The Lindbergh Swim team came in fourth during this past weekend’s 2A district meet, but two members of the team made their way to the top of the podium.

Sophomore James Buchanan, who qualified for every individual event at the state meet, won the 200 individual medley and diver Derek Anderson, who last week set a new school record, easily won the diving event.

With a score of 431.15 points, Anderson fell short of his record-setting 460 points the week before but still bested his closest opponent by nearly 96 points. Anderson also finished third in the 100-yard breaststroke.

In the 200-yard IM, Buchanan cruised into the wall in 2:02.54, nearly 3 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. Buchanan also finished in second-place in the 100-yard backstroke, being out-touched at the finish by less than 0.8 seconds.

Several other Lindbergh swimmers made their way tot he podium this past weekend as well.

The 200-yard medley relay team of Buchanan, Anderson, Andrew Pogue and Dirk Healy finished fourth.

In the 50-yard freestyle, Ben Pogue tied with Liberty’s Russell Andrew for fourth place, each coming in at 23.82.

Ben Pogue also finished fourth in the 100-yard free.

In the 500-yard freestyle, Dupree Nugent earned a fifth-place finish, finally getting on the podium after finishing just out of the medals at seventh-place in the 200 freestyle.

In the 200-free relay, the team of Andrew Pogue, Anderson, Nugent and Ben Pogue made the finals but was disqualified.

Finally, the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Ben Pogue, Anthony Vogeler, Nugent and Buchanan finished sixth.

In total, 10 Lindbergh swimmers qualified for and will swim in this weekend’s state meet in Federal Way. For complete results, visit http://www.wiaa.com/subcontent.aspx?SecID=318

This story has been corrected to differentiate between Andrew Pogue and Ben Pogue. We apologize for the error.