Pullman Boys Claim Repeat Washington 2A State Title Behind Record-Breaking Swims

2024 WIAA 2A Boys State Championships

• February 15-17, 2024
• King County Aquatic Center – Federal Way, Washington
• SCY (25 yards)
• Meet Central
• Full Results (PDF)
• Results on Meet Mobile: “2024 2A Boys State Swim/Dive Champs”

After winning their first team title last year, the Pullman High School boys repeated as Washington (WIAA) 2A state champions after winning half of the events (6/12) on the schedule.

Leading the way for Pullman was junior Ben Madson, who went a perfect four-for-four with two individual wins and contributing to two relay titles.

Madson took out a five-year-old 2A meet record in the 100 back, firing off a time of 48.61 to lower the 2019 mark of 48.79 set by Timothy Gallagher. The swim for Madson inched past his lifetime best of 48.70, set at the 2023 Winter Juniors – West in December.

Madson also won the 50 free in a PB of 20.83, narrowly missing the 2A record of 20.76 set by Josh Bottelberghe in 2018.

Madson also opened the meet with a 22.62 lead-off leg on the 200 medley relay, the fastest split in the field by three seconds as Pullman won the event in a time of 1:34.47 with contributions coming from Jake McCoy, William Miller and Zaine Pumphrey.

 

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At the end of the meet, Pullman stormed to a massive new 2A record in the 400 free relay, with Teo Uberuaga (50.35), Madson (45.89), McCoy (47.01) and Miller (45.20) clocking 3:08.45 to break the mark of 3:10.88 set by Olympic High School in 2019.

Pullman also got individual wins from Miller and McCoy, with one setting a new 2A record and the other coming within half a second.

Miller, a senior and USC commit, set a PB of 45.48 in the 100 free to lower the meet record of 45.81 set by Isaac Beers in 2022, and Miller also placed 2nd in the 200 free in 1:38.52.

A junior, McCoy set a new meet record in the prelims of the 200 IM in 1:50.05, lowering the 2018 mark of 1:50.10 before winning the final in 1:50.55.. The Tennessee commit set a PB of 1:48.98 last April.

In the 200 free, Bellingham senior Miles Cratsenberg broke his own meet record of 1:37.75 from last year in a time of 1:37.32, and he also defended his title in the 500 free, touching in 4:33.97 to win by 18 seconds.

Other Winners

• 1-Meter Diving – Jack Legan (Sehome), 304.75
• 200 Free Relay – Sammamish, 1:28.29
• 100 Fly – Dylan Fisk (Squalicum), 51.60
• 100 Breast – Evan Wold (Archbishop Murphy), 58.29

TEAM SCORES – TOP 5

1. Pullman, 332
2. Sammamish, 289
3. Anacortes, 147
4. Squalicum, 136
5. North Kitsap, 104