Before Sequim even dipped a toe into the William Shore Memorial Pool in Port Angeles, they found themselves on the wrong end of a numbers game.

But Sequim coach Linda Moats found a silver lining or two in Sequim’s 143-37 loss to the Roughriders on Dec. 11.

“We couldn’t really compete against Port Angeles’ 20 swimmers and many divers, but we had fun and many of our team improved in their events,” Moats said.

Eric Prosser edged closer to a state automatic qualifying time in the 100 free with a 54.78 mark, Sequim’s lone victory in the meet and a two-second personal best for the SHS senior.

Prosser also helped Sequim’s 200 medley relay improve by eight seconds over last week’s mark with a 28.98 fly split time while Christian Goodrich contributed in a big way with a 29.74 split for the freestyle leg.

Goodrich also dropped 10 seconds off his best backstroke time.

“He is looking smooth in the water,” Moats said of Goodrich.

Moats also noted that Brandon Grow is showing good form in the long distance events and dropped seven seconds off his 100 fly from last week’s meet.

Sequim’s lone diver, Adrian Gonzalez, competed for the first time on the varsity level and finished fourth with 117.15 points.

“I talked with him about his dives before he dove and he was worried about several of them,” Moats said. “A 117.15 for six dives as a rookie is quite respectable. We’re all proud of him.”

Sequim’s 200 medley relay of Gonzalez, Grow, Prosser and Jake Armstrong bettered their time by 13 seconds in one week.

Sequim (0-2) hosts Olympic on Dec. 18 before the team’s winter break. The Wolves return to the pool with a Jan. 7 home meet against North Kitsap.