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Pomeroy takes second place at County swim meet

PALOUSE–The Pomeroy Pirate swim team came in second by a single point at the Tri-County swim meet on August 3. Peyton Newberg won every race she entered, and high point for her age group, Girls 12 and under. Brantley McKeirnan also won high point for his age group, Boys 8 and under.

Merritt Scoggin, the team's senior swimmer, won the 50 Breaststroke race to finish his high school career undefeated in the stroke. He stated he enjoyed swimming with his teammates and watching them improve over the season. "I appreciate my coaches and teammates," said Scoggin. "It was the greatest last swim meet anyone could hope for."

The Pullman Barracudas team ranked first scoring 345 points; Pomeroy Pirates scored 344.5; SELW third with 237; GPOP fourth at 166; and Colfax fifth totaling 139.5. The women individual rankings are SELW first with 157; Pomeroy Pirates second at 137.5; Pullman Barracudas third coming in at 124; Colfax fourth with 89.5 and GPOP fifth making 36. Men rankings are as follows with Pullman Barracudas first with 221 points; Pomeroy Pirates second at 207; GPOP third with 130; SELW fourth coming in at 80; and Colfax fifth scoring 50.

The following are the scores for each heat.

Girls 12U100yd Freestyle: (1:04.21 Bree Myers 2019): Pomeroy 1:12.49 Newberg, Peyton; Colfax 1:18.10 Ross, Abby; SELW 1:18.97 Waddell, Jersie; Pomeroy124 1:23.08 Miller, Sophie

Boys 12U100yd Freestyle: (1:01.01 Gabe Brannan 1989): GPOP 1:20.09 Carlson, Kevin; SELW 1:26.18 Criswell, Boone; Pomeroy 1:29.06 Edwards, Kael; Colfax 1:35.79 Jones, Henry

Girls 13-14 100yd Freestyle: (1:03.71 Renee Scott 1992): SELW 1:06.45 Kjack, Lyla; Pullman 1:09.86 Ritter, Raya; GPOP 1:12.55 Carlson, Cadance; Pullman 1:14.11 Boone, Daisy

Boys 13-14 100yd Freestyle: (54.59 Gabe Brannan 1991): Pullman 59.76 Hyatt, William; SELW 1:05.77 Meserve, Marty; Pullman 1:06.87 Rusca, Simon; Pomeroy 1:07.92 Miller, Kaleb

Boys 15-18 100yd Freestyle: (53.52 John Getz 1989): GPOP 58.86 Meeuwsen, Nicholas; Pomeroy 1:00.96 Scoggin, Merritt; Pullman 1:01.02 Ritter, Seth; Pomeroy 1:06.49 Newberg, Nolan

Boys 8U 100yd Medley Relay: (1:31.51 Colfax 1992-J. White, R. Frazier, D. White, & J. Pittman): A1 2:14.27 Pomeroy: 1) Steynor, Nathan, 2) Ledgerwood, Jake, 3) Ledgerwood, Roy, 4) McKeirnan, Brantley

Girls 9-10 100yd Medley Relay: (1:15.24 SEL 1988-S. Garrett, A. Schmick, J. Daniel, S. Simpson): A1 1:31.20 Colfax: 1) Salois, Lyla, 2) Lindsey, Alyssa, 3) Wick, Aria, 4) Jones, Charlotte; A2 1:39.07 Pomeroy: 1) Brant, Aurora, 2) Field, Lucy, 3) Steynor, Noel, 4) Fruh, Harper; A3 1:39.39 Pullman: 1) Kruger, Olivia 9,) Forar, Fern, 3) Worob, Rosemary, 4) Agnew, Molly; A4 1:39.80 SELW: 1) Siebert, Anna 9,) Chastain, Rylie, 3) Antle, Ava, 4) Wilson, Bristol; B5 1:58.46 Pullman: Oar, Alice, 2) Smith-Johnson, Ruby, 3) Flabetich, Evie, 4) Keller, Adah

