UP FOR AIR: Tyler Dretke (top) of the La Grande Swim Club competes in the 100 yard breastroke Saturday at Veterans' Memorial Pool. Lauren Nydam (inset), also of the LGSC, checks her time after the 100 yard freestyle. (The Observer/TONY ADAME).

Tony Adame

Sports Editor

There were a lot of great individual performances for the La Grande Swim Club at the La Grande Invitational Saturday and Sunday at Veterans’ Memorial Pool.

Individual performances, stacked end-to-end, that resulted in La Grande walking off with the team title.

La Grande scored 1,264 points to outdistance second place Pendleton Swim Association, which scored 1,022 points.

"I was really happy about winning," said first year LGSC head coach Zoe Andyke. "I didn’t expect us to beat Pendleton."

Hood River Valley finished third, Baker City was fourth and Hi-Desert Swim Team finished fifth.

"Almost every single one of our kids dropped times at the meet," Andyke said. "We had a lot of heat winners, a lot of firsts and seconds. Their performances were awesome.

"It made me feel really good as a coach."

For La Grande in the girls 15-18 year old division, Molly Martin won a title in the 100 free and Samantha Hibbert took two, winning the 100 and 200 backstroke.

For boys 15-18, Brandon Taylor won won five titles, taking the 50, 100, 200 and 500 free as well as the 100 butterfly.

Ryan Haines took first in the 100 backstroke.

Soren Madsen had an incredible day in boys 13-14, winning eight titles. Madsen took first in the 50, 100 and 200 free; the 100 and 200 backstroke; the 100 breaststroke and the 100 butterfly.

Madsen was also part of the 200 yard medley relay winning team with Zach Gray, Richard Mills and Erich Mielke.

In girls 11-12, Allie Godfrey won both the 50 and 100 breast and Logan Gomez was first in the 200 free.

The 200 medley relay team of Gomez, Jordyn Roberts, Shelby Arleth and Emily Cook took first as did the 200 free relay team of Cook, Gomez, Arleth and Godfrey.

In 11-12 boys, Sylvan Tovar was first in the 100 butterfly and Josh Zurbrick was first in the 50 backstroke.

Taylor Arleth won three titles in the 9-10 girls division, taking the 50, 100 and 200 free crowns.

State champion Matt Cook continued to win races at an incredible pace, winning nine on Saturday and Sunday.

Cook won titles in the 50, 100 and 200 free; the 50 breaststroke; the 50 and 100 butterfly and the 50 and 100 backstroke.

Seth Madsen won a 9-10 title in the 100 IM and Kai Hattan added another in the 100 breaststroke.

The 200 free relay team of Hattan, Madsen, Cook and Chris Stevens also took first.

In 8-and-under girls, Moriah Brown took first in the 50 free, 25 breaststroke and the 50 butterfly.

Georgia Cook was the 100 IM champ for the 8-and-under and Shelby Baker took first in the 50 breast.

The 8-10 girls 100 free relay team of Baker, Cook, Brown and Sandy Hattan also won a title.

The LGSC returns to action July 8-10 at the Ted Waller Invitational in The Dalles.

La Grande Invitational

at Veterans’ Memorial Pool

Team Results

1. La Grande Swim Club (LGSC) 1,264; 2. Pendleton Swim Association (PSA) 1,022; 3. Hood River Valley Swim Team (HRST) 625; 4. Baker Swim Team (BST) 424; 5. Hi-Desert Swim Team (HDST) 406; 6. The Dalles Swim Team (TDST) 389; 7. Tiger Sharks Aquatics (TSA) 118; 8. John Day Swim Team (JDST) 116; 9. Ontario Swim Club (OSC) 80.

