Bruins defeat Wildcats / Swim and dive

By Jim Waller • October 24, 2019 1:30 am

The Cascade High School swim team, coached by Oak Harbor graduate Eric Smith, defeated the Wildcats 112-66 at John Vanderzicht Pool Tuesday, Oct. 22.

Oak Harbor (3-6) finishes the varsity regular season with a home meet against Monroe (5-6) at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24.

The Wildcats collected four first places in the loss to the Bruins: Frances Empinado (200-meter individual medley, 3:07.3), Caitlin Dennen (100 backstroke, 1:20.13), Diandra Dominguez (100 breaststroke, 1:40.06) and the 200 medley relay team of Empinado, Dennen, Dominguez and Grace Chargualaf (2:31.98).

Other Oak Harbor results

Second: Casey Cabigting, 200 freestyle, 2:51.93; Dominguez, 200 IM, 3:17.11; Dennen, 100 free, 1:12.62; Mekayla VonGrey, 400 free, 6:16.64; Empinado, 100 back, 1:20.22; 200 free relay (Dominguez, Kyoka Harada, Madelyn Ward, Cabigting), 2:27.9; 400 free relay (Empinado, Chargualaf, Cabigting, Dennen), 5:21.18.

Third: Ward, 50 free, 35.86; Cabigting, 100 butterfly, 1:36.34.

Fourth: Harada, 100 back, 1:37.63; 200 medley relay (Harada, Hannah Mayne, VonGrey, Elena Lorci), 3:12.78; 400 free relay (Lorci, Amber Leavitt, VonGrey, Ward), 6:16.5.

Fifth: Sadie Gunter, 200 free, 4:06.77; Lorci, 50 free, 38.46; Harada, 100 free, 1:26.81; Lindsey Griffith, 100 breaststroke, 2:03.64; 200 free relay (Rio Higashijima, Gabriela Flores, Ofelia Velasco-Merino, Erika Wright), 3:22.96.