Girls swimmers place, break school records at state meet

Girls swim team members from Kentlake, Tahoma and Kentwood finished the 2013 season by placing in the top 16 at the state championship meet and breaking school records at King County Aquatic Center on Nov. 15 and 16.

Girls swim team members from Kentlake, Tahoma and Kentwood finished the 2013 season by placing in the top 16 at the state championship meet and breaking school records at King County Aquatic Center on Nov. 15 and 16.

Kentlake’s Kyndal Phillips finished second in the 100 butterfly with a time of 57.12 seconds, and third in the 100 backstroke with a time of 55.63.

Other top finishes included the 200 medley relay from Kentlake of Alessandra Losacco, Laura Williams, and Avalyne Peters which came in eighth, Natalie Lesnick of Kentwood who finished tenth in the 200 freestyle, and Williams who finished seventh in the 200 individual medley. Also, Jessica Miller of Tahoma finished 10th in the 50 free and set a new Tahoma High record in the event with a time of 24.68. In the same event Jill Collins, also from Tahoma, finished 15th with a time of 25.15. Hanger and Collins finished 12th and 16th, respectively, in the 100 free, with Hanger setting a new Tahoma record with a time of 54.53. The 200 free relay from Tahoma of Collins, Hallie Mazick, Hanger and Miller placed sixth and the relay from Kentlake of Peters, Losacco, Williams, and Phillips placed eighth. Williams also placed eighth in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:06.59. The Tahoma 400 free relay team of Miller, Collins, Mazick and Hanger wrapped up the meet with a seventh place finish and new Tahoma High record time of 3:42.08.

In diving, Kentlake’s Lizzy Reichlinger finished 10th with a score of 299.5 points.

Other swimmers who swam in prelims on Friday morning included the Tahoma medley relay of Olivia Halbert, Brooke Bailey, Allie Duven and MacKenzie Dress which finished 23rd, Hannah Lesnick of Kentwood who finished 22nd in the 200 free, Miller who finished 22nd in the 100 fly, Natalie Lesnick who finished 19th in the 500 free, and Katherine Beliveau of Kentlake who finished 18th in diving.