Aberdeen will be sending five athletes to the state tournament after finishing third as a team at the 2A District 4 Boys Swimming Championships on Saturday at Mark Morris High School.

The Bobcats were led by sophomore Denny Linker and the 200 medley relay team, each earning a trip to the WIAA State Swimming & Diving Championships on Friday and Saturday at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

Linker placed third in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:17.88 to earn a spot on the podium and punch his ticket to the state meet.

The Aberdeen 4×50 medley relay team of sophomore Jacob Hallak, freshman Zeke Olson, senior Zach Parker and Linker earned a spot at state with a time of 1:55.16 to place fourth in the event.

“Denny is one of our hardest workers on the team. To see him qualify for state was a big moment for everyone, especially his teammates who all celebrated the swim in the 200 individual medley,” Aberdeen head coach Rob Burns said. “Also, to learn we picked up an entry for the 200 medley relay is a reward for everyone. All told, this was a great day to be a Bobcat and we will be swimming for another week. This is a bonus and the boys are prepared to perform at the state meet.”

Aberdeen placed third overall with 150 points.

Hockinson won the meet with 278 points with Shelton (226 points, 2nd), Mark Morris (147, 4th) and Fort Vancouver (131, 5th) rounding out the top five.

“I couldn’t be more proud of the effort and the performances the team put in this weekend,” Burns said. “It was a very, very fast meet and this district will have a really good representation at the state meet.”

Results

Men 4×50 Yard Medley Relay

1, Hockinson High School ‘A’ (Liam Dunn 12, Alex Wendler 12, Nathan Chung 12,

Ben Maitland 11), 1:46.23 2A. 2, Shelton High Climbers ‘A’ (Jayden Lovingfoss

11, Tawan Benedict 9, Wyatt Anthis 12, Judah Holzgrove 10), 1:51.54. 3, Mark

Morris High School ‘A’ (Kyle Stanton 12, Pace Berry 11, Ethan Larsen 12, Judah

Ramos 10), 1:52.34. 4, Aberdeen High School ‘A’ (Jacob Hallak 10, Zeke Olson

9, Zach Parker 12, Denny Linker 10), 1:55.16. 5, Ridgefield ‘A’ (Dylan Nguyen

10, Nathan Kim 9, Aiden Jensen 9, Lincoln Swift 9), 1:55.96. 6, Columbia River

High School ‘A’ (Jacob Haarberg 11, Owen Mulholland 10, James Reed Butler 10,

Ko Taketazu 10), 2:03.26. 7, Seton Catholic Prep ‘A’ (Brennen Richardson 10,

Samuel Scardino 12, Colin Graeme 10, Reid Whitmore 12), 2:09.77. 8, Hudson’s

Bay High School ‘A’ (Tyler Bennett 12, Saul Reyes Flores 10, Kaden Mills 11,

Julian Stewart 10), 2:13.04. 9, Fort Vancouver High School ‘A’ (Isaac Dennett

10, Jonas Catton 10, Elyjah Hurd 10, Evan Frank 10), 2:23.29.

Men 200 Yard Freestyle

(A – Final) 1, Ethan Larsen, Mark Morris, 1:58.88. 2, Charlie Morson, Shelton,

2:00.51. 3, Andrew Karr, Shelton, 2:06.45. 4, Braydon Johnson, Fort Vancouver,

2:09.57. 5, Elijah Olson, Aberdeen, 2:15.10. 6, Tylan Anthis, Shelton,

2:23.87. (B – Final) 7, Tyson Powell, Aberdeen, 2:26.69. 8, Jack Smith,

Hockinson, 2:27.02. 9, Julian Stewart, Hudson’s Bay, 2:40.13. 10, Marcus

Paniagua, Aberdeen, 2:40.32. 11, Owen Narvasa, Fort Vancouver, 3:04.50. —,

Lucas Lambert, Seton, DQ.

