By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Tommy Thach of Kennedy Catholic captured two first place finishes to lead the Lancers to a fifth-place team finish at the state Class 3Aboys swimming and diving finals Saturday.

Thach won the 200-yard freestyle race in an All-American Automatic time of 1 minute, 38.47 seconds and took first in the 100 backstroke with an All-American Consideration effort of 51.19.

The Lancers scored 142 points as a team in the competition held Saturday morning at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

Kennedy Catholic came in second in the opening 200 medley relay in 1:38.93 and third in the 400 free relay in 3:14.50.

The Lancers placed 11th in the 200 free relay in 1:33.05.

Ian Olufson swam with Thach in the 200 free finals and finished fifth in a time of 1:47.29.

Olufson was also 12th in the 100 free in 49.92 ahead of teammate Jack Fenster's 50.09. Dylan Jergens was 16th in the 100 free in 51.03.

Fenster snagged 17th place in the 50 free in 22.98 and Anthony Tran placed 17th in the 100 breaststroke in 1:02.83 with Jeff Kasahara 19th in 1:03.78. Tran also took 19th in the 200 individual medley in 2:09.73 and Kasahara was 23rd in the 100 butterfly in 58.69.

Aidan Kormanic scored 191.05 points for 18th place in diving for the Lancers.

Highline, meanwhile, scored 63 points for 16th place at the 2A meet Saturday night and Mount Rainier scored 49 for 16th in the 4A competition Saturday afternoon.

Nathan Da Dalto tallied 365.45 points for Mount Rainier to came in third in diving, with teammate Peyton Conrad 18th with 288.75.

Eric Reiff was 11th in the 50 free for the Rams in 22.32 with teammate Grant Meyers 14th in 22.42.

Mount Rainier placed 12th in the 200 medley relay in 1:42.25 and Meyers was 13th in the 100 free in 48.73.

Mount Rainier managed a 14th place finish in the 200 free relay in 1:32.50 and a 20th in the 400 free relay in 3:31.52.

Tyler Goodspeed of Highline placed fifth in the 2A 100 breast with a 1:02.09, edging out teammate Nathan Williams with his 1:02.12.

Williams was also sixth in the 200 free in 2:00.17 and Goodspeed was 12th in the 100 fly in 55.66.

The Pirates also placed 12th in the 200 free relay in 1:36.82 and 13th in the 200 medley relay in 1:48.17.