Boys 9-10 100yd Medley Relay: (1:16.30 Pullman 2017 - O. Brannan, A. Oatley, D. Thompson, Q. Campbell): A1 1:28.45 Pullman:1) Rhoden, Declan 2) Peters, Ronan 3) Miller, Elias 4) Boone, Wiley; A2 1:42.48 Pomeroy: 1) Smith, Brooks 2) Newberg, Hudson 3) Horal, Tytus 4) Taylor, Kasen; A3 1:50.53 SELW: 1) Shields, Jace 2) Organ, Cash 3) Correll, Tim 4) Becker, Branson; A4 2:01.27 GPOP: 1) Henning, Joey 2) Kjack, Bowden 3) Kjack, Brantley 4) Morehouse, Hugo

Girls 11-12 200yd Medley Relay: (2:29.59 GarPal 1991 -J. Cottrill, K. McCable, K. Pfaff, & S. Cottrill); A1 2:54.99 SELW: 1) Armstrong, Eliora 2) Taylor, Taylee 3) Waddell, Brynnlee 4) Waddell, Jersie; A2 3:04.92 Pullman: 1) Watson, Vivian 2) Shaw, Mirabel 3) Weber, Kenley 4) Johnson, Phoebe; A3 3:05.67 Colfax: 1) Cochran, Ella, 2) Roberts, Hadley 3) Ross, Abby 4) Clinton, Kailee; B4 3:14.76 SELW: 1) Mackey, Raylee 2) Shields, Peyton 3) Loomis, Emma 4) Mackey, Aubrey; A5 3:14.98 Pomeroy: 1) Taylor, Emmerson 2) Newberg, Peyton 3) Horal, Myka 4) Miller, Sophie

Boys 11-12 200yd Medley Relay: (2:35.76 Dayton 1993 - T. J. Scott, M. Laughery., T. Alves, J. Harwood): A1 3:25.94 GPOP: 1) Morehouse, Milo 2) Carlson, Kevin 3) McKinney, Jaxon 4) Jackman, Silas

Girls 13-14 200yd Medley Relay: (2:18.89 GarPal 1993 - J. Cottrill, K. McCable, K. Pfaff, S. Cottrill): A1 2:31.52 SELW:1) Loomis, Loren 2) Kjack, Lyla 3) Thomas, Kailyn 4) Pelissier, Peyton; A2 2:33.66 Pullman:1) Pietz, Kenzie 2) Watson, Mara 3) Ritter, Raya 4) Boone, Daisy; A3 2:50.15 GPOP: 1) Henning, Jordyn 2) Carlson, Cadance 3) Morehouse, Madelyn 4) Kjack, Andrea; B4 3:14.71 SELW: 1) Dawson, Lilly 2) Richmond, Olivia 3) Rocha, Addyson 4) Cook, Maleah

Boys 13-14 200yd Medley Relay: (2:19.48 GPOP 2019 - L. Orf, B. Meisel, J. Orr, F. Meisel): A1 2:25.30 Pullman: 1) Rusca, Simon, 2) Rhoden, Brennan, 3) Hyatt, William 4) Child, Brock

Boys 15-18 200yd Medley Relay: (2:02.54 Colfax 1988 - J. Getz, M. Thompson, S. Olson J. Brannan): A1 2:29.79 Pomeroy: 1) Miller, Kaleb, 2) Field, Colton, 3) Scoggin, Merritt 4) Newberg, Nolan; A2 2:33.14 SELW: 1) Garrett, James 2) Criswell, Easton 3) Meserve, Marty 4) Hone, Jake

Girls 8U 25yd Freestyle: (16.23 Dawn Rose 1984): Colfax 20.81 Jones, Charlotte; Pomeroy 21.31 McKeirnan, Genevieve; Pomeroy 21.71 Dixon, Autumn; Pullman 22.33 Flabetich, Evie

Boys 8U 25yd Freestyle: (15.88 Gabriel Ross 2011): Pomeroy 21.56McKeirnan, Brantley; Pomeroy 23.70Smith, Brooks; Pullman 23.85Rhoden, Owen; Colfax 24.07Cochran, Brenner

