2/18/2022
(Federal Way, WA) On Thursday the WIAA presented the State Diving Championships. Normally the diving championships would be part of the 2 day swim meet but with Covid restrictions they moved diving to its own day. We’re not sure but possibly this may be a permanent move, the Diving portion went exceptionally well.
Below are the official results of all 3 meets with pictures and some video clips as well.
2A Diving Championships
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Anacortes swept the top 2 spots with Zephy Blee upsetting top qualifier and teammate Fletcher Olson. Blee just never turned in a bad or even sub-par dive hitting all 11 and winning by nearly 30 points. Olson started a little slow but rallied and was clearly 2nd best. Both Blee and Olson are Juniors and will have to be dealt with again in 2023.
Despite taking the top 2 spots and 10th place with Sam Davis earning 44 points for the Anacortes swim team effort it was not the top team performance as Steilacoom placed 4 in the top 9 scoring 52 team points. Connor McPhail led the way with a 3rd place finish, Aaron Burlingame took 5th, Carlo Zavala was 6th and Nate Englund just missed an individual medal in 9th.
The other medalists included 4th place finisher Jackson Legan of Sehome, Michael Rosen of Bellingham and Ezekiel Stansberry from Burlington-Edison.
Complete Standings:
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2A Boys State February 18-19, 2022
Event 205 Boys 1 mtr Diving 2A
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Meet Record: ! 427.20 2/18/2012 Austin Fahrenholtz, Port Angeles
State Record: $ 530.53 2/21/2004 Jonathan Wilcox, Bellevue
Name Year School Semis Finals Points
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=== Finals ===
1 Blee, Zephy 11 ANAC 227.70 310.95 20
2 Olson, Fletcher 11 ANAC 211.00 281.05 17
3 McPhail, Connor 11 STE 189.20 266.35 16
4 Legan, Jackson 10 SEHOM 186.15 264.10 15
5 Burlingame, Aar 12 STE 189.15 254.75 14
6 Zavala, Carlo 11 STE 178.45 252.55 13
7 Rosen, Michael 11 BELL 193.35 232.05 12
8 Stansberry, Eze 11 B-E 165.20 225.45 11
9 Englund, Nate 11 STE 165.95 217.35 9
10 Davis, Sam 11 ANAC 164.50 211.00 7
11 Chesbrough, Por 9 BELL 156.40 209.45 6
12 Clair, Michael 12 LIND 152.85 205.55 5
13 King, Charlie 11 B-E 133.15 199.10 4
14 Nordberg, Rhett 9 SAMM 131.10 176.65 3
15 Bui, Alex 12 LIND 122.50 176.30 2
16 Epps, Caleb 9 BELL 132.95 169.25 1
=== Semi-Finals ===
17 Abramson, Trevo 10 AM 119.15
18 Beal, Samuel 11 ENUM 118.40
19 Paglia, Luca 9 SEHOM 113.30
Men - 2A - Team Rankings - Through Event 205
1. Steilacoom 52 2. Anacortes 44
3. Bellingham 19 4. Burlington Edison 15
4. Sehome 15 6. Lindbergh 7
7. Sammamish 3
Anacortes’s Zephy Blee clinches 2A Title
Anacortes’s Fletcher Olson grabs 2nd as Seahawks sweep top 2
2A Photo Gallery
3A Diving Championships
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Nicolo Ponnekanti from Stadium shined from start to finish and although had a couple of even dives after the 1st break was in control of the Championship. He scored all of the team points for Stadium and finished 4th in the team Diving standings. Christopher Sellers was also solid right from the start. Sellers led the Bishop Blanchet squad partnering with Will Gillespie who finished 10th to score 24 points, good enough for 3rd.
Leading the team standings was Ballard who got a 1-2 punch from Caleb Pook and Oliver Stacey who finished 3rd and 4th racking up 31 points. Auburn was 2nd with 25 points as Levi Erickson and Isaak Osmak also went back to back finishing 6th and 7th.
Oak Harbor and Marysville-Getchell tied for 5th with 15 each and MG’s Nate Huh-Orrantia took 5th place and Brad Johnson finished 16th while Oak Harbor’s John Blankman had an impressive run finishing 8th after starting 25th and last following his first dive. Jordan Fay also had a solid meet placing 13th.
