Prep swimming: ESD athletes advance to state finals Saturday

Edmonds-Woodway’s Sydney Bates dives into the pool as teammate Madison Morales-Tomas finishes her leg of a 200 Yard Medley Relay preliminary on Friday at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way; the relay team’s other members, Simone Bennett (left, in purple) and Tatumn Detjen (in teal) watch on.

E-W’s Zoe MacDonald makes a splash during a 200 Yard Freestyle preliminary at the 3A State Girls Swimming & Diving Championships on Friday.

Mountlake Terrace’s Lisa Beam shows her form during the butterfly leg of her run in a 200 Yard Individual Medley preliminary race.

E-W’s Olivia Garcia speeds through the pool in a 100 Yard Butterfly preliminary race.

Lynnwood’s Rebecca Coates takes a breath during her preliminary race of the 500 Yard Freestyle competition at the state meet.

E-W’s Olivia Garcia (left) holds a lap counter for teammate Zoe MacDonald during a 500 Yard Freestyle preliminary race.

E-W’s Simone Bennett (right) pulls her way through the water of the King County Aquatic Center during a 100 Yard Backstroke preliminary race.

E-W’s Tatumn Detjen finished 16th in the preliminary competition of the 100 Yard Breastroke on Friday. The sophomore will swim in one of the finals of the event on Saturday.

Lynnwood’s Rebecca Coates takes off to start her 100 Yard Breastroke preliminary race on Friday.

Mountlake Terrace’s Jeslyn Vuong focuses during her preliminary race of the 100 Yard Breastroke competition.

Members of the E-W 400 Yard Freestyle Relay (L-R Sadie Ward, Zoe MacDonald, Olivia Garcie and Simone Bennett) check the scoreboard prior to the start of their preliminary race on Friday.

Mountlake Terrace’s Lisa Beam (center) prepares to launch from the starting platform as teammate Gretta Patterson (lower right) finishes her leg of a 400 Yard Freestyle Relay preliminary race on Friday; relay anchor Jeslyn Vuong (far left) cheers her teammates on.

Student athletes from Edmonds-Woodway, Mountlake Terrace and Lynnwood High School tested the waters at the WIAA 3A Girls Swimming & Diving Championships on Friday, competing against swimmers from throughout the state.

Three individual swimmers and one relay team from the area earned spots in final races at the three-day state meet being held at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way. Edmonds-Woodway’s Simone Bennett and Tatumn Detjen, along with Terrace’s Jeslyn Vuong, will be back for individual finals’ competition on Saturday; Bennett will swim in one of the 100 Yard Backstroke final heats, Detjen in a 100 Yard Breastroke final and Vuong in a 50 Yard Freestyle final.

Joining Bennett and Detjen will be E-W teammates Madison Morales-Tomas and Sydney Bates for one of the 200 Yard Medley Relay finals on Friday.

Final heats of the 3A state meet begin at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday.

Prep Girls Swim: WIAA 3A State Girls Swimming & Diving Championships, Nov. 10 results (Edmonds School District swimmers)

– Jeslyn Vuong (MT); 11th place in 50 Yard Freestyle; 24.92 (qualified for finals on Saturday)

– Simone Bennett (E-W); 12th place in 100 Yard Backstroke; 1:00.07 (qualified for finals on Saturday)

– Tatumn Detjen (E-W); 16th place in 100 Yard Breastroke; 1:11.14 (qualified for finals on Saturday)

– Simone Bennett, Tatumn Detjen, Madison Morales-Tomas, Sydney Bates (E-W); 16th place in 200 Yard Medley Relay preliminaries; 1:55.08 (qualified for finals on Saturday)

– Zoe MacDonald (E-W); 17th place in 500 Yard Freestyle; 5:38.37

– Simone Bennett (E-W); 18th place in 100 Yard Butterfly; 1:00.98

– Kate Marquart, Tatumn Detjen, Madison Morales-Tomas, Sydney Bates (E-W); 18th place in 200 Yard Freestyle Relay; 1:46.83

– Rebecca Coates (Lynnwood); 19th place in 500 Yard Freestyle; 5:46.42

– Simone Bennett, Sadie Ward, Zoe MacDonald, Olivia Garcia (E-W); 19th place in 400 Yard Freestyle Relay; 4:00.93

– Katherine Lombard, Mika Raring, Lisa Beam, Jeslyn Vuong (MT); 20th place in 200 Yard Freestyle Relay; 1:49.26

– Jeslyn Vuong (MT); 20th place in 100 Yard Breastroke; 1:11.95

– Olivia Garcia (E-W); 21st place in 100 Yard Butterfly; 1:03.38

– Olivia Garcia (E-W); 21st place in 100 Yard Backstroke; 1:04.34

– Katherine Lombard, Gretta Patterson, Lisa Beam, Jeslyn Vuong (MT); 21st place in 400 Yard Freestyle Relay; 4:01.84

– Rebecca Coates (Lynnwood); 22nd place in 100 Yard Breastroke; 1:14.41

– Zoe MacDonald (E-W); 23rd place in 200 Yard Freestyle; 2:08.28

– Lisa Beam (MT); 23rd place in 200 Yard Individual Medley; 2:31.45

— Story and photos by Doug Petrowski

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