Sequim Gazette staff
In their final regular season meet of the 2014-2015 season, several Sequim swimmers inched closer to postseason-qualifying marks.
As for Sequim’s diving crew, they got a change in responsibilities.
Damage to Bremerton YMCA’s pool diving board pedestal kept Sequim divers Matthew Craig and Adrian Gonzalez from any dives so they wound up swimming in two individual events each in the Wolves’ 108-60 loss to the Knights on Jan. 29.
Sequim senior Eric Prosser continued his pursuit of state meet-qualifying times, trimming more than two seconds off his 200 individual medley mark (2:14) and he is about two seconds from a state berth in the event.
Prosser tallied a personal best in the breaststroke by 0.11 seconds and has now qualified for every individual district meet event. He helped Sequim’s 200 medley relay start the meet strong with a 2:18, swimming a 27.98-second butterfly leg, and churned through his 200 free relay leg in 23.96 seconds — his second-best split this season — to help the team (Prosser, brother Charlie Prosser, Christian Goodrich and Chase Ridgway) earn a season-best mark of 1:55.28.
“The other swimmers didn’t swim their best 50 times, so I expect they still could qualify for districts in this event,” Sequim coach Linda Moats said.
In the 200 free, Sequim’s Brandon Grow set a personal best by 11 seconds to place second and Gonzalez dropped three seconds off his previous best. In the same event, Craig, one of Sequim’s divers, earned a solid 3:01 mark — five seconds off of third place — despite not swimming at any practice during the season.
Sequim’s Wendall Lorenzen broke the 30-second mark in the 50 free — a three-second personal best for the season — and shed 33 seconds from his 500 free mark as he pursues a district meet-qualifying time.
Goodrich dropped 24 seconds off his 100 butterfly time and set a personal best in the 100 backstroke.
Sequim (0-6) was slated to compete in a divisional meet in Port Angeles on Feb. 3 — results were not available at press time.
Qualifying Sequim swimmers and divers compete at the West Central District meet Feb. 13-14 at Hazen High School in Renton. The class 2A state meet is Feb. 20-21 at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.