Men 200 Yard IM

(A – Final) 1, Alex Wendler, Hockinson, 2:12.22. 2, Lincoln Swift, Ridgefield,

2:13.91. 3, Denny Linker, Aberdeen, 2:17.88. 4, Judah Holzgrove, Shelton,

2:18.17. 5, Pace Berry, Mark Morris, 2:24.50. 6, Aiden Jensen, Ridgefield,

2:25.24. (B – Final) 7, Jacob Hallak, Aberdeen, 2:30.74. 8, Coy Carter,

Shelton, 2:38.26. 9, Nolan Cox, Mark Morris, 2:47.07. 10, Jonas Catton, Fort

Vancouver, 2:55.63. 11, Zachary Gillman, Mark Morris, 2:59.21.

Men 50 Yard Freestyle

(A – Final) 1, Parker Dangleis, Hockinson, 21.91! 2A. 2, Tarik Kurta, Fort

Vancouver, 21.97! 2A. 3, Liam Dunn, Hockinson, 22.99. 4, Nathan Chung,

Hockinson, 25.12. 5, Tobias Maitland, Hockinson, 25.25. 6, Reid Whitmore,

Seton, 25.44. (B – Final) 7, Andrew Walczyk, Fort Vancouver, 25.78. 8, Wyatt

Anthis, Shelton, 25.86. 9, Dylan Nguyen, Ridgefield, 25.97. 10, Christian

Paez, Fort Vancouver, 26.63. 11, Ko Taketazu, Columbia River, 27.61. 12, Evan

Frank, Fort Vancouver, 27.87.

Men 100 Yard Butterfly

(A – Final) 1, Tawan Benedict, Shelton, 55.72 2A. 2, Ethan Larsen, Mark

Morris, 57.29. 3, Colin Graeme, Seton, 58.42. 4, Zeke Olson, Aberdeen,

1:02.05. 5, Nathan Chung, Hockinson, 1:02.64. 6, Zach Parker, Aberdeen,

1:04.59. (B – Final) 7, Kaden Mills, Hudson’s Bay, 1:05.25. 8, Wyatt Anthis,

Shelton, 1:06.56. 9, Nolan Cox, Mark Morris, 1:12.78. 10, Jacob Haarberg,

Columbia River, 1:13.01. 11, Jack Smith, Hockinson, 1:14.83. 12, Aiden Jensen,

Ridgefield, 1:16.12.

Men 100 Yard Freestyle

(A – Final) 1, Parker Dangleis, Hockinson, 48.29 2A. 2, Tarik Kurta, Fort

Vancouver, 50.06 2A. 3, Harry Deshazer, Washougal, 52.85. 4, Jayden

Lovingfoss, Shelton, 55.95. 5, Ben Maitland, Hockinson, 56.37. 6, Jorge

Velasco-Losada, Hockinson, 56.67. (B – Final) 7, Tobias Maitland, Hockinson,

58.14. 8, Denny Linker, Aberdeen, 1:00.11. 9, Nathan Kim, Ridgefield, 1:00.38.

10, Christian Paez, Fort Vancouver, 1:01.59. 11, Ko Taketazu, Columbia River,

1:03.91. 12, Judah Ramos, Mark Morris, 1:04.02.

Men 500 Yard Freestyle

(A – Final) 1, Lincoln Swift, Ridgefield, 5:17.92. 2, Kyle Stanton, Mark

Morris, 5:23.81. 3, Braydon Johnson, Fort Vancouver, 5:35.88. 4, Charlie

Morson, Shelton, 5:41.60. 5, Andrew Karr, Shelton, 5:51.20. 6, Reid Whitmore,

Seton, 6:03.69. (B – Final) 7, Coy Carter, Shelton, 6:09.33. 8, Owen

MacDonald, Hockinson, 6:16.59. 9, Elijah Olson, Aberdeen, 6:18.34. 10, Tyson

Powell, Aberdeen, 6:30.02. 11, Tylan Anthis, Shelton, 6:36.94. 12, Brennen

Richardson, Seton, 6:42.20.

