Camas Boys Swim Team Wins Wednesday’s Dual; Preps For Kelso Meets

Lacamas Athletic Club, Camas, WA — The Papermaker swim team hosted Battle Ground and Prairie High Schools at Wednesday’s dual meet, beating the competition but acknowledging they have more work to do, as a team, before next week’s Kelso meets.

They also made other news Wednesday: Camas has now qualified three relays for State, as well as Eric Wu in the 200m IM and 100m Back. Mark Kim also made a State cut in the 50m Free, and Jaden Kim in the 100 Fly.

“We’re adjusting after winter break,” said Camas co-captain, Finn McClone. “We didn’t look as good as we should. We’re in recovery from lack of winter training, although a few of us did double duty over the break.”

McClone, Eric Wu, and Dave Peddie put in extra swim training over the holidays to stay on track.

“As a team, we really need to fine tune our strokes,” said Wu. “And, Dave Peddie is an absolute workhorse. He’s very motivated, and he’s inspirational. We’ll be ready for the bigger meets.”

Plus, the boys tried something new Wednesday — Zach Macia sang the National Anthem as Jaden Kim and Dave Peddie held up the American flag.

“It was my own rendition,” said Macia. “I was inspired by Jake, Landon, and Luke to do it.”

Getting ready for the National Anthem. From left: Jaden Kim, Zach Macia, and Dave Peddie.

Swim Event Results

200m Medley Relay

• 1st Place: Camas — Chris Xia, Jaden Kim, Eric Wu, Mark Kim (1:54.54)
• 2nd Place: Battle Ground — Alex Curran, Marcelo Lombardi, Sam Anderson, Seth Colpitts (1:56.35)
• 3rd Place: Camas — Josef Kiesenhofer, Dave Peddie, Jack Harris, Ben Taylor (2:06.17)

200m Free Relay

• 1st Place: Finn McClone, Camas (2:02.28)
• 2nd Place: Austin Fogel, Camas (2:09.05)
• 3rd Place: Junha Lee (2:13.16)

200m IM

• 1st Place: Eric Wu, Camas (2:15.12)
• 2nd Place: Alex Curran, Battle Ground (2:25.30)
• 3rd Place: Chris Xia, Camas (2:26.16)

50m Free

• 1st Place: Mark Kim, Camas (25.05)
• 2nd Place: Marcelo Lombardi, Battle Ground  (25.60)
• 3rd Place: Ben Taylor, Camas (27.14)

50 Free Start.

100m Fly

• 1st Place: Ben Jones, Prairie (54.94)
• 2nd Place: Cameron Barnes, Battle Ground (56.14)
• 3rd Place: Jaden Kim, Camas (59.06)

100m Free

• 1st Place: Marcelo Lombardi, Battle Ground (56.94)
• 2nd Place: Sam Anderson, Battle Ground (57.78)
• 3rd Place: Junha Lee, Camas (58.80)

400m Free

• 1st Place: Chris Xia, Camas (4:38.89)
• 2nd Place: Colton Sadler, Prairie (5:01.08)
• 3rd Place: Drew Forstrom, Battle Ground (5:25.41)

200m Free Relay

• 1st Place: Battle Ground — Sam Anderson, Seth Colpitts, Alex Curran, Marcelo Lombardi (1:46.98)
• 2nd Place: Camas — Austin Fogel, Ben Taylor, Luke Bales, Junha Lee (1:47.82)
• 3rd Place: Prairie — Colton Sadler, Chase Clary, Nathan Tuck, Ben Jones (2:05.62)

Camas Co-Captain Finn McClone.

100m Back

• 1st Place: Eric Wu, Camas (1:02.57)
• 2nd Place: Alex Curran, Battle Ground (1:04.01)
• 3rd Place: Isaiah Ross, Washougal (1:06.24)

100m Breast

• 1st Place: Austin Fogel, Camas (1:12.81)
• 2nd Place: Mark Kim, Camas (1:14.41)
• 3rd Place: Sam Anderson, Battle Ground (1:22.80)

400m Free Relay

• 1st Place: Camas — Mark Kim, Austin Fogel, Finn McClone, Luke Bales (4:02.28)
• 2nd Place: Prairie — Ben Jones, Nathan Tuck, Chase Clary, Colton Sadler (4:06.20)
• 3rd Place: Camas — Jack Harris, Junha Lee, Josef Kiesenhofer, Dave Peddie (4:23.84)

Swim Meet Gallery

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