Babcock earns third, fifth place finishes at state swim

FEDERAL WAY – Cheney swimmer Trae Babcock wrapped up his high school pool career with a pair of top-five performances at last weekend’s 2A state swimming meet at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

Babcock finished third in the 50-yard freestyle with at time of 21.70 seconds, 77/100ths of a second behind state title winner Dietrich Meyer of Olympia, with teammate and brother Rainer Meyer edging Babcock for second in 21.69. Babcock shaved 15/100ths of a second off his preliminary time in the finals of the sprint race.

The senior also brought home fifth place in the 100 freestyle, tur...

 

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