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Wet Set's tyson qualifies for state
CLIMBER MOMENTS at district last weekend in Renton find coaches
Rob Phelan (right) and Chad Youngquist (center) variously expressive
alongside senior veteran Dan Krafcik between prelim events (top) and
senior classmates Tom Kealy (near left) and Tyson Cochran in similarly
various postrace demeanor shortly thereafter. Tyson had just assured
himself of a state berth by making the championship-finals grade in
his breaststroke specialty. In the inset are Tom and Tyson along with
fellow senior Jimmy Riley (facing, rear) just before their breaststroke
moment of truth Friday evening.
men wrap up their Winter Tour
James and Henry Fertitta, 69.
Sixth (tie) - Steve Renecker, John
Bunting, Thad Bamford, Chip Brush
and Glenn Dunbar, 70.
KP #3 - John Bunting seven feet
and five inches among O-14 handicap-
pers and Gene Dunbar 35.5 inches
among those with handicaps 15 and
over.
KP #7 - Brian Davis eight feet and
five inches among 0-14 handicappers
and Shannon Francisco 13 feet and
nine inches among those with handi-
caps 15 and over.
Overall money winners (four-tour-
ney totals) - Steve Renecker $100,
Brian Davis $85, Jim Lanman $75,
Rick McComb $65, Jeff Jeffries $60,
Dennis James $55, Glenn Dunbar
$50, Steve DeMiero $40, Rick Endicott
$40 and John Bunting $30.
' 8hOre's men played
ri tl 'Winter Tour" golf-
:Veat last weekend.
30 teed off'in the in-
Ctla -net-f arrnat event.
lro Brian Davis' report:
'1
Lanman, 66.
Brian Davis, 67.
(tie) _ Joel Watters, Dennis
Climbers' dynamic duo
split up at the last hurdle
By STEVE PATCH
Chlorine Climberville's dynamic
duo finally got split up last week-
end, a state berth in their mutual
cross hairs.
Veteran seniors Tyson Cochran
and Jimmy Riley went into the
weekend's West Central District
3A showdown at Hazen High
School the respective fifth and
seventh seeds in a breaststroke
field from which the top six stood
to advance to next weekend's all-
Washington showdown.
Alas, while reigning league
champion Tyson made the grade
by way of a third-
place finish in Sat-
urday's champion-
ship finale, close
friend and reign-
ing league runner-
up Jimmy came a
cropper by the nar-
rowest of margins.
"Yeah, he came
up a little bit
short," confirmed
Chad Youngquist,
who teams with
fellow veteran
Rob Phelan at the
Climber coaching
helm. "I was very
disappointed for
they get times that aren't quite
what they're capable of doing. And
if they get to come back the second
day a lot of times they do a lot bet-
ter.
"You know, all the pressure is
off and all of a sudden: 'Okay, now
I can go fast.' And that's unfortu-
nately what we see.
"You know, the first day we're
scratchin' our heads: 'What did we
do WRONG!?/' And then the sec-
ond day they come back and swim
fast. And it's like, 'Okay, they're
ready.' "
MAKE NO mis-
take, added the
coach. It's not as
though the Climb-
ers tanked it Fri-
day.
"They swam close
to their best times,"
he said. "They didn't
swim poor swims.
They just didn't get
their best swims.
And then the next
day some of 'em
just swam outta
their MINDS..."
And when does
Tyson make his
firstall-Washington
splash this weekend
STATE-BOUND cohort Tyson
went a personal-record 1:05.82 for
fifth place in Friday night's pre-
lims, making the championship
finals by one spot, and then nailed
down the Climber boys' first state
berth in three years by going
1:05.53 for third place Saturday
night.
Jimmy, meanwhile, missed
the championship finals by two
places Friday night, when he went
1:08.28 - or about a second shy of
his personal best - and came back
with a 1:08.39 for eighth-place
points Saturday.
His best clocking in the event
going into district had been a
1:07.12.
HURTING? NOT to hear him
tell it.
"No," said Coach Youngquist,
holding forth during Monday's
resumption of turnout. "Jimmy
would never blame his shoulder on
not swimming well in the breast-
stroke. But he did hurt himself in
the first race - in the IM. And he
would never use that excuse. But
he's still hurting today. So I don't
know if that was it or what.
"But, yeah, he got best times in
everything else he swam. Just not
the one that was really important
to him. So..."
