Prep Sports Blog

Liberty
Nicole Lecoq (senior): 200 medley relay, 200 free (5th), 100 back (5th), 400 free relay
Elise Tinseth (junior): 200 medley relay, 200 IM (9th), 100 back (6th), 400 free relay

Hazen
Lauren Kaufman (senior): 100 free (state champion), 50 free (2nd), 400 free relay
Kaela Nurmi (senior): 100 free, 100 back, 400 free relay
Amy LeBar (sophomore): 400 free relay

Lindbergh
Savannah Lemke (senior): 200 IM, 100 fly

Renton
Tala Hild (sophomore): 100 fly
Eloisa Bautista (sophomore): 100 breast

Renton

Boys
Saugat Chhetri (senior) 81st at state
Aslan DaVault (junior) 63rd at districts
Adriel Paine (junior) 77th

Girls
Amy Tat (senior), 76th at districts
Tricia Bui (senior), 90th
Dalena Pham (senior), 97th
Cynthia Fang (sophomore), 115th
Mariam Kalokoh (senior), 116th

Lindbergh

Boys -6th at state
Luke Garcia (junior), 43rd at state
Mark Garcia (junior), 64th
Nathan Haley (junior), 87th
Nate Tandecki (senior), 101st

Girls -6th at state
Sarah Reiter (junior), 14th at state
Jasmine Fallgreen (junior), 37th
Anna Patti (junior), 39th
Ariel Hodges (sophomore), 95th
Elizabeth Hansen (sophomore), 121st
Brenna Fisher (junior), 133rd

Hazen

Boys -12th at state
Daniel Karpman (sophomore), 44th at state
Conner Hall (junior), 62nd

Girls
Michelle Wnek (senior), 50th at districts
Lindsey Strandberg (senior), 54th
Emily Haver (sophomore), 98th
Keturah Slaugh (junior), 108th
Jackie Manson (junior), 110th

Liberty

Boys
Tyler Westenbroek (junior), 76th at state
Alex Velasquez (senior), 35th at districts
Scott Turner (senior), 36th
Jared Bales (sophomore), 43rd

Girls
Megan Chucka (sophomore), 68th at state
Kaily Davies (junior), 32nd at districts
Allie Wood (sophomore), 34th
Michaela Chucka (sophomore), 36th
Rachel Shaw (sophomore), 45th
Aimee Christensen (junior), 69th
Melissa Blue (sophomore), 74th

Hazen has hired new swimming and volleyball coaches.
The Highlanders’ new swim coach is Ken Alfonso and the new volleyball coach is Cari O’loughlin-Britt.
Alfonso swam at Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo, Calif. He previous coached girls water polo and swim at Lincoln High School in Stockton, Calif.
O’loughlin-Britt coached volleyball for 13 years at Kennedy Catholic High School. She also coached at Arlington High School.
In May, the Renton School District decided to combine the Renton and Lindbergh programs into a cooperative swim program. After that, the District ended the swim coaching positions at Renton, Lindbergh and Hazen.
In June, the District reconsidered the cooperative swim program and decided to scrap all of the changes.

Liberty High graduate and San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum made his third straight All-Star team earlier this week.
Lincecum, who has won the past two N.L. Cy Young awards, currently sports a 3.28 Earned Run Average (ERA). That’s the highest he’s had since his rookie year in 2007, when he posted a 4.00 mark.

SD Dirk
Lincecum’s 9.93 Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (K/9) and 3.78 Walks Per Nine Innings (BB/9) rates also represent the worst since 2007.
The decrease in K/9 is likely a fluke as Lincecum’s Contact% (percentage of time batters make contact) is lower than last year. In fact, the 73.2 percent rate is the best he’s ever had.
Lincecum’s SwStr% (swinging strike percentage) is 11.7, up from his 11.1 career rate – another good sign the strikeouts could be on the way back up.
The fact that 2010 has been disappointing shows just how lofty Lincecum has set the standards with early in his career.

WashingtonPreps.com recently listed many of Washington’s top football prospects in the Class of 2011.
Lindbergh’s Diondre Toms led the way coming in at No. 21.
After Toms, it’s Liberty quartet of Chandler Jenkins (22), Jake Bainton (23), Trey Wheeler (28) and Drez Henfield (47).

The Hazen boys basketball team beat Tahoma 68-41 Thursday. The Highlanders will play Todd Beamer in the first round of the playoffs July 5 at 5:30 at Auburn.

If the team wins they play the winner of Sumner vs. Kentlake July 7 at 3:30.

Renton’s Justin Bennett made the all-tournament team at the Garfield Bulldog Bash last weekend. The Indians placed seventh overall as a team.

Hazen’s James Holland will attend the United States Military Academy at West Point. I haven’t confirmed with James yet, but he will likely be competing in both football and track and field.

Holland made the first team all-Seamount offensive team. He placed third at the 3A state meet in the 110-meter hurdles.

Liberty’s Marcell Bell and Nolan Leifer will play football at the University of Montana Western.

Bell made the all-league second defensive team last fall. Leifer earned a KingCo 3A/2A honorable mention.

Remaining postseason information:

• Liberty tennis players Thomas Lowes and Amber Eastham play in the SeaKing District 2 tournament starting Tuesday. Lowes and Eastham are the first two Patriot tennis players to every qualify for districts.
• The Liberty softball team takes on Bishop Blanchet Thursday at 2 p.m. at Lower Woodlands Park in Seattle. In the first round of the SeaKing District 2 tournament.
• A number of Liberty track and field athletes will be competing at the SeaKing District 2 meet May 19 and 21 at Southwest Athletic Complex in Seattle.
• Meanwhile the Renton, Hazen and Lindbergh track and field athletes will compete in the West Central District III meet May 21-22 at Mount Tahoma Stadium.

Note:I still haven’t found the Seamount League tennis results yet, so I’m not sure who is moving on to districts. The tournament is May 18, 20 and 23 at Spriker Recreation Center in Tacoma.

Lindbergh shortstop Tommy Kawamura has verbally committed to play baseball at Wilamette University this season.
Kawamura was the second team all-league shortstop for the Seamount this year. He batted .529 and scored 19 runs. He knocked in 18 RBI’s and stole 12 bases.