Wildcats take 2 in opener | Swimming

The 2013-14 swim season shot off to a good start for Oak Harbor High School as the Wildcats won the season-opening double-dual meet Wednesday, Dec. 11, at John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool.

By Jim Waller • December 12, 2013 2:14 pm
Oak Harbor's Joe Gorman swims to third place in the 400 freestyle Wednesday. He also placed third in the 200 free and anchored the winning 200 medley relay team.
Oak Harbor's Joe Gorman swims to third place in the 400 freestyle Wednesday. He also placed third in the 200 free and anchored the winning 200 medley relay team.

The 2013-14 swim season shot off to a good start for Oak Harbor High School as the Wildcats won the season-opening double-dual meet Wednesday, Dec. 11, at John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool.

Oak Harbor knocked off Snohomish 99-84 and Glacier Peak 113-54.

Caley Powers won two individual events (50 free, 25.94; 100 butterfly, 1:02.62) and the 200 medley relay (2:03.87) with Cedric Cabigting, Micha Geist and Joe Gorman to lead the Wildcats.

Cabigting added a win in the 100 backstroke (1:09.64) and Dakota Powers took the 100 free (1:04.65).

Oak Harbor coach Alex Thierry said, “It went well, but we still have a lot of work to do if we want to do as good a job as last year.”

He added, “It was a wake-up call for some of our JV swimmers who thought swimming was going to be easy.”

Oak Harbor (2-0) hosts Monroe (1-1) at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16.

Other Oak Harbor results from Wednesday:

Second: Geist, 200 IM, 2:30.05; 200 free relay, Geist, Dakota Powers, Cabigting, Caley Powers, 1:50.47; 400 free relay, Derek Volk, Ryan Cuajunco, Jake Nelson, Gorman, 4:25.6.

Third: Gorman, 200 free, 2:13.86; 400 free, 4:46.19; Volk, 50 free, 29.76; Cabigting, 200 IM, 2:30.93; Jose Cabigting, 100 free, 1:11.65; Dakota Powers, 100 breast, 1:22.35; 200 medley relay, Dakota Powers, Nelson, Erik Jensen, Volk, 2:12.37.

Fourth: Volk, 200 free, 2:37.03; Jensen, 100 fly, 1:16.64; Cuajunco, 400 free, 5:18.5; Clayton Livermore, 100 back, 1:23.37; Geist, 100 breast, 1:23.84; 400 free relay, Noel Pangilinan, Patrick New, Dylan Klein, Alex Berry, 5:32.24.

Fifth: Jose Cabigting, 200 free, 2:40.62; Jensen, 200 IM, 2:49.57; Cuajunco, 50 free, 29.94; Nelson, 400 free, 5:28.5; 100 breast, 1:26.9; 200 medley relay, David Nuanez, Jose Cabigting, Raymond Paraiso, Livermore, 2:27.01; 200 free relay, Livermore, Jose Cabigting, Pangilinan, Jensen, 2:13.4; 400 free relay, Noah Zuniga, Nuanez, Jozef Mendoza, Ben Danielson, 5:42.72.

Sixth: Paraiso, 100 fly, 1:35.91; 200 free relay, Berry, Paraiso, Nuanez, Klein, 2:18.92; 400 free relay, Stephen Miller, Daniel Ross, Gavin Stewart, Logan Clark, 6:02.26.