Squalicum’s Wong has more to prove heading into state finals
Squalicum’s Sydney Wong may have had a good day for her team, but after the Class 3A State Tournament Preliminaries on Friday, she’s out to prove she’s got more left in the tank.
Wong had two of the Storm’s four top-three finishes in the qualifying heats for Saturday’s finals. In the 100 freestyle, she placed second with a time of 52.47 seconds and in the 200 freestyle she placed third (1:53.31).
Coach Randy Elsner said after the 200, Wong was fired up.
“She’s a competitor and she was kinda bummed that she didn’t get first place,” Elsner said. “She told me it felt kind of easy and that she could do better tomorrow.”
Also finishing in the top-3 for the qualifiers for the Storm was Yanran Le. Le captured second in both the 200 individual medley (2:08.07) and the 100 breaststroke (1:04.55).
Squalicum’s biggest improvement from the district tournament last weekend was its 200 freestyle relay team’s time. The squad of Tiana Varang, Le, Kristina DeKoster and Wong jumped from being 16th to finishing third in the qualifier (1:40.50). This also set a school record which is the third in the last two years for the Storm relay teams.
Ellary Boyd of Ferndale qualified for the consolation final Saturday in the 50 freestyle with a time of 25.21.
Whatcom County 3A state swimming preliminary results
200 MEDLEY RELAY | Swimmers | Time (Pl.) |
Squalicum | McKenzie Pham Jessica Lann Madyson Flaming Kristina DeKoster | 2:02.51 (24) |
200 FREESTYLE | School | Time (Pl.) |
Sydney Wong | Squalicum | 1:53.31 (3) |
Kyrie Fairbairn | Ferndale | 2:01.67 (21) |
200 IM | School | Time (Pl.) |
Yanran Le | Squalicum | 2:08.07 (2) |
50 FREESTYLE | School | Time (Pl.) |
Tiana Varang | Squalicum | 25.07 (12) |
Ellary Boyd | Ferndale | 25.21 (15) |
DIVING | School | Time (Pl.) |
Helene Synnott | Squalicum | N/A (7) |
Jordan Cucksey | Squalicum | N/A (23) |
100 FREESTYLE | School | Time (Pl.) |
Sydney Wong | Squalicum | 52.47 (2) |
Kyrie Fairbairn | Ferndale | 56.85 (22) |
200 FREESTYLE RELAY | Swimmers | Time (Pl.) |
Squalicum | Tiana Varang Yanran Le Kristina DeKoster Sydney Wong | 1:40.50 (3) |
100 BACKSTROKE | School | Time (Pl.) |
Tiana Varang | Squalicum | 1:00.81 (11) |
100 BREASTSTROKE | School | Time (Pl.) |
Yanran Le | Squalicum | 1:04.55 (2) |
400 FREESTYLE RELAY | Swimmers | Time (Pl.) |
Squalicum | Sydney Wong Sophie Booth Yanran Le Tiana Varang | 3:44.42 (12) |
SOURCE: WIAA.com
This story was originally published November 11, 2016 at 10:59 PM with the headline "Squalicum’s Wong has more to prove heading into state finals."