Individual Results – Finals

Girls

8-Under

50 yard freestyle – 1. Erin Nelson, TDST, 39.43; 2. Moriah Brown, LGSC, 41.37; 3. Tayja Smith, OSC, 41.87. 25 yard breaststroke – 1. Moriah Brown, LGSC, 25.34; 2. Tayla Smith, OSC, 27.59; 3. Erin Nelson, TDST, 28.76. 50 yard backstroke – 1. Erin Nelson, TDST, 47.62; 2. Moriah Brown, LGSC, 49.87; 3. Makenna Bachman, BST. 50 yard butterfly – 1. Moriah Brown, LGSC, 53.43; 2. Tayja Smith, OSC, 1:02.21. 100 yard freestyle relay – 1. LGSC (Baker, Brown, Cook, Hattan), 1:29.40; 2. BST (O’Neal, Collard, Duby, Bachman), 1:43.23. 100 yard IM – 1. Georgia Cook, LGSC, 2:10.31. 25 yard backstroke – 1. Erin Nelson, TDST, 22.6; 2. Makenna Bachman, BST, 23.66; 3. Brooke Duby, BST, 25.93; 4. Sandy Hattan, LGSC, 26.39. 25 yard butterfly – 1. Erin Nelson, TDST, 24.75; 2. Ally Macnab, TDST, 34.44. 25 yard freestyle – 1. Erin Nelson, TDST, 19.06; 2. Kristen Allstott, LGSC, 22.34; 3. Shelby Baker, LGSC, 22.53. 50 yard breaststroke – 1. Shelby Baker, LGSC, 1;09.77; 2. Carli Gardner, JDST, 1:10.09.

9-10 years old

100 yard freestyle – 1. Jonicka Sperl, PSA, 1:16.39; 2. Tayler Arleth, LGSC, 1:17.05; 3. Mariah Rawding, HRST, 1:18.18. 50 yard breaststroke – 1. Mariah Rawding, HRST, 25.34; 2. Taylor Arleth, LGSC, 47.28. 100 yard backstroke – 1. Jonicka Sperl, PSA, 1:31.65. 100 yard butterfly – 1. Mariah Rawding, HRST, 1:38.40; 2. Destinee Dennis, PSA, 1:48.21; 3. Taylor Arleth, LGSC, 1:49.65. 100 yard IM – 1. Mariah Rawding, HRST, 1:27.90; 2. Tayler Arleth, lGSC, 1:33.91; 3. Taylor Luebke, TDST, 1:41.21. 50 yard backstroke – 1. Mariah Rawding, HRST, 40.96. 50 yard butterfly – 1. Mariah Rawding, HRST, 39.65. 50 yard freestyle – 1. Taylor Arleth, LGSC, 34.56; 2. Destinee Dennis, PSA, 37.38; 3. Taylor Luebke, TDST, 37.90. 100 yard breaststroke – 1. Mariah Rawding, HRST, 1:38.84; 2. Taylor Arleth, LGSC, 1:44.46; 3. Whitney Anderson, PSA, 1:54.64.

11-12 years

200 yard medley relay – 1. LGSC (Gomez, Roberts, Arleth, Cook), 2:38.06; 2. PSA (Getz, Lapp, Cress, Sams), 2:45.21. 100 yard freestyle – 1. Blair Cress, PSA, 1:06.28. 50 yard breaststroke – 1. Allie Godfrey, LGSC, 40.56; 2. Annie Martin, BST, 41.84; 3. Marina Hattan, LGSC, 42.15. 100 yard backstroke – 1. Jessie Robertson, HRST, 1:13.03; 2. Emily Cook, 1:18.28; 3. Annie Martin, BST, 1:19.25. 100 yard butterfly – 1. Blair Cress, PSA, 1:18.87; 2. Annie Martin, BST, 1:23.15; 3. Allie Godfrey, LGSC, 1:25.90. 200 yard freestyle relay – 1. LGSC (Cook, Gomez, Arleth, Godfrey), 2:06.96. 200 yard IM – 1. Annie Martin, BST, 2:47.99; 2. Jessie Robertson, HRST, 2:52.15; 3. Allie Godfrey, LGSC, 2:52.19. 50 yard backstroke – 1. Jessie Robertson, HRST, 33.84; 2. Emily Cook, LGSC, 37.14; 3. Chelsea Siegner, HDST, 38.0. 200 yard freestyle – 1. Logan Gomez, LGSC, 2:28.56; 2. Blair Cress, PSA, 2:28.99; 3. Allie Godfrey, LGSC, 2:33.20. 50 yard butterfly – 1. Blair Cress, PSA, 33.71; 2. Annie Martin, BST, 3. Emily Cook, LGSC, 35.72. 50 yard freestyle – 1. Blair Cress, PSA, 30.27; 2. Allie Godrey, LGSC, 30.75; 3. Logan Gomez, LGSC, 31.91. 100 yard breaststroke – 1. Allie Godrey, LGSC, 1:31.68; 2. Abbey Fenton, HDST, 1:34.47; 3. Marina Hattan, LGSC, 1:37.09.