Men 4×50 Yard Freestyle Relay

1, Hockinson High School ‘A’ (Nathan Chung 12, Tobias Maitland 12, Jaden

Atchley 11, Parker Dangleis 12), 1:36.79. 2, Fort Vancouver High School ‘A’

(Tarik Kurta 11, Christian Paez 10, Andrew Walczyk 11, Braydon Johnson 10),

1:40.62. 3, Shelton High Climbers ‘A’ (Wyatt Anthis 12, Judah Holzgrove 10,

Andrew Karr 11, Charlie Morson 10), 1:41.27. 4, Ridgefield ‘A’ (Dylan Nguyen

10, Aiden Jensen 9, Nathan Kim 9, Lincoln Swift 9), 1:44.21. 5, Aberdeen High

School ‘A’ (Zeke Olson 9, Jacob Hallak 10, Denny Linker 10, Zach Parker 12),

1:45.81. 6, Seton Catholic Prep ‘A’ (Reid Whitmore 12, Brennen Richardson 10,

Nolan Lambert 11, Colin Graeme 10), 1:48.96. 7, Columbia River High School ‘A’

(Jacob Haarberg 11, Ko Taketazu 10, Hiro Iwata 9, James Reed Butler 10),

1:49.92. 8, Hudson’s Bay High School ‘A’ (Saul Reyes Flores 10, Christian

Sowards 10, Julian Stewart 10, Tyler Bennett 12), 2:06.00. 9, Mark Morris High

School ‘A’ (Nolan Cox 11, Zachary Gillman 11, Brian Beatty 12, Judah Ramos

10), 2:09.15.

Men 100 Yard Backstroke

(A – Final) 1, Liam Dunn, Hockinson, 56.34 2A. 2, Kyle Stanton, Mark Morris,

59.09 2A. 3, Colin Graeme, Seton, 1:02.00. 4, Judah Holzgrove, Shelton,

1:04.75. 5, Dylan Nguyen, Ridgefield, 1:06.89. 6, Jayden Lovingfoss, Shelton,

1:07.44. (B – Final) 7, Jorge Velasco-Losada, Hockinson, 1:06.26. 8, Owen

MacDonald, Hockinson, 1:09.18. 9, Kaden Mills, Hudson’s Bay, 1:10.71. 10,

Jacob Haarberg, Columbia River, 1:11.57. 11, Jacob Hallak, Aberdeen, 1:13.36.

12, Nathan Kim, Ridgefield, 1:15.25.

Men 100 Yard Breaststroke

(A – Final) 1, Alex Wendler, Hockinson, 1:03.72 2A. 2, Tawan Benedict,

Shelton, 1:05.33 2A. 3, Harry Deshazer, Washougal, 1:06.12. 4, Pace Berry,

Mark Morris, 1:08.17. 5, Zeke Olson, Aberdeen, 1:12.33. 6, Jaden Atchley,

Hockinson, 1:14.64. (B – Final) 7, Andrew Walczyk, Fort Vancouver, 1:14.37. 8,

Cole Nylander, Aberdeen, 1:23.95. 9, Judah Ramos, Mark Morris, 1:26.93. —,

Owen Mulholland, Columbia River, DQ.

Men 4×100 Yard Freestyle Relay

1, Hockinson High School ‘A’ (Liam Dunn 12, Tobias Maitland 12, Ben Maitland

11, Parker Dangleis 12), 3:33.32 2A. 2, Shelton High Climbers ‘A’ (Charlie

Morson 10, Andrew Karr 11, Jayden Lovingfoss 11, Tawan Benedict 9), 3:43.72.

3, Mark Morris High School ‘A’ (Ethan Larsen 12, Nolan Cox 11, Pace Berry 11,

Kyle Stanton 12), 3:48.20. 4, Fort Vancouver High School ‘A’ (Braydon Johnson

10, Tarik Kurta 11, Christian Paez 10, Andrew Walczyk 11), 3:48.90. 5,

Aberdeen High School ‘A’ (Jacob Natwick 11, Marcus Paniagua 12, Austin Weiss

11, Elijah Olson 11), 4:21.41. 6, Hudson’s Bay High School ‘A’ (Tyler Bennett

12, Julian Stewart 10, Saul Reyes Flores 10, Kaden Mills 11), 4:26.27. 7,

Columbia River High School ‘A’ (Gabe Reyes 9, Nico Ricardo 10, Gonzalo Lopez

11, Spencer Lane 11), 4:35.79.

