Menu
Cascadia Daily News
Facebook X-twitter Instagram Tiktok
Search
Close this search box.
Get unlimited local news and information that matters to you.
Subscribe Now

Swimming

Swimming

Whatcom County swimmers capture four championship titles at state meet

Prep athletes post best showing since 2012 with 11 medals
Feb. 19, 2024 5:12 p.m.
Bellingham’s Miles Cratsenberg keeps the lead against Squalicum’s Dylan Fisk in the 100-yard breaststroke as they both surface for air.
Swimming

District swimming: Whatcom County prep athletes earn 32 entries to 2A state meet

Bellingham's Miles Cratsenberg has record-breaking performances
Feb. 12, 2024 6:33 p.m.
Squalicum’s Michael Ciatti watches his teammate Finn Smith come in second.
Swimming

Squalicum wraps up dual season with record-breaking win over Bellingham

Cratsenberg, Fisk break school records ahead of postseason
Jan. 30, 2024 7:45 p.m.
Sehome's Scotty Li breaches the water to take a breath.
Swimming

Sehome, Squalicum lead locals at NWC Invitational meet

Whatcom County swim teams combine for 17 top-3 finishes in regular season's biggest meet
Jan. 21, 2024 3:37 p.m.
Meridian’s Jaeger Fyfe tries for a shot between two leaping Nooksack Valley players with their arms raised in hopes of blocking his shot.
Prep/College

Sports roundup: Boys basketball standings narrow late in the season

WWU women's basketball keeps winning, men's team slides
Updated Jan. 18, 2024 2:10 p.m.
Lynden’s Brant Heppner and Anthony Canales smile as they and their teammates head to the bench. one of the players can be seen clapping.
Prep/College

Sports roundup: Winter sports are in full swing

WWU basketball teams kick off league schedules
Dec. 6, 2023 5:13 p.m.
Nooksack Valley players are introduced as one player high fives her teammates as she walks to her spot.
Prep

Winter prep sports preview: Quick, get indoors!

Basketball teams look to defend titles; wrestling, swim and dive, bowling start season
Dec. 1, 2023 5:00 a.m.
Bellingham’s Annika Holland laps another swimmer Oct. 19 as she wins the 200-yard freestyle during a meet with Ferndale and Meridian. Holland was a part of two different Bayhawks relay teams that finished top-8 at the 1A/2A girls state swim and dive meet Nov. 9–11 at the King County Aquatic Center.
Swimming

Whatcom County swimmers tally 13 top-5 finishes at state swim meet

Bellingham's Grace Sorensen captures pair of individual titles
Nov. 11, 2023 10:08 p.m.
Sehome’s Jordis Darroch pulls ahead of Blaine's Hailey Ferrell in the 100-yard butterfly Oct. 17 during a dual meet. Darroch and Ferrell each earned multiple entries to the 2A state meet
Swimming

Swim teams earn 39 entries to upcoming state meet

Bellingham, Sehome lead Whatcom County schools with double-digit qualifiers
Nov. 6, 2023 3:38 p.m.
Sehome swim coach Don Helling gets a kiss on the cheek from daughter Lauren Gongwer Oct. 17 after beating Squalicum in a dual meet at the Arne Hanna Aquatic Center. Helling will retire from coaching after the fall season following a 49-year high school coaching career — 38 of which were at Sehome.
Swimming

‘It’s bittersweet’: Sehome swim coach nears end of 49-year career

Don Helling to retire after leading Sehome sports programs for decades
Nov. 2, 2023 5:10 a.m.
Sehome’s Elsa Ethelbah laps a swimmer on the other side as she turns to breathe.
Swimming

Sehome girls swim earns late-season dual win over Squalicum

Both teams combine for 3 state qualifying times, Mariners prevail 100-81
Oct. 18, 2023 2:23 p.m.
Blaine swimmer Hailey Ferrell won the 1A/2A girls swim and dive 500-yard freestyle state championship as a freshman last season. Ferrell
Swimming

Blaine sophomore swimmer is building on historic freshman season

Hailey Ferrell became first state champion in program history a season ago
Sept. 29, 2023 5:00 a.m.

About

Community

Advertise

Subscriptions

Connect

Facebook Brands-x-twitter Instagram Tiktok