Columbia River Swim Team to Compete at Summer Blast #2 This Weekend

Other CRST team members placing in the top 16 were:

• Max Dolbinin 4th 100 free (47.25) and 5th 50 free (21.50)
• Andrew Chang 8th 100 fly (53.23) and 12th 200 IM (2:00.15)
• Kai Johnson 15th 100 breast (1:00.63)
• Daniel Brown 13th 100 free (51.49)

CRST swimmers compete at Mt. Hood Community College last summer.

Winter Swim Competitions

In March, Sammy Empey and Nick Wahlman both won Age Group Sectional Titles this past weekend at the King County Aquatic Center.  Sammy won the 11 year old 50 Free (25.85), 50 Fly (28.11) and the 100 Fly (1:00.91).  Nick won the 13 year old 100 Breast (1:01.73), new team record.  Sammy was also 2nd in the 100 IM (1:05.30), 3rd in the 100 Free (57.27) and 7th 100 Back (1:05.17).

Others placing in the top 8 were Annette Chang 11 year old 100 Free 5th (58.11) and Daniel Brown 15-18 year old 50 Free 6th (22.72).

The relay team of Daniel Brown, Liam Johnson, Christian Madden and Andrey Khabibrakhmanov were 3rd in the 15-18 200 Free Relay and 8th in the 200 Medley Relay.

Other waveriders competing were Steven Wu, Justin Xue, Maddy Wick, Alexia Bravo and Paeton Lesser.

Competing at Mt. Hood Community College last summer.

Other CRST swimmers Sammy Empey, Justin Xue and Nick Wahlman all won Oregon Swimming State Titles in February at Tualatin Hills Swim Complex.  The Waveriders swam outstanding scoring 275 points and finishing 9th out of 31 teams.

Both Justin and Nick set multiple team records.  Below are CRST swimmers who finished in the top 10 individual events:

Annette Chang-8th 200 IM (2:28.53), 3rd 100 fly (1:06.95), 4th 100 back (1:07.68), 2nd 200 free (2:09.57), 4th 50 fly (29.17) and 2nd 100 free (57.93).

Dominic Colletto-8th 100 back (1:11.13) and 10th 100 IM (1:16.16).

Sammy Empey-1st 50 free (26.12), 1st 100 fly (1:05.25), 2nd 50 back (30.65), 2nd 100 IM (1:06.48), 1st 50 fly (28.90) and 3rd 100 free (58.70).

Meredith Grimshaw-9th 50 breast (35.90).

Paeton Lesser- 5th 500 free (5:30.11), 8th 200 free (2:01.33) and 8th 100 (56.26).

Alex Wahlman-7th 500 free (6:09.02), 4th 200 IM (2:33.10), 3rd 50 breast (36.93),4th 100 breast (1:20.15) and 9th 100 free (1:03.85).

Nick Wahlman-2nd 200 IM (2:07.17), 4th 500 free (5:12.42), 2nd 400 IM (4:35.17), 2nd 200 breast (2:19.33 Team Record), 1st 100 breast (1:02.30 Team Record) and 5th 200 fly (2:14.27).

Madison Wick- 7th 50 back (31.25).

Steven Wu-2nd 50 breast (36.81)

Justin Xue- 2nd 50 back (28.17 Team Record), 3rd 200 IM (2:13.43 Team Record), 2nd 50 free (24.35 Team Record), 1st 100 breast (1:05.12 Team Record), 7th 50 Fly (27.76) and 5th 100 free (55.85).

To learn more, visit www.crstwaveriders.org