IN ANY EVENT, said Young-
quist, there was plenty of cause
for celebration all the same during
the Climbers' ride back home.
"Our relays did very well," said
Coach. "(Senior) Tom Malysch did
the backstroke. Had a best time
leading off in the medley relay.
Breaststroke was Jimmy, and he
got a lifetime best in his 50 breast-
stroke. Tyson did his butterfly in
a lifetime best. And then Markus
(senior Berndt) did the freestyle
leg, and he did well too.
"That relay was only two sec-
onds off of an allocation for state
there too. You know, they were in
reach. That was not something we
anticipated at the beginning of the
season, and they really dropped a
lot of time there. They did a great
job."
PERFORMING admirably for
the Climbers as well, added
Youngquist, was the 200 free relay
foursome of Berndt, senior class-
mate Dan Krafcik, ninth-grader
(and Coach's son) Cole Phelan and
sophomore Tim Russell.
"And then the 400 free re-
lay: They made finals," said
Youngquist, naming Malysch,
Phelan, Riley and Russell.
"Tom swam his 100-yard leg of
the 400 free relay in 54 seconds,
and so did Tim. And those are out-
standing times. Both o' those guys
came outta there smiling."
SO ALL IN ALL a pretty good
experience, was it?
"Yeah," said Youngquist. "We
seem to always have a first-day jit-
ters kind of a thing. We don't have
a lot of club swimmers that have
a lot of experience, and they go to
those big meets and sometimes
Thursday, February 15, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 23
prelims start at 5,"
said Youngquist, referring to to-
morrow night's slate. "He is in the
last event before the relay, so he's
probably not gonna swim until
close to 7 o'clock.
CLIMBERS @ DISTRICT
200 medley relay -Tom Malysch (29.92
backstroke), Jimmy Riley (30.41 breast-
stroke), Tyson Cochran (26.11 breaststroke)
and Markus Berndt (24.14 freestyle) com-
bined for a season-best 1:50.58 for second in
the consolation finals and eighth place overall
after going 1:52.34 in the prelims. (Winner:
Kennedy, 1:39.97.)
200 free - Cole Phelan went 2:04.85 for
16th place and Tim Russell 2:05.85 for 18th
in the prelims, and both bowed out just shy
of the consolation finals. (Winner: Mac Lowry,
Mt. Rainier, 1:50.83.)
200 individual medley: - Jimmy Riley
went 2:18.21 for 12th place in the finals after
going 2:15.85 for 12th in the prelims; Tyson
Cochran went 2:17.65 for 16th in the prelims
and just missed the finals. (Winner: Kevin
Munsch, Kennedy, 1:52.50.)
50 free - Markus Berndt went 24.40 for
15th place in the prelims, missing the finals
by three spots; Dan Krafcik suffered disquali-
fication in the prelims. (Winner: Paul Jova-
novich, Kennedy, 22.40.)
Diving - No Climber qualifiers. (Winner:
Trey Stock, Kennedy, 333.8.)
100 fly - No Climber qualifiers. (Winner:
Erik Moore, Capital, 55.37.)
100 free - Markus Berndt went a per-
sonal-record 55.11 to finish 19th overall in
the prelims and missed the finals by seven
spots; Tim Russell went a similarly PR 55.67
for 20th and Tom Malysch 58.28 for 28th in
the same prelims. (Winner: Peter Lee, Tim-
berline, 49.26.)
500 free - Cole Phelan went 5:46.27 for
16th place in the prelims, missing the finals
by four spots. (Winner: Mac Lowry, Mt Rain-
ier, 4:58.19.)
200 free relay - Dan Krafcik (25.64), Tim
Russell (25.29), Cole Phelan (24.22) and
Markus Berndt (24.82) combined for a sea-
son-best 1:39.97 for 13th place in the pre-
lims, missing the finals by one spot. (Winner:
Mr. Rainier, 1:33,04.)
100 back - Tom Malysch went 1:07.32 for
23rd place in the prelims and did not make
the finals. (Winner: Peter Lee, Timberline,
53.99.)
100 breast - Tyson Cochran went a per-
sonal-record 1:05.82 for fifth place in the pre-
lims and then a PR 1:05.53 for third in the
finals; Jimmy Riley went 1:08.28 for eighth
in the prelims and 1:08.39 for second in the
consolation finals and eighth overall, and Tom
Kealy went a PR 1:10.36 for 17th and Dan
Krafcik a PR 1:12.97 for 26th in the prelims.
