington Open

KING brought nearly 40 swimmers to the Washington Open meet at KCAC this past weekend. 800+ swimmers competed representing over 45 team from several states. KING finished 5^th overall in team scores, a true team effort for all swimmers who raced in the meet!

Meet Highlights

New Qualifiers

Congratulations to Shah Grewal and Keaton Cannaday for achieving their first Senior Sectional Championship qualifying times. Shah qualified in the Men’s 1000 Freestyle (9:55.54), while Keaton qualified in two events- Women’s 100 Freestyle (53.67) and the 200 IM (2:11.25).

Senior Sectionals is a prestigious meet held every Short Course and Long Course season that features the fastest swimmers from Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Arizona. It is the first step of the USA Swimming Championship meet series that includes the Futures Championships, Winter and Summer Jr. Nationals, and culminates with US Senior Nationals/US Open and Olympic Trials.

All Time Performances

3 KING Swimmers turned in Top 5 all-time team performances at the meet.

• Cota Clise turned in two Top 5 all-time swims for the KING 15-16 Boys age group: 50 Breast (27.17; 5^th all-time) and 200 Breast (2:03.70; 5^th all-time)
• Andrew Coombs also turned in a Top 5 all-time swim for the KING Boys 15-16 Boys age group in the 50 Fly (22.95; 4^th all-time)
• Aiden Hammer put up another Top 5 all-time swim for the KING Boys 15-16 age group in the 200 Fly (1:50.27; 4^th all-time)
• Camden Doane broke into the Top 5 all-time KING swims in the 15-16 girls age group in the 50 Breast (29.78; 2^nd all-time)

Individual Champions

KING had 3 Swimmers place 1^st overall in one or more individual events. This was a fast meet with a lot of depth so placing first overall in an event represents an elite level performance. Swimmers placing first overall included:

• Aiden Hammer (Men’s 1000 Freestyle)
• Camden Doane (Women’s 200 Back, 100 Fly, 200 Fly)
• Andrew Coombs (Men’s 100 Fly)

Individual Point Scorers

KING had 13 swimmers score points individually for the team by placing in the Top 16 in one or more individual events:

• Keaton Cannaday- Women’s 100 Free (16^th), 200 IM (16^th)
• Elayne Chen- Women’s 200 Breast (13^th), 200 Fly (12^th), 400 IM (6^th)
• Sienna Cheng-Lucey- Women’s 100 Back (10^th), 200 Back (8^th)
• Cota Clise- Men’s 200 Free (8^th), 500 Free (9^th), 1000 Free (7^th), 50 Breast (5^th), 200 Breast (2^nd), 200 IM (10^th), 400 IM (4^th)
• Andrew Coombs- Men’s 50 Free (6^th), 100 Free (5^th), 1000 Free (2^nd), 100 Fly (1^st), 200 Fly (4^th), 200 IM (3^rd), 400 IM (5^th)
• Carter Cox- Men’s 100 Back (15^th), 200 Back (9^th)
• Camden Doane- Women’s 200 Free (2^nd), 500 Free (2^nd), 1000 Free (2^nd), 200 Back (1^st), 50 Breast (4^th), 100 Breast (5^th), 200 Breast (2^nd), 100 Fly (1^st), 200 Fly (1^st)
• Veronica Gourley- Women’s 100 Back (13^th), 200 Back (14^th), 50 Breast (3^rd), 100 Breast (8^th), 100 Fly (7^th), 200 Fly (9^th), 400 IM (9^th)
• Shah Grewal- Men’s 1000 Free (13^th)
• Aiden Hammer- Men’s 1000 Free (1^st), 100 Back (11^th), 200 Back (3^rd), 200 Fly (2^nd)
• Dylan Heikkila- Men’s 50 Breast (14^th), 200 IM (13^th)
• Elizabeth Ma- Women’s 400 IM (13^th)
• Conner Skiff- Men’s 200 Fly (14^th) 

100% Best Times

KING had 4 swimmers achieve 100% Best Times across all of their entered individual events:

• Corrina Carras
• Katelyn Carver
• Elayne Chen
• Carter Cox