The Oak Harbor High School swim team remained undefeated and in first place in the Western Conference North standings by swamping Everett 152-33 Wednesday at John Vanderzicht Pool.
The Wildcats’ endurance will be tested next week when they travel to Bellingham Tuesday for a nonleague meet, then face Cascade here the next day in the final conference clash. A win over Cascade (2-4 in league, 4-6 overall) would wrap up the Wesco North dual-meet title for Oak Harbor.
The Wildcats are now 6-0 in Wesco and 10-0-1 overall.
The ‘Cats exerted their dominance over the Seagulls by winning the top three spots in eight of the 12 events, and taking the top two in the other four.
Coach Erika Miller mixed up her lineup but the results were the same as the usually suspects found themselves in the winners’ circle again.
Rachel Weinstein (200 freestyle, 2:29.84; 400 free, 5:11.92), Ciara Hu (200 individual medley, 2:31.39; diving, 128.3), and Laura Rosen (100 free, 1:04.67; 100 breaststroke, 1:23.79) each won two individual events and took part in two winning relays.
Akasha Trisler (100 butterfly, 1:11.1), Tori Nickerson (50 free, 30.22), and Karina Concepcion (100 backstroke, 1:15.12) each picked up single individual wins and two relay victories.
In relay action, Trisler, Weinstein, Hu, and Nickerson grabbed first in the 200 medley (2:17.26). Concepcion, Trisler, Rosen and Nickerson linked up to win the 200 free (2:04.8). The 400 free relay team included Concepcion, Hu, Weinstein, and Rosen (4:41.32).
The other top-three finishers for Oak Harbor are as follows:
200 medley relay: 2. Lily Doyle, McKenna Yockey, Madi Shipley, Abby Rankin, 2:30.94.
200 free: 2. Doyle, 2:38.7; 3. Shipley, 2:45.86.
200 IM: 2. Trisler, 2:39.29; 3. Cassie Stanford, 3:05.44.
50 free: 2. Doyle, 32.33; 3. Rankin, 33.39.
Diving: 2. Kira Homola, 116.1; 3. Angela Johnson, 111.3.
100 butterfly: 2. Shipley, 1:21.72.
100 free: 2. Concepcion, 1:06.17; 3. Yockey, 1:12.14.
400 free: 2. Rachel Mueller, 5:39.26.
200 free relay: 2. Leanne Empinado, Janika Bianco, Mueller, Amanda Ridge, 2:18.53; 3. Homola, Lindsey Johnson, Stanford, Angela Johnson, 2:25.36.
100 backstroke: 2. Stanford, 1:29.28; 3. Rankin, 1:29.38.
100 breaststroke: 2. Nickerson, 1:28.65; 3. Yockey, 1:30.41.
400 free relay: 2. Stanford, Mueller, Shipley, Yockey, 5:13.28.
