The Papermakers had a great first day at the District Swim Meet on Thursday at Kelso High School as their efforts paid off with qualifying times heading into Saturday’s finals in Kelso.

Camas has qualified 18 out of 22 swimmers for finals. The 200 Medley Relay set a new pool… record and qualified for state going 1:41.28. Relay members were Lucas Ulmer, Jake Yraceburu, Nick Kabel & John Utas. Nick Langer, Nick Panebianco, Max Urbanek and Seth Albert also qualified for finals in the 200 free.

In the 200 IM Kasey Caldwell, Lucas Ulmer, Ian Ulmer, Jeffery Lee, Nicholas Burton and Xinyang Chen qualified for finals. Kasey Calwell qualified for State, as well. In the 50 free qualifying for finals and State were Nick Kabel, John Utas, Jake Yraceburu. Also qualifing for finals were Trent Harimoto, Joey Stitzel & Alistair Graham.

Kabel set a new pool record in the 50 free.

In the 100 butterfly Nick Kabel qualified for state, and also qualifying for finals were Trent Harimoto, Xyangyang Yan, Joey Wunderlich. In the 100 free John Utas, Alistair Graham, Joey Stitzel, Alec Geenty qualified for finals.

In the 500 free qualifying for finals are Max Urbanek, Nicholas Panebianco, Seth Albert, Xiangyang Yan, & Austin Alling. In the 100 back Lucas Ulmer, Nick Langer, Jeffery Lee & Nicholas Burton qualified for finals. In the 100 breast Jake Yraceburu and Kasey Calwell qualified for State; and Ian Ulmer, Joey Wunderlich & XinYang Chen qualified for finals. Camas 200 free & 400 free relays are seated first.

Information provided by Marcia Johnson, of CHS Athletics.

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In the above photo, from left to right: John Utas, Lucas Ulmer, Jake Yraceburu, and Nick Kabel set a new pool record in the 200 Medley Relay and qualified for state going 1:41.28.

In the 100 free John Utas, Alistair Graham (pictured above), Joey Stitzel, Alec Geenty qualified for finals.