Girls 9-10 25yd Freestyle: (14.40 Tiffany Pittman 1991): SELW 16.23 Antle, Ava; Colfax 16.76 Wick, Aria; Colfax 18.30 Salois, Lyla; Pullman 18.88 Agnew, Molly

Boys 9-10 25yd Freestyle: (13.58 Gabe Brannan 1987): GPOP 16.09 Kjack, Brantley; Pomeroy 16.27 Newberg, Hudson; Pullman 16.30 Miller, Elias; Pomeroy 16.91 Horal, Tytus

Girls 11-12 50yd Freestyle: (28.88 Scout Cai 2010): Pomeroy 31.87 Newberg, Peyton; SELW 35.67 Waddell, Brynnlee; SELW 35.80 Waddell, Jersie; Colfax 36.19 Ross, Abby

Boys 11-12 50yd Freestyle: (27.06 Gabe Brannan 1989): GPOP 36.79 Carlson, Kevin; SELW 39.16 Criswell, Boone; Pomeroy 40.63 Edwards, Kael; Colfax 41.34 Jones, Henry

Girls 13-14 50yd Freestyle: (28.59 K.J. McGreevey 1995): SELW141 29.94Kjack, Lyla; Pullman142 31.67Ritter, Raya; SELW133 31.97Pelissier, Peyton; GPOP144 32.41Carlson, Cadance

Boys 13-14 50yd Freestyle: (24.75 Gabe Brannan 1991): Pullman 27.03 Hyatt, William; Pomeroy 29.18 Miller, Kaleb; Pullman 29.34 Rusca, Simon; Pullman 29.67 Rhoden, Brennan

Boys 15-18 50yd Freestyle: (24.07 Bridger Landle 2008): GPOP 26.83 Meeuwsen, Nicholas; Pullman 27.30 Ritter, Seth; Pomeroy 27.31 Scoggin, Merritt; Pomeroy 28.24 Newberg, Nolan

Girls 8U 25yd Butterfly: (19.30 Dawn Rose 1984): Pomeroy 27.21 Dixon, Autumn; Colfax 29.52 Jones, Charlotte; Pomeroy 29.52 Tetrick, Kenley; Pomeroy 34.35 McKeirnan, Genevieve

Boys 8U 25yd Butterfly: (17.50 Gabriel Ross 2011): Pomeroy 31.58Ledgerwood, Roy; Pullman 32.81Bowen, Levi; Pomeroy 32.90McKeirnan, Brantley; Pullman 33.91Rhoden, Owen

Girls 9-10 25yd Butterfly: (16.90 Drew Brewer 2012): SELW J22.90 Antle, Ava; Colfax J22.83 Wick, Aria; Colfax J23.20 Salois, Lyla; Pullman J24.62 Agnew, Molly

Boys 9-10 25yd Butterfly: (15.66 Gabe Brannan 1987): Pullman 20.98 Boone, Wiley; GPOP 21.06 Kjack, Brantley; Pomeroy 21.17 Newberg, Hudson; Pullman 21.33 Miller, Elias

Girls 11-12 50yd Butterfly: (32.86 Bree Myers 2019): Pomeroy 37.53 Newberg, Peyton; SELW 40.01 Waddell, Brynnlee; Colfax 43.40 Ross, Abby; Pomeroy 44.91 Miller, Sophie

Boys 11-12 50yd Butterfly: (29.78 Gabe Brannan 1989): GPOP 48.36 McKinney, Jaxon; SELW 50.28 Cook, Eli; Pomeroy 52.37 Burnstad, Karl; GPOP 55.51 Carlson, Kevin

Girls 13-14 50yd Butterfly: (31.65 Ireland Mayfield 2012): SELW 32.43 Kjack, Lyla; Pullman 34.76 Ritter, Raya; GPOP 35.59 Carlson, Cadance; Pullman 38.08 Boone, Daisy

