This BBST 17-year-old made a splash at the U.S National Championships

Bellingham Bay Swim Team member Emma Carlton finished 10th in the 50 meter butterfly – the highest finish by swimmer under the age of 18 in the event – at the 2017 Phillips 66 National Championships and World Championship Trials last week in Indianapolis.

Carlton, a 17-year-old from Mount Vernon High School who swam in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Swim Trails, finished second in the B-Final with a time of 27.21 seconds.

Carlton also finished 55th in the 100 butterfly preliminaries (1:01.31), 68th in the 50 freestyle preliminaries (26.47) and 92nd in the 100 backstroke preliminaries (1:04.02) at the meet.

This story was originally published July 3, 2017 at 12:39 PM with the headline "This BBST 17-year-old made a splash at the U.S National Championships."