Vikings' Woodbury Finishes 10th In State Competition

The Curtis Vikings were well represented in the 4A state swim and dive championships on Saturday at the King County Aquatic Center Federal Way.

In the B-Final of the 200 IM, freshman Brian Woodbury finished with a time of 2:00.75, which was three and a half seconds better than his preliminary time on Friday. Woodbury finished in second place in the B-Final, good for 10th overall.

Two relay teams swam for the Vikings in the preliminary round on Friday, as Woodbury teamed with Nolan Petersen, Porter Sale and Mac Baker on the 200-medley relay team that swam a 1:46.32 on Friday. 

In the prelims of the 200-free relay, Sale and Baker were joined by Garret Venema and Riley Hess to swim a time of 1:34.59.

Other 4A results

Kamiak took the 4A team title with a score of 240.50, which was a full 70 points ahead of second place finisher Todd Beamer despite not finishing in first in any of the 12 events.

"We overcame some obstacles, these guys did a great job," said Kamiak coach Chris Erickson."These guys really wanted to bring home that big trophy."

The highest finisher for the Knights was sophomore Liam Sosinsky, who came in second place in the 100 breast, earning All-American consideration with a time of 58.35.

Richland finished third at 158, Newport was behind them at 138 while Stanwood and Eastlake ended in a tie with identical team scores of 128.

The individual stars of the 4A meet included Eastlake's Edward Kim, who as a freshman collected two state titles in the 50 free with a time of 21.32 and the 100 free with a time of 45.56, which was fast enough to earn automatic All-American qualification.

"It's a great start to my career and I just want to keep up the good work," said Kim."I just want to keep my goal in mind, do my best every year and practice hard."

Eastlake swim and dive coach Kate McCary, who was named 4A coach of the year, talked about Kim's superb freshman season.

"We can't ask for much more than what he's done," said McCary."The success he's had has really helped the rest of the team, they have definitely fed off of it."

Senior Matthew Roe of Stanwood also collected a pair of state championships by taking the 200 free at 1:42.44 and the 500 free by going out 4:37.78, nearly three full second ahead of second place finisher Cameron Johnson of Roosevelt.