Sehome swimmers drop times in state prelims
Multiple Sehome swimmers dropped time off their seeded spots on the first day of the Class 2A Tournament Preliminaries on Friday at King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.
Grace Kim had two races in which she improved on her district qualifying time. The first was in the 100 breaststroke, which she improved by one second with a time of 1 minute, 9.3 seconds, good enough to qualify for Saturday’s championship final. Kim also improved on her 200 individual medley by seven seconds with a time of 2:21.55, which earned her a spot in the consolation final Saturday.
The swim of the meet was Sehome’s first. In the 200 medley relay, the Mariners had the foursome of Joyce Kim, Grace Kim, Sarah Leung and Wanling Kratzman combine for the sixth fastest time (1:56.99) and a spot in the championship final. Coach Don Helling said it was the perfect way to get the day started.
“That was a huge boost because it got everybody pumped up,” Helling said. “We’re still a young group, so something like that is what I was hoping for.”
In the 500 freestyle, Leung (5:37.76) dropped time but was one spot away from sneaking into the final. Maya Helms did manage to sneak into the diving consolation final by finishing 14th (148.70 points).
Sehome also got each of its three relays, the 200 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle, qualified to swim Saturday.
Bellingham’s top finisher was Avey Bathum in the 100 breaststroke as she placed 12th with a time of 1:13.48. The Red Raider relay squad of Sydney Terrell, Bathum, Chloe Steinkamp and Celeste Rehm also placed 12th (2:02.83).
Whatcom County Class 2A state preliminary results
200 MEDLEY RELAY | Swimmers | Time (Pl.) |
Sehome | Joyce Kim Grace Kim Sarah Leung Wanling Kratzman | 1:56.99 (6) |
Bellingham | Sydney Terrell Avey Bathum Chloe Steinkamp Celeste Rehm | 2:02.83 (12) |
200 IM | School | Time (Pl.) |
Grace Kim | Sehome | 2:21.55 (12) |
Chloe Steinkamp | Bellingham | 2:24.78 (15) |
Avey Bathum | Bellingham | 2:28.65 (16) |
DIVING | School | Points (Pl.) |
Emma Kenoyer | Bellingham | 159.50 (13) |
Maya Helms | Sehome | 148.70 (14) |
Kinsey Hjelseth | Sehome | 135.30 (17) |
100 BUTTERFLY | School | Time (Pl.) |
Kim Joyce | Sehome | 1:10.10 (24) |
100 FREESTYLE | School | Time (Pl.) |
Wanling Kratzman | Sehome | 1:00.21 (20) |
Laura Thompson | Sehome | 1:00.26 (22) |
500 FREESTYLE | School | Time (Pl.) |
Sarah Leung | Sehome | 5:37.76 (9) |
Marianna Kemp | Sehome | 5:50.56 (15) |
Celeste Rehm | Bellingham | 5:51.79 (17) |
200 FREESTYLE RELAY | Swimmers | Time (Pl.) |
Sehome | Wanling Kratzman Aidia Nyman Marianna Kemp Laura Thompson | 1:50.97 (16) |
Bellingham | Jacq Fabian Olivia Miley Liliana Gilster Veronica Woodward | 1:57.35 (23) |
Lynden | Damara Gerbrandt Aleya DeBoer Payton Umbaugh Ally VanDatta | 1:53.39 (19) |
100 BACKSTROKE | School | Time (Pl.) |
Joyce Kim | Sehome | 1:04.63 (11) |
Miranda Blackburn | Sehome | 1:07.71 (23) |
100 BREASTSTROKE | School | Time (Pl.) |
Grace Kim | Sehome | 1:09.03 (5) |
Avey Bathum | Bellingham | 1:13.48 (12) |
Sarah Leung | Sehome | 1:14.41 (14) |
400 FREESTYLE RELAY | Swimmers | Time (Pl.) |
Sehome | Grace Kim Wanling Kratzman Joyce Kim Sarah Leung | 3:56.65 (10) |
Bellingham | Sydney Terrell Celeste Rehm Chloe Steinkamp Avey Bathum | 4:04.62 (15) |
SOURCE: WIAA.com
This story was originally published November 12, 2016 at 12:06 AM with the headline "Sehome swimmers drop times in state prelims."