Senior Rhys Birky broke a 14-year-old record in the 500 freestyle Thursday, as Coach Doug Peargin’s boys and girls teams ran off with easy wins over Philomath and North Marion.
Birky’s 4:56.18 cracked the mark set by Bruce Davis of 4:58.00 in 1987.
“Rhys doesn’t get to swim the 500 much but I knew he had a shot at the record,” Coach Peargin said. “He has natural speed and I knew we could win the…