Pazevic leads strong Wesco contingent at 4A state swim meet

FEDERAL WAY — The Western Conference didn’t have a dominant swim team, but a handful of conference swimmers captured high finishes in individual events Saturday night at the girls 4A state swimming and diving meet at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

Jackson senior and University of Florida signee Alana Pazevic cut her preliminary times, but couldn’t quite reach the top spot in the 100-yard butterfly and 100 backstroke events. Pazevic finished third (56.20 seconds) in the 100 butterfly, behind a state-record swim by Eastlake sophomore Katie Kinnear (53.10).

Ballard’s Annemarie Thayer finished second (55.39), but neither swimmer could catch Kinnear following a fantastic jump at the start.

Pazevic, a former state champion in the 50 and 100 freestyle, took second in the 100 backstroke (54.94) behind Thayer.

The Timberwolves, last year’s state champion, lost a lot to graduation and the preseason departure of swimmer Amber McDermott, but the squad was still strong enough to capture seventh place — the highest place of any Wesco team. Skyline High of Sammamish won the overall title with 234 points.

4A District 1 champion Shorewood, which took eighth place, got a strong individual performance from junior Dana Michaels.

Michaels placed third in both the 200 freestyle (1:50.80) and the 500 freestyle (4:57.66).

“I think in my 500 I could have swam better,” Michaels said, adding that she tried to not let Skyline’s Andie Taylor, the swimmer of the meet, beat her by too much. “That was a little nerve wracking … she’s (Taylor) a fast girl, but I try not to think about who’s around me.”

Skyline’s Taylor, a senior, set a state record in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:46.55.

Shorewood’s finish was it’s highest in recent memory, according to head coach Susie McDowell, in her 13th season as head coach.

“I think as a district we did really well,” McDowell said.

Along with Jackson and Shorewood, Marysville-Pilchuck (13th), Kamiak (15th) and Edmonds-Woodway (20th) finished among the top-20 teams.

All told, Wesco swimmers had a top-three placer in seven of nine individual events.

Kamiak senior Louise Moores accomplished what she set out to do at state — Moores placed third in the 50 freestyle (24.50 seconds) and fifth in the 100 freestyle (53.56), topping her preliminary times in each race.

Moores also benefitted from a false start by runner-up Chelsea Bailey in the 50 freestyle. Bailey, a Kentlake junior, finished about one half-second behind race winner Amber Cratsenberg of Auburn Thomas Jefferson High, but was disqualified for moving in the starting block.

Moores’ time was fourth overall, but Bailey’s misstep pushed the senior into third for the event.

“I knew that a lot of people in prelims played it safe, so I knew I had a lot more competition than the two people ahead of me,” Moores said.

The senior was unsure if Bailey could have caught Cratsenberg if the Kentlake junior didn’t get disqualified.

“I don’t know if the false start would have took that half-second off,” Moores said.

Moores, who battled stress-induced hives around state meet time last season, was all smiles after her two individual events.

“I completely psyched myself out for the meet (last year),” Moores said. “This year I’ve been a lot more seasoned. … I’ve been to bigger meets, it’s a lot more happy this year.”

M-P head coach Jaci LeGore-Hodgins was named the state coach of the year and Tomahawks freshman Hannah Taylor helped boost the team with a third-place finish in the 200 individual medley.

“It was really cool, going in fifth (from prelims) it was kind of nerve-wracking,” Taylor said of the race and added that she was relieved to see her name in third after the finish. “It was crazy.”

Taylor, who set seven individual records at M-P in her first season, outstretched Seattle Garfield’s Maddy Morgan for third.

“I couldn’t see (Morgan) at the end,” Taylor said. “I just put my head down and pushed it hard at the end.”

Also for the Tomahawks, senior Sarah Clark placed third in the 1-meter diving event.

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Wesco finishers

200 medley relay—4. Jackson (Alana Pazevic, Courtney McDermott, Karla Bensen, Kaitlin Taylor) 1:53.61, 13. Lake Stevens (Madeline Summers, Kelsey Fallstrom, Hannah Aikman, Lindsay Vanderhoff) 1:55.33, 15. Marysville-Pilchuck (Hannah Taylor, Leah Gordon, Lindsey LeValley, Kendall Vincelette) 1:57.44.

200 freestyle—3. Dana Michaels (Shorewood) 1:50.80, 4. Ashley Jay (Edmonds-Woodway) 1:52.93, 10. Courtney McDeromott (Jackson) 1:55.98, 13. Danielle Holstein (Edmonds-Woodway) 1:57.53, 16. Lindsey LeValley (Marysville-Pilchuck) 1:58.65.

200 individual medley—3. Hannah Taylor (Marysville-Pilchuck) 2:06.13, 15. Laurin Williams (Shorewood) 2:15.45.