13-14 years

100 yard freestyle – 1. Erin Jones, HRST, 57.62; 2. Brooke Collins, PSA, 58.06; 3. Paige Waldrop, LGSC, 1:05.14. 100 yard breaststroke – 1. Erin Jones, HRST, 1:16.93. 200 yard backstroke – 1. Erin Jones, HRST, 2:33.40. 200 yard butterfly – 1. Sarah Brendling, HRST, 3:49.03. 500 yard freestyle – 1. Erin Jones, HRST, 5:46.12. 200 yard IM – 1. Erin Jones, HRST, 2:26.31. 100 yard backstroke – 1. Brooke Collins, PSA, 1:12.69. 200 yard freestle – 1. Erin Jones, HRST, 2:07.53. 100 yard butterfly – 1. Kim Pointer, BST, 1:16.28. 50 yard freestyle – 1. Erin Jones, HRST, 26.68. 200 yard breaststroke – 1. Erin Jonesw, HRST, 2:43.34.

15-18 years

100 yard freestyle – 1. Hillary McKay, TDSC, 1:02.67; 2. Molly Martin, LGSC, 1:03.43; 3. Nikki Groshens, PSA, 1:04.46. 100 yard breaststroke – 1. Gretchen Daugherty, BST, 1:28.28. 200 yard backstroke – 1. Samantha Hibbert, LGSC, 2:47.12; 2. Lindsey Lankford, lGSC, 3:05.00; 3. Courtney Flathers, HDST, 3:27.12. 500 yard freestyle – 1. Hillary McKay, TDST, 6:28.28. 200 yard IM – 1. Hillary McKay, TDST, 2:42.81. 100 yard backstroke – 1. Samantha Hibbert, LGSC, 1:16.34; 2. Hillary McKay, TDST, 1:18.50; 3. Hilary Ishii, PSA, 1:19.93. 200 yard freestyle – 1. Nikki Groshens, PSA, 2:25.18. 100 yard butterfly – 1. Hillary McKay, TDST, 1:14.34; 2. Hilary Ishii, PSA, 1:21.08; 3. Samantha Hibbert, LGSC, 1:23.25. 50 yard freestyle – 1. Hillary McKay, TDST, 29.20. 200 yard breaststroke – 1. Nikki Groshens, PSA, 3:18.06.

Boys

9-10 years

100 yard medley relay – 1. PSA (Boston, Hamblin, Rickman, Hill) 1:16.43. 100 yard freestyle – 1. Matt Cook, LGSC, 1:05.15; 2. Scoot Bergstrom, HRST, 1:07.15; 3. Seth Madsen, LGSC, 1:08.66. 50 yard breaststroke – 1. Matth Cook, LGSC, 41.65; 2. Seth Madsen, LGSC, 43.82; 3. Trevor Smith, OSC, 44.06. 100 yard backstroke – 1. Matt Cook, LGSC, 1:18.15; 2. Scott Bergstrom, HRST, 1:25.62; 3. Seth Madsen, LGSC, 1:26.93. 100 yard butterfly – 1. Matt Cook, LGSC, 1:23.06; 2. Scott Bergstrom HRST, 1:24.40; 3. Trevor Smith, OSC, 1:45.12. 200 yard freestyle relay – 1. LGSC ( Cook, Hattan, Stevens, Madsen) 2:13.06; 2. PSA (Rickman, Boston, Hamblin, Hill) 2:13.84. 100 yard IM – 1. Seth Madsen, LGSC, 1:20.28; 2. Scott Bergstrom, HRST, 1:24.49; 3. Nolan Hill, PSA, 1:26.87. 50 yard backstroke – 1. Matt Cook, LGSC, 35.81; 2. Seth Madsen, LGSC, 38.58; 3. Nolan Hill, PSA, 44.81. 50 yard butterfly – 1. Matt Cook, LGSC, 34.66; 2. Seth Madsen, LGSC, 34.90; 3. Jacob Rickman, PSA, 46.97. 50 yard freestyle – 1. Matt Cook, LGSC, 29.87; 2. Seth Madsen, LGSC, 30.59; 3. Scott Bergstrom, HRST, 31.97. 100 yard breaststroke – 1. Kai Hattan, LGSC, 1:42.06; 2. Scott Bergstrom, HRST, 1:42.09; 3. Connor Webb, HRST, 1:50.37.

