Micah Geist won the featured event at the Whidbey Island Swim Championships Tuesday, Aug. 23, at John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool.
Geist, 18, captured the Lifeguard 100, winning the 100-meter freestyle race in 1:04.85, followed by Cole McCaslin, 19 (1:05.81), and Erica Sugatan, 17 (1:08.64).
Overall, North Whidbey Aquatic Club coach Dick Taylor said the event went well.
“We only decided to do this meet roughly five weeks before holding it,” he said. “We went ahead with it more as a dry run for next year than anything. Next year we hope to get more swim-lesson participants.”
The goal, he said, was to give those who recently finished taking swim lessons a taste of competitive swimming.
Following is a list of event winners:
Haley Borja: girls 9-10, 25 butterfly, 17.62.
Jasmine Borja: girls 11-12, 50 backstroke, 39.61; 50 breaststroke, 44.04; 50 butterfly, 38.77.
Cameron Breaux: boys 11-12, 50 freestyle, 1:12.62; 50 backstroke, 1:21.59; 50 breaststroke, 1:17.75; 50 butterfly, 2:01.87.
Jojo Chargualaf: mixed 5-and-under, 10 freestyle, 23.05.
Lola Chargualaf: mixed 18-and-under, 100 butterfly, 1:28.62.
Caitlin Dennen: mixed 18-and-under, 100 breaststroke, 1:41.18.
Chase Drown: mixed 6-and-under, 25 freestyle, 41.03.
Blake Gooch: boys 9-10, 25 freestyle, 30.96; 25 backstroke, 29.96; 25 breaststroke, 42.34.
Brett Gooch: mixed 6-and-under, 10 breaststroke, 39.25; 10 freestyle, 22.4; 10 backstroke, 32.5.
Allison Hoffmire: girls 19-and-above, 50 freestyle, 45.42; 50 breaststroke, 54.37; 50 butterfly, 56.81.
McClasin: boys 19-and-above, 50 freestyle, 30.82; 50 breaststroke, 43.9.
Nicholas Shashaty: mixed 8-and-under, 25 freestyle, 17.95; 25 backstroke, 22.31.
Sugatan: girls 15-18, 50 freestyle, 30.58; mixed 18-and-under backstroke, 1:22.17; mixed 99-and-under, 100-meter individual medley, 1:20.45.
Kiersten Tyson: mixed 18-and-under, 100 freestyle, 1:15.2.
Indiana Whitley: girls 9-10, 25 freestyle, 36.58; 25 backstroke, 33.49; 25 breaststroke, 39.62.
Robin Zemlo: girls 11-12, 50 freestyle, 39.99.
Second: Jasmine Borja, mixed 99-and-under, 100 IM, 1:23.03; Cassidy Drown, mixed 8-and under, 25 free, 19.49; 25 backstroke, 24.18; Haley Borja, mixed 18-and-under, 100 free, 1:20.69; Tyson, mixed 18-and-under, 100 back, 1:26.76; 100 breast, 1:48.78; 100 fly, 1:30.5.
Third: Dennen, mixed 99-and-under, 100 IM, 1:29.34; mixed 18-and-under 100 back, 1:29.04; 100 fly, 1:43.06; Lola Chargualaf, mixed 18-and-under, 100 free, 1:21.54; Chris Shashaty, mixed 18-and-under, 100 breast, 1:51.01.
Fourth: Haley Borja, 99-and-under, 100 IM, 1:32.84; Chris Shashaty, mixed 18-and-under, 100 free, 1:24.41; Lola Chargualaf, mixed 18-and-under, 100 back, 1:31.66; Zemlo, mixed 18-and-under, 100 breast, 1:51.05.
Fifth: Chris Shashaty, mixed 99-and-under, 100 IM, 1:34.22; mixed 18-and-under, 100 back, 1:33.32; Nicholas Shashaty, mixed 18-and-under, 100 breast, 2:14.87.
Sixth: Lola Chargualaf: mixed 99-and-under, 100 IM, 1:34.47; Haley Borja, mixed 18-and-under, 100 back, 1:33.34; Cassidy Drown, mixed 18-and-under, 100 breast, 2:28.49.
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In the top photo below (by Dick Taylor), Micah Geist receives a trophy from NWPRD Executive Director Steve McCaslin for winning the Lifeguard 100. In the second photo (by Jim Waller), Lola Chargualaf swims the backstroke in the 100 individual medley.
