With the U.S. Olympic swimming team nearing the Olympics, the
National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association recently released its list
of high school All-Americans.
The lists compile the top 100
performances in each event during the recently completed school year. Oregon is tied for 27th nationally in the number of athletes,
while California came in at No. 1 with 750 honorees.
Led by
Cameron Stitt of Sunset and Alysha Bush of Newburg, Oregon had 10 boys All-Americans and 10 girls honorees,
respectively.
Here is a list of the events that included Oregon athletes (with overall ranking and time):
Boys200 FreestyleCameron Stitt,
Sunset (Portland) (67th, 1 minute, 40.07 seconds)
200 Individual MedleyAaron Ghiglieri,
Cascade Christian (Medford) (58th, 1 minute, 51.15 seconds)
50 FreestyleColin Eaton,
Corbett/Corbett Charter (Corbett) (12th, 20.48 seconds)
100 ButterflyAaron Ghiglieri, Cascade Christian (39th, 49.52 seconds)
100 FreestyleColin Eaton, Corbett Charter (39th, 45.35 seconds)
Tommy Brewer, Summit (98th, 46.04 seconds)
500 FreestyleCameron Stitt, Sunset (20th, 4 minutes, 27.84 seconds)
100 BackstrokeCurtis Klein,
West Linn (46th, 50.08 seconds)
William Tyrell,
Grant (Portland) (97th, 50.88 seconds)
100 BreaststrokeCole Hurwitz, Sunset (73rd, 57.34 seconds)
Girls50 FreestyleAlysha Bush,
Newberg (71st, 23.55 seconds)
Brie Balsbough, West Linn (93rd, 23.66 seconds)
Brenda Cha,
Lakeridge (Lake Oswego) (93rd, 23.66 seconds)
100 ButterflyBreanna Sapienza, Cascade Christian (24th, 54.63 seconds)
100 FreestyleAlysha Bush, Newberg (50th, 50.82 seconds)
500 FreestyleJessie James,
West Albany (Albany) (94th, 4 minutes, 55.84 seconds)
100 BackstrokeKaren Turner, Lakeridge (92nd, 56.25 seconds)
100 BreaststrokeSarah Kaunitz,
Lake Oswego (36th, 1 minute, 3.61 seconds)
Brie Balsbough, West Linn (91st, 1 minute, 4.69 seconds)
Catherine Yea, Lake Oswego (97th, 1 minute, 4.78 seconds)
