BOYS' SWIMMING - Wood's Sitton wins 500 freestyle

WARRENTON — James Wood swimmer Jackson Sitton was the only local swimmer to win an event on Saturday at the Class 4 Northwestern District meet at the Warrenton Aquatic and Recreation Facility. Sitton recorded a time of 5:00.36 to win the 500-yard freestyle by 28 seconds.

Kettle Run defended its title with 294 points, 55 more than runner-up Fauquier.

Team scores: 1. Kettle Run 294, 2. Fauquier 239, 3. Sherando 179, 4. James Wood 176, 5. Handley 130, 6. Millbrook 128, 7. Liberty 17.

Leaders — Sherando: Peter Pham, 2nd, 100 fly, 55.72, 4th, 200 IM, 2:07.13; Mathew Pham, 3rd, 100 breast, 1:04.95, 5th, 200 IM, 2:15.30; Trevor Cram, 4th, 100 breast, 1:09.08, 6th, 100 fly, 1:03.90; Joshua Bauer, 6th, 500 free, 5:54.75, 7th, 100 back, 1:07.73; Michael Leckie, 7th, 1:16.92; 200 medley relay, 3rd (Peter Pham, Mathew Pham, Cram, Dylan Cadd), 1:48.68; 200 free relay, 3rd (Peter Pham, Cadd, Cram, Mathew Pham), 1:39.46; 400 free relay, 3rd (Leckie, Ashraf Ibrahim, Ben Jensen, Bauer), 4:17.01.

James Wood: Sitton, 2nd, 200 free, 1:48.72 (state time); Brian Hua, 3rd, 100 fly, 58.55; David Dorsey, 3rd, 100 free, 54.57, 4th, 50 free, 24.64; Brenden Cassidy, 5th, 100 fly, 1:03.48; 200 free relay, 2nd (Hua, Cassidy, Dorsey, Sitton), 1:36.96; 200 medley relay, 4th (Hua, Sitton, Cassidy, Dorsey), 1:55.52; 400 free relay, 4th (Ethan Pierce, Todd Schneider, Michael McGeachey, Adam Stautzenbach), 4:22.21.

Handley: Mercer Love, 3rd, 100 back, 1:03.46; Chris Stearns, 5th, 50 free, 25.01; Henry Fowler, 6th, 100 back, 1:07.22, 7th, 200 IM, 2:23.43; Brian Tufts, 7th, 50 free, 25.68, 8th, 100 free, 58.89; Ethan Moss, 8th, 100 breast, 1:17.62.

Millbrook: Timothy McCarthy, 2nd, 100 back, 1:03.05, 5th, 200 free, 2:08.01; Aidan Post, 2nd, 500 free, 5:28.82, 5th, 100 free, 56.92; Ben Rayburn, 4th, 100 fly, 1:00.97, 6th, 50 free, 25.39; Michael Olejarz, 7th, 200 free, 2:17.21.