Complete Standings:
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3A Boys' Swim/Dive Champs Feb 18-19, 2022
Event 305 Boys 1 mtr Diving
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Meet Record: ! 530.53 2/21/2004 Jonathan Wilcox, Bellevue
State Record: $ 530.53 2/21/2004 Jonathan Wilcox, Bellevue
Name Year School Semis Finals Points
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=== Finals ===
1 Ponnekanti, Nicolo 12 STAD 241.85 337.40 20
2 Sellers, Christopher 11 BBLAN 207.85 311.15 17
3 Pook, Caleb 12 BALL 220.75 292.00 16
4 Stacey, Oliver 12 BALL 234.15 291.15 15
5 Huh-Orrantia, Nate 11 MG 196.25 273.65 14
6 Erickson, Levi 9 AUB 197.45 269.50 13
7 Osmak, Isaac 12 AUB 203.65 269.15 12
8 Blankman, John 12 OAK 200.95 263.40 11
9 Blume, Aaron 9 TIMB 198.80 260.15 9
10 Gillespie, Will 12 BBLAN 175.45 256.45 7
11 Moore, Joe 10 LW 196.80 254.40 6
12 Bingay, Isaac 11 CASC 197.10 249.10 5
13 Fay, Jordan 12 OAK 180.80 241.50 4
14 Sauermann, Henry 12 BAIN 163.10 232.70 3
15 Klinger, Jaxon 10 BLAKE 153.10 213.00 2
16 Johnson, Brad 11 MG 148.35 202.75 1
=== Semi-Finals ===
17 Gibbs, Isaiah 11 MG 146.25
18 Hounsell, Rhett 9 MI 145.70
19 Meader Yetter, Phillip 9 LKSD 137.35
20 Slye, Giovanni 10 WS 133.15
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 305
1. Ballard 31 2. Auburn 25
3. Bishop Blanchet 24 4. Stadium 20
5. Oak Harbor 15 5. Marysville-Getchell 15
7. Timberline 9 8. Lake Washington 6
9. Cascade 5 10. Bainbridge Island 3
11. Bonney Lake 2
Stadium’s Nicolo Ponnekanti sets the tone in his opening dive on his way to the Championship
Bishop Blanchet’s Christopher Sellers takes 2nd with a strong showing
Photo Gallery
4A Diving Championships
Link to On-Demand Video on the NFHS Subscription Network Issaquah's Robert Gref and Lake Stevens' Jaden Cardona put on a show each scoring well over 400 points with Gref threatening 500 scoring 475.60, easily the highest of all classifications. Cardona was on an island himself with 428.05 with the next closest at 371. Gref's 20 points was enough for Issaquah to hold on to 1st place in the diving portion of the team competition. In fact only Glacier Peak and Woodinville had more than 1 diver competing. GP's duo of Benjamin Gymrek and Gavin Clements finished 10th and 13th respectively. Only one of Woodinville's divers scored finishing 16th. The other top 8 finishers were Ty Mitton of Mt Si a Freshman, Zachary Halter from Skyline was 4th, 5th place went Luke Vlases of Mount Rainier, Maxx Reagan from Tahoma was 6th, 7th went to South Kitsap's Karter Warner also a Frosh and 8th place went to Ben Leonardo of Kennedy Catholic. Event 405 Men 1 mtr Diving =========================his================================================ Meet Record: ! 509.10 2002 Chris Dalman, Auburn State Record: 530.53 2/21/2004 Jonathan Wilcox, Bellevue Name Year School Semis Finals Points ========================================================================= === Finals === 1 Gref, Robert 12 ISSY 327.55 475.60 20 2 Cardona, Jaden 12 LS 298.05 428.35 17 3 Mitton, Ty 9 MTSI 253.85 371.15 16 4 Halter, Zachary 11 SKYL 240.50 328.45 15 5 Vlases, Luke 11 MR 218.00 311.80 14 6 Reagan, Maxx 9 TAH 202.95 279.45 13 7 Warner, Karter 9 SK 197.40 272.80 12 8 Leonardo, Ben 11 KCATH 201.80 266.95 11 9 Claybrook, Landon 12 HAN 188.55 259.75 9 10 Gmyrek, Benjamin 12 GP 187.25 239.85 7 11 McIntire, Cole 10 RED 177.50 237.60 6 12 Logston, Matt 10 CHI 162.65 228.20 5 13 Clements, Gavin 12 GP 190.35 219.85 4 14 Farmer, Cade 9 KAM 151.90 217.25 3 15 DeGooyer, Dallin 10 ML 152.35 207.70 2 16 Walden, Owen 12 WOOD 146.05 186.55 1 === Semi-Finals === 17 Beus, Carter 10 ML 145.60 18 Armstrong, Ryan 12 WOOD 143.15 19 Sagerser, Ben 9 WEN 141.40 20 Meneses, John 12 GP 133.55 Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 405 1. Issaquah 20 2. Lake Stevens 17 3. Mount Si 16 4. Skyline 15 5. Mount Rainier 14 6. Tahoma 13 7. South Kitsap 12 8. Glacier Peak 11 8. Kennedy Catholic 11 10. Hanford 9 11. Redmond 6 12. Chiawana 5 13. Kamiak 3 14. Moses Lake 2 15. Woodinville 1
Issaquah’s Robert Gref was near perfection in all 11 dives winning the 4A title impressively
Jaden Cardona of Lake Stevens was incredible as well as the only other 400+ point scorer
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