Long Course Championships: Local Swimmers Win Many State Titles

Swimmers from local Camas and Vancouver clubs broke team records while taking home several state titles at last weekend’s four-day OSI Area Long Course Championships at Mt. Hood Community College.

The athletes have been preparing for months to meet specific times, and many achieved or exceeded those goals.

“We experienced very positive team work with accountability and skill set enforcement,” said Darlene Lumbard, head coach of Columbia River Swim Team (CRST).

Many of her athletes compete for local high schools, including Camas, Heritage, Union, and Mountain View, during the school season. We also covered achievements from the Lacamas Headhunters swim team.

Long Course Championship Results

• 100 Fly: Jaden Kim, Lacamas Headhunters (57.59) State Champion.
• 800 Free: Dave Peddie, CRST (8:43.90) State Champion.
• 13/14 200 IM: Nathan Kim, Lacamas Headhunters (2:17.09) State Champion.
• 13/14 200 Back: Nathan Kim, Lacamas Headhunters (2:15.61) State Champion.
• 13/14 200 IM: Sammy Empey, CRST (2:19.00) State Champion.
• 13/14 50 Free: Sammy Empey, CRST (24.88) State Champion and Futures Cut. This is exceptional!
• 800 Free Relay: Ilia Zablotovskii, Christian Madden, Alex Curran, Dave Peddie, CRST (8:04.02) State Champions.
• 400 Free: Dave Peddie, CRST (4:11.31) State Champion.
• 13/14 100 Fly: Sammy Empey, CRST (58.86) State Champion.
• 12 100 Fly: Steven Empey, CRST (27.40) State Champion.
• 13/14 200 Medley Relay: Sammy Empey, Alex Wendler, Alex Wahlman, Steven, Wu, CRST (1:57.07) State Champions.
• 200 Fly: Christian Madden, CRST (2:14.02) State Champion.
• 13/14 100 Free: Sammy Empey, CRST (53.96) State Champion.
• 100 Free: IIia Zablotovskii, CRST (53.38) State Champion.
• 1500 Free: Dave Peddie, CRST (16:34.70) State Champion.
• 13/14 100 Back: Sammy Empey, CRST (1:01.12) State Champion.
• 13/14 200 Free: Sammy Empey, CRST (2:03.92) State Champion.
• 200 Free: Christian Madden, CRST (1:59.67) State Champion.

Video Coverage

To see video coverage of Dave Peddie, click here: https://youtu.be/HEKpR0YS9Gc

To see video coverage of Jaden Kim, click here: https://youtu.be/KzSMq_heOH8

To see video coverage of Sammy Empey, click here: https://youtu.be/DedfR_n8E-k

To see video coverage of Christian Madden, click here: https://youtu.be/x_zYMSmpDB4

For CRST, their athletes also broke several records during the four-day Long Course Championship meet:

• Alex Wendler set a record in the 100 Breaststroke.
• Sammy Empey set at record in the 50 Free and 200 IM.
• Dave Peddie set a record in the 800 Free.
• The 13/14 Girls set a record in the 800 Free Relay: Maddie Wick, Jean Lim, Jolie Fong, Annette Chang.
• Dave Peddie also broke a 15-year-old record in the 400 Free.
• Sammy Empey set a record in the 100 Fly.
• Annette Chang, Campbell Deringer, Jolie Fong, and Maddie Wick also set a record in the 13/14 Girls 200 Medley Relay.
• Sammy Empey, Alex Wendler, Alex Wahlman, and Steve Wu set a record in the 13/14 200 Medley Relay.
• Sammy Empey broke the 100 Free record.
• The girls also broke the 13/14 200 Free and 400 Free Relay record.
• The boys also broke the 13/14 200 Free Relay record.