By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

Corwin Lindeman of Mount Rainier dove to a state championship Thursday and teammate Lando Griffith took third, sending the Rams on their way to a seventh place team finish at the Class 4A boys swimming and diving meet.

Lindeman scored 449.10 points to capture the title and Griffith garnered 350.75.

The action at the King County Aquatic Center concluded Saturday with the swimming finals.

When the waves had settled, Mount Rainier had 126 team points while Kennedy Catholic had 54 for 14th place.

Luke Logan led the Lancers, taking third place in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.24 seconds 

Will Spencer had two fourth places for the Mount Rainier Rams.

He posted a time of 1 minute, 53.39 seconds in the 200 individual medley with a 50.98 effort in the 100 backstroke.

Kennedy Catholic captured eighth in the 200 free relay with Tristan Paulsen, Daniel LeVander, Mason Foster and Logan posting a 1:32.79.

Mount Rainier placed ninth in the 200 medley and 400 free relays.

Odin Schwab, Spencer, Will Ma and Wolfgang Hoppenrath had a 1:38.66 clocking in the 200 medley relay and a 3:18.40 in the 400 free relay.

Schwab was also ninth individually in the 100 free with a 48.45.

Ma managed to take 10th in the 500 free in 4:52.19 and 11th in the 200 IM in 2:00.10.

The Lancers' Logan, LeVander, Foster and Paulsen placed 10th in the 400 free relay in 3:19.76.

Schwab finished 15th in the 100 back in 53.66 for the Rams, who also took 20th in the 200 free relay in 1:34.23 with Nate Peterson, Gavin Gollob, Peter Lloyd and Hoppenrath.

3A state meet

Ballard's Kian Vae'ena placed eighth in the 100 back in 53.87 to highlight the local Class 3A efforts Saturday.

Giovanni Slye of West Seattle dove to a 10th place finish with 244.65 points and Ben Wrenholt was 15th in the 500 free for the Wildcats in 5:01.23.

Teammate Tom Wrenholt took 23rd in the 100 back in 57.13.

Earning their way to state in the 400 free relay but taking a disqualification was the Ballard foursome of Vae'ena, Evan Sadler, Matt Montague and Nathan Williams.

2A state meet

Anthyme Nguyen of Highline captured eighth place in the 100 breaststroke in 1:03.74 Saturday.

Felix Koontz of Evergreen came in 10th in the 100 free in 52.12 and 13th in the 200 free in 2:00.21.

Tyee's Logan Getchman took 18th in the 100 back with a 1:03.74.