11-12 years

100 yard freestyle – 1. Brandon Groshens, PSA, 1:08.31; 2. Josh Zubrick, LGSC, 1:11.40; 3. Sylvan Tovar, LGSC, 1:15.06. 50 yard breaststroke – 1. Brandon Groshens, PSA, 46.03; 2. Kieran Colahan, Hi-Desert Swim Team, 46.31; 3. Josh Zubrick, LGSC, 47.68. 100 yard backstroke – 1. Brandon Groshens, PSA, 1:26.68; 2. Josh Zubrick, LGSC, 1:29.73; 3. Logan Lankford, LGSC, 1:36.21. 100 yard butterfly – 1. Sylvan Tovar, LGSC, 1:44.28. 200 yard IM – 1. Brandon Groshens, PSA, 3:09.90; 2. Sylvan Tovar, LGSC, 3:19.68; 3. Justin Phillips, HRST, 3:28.72. 50 yard backstroke – 1. Josh Zubrick, LGSC, 38.76; 2. Brandon Groshens, PSA, 39.0; 3. Perry Jennings, HDST, 40.71. 200 yard freestyle – 1. Brandon Groshens, PSA, 2:36.41; 2. Josh Zubrick, LGSC, 2:42.94; 3. Jacob Skillings, BST, 2:48.50. 50 yard butterfly – 1. Jacob Skillings, BST, 46.62; 2. Logan Lankford, LGSC, 50.39; 3. Zach Keilman, TDST, 52.65. 50 yard freestyle – 1. Brandon Groshens, PSA, 31.43; 2. Josh Zubrick, LGSC, 31.90; 3. Jacob Skillings, BST, 33.22. 100 yard breaststroke – 1. Kieran Colahan, HDST, 1:43.15; 2. Logan Lankford, LGSC, 1:57.96; 3. Justin Phillips, HRST, 2:02.31.

13-14 years

200 yard medley relay – 1. LGSC (Gray, Mills, Madsen, Mielke) 2:06.18; 2. PSA (Skinner, Dennis, Hill, Boston) 2:17.18. 100 yard freestyle – 1. Soren Madsen, LGSC, 55.13; 2. Lucas Hill, PSA, 57.68; 3. Erich Mielke, LGSC, 58.69. 100 yard breaststroke – 1. Soren Madsen, LGSC, 1:18.18; 2. Zach Gray, LGSC, 1:20.71; 3. Richard Mills, LGSC, 1:20.96. 200 yard backstroke – 1. Soren Madsen, LGSC, 2:16.15; 2. Lucas Hill, PSA, 2:21.0; 3. Zach Gray, LGSC, 2:35.33. 500 yard freestyle – 1. Lucas Hill, PSA, 5:27.84; 2. Soren Madsen, LGSC, 5:36.65; 3. Dennis Austin, PSA, 6:34.75. 100 yard backstroke – 1. Soren Madsen, LGSC, 1:04.17; 2. Lucas Hill, PSA, 1:07.09; 3. Deven Jennings, HDST, 1:18.04. 200 yard freestyle – 1. Soren Madsen, LGSC, 1:59.95; 2. Lucas Hill, PSA, 2:02.68; 3. Dennis Austin, 2:27.12. 100 yard butterfly – 1. Soren Madsen, LGSC, 1:05.40; 2. Lucas Hill, PSA, 1:08.71; 3. Zach Flathers, HDST, 1:27.04. 50 yard freestyle – 1. Soren Madsen, LGSC, 25.47; 2. Lucas Hill, PSA, 27.18; 3. Deven Jennings, HDST, 28.75.

15-18 years

100 yard freestyle – 1. Brandon Taylor, LGSC, 56.53; 2. Jordan Phillips, HRST, 1:00.78; 3. Tyler Dretke, LGSC, 1:01.28. 100 yard breaststroke – 1. Jordan Phillips, HRST, 1:18.50; 2. Tyler Dretke, LGSC, 1:22.45; 3. Conor Colahan, HDST, 1:31.53. 500 yard freestyle – 1. Brandon Taylor, LGSC, 5:52.96; 2. Jordan Phillips, HRST, 6:04.75; 3. Jake Woolard, BST, 6:30.68. 100 yard backstroke – 1. Ryan Haines, LGSC, 1:18.39; 2. James Ganskopp, HDST, 1:21.59. 200 yard freestyle – 1. Brandon Taylor, LGSC, 2:07.00; 2. James Ganskopp, HDST, 2:45.27. 100 yard butterfly – 1. Brandon Taylor, LGSC, 1:07.71; 2. Jordan Phillips, HRST, 1:19.77. 50 yard freestyle – 1. Brandon Taylor, LGSC, 25.81; 2. Tyler Dretke, LGSC, 26.55; 3. Jake Woolard, BST, 26.78.