Emily Tanasse of Kentlake paced the local swimmers at the South Puget Sound League championship meet Monday afternoon at Curtis High.

Swimmers were trying to qualify for the West Central District meet Friday and Saturday at Rogers High.

Tanasse took third in the 200 individual medley with a district qualifying time of 2 minutes, 18.10 seconds and the 100 yard backstroke as well as being the lead off leg on a pair of top eight relay finishes for the Falcons.

Taylor Bouffard took fourth in the 50 and 100 freestyle while Katrina Hetrick finished sixth in the 100 free and second in the 100 breaststroke and Sarah Dougherty added a fifth place finish in the 100 yard back for Kentlake.

Kentwood was led by Lindsey Krause, Maggie Molloy, Erica Wright, Shannelle Cayetano, Erika Panzer, Paige Morris and Marissa Dyrdahl, all of whom swam a number of individual events and relays for the Conquerors.

Kentwood’s relay teams finished sixth in the 200 medley and fourth in the 200 yard free with the Conks best relay showing in the 400 yard free, finishing third with a district qualifying time of 4:01:58.

Cayetano took fifth in the 50 free and fourth in the 100 free while Krause and Wright finished sixth and seventh in the 100 yard breaststroke.

Kentlake finished seventh overall in the team standings.

Kentwood came in fifth and league rival Kentridge took third. Tahoma’s swim team finished ninth.

The Bears started out strong with a fifth place finish in the 200 yard medley relay, with the team of Jenessa Hatch, Hanna Fiskum, Rachel Reese and Michelle Hayden finishing in 2:04.97.

Reese, Hayden, Sarajane Powell and Tori Bowers teamed up for eighth in the 500 free relay.

Bowers, a Tahoma freshman, finished eighth in the 200 free and seventh in the 500 free with a time of 6:00.73.

Reese took sixth in the 50 free with a time of 26.30 and fourth in the 100 yard butterfly, both good enough to qualify her for districts.