Bellevue takes fourth at state swim meet

Bellevue finished in fourth place with 171 points at the Class 3A state meet, held Friday and Saturday at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

The Wolverines highest finishers were Erin Maclean, who took third in the 100 fly in 59.09 and eighth in the 100 backstroke, and Rachel Schneider, who placed third in the 500 free in 5:07.58. Schneider also finished fifth in the 200.

The Wolverines 200 yard medley team (Christine Melby, Maclean, Kelly Holton and Catelyn Webber) finished in seventh place, while the 200 yard free relay team (Webber, Melanie Notari, Makena Sutich and Schneider) took eighth. Bellevue’s 400 yard freestyle team, composed of Maclean, Notari, Melby and Schneider, placed fourth. Emily Lopez placed eighth in the diving.

Bryanna Moore of Sammamish High School placed eighth in the 100 yard freestyle in 55.44. She was the only Totem to make a finals race at the meet.

Newport finished in ninth place with 100 points at the Class 4A state meet, also held Friday and Saturday at the same venue.

Newport’s 200 yard medley team (Jordan Lee, Caroline Van Maren, Monique Saysana and Robyn Thompson) took seventh in 1:54.50 and the Knights 200 yard freestyle relay team (Haley Anderson, Lee, Sara Simpson and Van Maren) took fifth in 1:42.06.

Anderson finished eighth in the 200 yard freestyle (1:55.72) and sixth in the 100 yard freestyle (53.79)

Interlake took 12th with 14 points in the Class 2A meet. The Saints 200 yard medley team (Maddie Hagen, Vivian Hisao, Andrea Price and Larissa Nakatsu) finished in sixth place. Hagen took fifth in the 100 backstroke in 1:06.3 and seventh in the 200 yard IM in 2:23.93, while Price finished seventh in the 100 yard butterfly in 1:05.68.

Area finalists

Bellevue

Erin Maclean – 100 yard butterfly, 3rd, 59.09

Rachel Schneider – 500 yard freestyle, 3rd, 5:05.53

Rachel Schneider – 200 yard freestyle, 5th, 1:56.53.

Makena Sutich – 200 yard freestyle, 12th, 2:01.15

Emily Lopez – diving, 8th, 258.80

Melanie Notari – 100 yard butterfly, 11th, 1:00.96

Christy Melby – 100 yard butterfly, 12th, 1:01.48

Madelyn Mooers – 100 yard butterfly, 16th, 1:03.70

Erin Maclean – 100 yard backstroke, 8th, 1:01.52

Christy Melby – 100 yard backstroke, 9th, 1:00.58

Kelly Holton – 100 breaststroke, 14th, 1:13.52

Relays

200 yard medley relay – 7th, 1:55.29 (Christy Melby, Kelly Holton, Erin Maclean, Catelyn Webber)

200 free relay – 8th, 1:45.25 (Catelyn Webber, Melanie Notari, Makena Sutich, Rachel Schneider)

400 yard freestyle relay – 5th, 3:42.74 (Erin Maclean, Melanie Notari, Christy Melby, Rachel Schneider)

Sammamish

Bryanna Moore – 100 yard freestyle, 8th, 55.61

Liz Kreek – 100 yard freestyle, 14th, 57.11

Bryanna Moore – 100 yard backstroke, 15th, 1:02.61

Relays

200 yard medley relay – 16th, 2:00.84 (Bryanna Moore, Sammi Simas, Morwenna Probert-Baker, Lynden Kuwada)

400 yard freestyle relay – 14th, 3:53.08 (Liz Kreek, Lynden Kuwada, Sammi Simas, Bryanna Moore)

Newport

Haley Anderson – 200 yard freestyle, 8th, 1:55.51

Haley Anderson – 100 yard freestyle, 6th, 53.75

Jordan Lee – 100 yard freestyle, 14th, 55.87

Monique Saysana – 100 yard freestyle, 15th, 56.13

Carolina Van Maren, – 100 yard breaststroke, 9th, 1:07.34

Relays

200 medley relay – 7th, 1:54.90 (Jordan Lee, Caroline Van Maren, Monique Saysana, Robyn Thompson)

200 freestyle relay – 5th, 1:41.75 (Haley Anderson, Jordan Lee, Sara Simpson, Caroline Van Maren)

400 freestyle relay – 12th, 3:45.94 (Haley Anderson, Monique Saysana, Jordan Lee, Caroline Van Maren)

Interlake

Maddie Hagen – 200 yard IM, 7th, 2:22.79

Maddie Hagen – 100 yard backstroke, 5th, 1:04.37

Andrea Price – 100 yard butterfly, 7th, 1:05.90

Relays

200 yard medley relay – 6th, 2:02.47 (Maddie Hagen, Vivian Hisao, Andrea Price, Larissa Nakatsu)