Men – Team Rankings

1, Hockinson, 278. 2, Shelton, 226. 3, Aberdeen, 150. 4, Mark Morris, 147. 5, Fort Vancouver,

131. 6, Ridgefield, 100. 7, Seton Catholic, 75. 8, Columbia River. 56. 9, Hudson’s Bay , 53. 10, Washougal, 24. 

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL

Ridgefield 61, Aberdeen 54

Aberdeen’s season came to an end after suffering a 61-54 overtime loss to Ridgefield in a 2A District 4 Tournament elimination game on Monday at Tumwater High School.

Aberdeen (14-7 overall) trailed 24-22 at the half and managed to tie the game at 41-all at the end of the third quarter thanks to junior Jaylynn Phimmasone and senior Maddie Gore, who scored seven and six points apiece in the frame, respectively.

With the Bobcats up 51-50 in the final 30 seconds of the game, a Bobcats foul led to Ridgefield’s Morgan Goode converting 1 of 2 free throws with seven seconds left on the clock to send the game to overtime.

In the extra period, Ridgefield’s Elizabeth Swift hit back-to-back threes that turned out to be the difference as the Bobcats only managed three points in overtime.

Gore led Aberdeen with 16 points to go along with five rebounds, three assists and two steals to cap a senior season in which she averaged 21.2 points per game.

Annie Troeh (12 points, 4 steals, 2 rebounds) and Jaylynn Phimmasone (11 points, 2 rebounds) also scored in double figures for the Bobcats.

“We didn’t get as far as I wanted but I’m very proud of our 14-win season,” Aberdeen head coach Rachel Wenzel said after guiding the Bobcats to their second-straight berth in the district tournament. “Our program will have a huge hole with Maddie Gore leaving and the leadership of Litzy Orona, but other girls have stepped up this year and I am optimistic that the program will keep moving forward next year.”

Ridgefield 15 9 17 10 10 – 61

Aberdeen 10 12 19 10 3 – 54

Scoring: Aberdeen – Yakovich 5, A. Troeh 12, Z. Troeh 6, Hood 4, Phimmasone 11, Gore 16. Ridgefield – Wilson 13, Swift 17, Wingerd 2, Goode 7, Chatman 14, Larson 4.

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Lower Columbia 93, Grays Harbor 55

Grays Harbor college remains winless on the season after suffering a 93-55 loss to Lower Columbia on Saturday in Aberdeen.

GHC (0-12, 0-9 NWAC West) trailed 43-28 at the half and shot 41.5% from the field on 22-of-53 shooting, including 3 of 21 from beyond the arc (14.3%).

Jihad Watson led the Chokers with 24 points.

Grays Harbor will face Pierce at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Aberdeen.

Lower Columbia 42 50 – 93

Grays Harbor 28 27 – 55

Scoring: LCC – Steward 21, Horn 19, Hardy 15, Royal III 12, Morris 10, Zeller 6, Harvey 5, McCoy 3, Leitz 2. GHC – Watson 24, Hardie 7, Smith 7, McIntosh 6, Pisani 4, Rudolph 3, Alessi 2, Dineen 2.

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Lower Columbia 76, Grays Harbor 55

Grays Harbor dug itself a first-half hole it couldn’t get out of in a 76-55 loss to Lower Columbia College on Saturday in Aberdeen.

The Chokers (2-16, 1-6 NWAC West) fell behind 16-4 after the first quarter and trailed by 22 points at halftime, but had a much more respectable second half, outscoring LCC 40-39 over the final two quarters.

GHC was led by Aberdeen alum Abby Martinez, who scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds.

Elizabeth Serna, Sheridan Green and Aaliyah Hill scored 10 points apiece for the Chokers.

GHC will host Pierce College at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

Lower Columbia 16 21 16 23 – 76

Grays Harbor 4 11 20 20 – 55

Scoring: LCC – Swan 23, Forner 19, Soakai 12, Larson 5, Mace 5, Wachmann 5, McCallum 4, Alley 3. GHC – Martinez 18, Serna 10, Green 10, Hill 10, H. Dennison 5, S. Dennison 2.