Chase Bublitz was in fourth grade the last time the Kentridge High boys swim team lost a South Puget Sound League North Division dual meet.<\/p>\n
Now a Kentridge freshman, Bublitz wasn\u2019t about to let that unbeaten streak end Tuesday afternoon against Mount Rainier.<\/p>\n
Behind its vaunted one-two punch of Bublitz and senior Cameron Whiting, the Chargers turned back Mount Rainier 104-82 in a meet that in all likelihood decided the league champion. Kentridge moved to 7-0 for the season with only Auburn remaining on the schedule.<\/p>\n
Mount Rainier has dominated the Class 3A Seamount League for most of the last decade. The Rams (6-1) have hardly missed a beat since moving into the SPSL North. On Tuesday, however, the Rams couldn\u2019t contain the Bublitz-led Chargers.<\/p>\n
The Kentridge freshman won the 50 free (22.41), 100 free (49.20) and swam a leg on the Chargers\u2019 medley relay and 400 relay teams.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur coach, Erin (Schulze), from the first day of practice, she was saying, \u2018We\u2019re going to beat Mount Rainier,\u2019\u201d Bublitz said. \u201cThe last time Kentridge lost a (league) meet, I was in the fourth grade.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bublitz also established a new personal best in the 50 free.<\/p>\n
Combined with Whiting, a senior who won the 500 free (4:56.26) and also was on two of Kentridge\u2019s winning relay teams, the Chargers could not be stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re incredible,\u201d Schulze said about the Bublitz-Whiting combination. \u201cI\u2019ve known both of them for a while because they swim for the club team I coach. They push each other. It\u2019s great to see that kind of competition on the same team. But they also have a very brotherly competition with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the win, Kentridge\u2019s unbeaten run in SPSL North meets reached 46 straight.<\/p>\n
Yet, the victory wasn\u2019t all about the Bublitz-Whiting tandem.<\/p>\n
Dennis Lui also delivered in the 100 backstroke, winning with a time of 1:01.58. Meanwhile, senior diver Matt Drui established a new personal best in a six-dive meet with a score of 209.55.<\/p>\n
The meet against Mount Rainier had been circled on Kentridge\u2019s calendar since before the season began.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was huge. This is the meet we\u2019ve been looking for all season,\u201d Whiting said. \u201cWe were training for this. This was a big one. We didn\u2019t know how it would turn out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schulze agreed.<\/p>\n
\u201cMount Rainier had been dominating in the 3A for a long time,\u201d Schulze explained. \u201cNow they\u2019re here with us. Good teams bring out good swims. I definitely amped it up in their minds, that goes without saying. Mount Rainier hasn\u2019t lost a league title in five years and neither have we. I told them, it was going to be a hurricane.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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