Sequim Gazette staff
Seven down, one to go.
Sequim’s Eric Prosser tallied two more district meet-qualifying swims as he and the Wolves put up a fight before falling to the Klahowya Eagles 91-76 on Jan. 15 in Sequim.
Prosser has now qualified for districts in seven of eight individual swimming events, with just the 100 breaststroke to go — an event he hasn’t competed in yet.
His 200 free time of 2:03.70 won the event last week by nearly 15 seconds and his 500 free mark of 5:47.19 was more than one minute and 15 seconds better than Klahowya’s runner-up, Thomas Walters.
Prosser also helped Sequim’s 200 free relay attain a best time (1:56.23) this year that is just four seconds off of a district qualifying time. Starting the fourth (anchor) leg one-third of a pool length behind, Prosser raced to a 23.78-second split to beat the Eagles’ relay team by about 1.5 seconds.
Christian Goodrich earned personal bests in the 200 free (by 16 seconds) and 100 free (by three seconds), earning second place in the latter event.
Wendall Lorenzen bettered his times in the 200 free by 10 seconds and the 100 breaststroke by six seconds.
“We changed his stroke technique this last week in the breaststroke and it really paid off,” Sequim coach Linda Moats said.
Moats praised newcomer Andrew Hansted, who swam the 500 free for the first time with what the Sequim coach called a “very respectable time” of 7:05.
“His stroke is really smoothing out and I can see the power and efficiency he has,” Moats said. “His future in swimming is very bright.”
Also earning Moats’ praise was Chase Ridgeway, who had a strong finish in the 100 butterfly.
“Going from only being able to swim freestyle with his head out of the water in November to being able to swim the 100 fly today is really a great accomplishment,” Moats said.
Sequim’s Matthew Craig was the lone scoring diver at the meet and earned five- and six-point marks on most of his dives.
“Overall, the boys are swimming well and working hard in practice,” Moats said.
Sequim (0-5) has a bye this week, giving the Wolves a chance to fine-tune some things before their final dual meet at Bremerton Jan. 29.
Sequim competes at a a divisional meet in Port Angeles on Feb. 3 and the West Central District meet, set for Feb. 13-14 at Hazen High School in Renton.
