Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
Kids 8 to 18 years old competed in swimming races at the Tri-County Swim League meet on July 22 against Pullman.
COLFAX — Sixteen-year-old Corbin Burt won six swim races at the Tri-County Swim League meet on July 22 against Pullman.
Burt races in the boys age 15-18 category. His first-place finishes included the 100 meter-freestyle, 50-meter freestyle, 50-meter butterfly, 100-meter individual medley, 50-meter breaststroke, and 50-meter backstroke.
Haven Inman, 8, took first in two races for Colfax. She won the girls 8-under 25-meter butterfly and 8-under 25-meter breaststroke.
Other Colfax finishers to win a race included Ezra Bretveld (boys 9-10 backstroke), Micah Bretveld (girls 13-14 50-meter butterfly), Alton Burt (boys 13-14 freestyle), Ella Cochran, (girls 8-under 25-meter backstroke), Josia Huber (boys 12-under 100-meter freestyle), Adelyn Little (girls 9-10 25 butterfly), and Lyla Salois (girls 8-under freestyle).
In team results, Pullman won the meet with 599.5 points to 494.5 for Colfax. Colfax finished won the boys events (264-230) while Pullman won the girls (369.5-230.5).
Tri-County Swim League standings are St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtucna (SELW) 3-0, Pullman 3-1, Colfax 1-2, Pomeroy 1-2, and Garfield-Palouse-Oakesdale-Plummer (GPOP) 0-3.
Earlier this month, Colfax beat GPOP on July 13 and then lost to SELW on July 15. SELW has beaten Colfax and Pullman.
The longtime league is for novice swimmers ages 8-18. Each meet starts at 4 p.m. with an hour-long warm-up beforehand.
The championship meet is on Aug. 7 in Colfax.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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