Boys 13-14 50yd Butterfly: (26.67 Gabe Brannan 1991): Pullman 29.03 Hyatt, William; SELW 34.36 Meserve, Marty; Pullman 34.54 Rusca, Simon; Pullman 37.18 Rhoden, Brennan

Boys 15-18 50yd Butterfly: (27.26 Darrick Blood 2014): GPOP 28.37 Meeuwsen, Nicholas; Pullman 28.70 Ritter, Seth; Pomeroy 29.27 Scoggin, Merritt; Pomeroy 36.09 Newberg, Nolan

Girls 12U100yd IM: (1:14.54 Bree Myers 2019): Pomeroy 1:27.45 Newberg, Peyton; Pomeroy 1:35.49 Miller, Sophie; Pullman 1:36.17 Pietz, Kenzie; Colfax 1:37.12 Ross, Abby

Boys 12U100yd IM: (1:13.15 Gabe Brannan 1989): GPOP 1:54.29 Morehouse, Milo; Pomeroy 1:54.69 Edwards, Kael; Pullman 1:56.98 Child, Brock; Colfax 2:02.42 Jones, Henry

Girls 13-14 100yd IM: (1:15.03 Ireland Mayfield 2012): SELW 1:17.52 Kjack, Lyla; Pullman 1:18.96 Ritter, Raya; GPOP 1:22.60 Carlson, Cadance; Pullman 1:23.89 Boone, Daisy

Boys 13-14 100yd IM: (1:05.07 Gabe Brannan 1991): Pullman 1:12.62 Hyatt, William; Pullman 1:20.74 Rusca, Simon; Pullman 1:21.08 Rhoden, Brennan; SELW 1:23.14 Meserve, Marty

Boys 15-18 100yd IM: (1:04.25 John Getz 1988): Pullman J1:09.36 Ritter, Seth; Pomeroy J1:12.94 Scoggin, Merritt; GPOP J1:12.94 Meeuwsen, Nicholas; Pomeroy J1:18.81 Newberg, Nolan

Girls 8U 25yd Breaststroke: (22.03 Tiffany Pittman 1989): Colfa1 26.75 Jones, Charlotte; Pomeroy 32.20 McKeirnan, Genevieve; Pomeroy 36.94 Dixon, Autumn; Colfax 46.99 Olin, Isabella

Boys 8U 25yd Breaststroke: (22.66 Tyler Bober 2011): Pomeroy 30.53 McKeirnan, Brantley; Colfax 38.10 Cochran, Brenner; Pomeroy 40.11 Smith, Brooks; Pullman 41.27 Rhoden, Owen

Girls 9-10 25yd Breaststroke: (18.54 Tiffany Pittman 1991): Pullman 24.7 1Forar, Fern; Colfax 24.72 Lindsey, Alyssa; Pomeroy 24.80 Field, Lucy; Pullman 25.01 Worob, Rosemary

Boys 9-10 25yd Breaststroke: (19.14 Dillon Thompson 2018): Pomeroy 22.05 Newberg, Hudson; Pullman 24.59 Peters, Ronan; Pullman 25.96 Boone, Wiley; GPOP 26.40 Kjack, Brantley

Girls 11-12 50yd Breaststroke: (36.81 Katie Coles 1994): Pomeroy 42.74 Newberg, Peyton; Pomeroy 48.46 Horal, Myka'; Pullman 49.00 Shaw, Mirabel; Pomeroy 49.02 Miller, Sophie

Boys 11-12 50yd Breaststroke: (38.57 Gabe Brannan 1989): GPOP 49.74 Carlson, Kevin; Pomeroy 59.76 Edwards, Kael; SELW 1:00.28 Criswell, Boone; Colfax 1:04.18 Jones, Henry

Girls 13-14 50yd Breaststroke: (37.22 Katie Coles 1995): GPOP 39.84 Carlson, Cadance; SELW 40.61 Kjack, Lyla; Pullman 40.91 Ritter, Raya; Pullman 44.37 Boone, Daisy