(Winner: Kevin Munsch, Kennedy, 57.64, a
new meet record.)
400 free relay -Tim Russell (56.09),
Cole Phelan (54.76), Tom Malysch (54.65)
and Jimmy Riley (56.19) combined for a
season-best 3:41.69 for fourth in the conso-
lation finals and tenth place overall after go-
ing 3:44.39 in the prelims on the strength of
respective 57.09-, 55.79-, 55.90- and 55.61-
second splits. (Winner: Kennedy, 3:21.64.)
Team totals - Mr. Rainier 235, Kennedy
217, Sumner 120, Lakes 116.5, Timberline
112, Capital 98, Peninsula 86, Highline 82,
Enumclaw 70, North Thurston 64, Lindbergh
55, Shelton 34, North Mason 23, Olympic
20.5, Hazen 18, Bremerton 16, Auburn-
Mountain View 10, Auburn 7, Auburn-River-
side 6, Bonney Lake 2.
--Bowling
WEDNESDAY SENIOR LEAGUE 1/3/07
Missfits 29-11, Pin 28.5-11.5, Ernies 24-16,
Nitas 23-17, Perfect 22-18, Timber 15-25,
JBs 13.5-26.5, VFW 8-32.
Men's Scratch Game and Series: Butch
Waterson, 196 and 544.
Women's Scratch Game and Series: Donna
Nicholson, 193 and 541.
KEN O'DELL MEN'S COMMERCIAL 1/3/07
Floors 26-10, Pine 23-13, Rich 23-13, Custom
20-16, Richies 19-17, North 19-17, D.H. 18-
18, Timber 17-19, GSC 17-19, Basic 16-20,
Sunrise 14-22, Log 12-24, Just 7-13.
Scratch Game: Wess Holt, 245.
Scratch Series: Dave Southwick, 628.
him.
"He worked as BEARING UP UNDER duress at the King County
hard as you would between events Friday is Climb- Aquatic Center in
Federal Way?
expect." er sophomore Tim Russell. "I believe the
Wet Set's tyson qualifies for state
CLIMBER MOMENTS at district last weekend in Renton find coaches
Rob Phelan (right) and Chad Youngquist (center) variously expressive
alongside senior veteran Dan Krafcik between prelim events (top) and
senior classmates Tom Kealy (near left) and Tyson Cochran in similarly
various postrace demeanor shortly thereafter. Tyson had just assured
himself of a state berth by making the championship-finals grade in
his breaststroke specialty. In the inset are Tom and Tyson along with
fellow senior Jimmy Riley (facing, rear) just before their breaststroke
moment of truth Friday evening.
men wrap up their Winter Tour
James and Henry Fertitta, 69.
Sixth (tie) - Steve Renecker, John
Bunting, Thad Bamford, Chip Brush
and Glenn Dunbar, 70.
KP #3 - John Bunting seven feet
and five inches among O-14 handicap-
pers and Gene Dunbar 35.5 inches
among those with handicaps 15 and
over.
KP #7 - Brian Davis eight feet and
five inches among 0-14 handicappers
and Shannon Francisco 13 feet and
nine inches among those with handi-
caps 15 and over.
Overall money winners (four-tour-
ney totals) - Steve Renecker $100,
Brian Davis $85, Jim Lanman $75,
Rick McComb $65, Jeff Jeffries $60,
Dennis James $55, Glenn Dunbar
$50, Steve DeMiero $40, Rick Endicott
$40 and John Bunting $30.
' 8hOre's men played
ri tl 'Winter Tour" golf-
:Veat last weekend.
30 teed off'in the in-
Ctla -net-f arrnat event.
lro Brian Davis' report:
'1
Lanman, 66.
Brian Davis, 67.
(tie) _ Joel Watters, Dennis
Climbers' dynamic duo
split up at the last hurdle
By STEVE PATCH
Chlorine Climberville's dynamic
duo finally got split up last week-
end, a state berth in their mutual
cross hairs.
Veteran seniors Tyson Cochran
and Jimmy Riley went into the
weekend's West Central District
3A showdown at Hazen High
School the respective fifth and
seventh seeds in a breaststroke
field from which the top six stood
to advance to next weekend's all-
Washington showdown.
