OSAA State Swimming Championships—boys Sunday, February 17, 2008

Pendleton junior Lucas Hill swims in a 500 yard freestyle preliminary heat Feb. 15 at the state championships in Gresham. Hill's time of 5:00.75 made him the first reserve swimmer for Saturday's final.

If I shot swimming more often, I'd probably get better at it, but to be honest, it's ... well, let's say tough. You have to respect the guys that do it well. At least this venue had plenty of light.



Ashland's Dash King celebrates after winning his 50 yard freestyle at the state swimming championships Feb. 15 in Gresham with a time of 22.18 seconds. King won the 5A final Saturday with a time of 22.05. He also won the 100 yard freestyle, and anchored Ashland's 5th place 400 yard free relay team.







Pendleton junior Lucas Hill crouches on the start block Feb. 15 before a boys 200 yard freestyle preliminary heat at the state swimming championships in Gresham. Hill's time of 1:51.53 was 8th in the preliminaries. The top six qualify for the finals.