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Local athletes set for state

February 17th, 2010 at Wed, 17th, 2010 at 12:48 pm by Tim Watanabe

While hoops teams are still going through their league and district tournaments to see which squads get to crash the Big Dance, all the other 4A sports – Wrestling, Swimming and Gymnastics, are holding their state tournaments this weekend, and Redmond has several athletes to watch.

For swimming, diver Phillip Klassen, younger brother of last year’s state champion Max Klassen, finished third at Districts and will be the lone representative from head coach Julie Barashkoff’s Mustang Swim and Dive team.

Wrestling will send two, senior team captain Tyler Black, wrestling at 215, and junior Catherine Kelly, wrestling on the girls’ side at 112, with both of them finishing runner-up at Districts. Kelly is making state in back to back years.

Finally Gymnastics will send two as well, a very talented club gymnast named Akari Matsumoto who really came alive late in the season, culminating in a monster score of 9.325 on the bars and a Districts win.  Fellow Mustang Cristal Spinrad also nabbed the fifth and final spot to state on the bars with an 8.4.

I’ll be at the Tacoma Dome all day Saturday following our local athletes (and a number from Bothell and Inglemoor High School, as well) and if you’d like to come down and cheer them on here is some information:

Class 4A state gymnastics meet
• When: Qualifying on Friday, Feb. 19, 6 p.m.; finals on Saturday, Feb. 20 at 11 a.m.
• Where: Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall
• Tickets: $14 adults, $10 students and seniors

Class 4A state wrestling meet
• When: Friday, Feb. 19 and Saturday, Feb. 20, 10 a.m. both days, championship matches at 5pm
• Where: Tacoma Dome
• Tickets: $14 adult, $10 students and seniors

Class 4A state swimming and diving meet
• When: Saturday, Feb. 20, finals begin at 5:45 p.m.
• Where: King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way
• Tickets: $9 adults, $7 students and seniors

Hi there! I graduated from the University of Washington in 2007 with a degree in Journalism and have been the sports writer for the Redmond Reporter since May of 2008. When I'm not covering the local high school sports scene I enjoy bowling, anything related to African lions, and performing as a lion mascot for community and charity events.

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