Alas, while reigning league
champion Tyson made the grade
by way of a third-
place finish in Sat-
urday's champion-
ship finale, close
friend and reign-
ing league runner-
up Jimmy came a
cropper by the nar-
rowest of margins.
"Yeah, he came
up a little bit
short," confirmed
Chad Youngquist,
who teams with
fellow veteran
Rob Phelan at the
Climber coaching
helm. "I was very
disappointed for
they get times that aren't quite
what they're capable of doing. And
if they get to come back the second
day a lot of times they do a lot bet-
ter.
"You know, all the pressure is
off and all of a sudden: 'Okay, now
I can go fast.' And that's unfortu-
nately what we see.
"You know, the first day we're
scratchin' our heads: 'What did we
do WRONG!?/' And then the sec-
ond day they come back and swim
fast. And it's like, 'Okay, they're
ready.' "
MAKE NO mis-
take, added the
coach. It's not as
though the Climb-
ers tanked it Fri-
day.
"They swam close
to their best times,"
he said. "They didn't
swim poor swims.
They just didn't get
their best swims.
And then the next
day some of 'em
just swam outta
their MINDS..."
And when does
Tyson make his
firstall-Washington
splash this weekend
STATE-BOUND cohort Tyson
went a personal-record 1:05.82 for
fifth place in Friday night's pre-
lims, making the championship
finals by one spot, and then nailed
down the Climber boys' first state
berth in three years by going
1:05.53 for third place Saturday
night.
Jimmy, meanwhile, missed
the championship finals by two
places Friday night, when he went
1:08.28 - or about a second shy of
his personal best - and came back
with a 1:08.39 for eighth-place
points Saturday.
His best clocking in the event
going into district had been a
1:07.12.
HURTING? NOT to hear him
tell it.
"No," said Coach Youngquist,
holding forth during Monday's
resumption of turnout. "Jimmy
would never blame his shoulder on
not swimming well in the breast-
stroke. But he did hurt himself in
the first race - in the IM. And he
would never use that excuse. But
he's still hurting today. So I don't
know if that was it or what.
"But, yeah, he got best times in
everything else he swam. Just not
the one that was really important
to him. So..."
IN ANY EVENT, said Young-
quist, there was plenty of cause
for celebration all the same during
the Climbers' ride back home.
"Our relays did very well," said
Coach. "(Senior) Tom Malysch did
the backstroke. Had a best time
leading off in the medley relay.
Breaststroke was Jimmy, and he
got a lifetime best in his 50 breast-
stroke. Tyson did his butterfly in
a lifetime best. And then Markus
(senior Berndt) did the freestyle
leg, and he did well too.
"That relay was only two sec-
onds off of an allocation for state
there too. You know, they were in
reach. That was not something we
anticipated at the beginning of the
season, and they really dropped a
lot of time there. They did a great
job."
PERFORMING admirably for
the Climbers as well, added
Youngquist, was the 200 free relay
foursome of Berndt, senior class-
mate Dan Krafcik, ninth-grader
(and Coach's son) Cole Phelan and
sophomore Tim Russell.
"And then the 400 free re-
lay: They made finals," said
Youngquist, naming Malysch,
Phelan, Riley and Russell.
"Tom swam his 100-yard leg of
the 400 free relay in 54 seconds,
and so did Tim. And those are out-
standing times. Both o' those guys
came outta there smiling."
SO ALL IN ALL a pretty good
experience, was it?
"Yeah," said Youngquist. "We
seem to always have a first-day jit-
ters kind of a thing. We don't have
a lot of club swimmers that have
a lot of experience, and they go to
those big meets and sometimes
Thursday, February 15, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 23
prelims start at 5,"
said Youngquist, referring to to-
morrow night's slate. "He is in the
last event before the relay, so he's
probably not gonna swim until
close to 7 o'clock.
CLIMBERS @ DISTRICT
200 medley relay -Tom Malysch (29.92
backstroke), Jimmy Riley (30.41 breast-
stroke), Tyson Cochran (26.11 breaststroke)
and Markus Berndt (24.14 freestyle) com-
bined for a season-best 1:50.58 for second in
the consolation finals and eighth place overall
after going 1:52.34 in the prelims. (Winner:
Kennedy, 1:39.97.)
