Newport Swim Team wraps up season

The Newport Swim Team (NST) wrapped up their Long Course season this past weekend at the 2024 OSI Arena 11 & Over LC Championships. The event was held from July 18-21 at the Mt. Hood Community College Aquatic Center, with eight NST members aged 11 to 18 participating. Of the 43 Oregon swim clubs that sent qualified swimmers, NST secured enough points to place 23rd in the combined boys and girls scoring. Recent Newport High School graduate Sam Postlewait led the team, earning 26 points individually. Almost 700 swimmers competed in the meet, which saw the Lake Oswego Swim Club win the championship. Here are the individual results for NST swimmers:

Zoey Chappell, 11

Competed in six individual prelim events, earning four finals in the 11-year-old girls division.

Best finishes: 5th in the 100 Back and 200 Free.

Additional placings: 7th in 100 Free and 8th in the 200 IM.

Recorded three personal best times.

Jay Eibner, 11

Competed in six prelim swims in the 11-year-old boys division.

Best finish: 7th in the 100 Free.

Additional placings: 9th in the 200 Free and 11th in the 200 IM.

Recorded three personal best times.

Ivan Farias, 17

Competed in one prelim swim, placing 45th in the 100 Breaststroke.

Ben Hurty, 17

Competed in five prelim swims, earning finals in the 200 IM, 200 Back, and 100 Back.

Best finish: 8th in the 100 Back.

Additional placings: 14th in the 200 IM.

Posted two personal best times.

Sophia Lihou, 18

Joined teammates in the 200 Meter Medley Relay, placing 14th.

Hana Parker, 14

Competed in two prelims, with a best finish of 13th in the 100 Butterfly.

Gwynn Postlewait, 14

Competed in five prelim swims, earning one final in the 100 Breaststroke, where she placed 5th and broke her own NST team record.

Additional placings: 9th in the 200 Breaststroke and 10th in the 50 Free.

Recorded three personal best times.

Sam Postlewait, 18

Made finals in all five individual events, breaking existing NST team records in the 100 and 200 Freestyle and the 100 Backstroke.

Best finishes: 2nd in the 100 Back and 200 Free, 3rd in the 100 Free.

Established five new personal best times.

The Newport Swim Team will conclude their season at home at the Seahorse Invitational from August 9-11.