The Bonney Lake Panthers boys swim team won its first meet of the season Thursday beating Auburn 104-72.

Top finishers for Bonney Lake during the Thursday meet were the 200 medley relay and the 200 free relay both finished in first place.

Bonney Lake Ryan Engledown finished in first place in the 200 free and the 500 free.

Engledown set a district time in the 200 free and set a personal record with his 500 free time.

More first place finishes for the Panthers were Skylar Livingston in both the 50 and 100 free.

Bonney Lake divers Cole Bonnett and JJ Jamison placed in first and second place, respectively.

Coach Jay Paulson said “new swimmers Max Kalamar and Noah Austin-Church finished in second and third place, respecitively, in the 100 butterfly.”

In the backstroke, William Sidwell and Cody Miller finished in first and second place.

Paulson said Jared Ludholm deserves “a speacial shout out” because he dropped 6.5 seconds off his 50 free time.

“(The time drop) is the culmination of the hard work he has put in,” Paulson said. “Besides a tremendous time drop, the reward is the pride and satisfaction of a job well earned.”

Allen Fletcher also dropped his 500 free time by close to a minute, Paulson said.

Paulson added that Fletcher doesn’t regularly swim the 500.

“All of the new guys embrace the value of competition even (when they aren’t swimming) their favorite events.”

Other Panther contributors to Bonney Lake’s win, Paulson said were Holden Swanbeck, Billy Rohrbough, Billy Knight, Jakson Baus and Gui Amarante.

The Panthers competed at Clover Park Tuesday against Clover Park, Franklin Pierce and Washington.

Results from the meet can be found online when they become available.

Bonney Lake’s next home meet is at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15 against Lakes.