200 free - Cole Phelan went 2:04.85 for
16th place and Tim Russell 2:05.85 for 18th
in the prelims, and both bowed out just shy
of the consolation finals. (Winner: Mac Lowry,
Mt. Rainier, 1:50.83.)
200 individual medley: - Jimmy Riley
went 2:18.21 for 12th place in the finals after
going 2:15.85 for 12th in the prelims; Tyson
Cochran went 2:17.65 for 16th in the prelims
and just missed the finals. (Winner: Kevin
Munsch, Kennedy, 1:52.50.)
50 free - Markus Berndt went 24.40 for
15th place in the prelims, missing the finals
by three spots; Dan Krafcik suffered disquali-
fication in the prelims. (Winner: Paul Jova-
novich, Kennedy, 22.40.)
Diving - No Climber qualifiers. (Winner:
Trey Stock, Kennedy, 333.8.)
100 fly - No Climber qualifiers. (Winner:
Erik Moore, Capital, 55.37.)
100 free - Markus Berndt went a per-
sonal-record 55.11 to finish 19th overall in
the prelims and missed the finals by seven
spots; Tim Russell went a similarly PR 55.67
for 20th and Tom Malysch 58.28 for 28th in
the same prelims. (Winner: Peter Lee, Tim-
berline, 49.26.)
500 free - Cole Phelan went 5:46.27 for
16th place in the prelims, missing the finals
by four spots. (Winner: Mac Lowry, Mt Rain-
ier, 4:58.19.)
200 free relay - Dan Krafcik (25.64), Tim
Russell (25.29), Cole Phelan (24.22) and
Markus Berndt (24.82) combined for a sea-
son-best 1:39.97 for 13th place in the pre-
lims, missing the finals by one spot. (Winner:
Mr. Rainier, 1:33,04.)
100 back - Tom Malysch went 1:07.32 for
23rd place in the prelims and did not make
the finals. (Winner: Peter Lee, Timberline,
53.99.)
100 breast - Tyson Cochran went a per-
sonal-record 1:05.82 for fifth place in the pre-
lims and then a PR 1:05.53 for third in the
finals; Jimmy Riley went 1:08.28 for eighth
in the prelims and 1:08.39 for second in the
consolation finals and eighth overall, and Tom
Kealy went a PR 1:10.36 for 17th and Dan
Krafcik a PR 1:12.97 for 26th in the prelims.
(Winner: Kevin Munsch, Kennedy, 57.64, a
new meet record.)
400 free relay -Tim Russell (56.09),
Cole Phelan (54.76), Tom Malysch (54.65)
and Jimmy Riley (56.19) combined for a
season-best 3:41.69 for fourth in the conso-
lation finals and tenth place overall after go-
ing 3:44.39 in the prelims on the strength of
respective 57.09-, 55.79-, 55.90- and 55.61-
second splits. (Winner: Kennedy, 3:21.64.)
Team totals - Mr. Rainier 235, Kennedy
217, Sumner 120, Lakes 116.5, Timberline
112, Capital 98, Peninsula 86, Highline 82,
Enumclaw 70, North Thurston 64, Lindbergh
55, Shelton 34, North Mason 23, Olympic
20.5, Hazen 18, Bremerton 16, Auburn-
Mountain View 10, Auburn 7, Auburn-River-
side 6, Bonney Lake 2.
--Bowling
WEDNESDAY SENIOR LEAGUE 1/3/07
Missfits 29-11, Pin 28.5-11.5, Ernies 24-16,
Nitas 23-17, Perfect 22-18, Timber 15-25,
JBs 13.5-26.5, VFW 8-32.
Men's Scratch Game and Series: Butch
Waterson, 196 and 544.
Women's Scratch Game and Series: Donna
Nicholson, 193 and 541.
KEN O'DELL MEN'S COMMERCIAL 1/3/07
Floors 26-10, Pine 23-13, Rich 23-13, Custom
20-16, Richies 19-17, North 19-17, D.H. 18-
18, Timber 17-19, GSC 17-19, Basic 16-20,
Sunrise 14-22, Log 12-24, Just 7-13.
Scratch Game: Wess Holt, 245.
Scratch Series: Dave Southwick, 628.
him.
"He worked as BEARING UP UNDER duress at the King County
hard as you would between events Friday is Climb- Aquatic Center in
Federal Way?
expect." er sophomore Tim Russell. "I believe the