Boys 13-14 50yd Breaststroke: (33.75 Gabe Brannan 1991): Pullman 39.50 Rhoden, Brennan; Pullman 40.14 Hyatt, William; Pomeroy 40.93 Miller, Kaleb; SELW 4.02 Meserve, Marty

Boys 15-18 50yd Breaststroke: (32.49 John Newton 1986): Pomeroy 35.90 Scoggin, Merritt; Pomeroy 37.13 Newberg, Nolan; Pullman 38.47 Ritter, Seth; GPOP 39.52 Meeuwsen, Nicholas

Girls 8U 25yd Backstroke: (20.90 Tiffany Pittman 1989): Pomeroy 24.16 Tetrick, Kenley; SELW 24.64 Anderson, Zoe; Pomeroy 27.3 7 Dixon, Autumn; Colfax 27.60 Jones, Charlotte

Boys 8U 25yd Backstroke: (19.81 Gabe Brannan 1985): Pullman 26.73 Bowen, Levi; Pomeroy 27.45 McKeirnan, Brantley; Pomeroy 28.01 Smith, Brooks; Pomeroy 30.34 Ledgerwood, Roy

Girls 9-10 25yd Backstroke: (17.87 Joey Cottrill 1989): Colfax 20.37 Wick, Aria; Colfax 20.96 Salois, Lyla; SELW 22.95 Antle, Ava; Pullman 23.32 Kruger, Olivia

Boys 9-10 25yd Backstroke: (17.96 Nicholas Goodell 2009): GPOP 20.04 Kjack, Brantley; Pomeroy 21.26 Newberg, Hudson; Pullman 21.54 Miller, Elias; Pomeroy 23.3 Horal, Tytus

Girls 11-12 50yd Backstroke: (34.75 Bree Myers 2019): Pomeroy 39.80 Newberg, Peyton; Pullman 42.10 Pietz, Kenzie; SELW 42.31 Waddell, Brynnlee; Pomeroy 47.11 Miller, Sophie

Boys 11-12 50yd Backstroke: (34.56 Gabe Brannan 1989): GPOP 48.07 Carlson, Kevin; GPOP 49.55 Morehouse, Milo; Colfax 52.26 Jones, Henry; Pullman 52.40 Child, Brock

Girls 13-14 50yd Backstroke: (33.68 Joey Cottrill 1992): SELW 36.06 Kjack, Lyla; Pullman 37.32 Ritter, Raya; SELW 37.47 Loomis, Loren; Pullman 38.61 Boone, Daisy

Boys 13-14 50yd Backstroke: (29.72 Gabe Brannan 1991): Pullman 33.85 Hyatt, William; SELW 37.46 Meserve, Marty; Pullman 37.89 Rusca, Simon; Pomeroy 39.15 Miller, Kaleb

Boys 15-18 50yd Backstroke: (29.98 John Getz 1988): Pullman 32.47 Ritter, Seth; GPOP 34.01 Meeuwsen, Nicholas; Pomeroy 35.86 Newberg, Nolan; Colfax 36.63 Ward, Jacob

Boys 8U 100yd Freestyle Relay: (1:20.49 Dayton 1992 - C. Groom, T. Marinella, G. Pounds, J. Thorn): A1 1:51.45 Pomeroy: 1) Ledgerwood, Jake 8, 2) Steynor, Nathan 7, 3) Ledgerwood, Roy 6, 4) McKeirnan, Brantley 8

Girls 9-10 100yd Freestyle Relay: (1:07.45 Colfax 1992 - K. Swan, E. Hall, A. McPherson, J. Hedlund): A1 1:20.94 Colfax:1) Lindsey, Alyssa, 2) Vanness, Elizabeth, 3) Salois, Lyla, 4) Wick, Aria; A2 1:29.20SELW:1) Wilson, Bristol, 2) Anderson, Zoe, 3) Siebert, Anna, 4) Antle, Ava; A3 1:32.11 Pomeroy: 1) Brant, Aurora, 2) Fruh, Harper, 3) Field, Lucy, 4) Steynor, Noel; A4 1:37.16 Pullman:1) Smith-Johnson, Ruby, 2) Forar, Fern, 3) Worob, Rosemary, 4) Agnew, Molly; B5 1:42.15 Pullman:1) Child, Aniston, 2) Keller, Adah, 3) Kruger, Olivia, 4) Flabetich, Evie; B6 2:00.80 SELW:1) Taylor, Tinlee, 2) Chastain, Rylie, 3) Pietila, Gorgia, 4) Mackey, Macie

