The wind across the Columbia once again hit the water of the pool at the Ted Walker Invitational in the Dalles last weekend, but that didn’t stop the Sharks from the Chehalem Swim Team from scoring 398 points and placing third out of 10 teams July 13-15 at the 59th annual competition.
   Evan Taylor, 13, was among the Sharks leaders, taking home six gold medals and two silvers. Taylor won the 200 individual medley (2:50.46), 200 freestyle (2:29.60), 400 individual medley (6:07.73), 400 freestyle (5:19.23), 100 backstroke (1:22.31) and 100 freestyle (1:07.88).
   Alysha Bush, 12, had five victories and two second-place finishes. She won the 200 IM (2:48.23), 50 backstroke (37.09), 100 freestyle (1:07.88), 100 butterfly (1:21:21) and 100 backstroke (1:22.23).
   Catherine Mays, 12, won four events: the 50 freestyle (30.95), the 100 breaststroke 1:27.15), the 50 butterfly (33.10) and the 50 breaststroke (40.28).
   Elizebeth Kaufman, 14, placed first in the 200 breaststroke (3:33.52) and 50 freestyle (31.63). Grant Aldred, 13, won the 200 butterfly (3:04.94) and was second in the 400 IM (6:13.02), scoring him a new state “A” time. Aldred also placed second in the 200 IM (3:02.15).
   Silver medals also went to Hannah Miller, 15, for her 200 IM (3:10.87) and 200 breaststroke (3:36.46). Whitney Anderson, 12, placed second in the 50 breaststroke (46.69) and David Flores Juarez, 10, had a pair of second-place finishes — one in the 50 butterfly (1:06.67) and the other in the 100 backstroke (1:57.46). Charlotte Abramson, also 10, placed third in the 50 freestyle (40.48) and 100 backstroke (1:53.63).
   The girls relay squad of Bush, Mays, Anderson and Anjel Urciel, 12, won gold in the 200 medley (2:38.52) and in the 200 freestyle (2:20.52) relays.
   In competition July 7 at Mount Hood Community College, Bush and Taylor both placed third — Bush in the 400 freestyle (5:15.29) and Taylor in the 200 freestyle (2:26.60). Miles Abramson, 8, swam in his first competition ever and scored an “A” time in the 50 backstroke (56.94) in the 8-and-under bracket. He turned 9 two days later so could not swim the event at state.
   The Sharks are back in the water at Mount Hood Community College later this month for the Speedo Oregon State Swim Championships.