Eleven swimmers from the greater White Salmon area helped the Hood River Valley Swim Team capture boys and girls team titles at the May 17-18 Spring Sprinter at the Hood River Aquatic Center.
Anna Anderson of Snowden and Mariah Rawding of Husum each won all five of her events, helping the HRVST girls amass 948.5 points in the 11-team competition.
Anderson scored her victories in the 200-meter individual medley, 100 freestyle, 100 breast stroke, 100 butterfly and 1500 freestyle in the 15-and-over age group.
Rawding competed in the 11-12 class and recorded first-place finishes in the 50 freestyle, 50 breast stroke, 50 backstroke, 50 butterfly and 1500 freestyle. She finished with four personal records and four Oregon `A' meet qualifying times.
In the boys meet, HRVST racked up 1325 points. Its top finishers from the local area were brothers Scott and Matthew Bergstrom, Snowden; each won two events.
Scott Bergstrom, who posted four personal records and five `A' times on the day, was first to the wall in the 100 butterfly and 1500 freestyle for 13- to 14-year-olds. Matthew Bergstrom, in `A' meet qualifying times, took first in the 50 freestyle and 50 buttefly in the 11-12 grouping.
2008 HOOD RIVER
SPRING SPRINTER
Distances in meters
May 17,
Hood River Aquatic Center
(-) = Improvement
GIRLS TEAM SCORING
Hood River Valley Swim Team, 948.5; Rose City Aquatic Club, 552; Cascade Aquatic Club, 391.5; Columbia-Willamette YMCA, 386; Lake Oswego Swim Club, 326.5; Mt. Hood Swim Team, 283; Oregon City Swim Team, 281.5; The Dalles Swim Team, 260; Farber Swim School, 131; Unattached, 67; Poseidon Aquatic Club, 49; Madras Swim Team, 48.
LOCAL PLACERS' RESULTS
Anna Anderson:
1, 15-over 200 individual medley (IM), 2:38.69 (-12.09) [Oregon `B' qualifying time]. 1, 15-over 100 freestyle, 1:04.33 (-3.92) [Oregon `B' qualifying time]. 1, 15-over 100 breast stroke, 1:22.99 (-3.96) [Oregon `B' qualifying time]. 1, 15-over 100 butterfly, 1:11.72 [Oregon `B' qualifying time]. 1, 15-over 1500 freestyle, 20:46.68 [Oregon `B' qualifying time].
Aidan Liddiard:
10, 9-10 100 IM, 2:06.76. 18, 9-10 50 freestyle, 51.10. 12, 9-10 50 breast stroke, 1:01.98 (-7.58).
Sierra Linden:
18, 11-12 50 freestyle, 38.94. 10, 11-12 50 breast stroke, 50.91. 25, 11-12 50 backstroke, 55.54.
Mariah Rawding:
1, 11-12 50 freestyle, 31.35 (-1.43) [Oregon `A' qualifying time]. 1, 11-12 50 breast stroke, 39.40 (-9.31) [Oregon `A' qualifying time]. 1, 11-12 50 backstroke, 35.53 (-1.25) [Oregon `A' qualifying time]. 1, 11-12 50 butterfly, 35.26 (-2.15) [Oregon `A' qualifying time]. 1, 11-12 1500 freestyle, 21:36.22 [Oregon `B' qualifying time].
Erika Winner:
6, 11-12 50 freestyle, 34.99 (-6.78) [Oregon `B' qualifying time]. 7, 11-12 50 breast stroke, 50.27 (-7.36). 9, 11-12 50 backstroke, 43.59 (-8.58) [Oregon `B' qualifying time]. 14, 11-12 50 butterfly, 47.14. 2, 11-12 1500 freestyle, 25:11.14.
BOYS TEAM SCORING
Hood River Valley Swim Team, 1325; Cascade Aquatic Club, 388; Columbia-Willamette YMCA, 362; Lake Oswego Swim Club, 294; Oregon City Swim Team, 279; The Dalles Swim Team, 224; Rose City Aquatic Club, 181; Farber Swim School, 137; Mt. Hood Swim Team, 135; Poseidon Aquatic Club, 99; Unattached, 74; Madras Swim Team, 16.
LOCAL PLACERS' RESULTS
Matthew Bergstrom:
1, 11-12 50 freestyle, 33.36 [Oregon `A' qualifying time]. 2, 11-12 50 backstroke, 41.38 (-2.29) [Oregon `B' qualifying time]. 1, 11-12 50 butterfly, 37.72 (-1.32) [Oregon `A' qualifying time]. 2, 11-12 1500 freestyle, 24:41.83.
Scott Bergstrom:
2, 13-14 200 IM, 2:33.37 (-15.92) [Oregon `A' qualifying time]. 2, 13-14 100 freestyle, 1:02.90 (-3.34) [Oregon `A' qualifying time]. 2, 13-14 100 breast stroke, 1:25.46 (-36.87) [Oregon `A' qualifying time]. 1, 13-14 100 butterfly, 1:07.97 (-7.22) [Oregon `A' qualifying time]. 1, 13-14 1500 freestyle, 18:12.34 [Oregon `A' qualifying time].
Davis Melkonian:
4, 7-8 100 IM, 2:11.35 [Oregon `B' qualifying time]. 3, 7-8 25 breast stroke, 33.84. 3, 7-8 25 backstroke, 25.81 (-16.39) [Oregon `B' qualifying time]. 1, 7-8 50 butterfly, 1:16.17.
Micah Melkonian:
2, 9-10 50 freestyle, 38.43 (-5.28) [Oregon `B' qualifying time]. 2, 9-10 50 breast stroke, 49.41 (-7.72) [Oregon `A' qualifying time]. 2, 9-10 50 backstroke, 44.74 (-4.92) [Oregon `B' qualifying time].
Blake Winner:
22, 9-10 50 freestyle, 46.99 (-26.64). 16, 9-10 50 breast stroke, 1:02.75. 23, 9-10 50 backstroke, 58.83. 12, 9-10 50 butterfly, 1:16.57.
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