Boys 9-10 100yd Freestyle Relay: (1:05.62 Dayton 1991 - T. Scott, M. Laughery, T. Alves, S. Smith): A1 1:13.28 Pullman:1) Olsen, Lukas, 2) Boone, Wiley, 3) Rhoden, Declan, 4) Miller, Elias; A2 1:28.64 Pomeroy:1) Taylor, Kasen, 2) Horal, Tytus, 3) Smith, Brooks, 4) Newberg, Hudson; B3 1:29.66 Pullman:1) Rhoden, Owen, 2) Bowen, Levi, 3) Corbin, Kasen, 4) Peters, Ronan; A4 1:42.11 GPOP:1) Kjack, Bowden, 2) Morehouse, Hugo, 3) Wallace, Jackson, 4) Kjack, Brantley; A5 1:51.34 SELW:1) Armstrong, Ebby, 2) Correll, Tim, 3) Shields, Jace, 4) Becker, Branson

Girls 11-12 200yd Freestyle Relay: (2:13.72 GarPal 1991 - J. Cottrill, K. McCabe, K. Pfaff, S. Cottrill): A1 2:33.43 SELW:1) Waddell, Jersie, 2) Mackey, Aubrey, 3) Armstrong, Eliora, 4) Waddell, Brynnlee; A2 2:40.46 Pomeroy:1) Taylor, Emmerson, 2) Miller, Sophie, 3) Horal, Myka, 4) Newberg, Peyton; A3 2:56.03 Colfax: 1) Roberts, Hadley, 2) McKeirnan, Isabelle, 3) Cochran, Ella, 4) Ross, Abby; B4 2:59.22 SELW: 1) Taylor, Taylee, 2) Loomis, Emma, 3) Logstrom, Morgan 4) Mackey, Raylee

Boys 11-12 200yd Freestyle Relay: (2:04.34 Colfax1976 - T. Bruya, K. Organ, K. Kragt, J. Cottrill): A1 3:07.14 GPOP:1) McKinney, Jaxon, 2) Jackman, Silas, 3) Morehouse, Milo 4) Carlson, Kevin

Girls 13-14 200yd Freestyle Relay: (2:02.35 GarPal 1993 - J. Cottrill, K. McCabe, K. Pfaff, S. Cottrill): A1 2:10.92 SELW:1) Pelissier, Peyton, 2) Thomas, Kailyn, 3) Loomis, Loren, 4) Kjack, Lyla; A2 2:24.79 Pullman:1) Watson, Mara, 2) Corbin, Kylie, 3) Boone, Daisy, 4) Ritter, Raya; A3 2:34.06 GPOP: 1) Morehouse, Madelyn, 2) Nelson, Desiree, 3) Henning, Jordyn, 4) Carlson, Cadance; B4 3:02.33 SELW: Cook, Maleah, 2) Dawson, Lilly, 3) Richmond, Olivia, 4) Rocha, Addyson

Boys 13-14 200yd Freestyle Relay: (1:54.80 Colfax 1977 - T. Bruya, K. Organ, K. Kragt, D. Courchaine) A1 2:08.97 Pullman:1) Child, Brock, 2) Rhoden, Brennan, 3) Rusca, Simon, 4) Hyatt, William

Boys 15-18 200yd Freestyle Relay: (1:46.20 SEL 1971): A1 2:02.09 Pomeroy:1) Newberg, Nolan, 2) Miller, Kaleb, 3) Field, Colton, 4) Scoggin, Merritt; A2 2:03.59 SELW: 1) Meserve, Marty, 2) Mackey, Jeffrey, 3) Garrett, James, 4) Hone, Jake

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