Winter Athletics & Club Sports

Gymnastics 3rd at State!

The Gymnastics Team wrapped up its season on Saturday after a season full of highlights which included:  

• Undefeated in the Metro League regular season for the 3rd year in a row
• Metro League Champs for the 3rd year in a row
• Senior Naomi Kildal was the Metro League Beam Champion for the 3rd year in a row as well as the 2024 co-champion on floor and 2nd place finisher on bars and all around.
• A strong showing at the District I/II meet – 2nd place as a team and Naomi taking home 2nd place on bars, beam, and in the all around
• Team state qualifiers for the 6th time in the past 8 years (only the top 8 teams in the state qualify to state)
• 3rd place at state, tying Ballard’s highest finish ever
• 5 state event finalists, the most ever for Ballard (Brooke Adkins (beam), Caitlyn Adkins (beam), Alex Bullock (vault, bars, floor), Vivi Corsini (beam) and Naomi Kildal (beam)). 
• 3 top 10 finishes on beam! Naomi (4th), Vivi (tied for 6th) and Brooke (10th)
• So much fun and teamwork and hard work and dedication. 

Coach: Stephanie Gundel; ballardgymnastics@gmail.com Follow Instagram: @ballardgymastics

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Ballard Cheer

Cheer Wins 2 National Titles!

Congratulations to Ballard Cheer for their amazing weekend competing at USA Spirit Nationals. They had an amazing showings for their traditional tumbling and fight song divisions.

Gameday is taking home not one, but TWO National Champion titles in Band Dance and Crowdleader. Ballard Cheer is excited to bring home some serious hardware! 

Well done Coach Amber, Alex, Maddy and all of our Ballard Cheer athletes for a fantastic season! Photo and update c/o Team Parent Kimberley Mertz. Follow @ballardcheer

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Girls Wrestling Congratulations!

What a way to finish the season!
Jackie B. is the highest placing female in Ballard HS history and the third highest placing female in the history of the Metro League!!!

Boys Wrestling Congratulations!

What a way to finish the season!!
Lazlo D-R made Ballard History by being the first male who’s placed in state since Josh Barnett in 1995 and the second in Ballard history! This has been the best team/season BHS Wrestling has ever had placing 2nd in metro, 3rd at regionals, and 2 state placers!!

Congratulations for two state “placers” at MatClassic at the Tacoma Dome.

• Jackie Benson – 3rd place (140)
• Lazlo Davis-Rudin – 5th place (215)

Updates on Instagram: @ballard_girls_wrestling

Head Coach: Jared Daniels; jmdaniels1@seattleschools.org

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Boys Swim & Dive Congrats on Season!

Kian Finishes 8th, Sets BHS Backstroke Record

From Head Coach Kyle Morean:

Kian swam a PR day 1 with a 53.21 in the 100 Backstroke solidifying his new Ballard Boys Team records (the previous record 55.66 was set in 2003!). Kian was seeded 7th for the A final and just got out-touched and earned 8th place. This makes Kian the highest state finisher for Ballard Boys swimming since 2015!

A cap to a very successful season where we had more than 45 boys turn out for our team. We are excited to continue to build on this momentum and Coach Tom Keenan and I (as his asst) will be taking over the Girls Swim Team as well next Fall. We are excited to grow the community and streamline the culture of these two programs.

Other Highlights:

• Senior Captain Kian Vae’ena bettered his recently set Ballard 100 backstroke record and swam the 3rd fastest time in Prelims (53.58) earning him a berth in the 3A State Championship! Additionally, he swam a 49.29 in the 100 freestyle which is just shy of both state qualifying and another long-standing Ballard record. Kian will swim both events this week at the District tournament! Also Senior Evan Sadler swam District qualifying times in both the 50 and 100 freestyle and Senior Jesse Hill swam a District qualifying time in the 100 breaststroke.

• Sophomore Tristan Olensky swam District qualifying times in both the 200 & 500 freestyle and Sophomore Matteo Montague swam District qualifying times in both the 200 freestyle & 100 butterfly and Sophomore Clay Stuart earned 245 points in the 11 Dives competition earning him a spot in this week’s District dive contest.

• Also joining the Beaver District qualifying team are: Seniors Thomas Stacey and Nathan Williams; Juniors Nate Hurley and Branson Griffin; and Sophomores Moritz Scheunemann, Xavier Garibaldi and Gus Bosetti.

This is the biggest group of Beaver Coach Morean has ever taken to the Metro Championship. This is a testament to the community and hard work at the core of this team. Congratulations Boys Swim & Dive on a remarkable season! Questions? Head Coach Kyle Morean; kimorean@seattleschools.org

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Ballard Dance March 2

Congratulations to the Dance Team which participated in their final regular season competition Saturday at Lakes High School in Lakewood.

The team competed in the Dance and Hip-Hop categories.

The team’s District Competition is Saturday, March 2!

Follow updates on Instagram: @ballardhsdanceteam

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Girls Flag Football Wrap Up

A week after finishing their regular season Feb. 3 at Memorial Stadium with a 27-7 win over Rainier Beach, the Flag Football team lost in a squeaker to Nathan Hale 23-20 in their single-elimination tournament early Saturday morning. Great hustle on the gridiron! (Girls Flag Football Bracket)

Head Coach: Laura Lehni at lllehni@seattleschools.org Follow updates on Instagram @bhs_girlsflagfootball

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Girls Basketball Wrap Up

Congratulations to the Girls Basketball team on their successful 14-6 season!

Led by first year Head Coach Jennifer Anderson, the team left it all out on the floor, dropping a close one to Franklin 45-41 Tuesday at home to end their Metro Tournament.

Seniors Lidet Becker and Vivian Nabou were both named to the Metro Sound 2nd Team. Lidet is a three-year point guard for the program and Vivian amassed more than 20 three-pointers this season!

Junior Clara Haynes, with four double doubles (including a career high 30 point effort), was named to the Metro Sound 1st Team. (Girls Basketball Bracket).

View updates on @ballard_girls.basketball on Instagram. Coach Jennifer Anderson; jlanderson@seattleschools.org. Follow Instagram: @ballard_girls.basketball. Visit MetroLeague.

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Boys Basketball Wrap Up

DURANT METRO COACH OF YEAR!
Boys Basketball Hustles to Stellar 17-5 Finish

Kudos to the Boys Basketball team on an amazing 17-5 season! The Beavers aced their Metro post-season opener against Cleveland at home Tuesday before dropping a loser-out game to Seattle Prep 79-72 Wednesday at Chief Sealth. Great Season! View the Boys Basketball Boys Basketball Bracket

We’re thrilled to hear Coach Lorenzo Durant III was named the Metro-Sound Division Coach of the Year. Congrats also to shooting guard Jackson Carver who earned 2nd Team All Metro honors too.

Questions? Coach Lorenzo Durant III at lldurant@seattleschools.org. Visit MetroLeague.

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Girls Bowling Wrap Up

Congrats to Bowling team member Natalie Bauer who scored 72nd out of 100 bowlers who competed in the WIAA 3A Bowling State Tournament Feb. 2-3 at Bowlero in Renton. She accrued 699 points over her six games.

Questions? Email sacachopo@seattleschools.org.

Follow on Instagram: @ballardgirlsbowling

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Unified Basketball

Photo c/o and follow @ballard_unified For more information, contact Robyn Maddess at ramaddess@seattleschools.org

Thanks for a great game! Ballard HS vs Lincoln HS what an amazing night!

Congratulations to the Unified basketball team. They won their game Saturday against Ingraham 34-6. It was a great team effort! 

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