The Sehome High School boys swimming team proved that Mariners are good in the water. They not only won the 2A State Swimming Championship, but did so in a dominating fashion.
Last Saturday, Sehome swimmers won eight of the 12 events in the meet. To show the dominance of the Mariners, their team score of 142 was more than double that of the second place team (Aberdeen at 62).
This was actually the third state title in swimming for Sehome. They won back-to-back titles in 1986 and 1987.
The team was lead by a pair of fish. Fish that is. The brother team of Austin and Justin Fish lead the 200 medley team, with Scott Carlyle and Evan Schmidt, to a time of 1:41.59. That set the meet record for the event.
Alex Thon soon followed suit by winning the 100 freestyle in 49.55 seconds. Sophomore Nick Hutchinson added another first by earning 334.90 points in the dive.
But the swimmer of the meet was Austin Fish (he actually shared the title of 2A Swimmer of the Meet with two others). Austin won three golds at the meet, the 200 relay, the 400 relay and 100 breaststroke. He almost added fourth in the 200 individual medley, but lost by half a second. Never the less three golds and a silver is an impressive feat for anyone. Let alone a sophomore.
We'll be seeing more of this kid for at least the next two years.
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