Sqaulicum’s Le leads talented list of county swimmers in 2015
SWIMMER OF THE YEAR
Yanran Le
Squalicum, so., breastroke
What she did: Won the 100 breaststroke and took second in the 200 IM at the Class 2A State Championships. ... Helped Storm to second-place team finish and competed on relays, including the winning 200 medley squad.
FIRST TEAM
Swimmer | School | Yr. | Event |
Serena Allendorfer | Squalicum | Sr. | Freestyle |
Took fourth and fifth at state in the 50 and 100 free, respectively. ... Also competed on two of three relay teams, including champion 200 medley squad. ... Helped team to second-place finish. | |||
Amber Caron | Squalicum | Sr. | Diving |
Led a crowded field of Storm divers with a fifth-place finish at the Class 2A State Championships. ... Her score of 309.65 earned the Storm 14 points toward a second-place team finish. | |||
Leah Day | Sehome | Sr. | Relays |
Big part of the Mariners’ relay teams, anchoring the fifth-place 200 medley and swimming the third leg on the fourth-place 200 freestyle squad at state. ... Also finished 16th in the 50 free. | |||
Kyrie Fairbairn | Ferndale | Fr. | Freestyle |
Finished 17th in the 100 and 200 freestyle at the 3A State Championships, coming within 1 second of making the finals in both events. ... Was the only swimmer from the Golden Eagles to qualify for state. | |||
Gitte Gosvig | Bellingham | Jr. | Freestyle |
Exchange student from Denmark competing for Red Raiders for one year. ... Finished seventh in the 200 freestyle and 10th in the 500 freestyle at state. ... Anchored 200 freestyle relay. | |||
Sarah Hollander | Lynden | Sr. | Backstroke |
Finished third at the Class 2A State Championships in the 100 backstroke and seventh in the 500 freestyle. ... Swam the first leg of the 200 medley relay and the second leg of the 400 freestyle relay. | |||
Hannah Holmgren | Sehome | Sr. | Breaststroke |
Placed ninth at state in the 100 breaststroke and finished eighth in the 100 freestyle. ... Swam the opening leg of the 200 freestyle relay team and anchored the 400 freestyle relay. | |||
Alia Malella | Sehome | Jr. | Freestyle |
Swam the opening leg of the fifth-place 200 medley relay and the third leg of the fourth-place 400 freestyle relay team at state. ... Individually took third in the 500 free at the 2A State Championships. | |||
Olivia Nielsen | Squalicum | Sr. | Butterfly |
Finished seventh at the Class 2A State Championships in the 200 IM and second in the 100 butterfly. ... Swam the third legs of the 400 freestyle and 200 medley relays for the state’s second-best team. | |||
McKenna Sakamoto | Sehome | Sr. | Butterfly |
Finished 13th in the 100 butterfly at the Class 2A State Championships. ... Swam legs on all three relay teams, which finished fifth in the 200 medley, fourth in the 200 free and fourth in the 400 free. | |||
Tiana Varang | Squalicum | Fr. | Freestyle |
The young swimmer placed third at the 2A State Championships and fourth in the 100 freestyle. ... Also anchored the championship 200 medley team and the second-place 400 freestyle squad. | |||
COACH OF THE YEAR RANDY ELSNER |
Squalicum | ||
After the team finished seventh last season, Elsner helped the squad improve to a second-place finish at the Class 2A State Championships including state titles in the 200 medley relay and breaststroke. | |||
HONORABLE MENTION
Avey Bathum, Bellingham
Miranda Blackburn, Sehome
Sophie Booth, Squalicum
Jordan Cucksey, Squalicum
Aleya Deboer, Lynden
Kristina DeKoster, Squalicum
Shelby DeWaard, Lynden
Jadyn Elias, Lynden
Madyson Flaming, Squalicum
Shaye Fowler, Squalicum
Damara Gerbrandt, Lynden
Sophie Grambo, Sehome
Juliana Jeffrey, Squalicum
Marianna Kemp, Sehome
Grace Kim, Sehome
Wanling Kratzman, Sehome
Jessica Lann, Squalicum
Olivia Miley, Bellingham
Annie Uribe, Lynden
Chloe Roth, Bellingham
Sunni Sternhagen, Bellingham
Helene Synott, Squalicum
Sydney Terrell, Bellingham
This story was originally published December 17, 2015 at 2:27 PM with the headline "Sqaulicum’s Le leads talented list of county swimmers in 2015."