50 freestyle—3. Louise Moores (Kamiak) 24.50, 16. Lindsay Vanderhoff (Lake Stevens) 25.67.

Diving—3. Sarah Clark (Marysville-Pilchuck) 345.80, 5. Fiona Weeks (Kamiak) 335.75, 10. Marysa Eastman (Marysville-Pilchuck) 318.60.

100 butterfly—3. Alana Pazevic (Jackson) 56.20, 8. Kalena Laurent (Cascade) 58.97, 12. Kaitlin Taylor (Jackson) 58.81, 16. Alisa Stang (Stanwood) 1:02.49.

100 freestyle—5. Louise Moores (Kamiak) 53.56, 9. Anni Hecker (Shorewood) 53.81.

500 freestyle—3. Dana Michaels (Shorewood) 4:57.66, 5. Ashley Jay (Edmonds-Woodway) 5:01.46, 6. Courtney McDermott (Jackson) 5:01.66, 7. Laurin Williams (Shorewood) 5:02.40, 12. Danielle Holstein (Edmonds-Woodway) 5:11.01, 14. Kalena Laurent (Cascade) 5:16.85, 16. Lindsey LeValley (Marysville-Pilchuck) 5:17.20.

200 freestyle relay—9. Shorewood (Annika Stenfjord, Anni Hecker, Alicia Overson, Dana Michaels) 1:41.44, 15. Kamiak (Hannah Kohagen, Juleigh Duke, Amie Wilson, Louise Moore) 1:44.92.

100 backstroke—2. Alana Pazevic (Jackson) 54.94.

100 breaststroke—7. Hannah Taylor (Marysville-Pilchuck) 1:07.34, 13. Alexa Weyer (Snohomish) 1:09.45, 15. Kelsey Fallstrom (Lake Stevens) 1:10.21.

400 freestyle relay—4. Shorewood (Annika Stenfjord, Anni Hecker, Laurin Williams, Dana Michaels) 3:38.19, 5. Jackson (Kaitlin Taylor, Courtney McDermott, Ellen Dean, Alana Pazevic) 3:39.29, 8. Marysville-Pilchuck (Hannah Taylor, Megan Shoemaker, Lindsey LeValley, Kendall Vincelette) 3:44.35, 15. Lake Stevens (Kelsey Fallstrom, Athens Slater, Madeline Summers, Lindsay Vanderhoff 3:49.48, 16. Kamiak (Louise Moores, Hannah Kohagen, Megan King, Alyssa Jacobson) 3:50.17.

Team scores—1. Skyline 234, 2. Garfield 176, 3. Thomas Jefferson 140, 4. Issaquah 131, 5. Todd Beamer 126, 6. Kentlake 117, 7. Jackson 116, 8. Shorewood 103, 9. Newport 100, 10. Gig Habor 91, 11. Ballard 90, 11. Eastlake 90, 13. Marysville-Pilchuck 79, 14. South Kitsap 53, 15. Stadium 50, 15. Kamiak 50, 17. Kentridge 42, 17. Bothell 42, 19.Olympia 40, 20. Edmonds-Woodway 38, 21. Inglemoor 37, 22. Roosevelt 32, 23. Redmond 31, 24. Decatur 30, 25. Kent-Meridian 26, 26. Lake Washington 25, 27. Eisenhower 23, 28. Auburn 20, 29. Kentwood 19, 30. Federal Way 18, 31. Southridge 15, 31. Mountain View 15, 33. Wenatchee 14, 33. Cascade 14, 33. Lake Stevens 14, 36. Kelso 11, 37. Central Kitsap 7, 38. Richland 6, 38. Tahoma 6, 40. Shelton 5, 40. Moses Lake 5, 42. Snohomish 4, 42. Walla Walla 4, 44. Mt. Tahoma 1, 44. Stanwood 1.

3A finals: Glacier Peak junior Melissa Randolf came away with a pair of medals, finishing seventh in the 50 freestyyle and 100 butterfly. GP’s Maria Hawkins was fifth in the diving competition.

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Wesco results

200 medley relay—11. Shorecrest (Laura Millet, Claire Wickstrom, Sarah Semon, Angie Bonato) 1:58.65.

200 freestyle—9. Allyson Kim (Shorecrest) 2:00.37, 13. Angie Bonato (Shorecrest) 2:02.80, 16. Autumn Wunderlich (Glacier Peak) 2:07.51.

200 individual medley—13. Katlyn Christenson (Glacier Peak) 2:17.15, 14. Kina Ackerman (Meadowdale) 2:18.50.

50 freestyle—7. Melissa Randolf (Glacier Peak) 25.06.

Diving—5. Maria Hawkins (Glacier Peak) 288.20, 6. Jacqueline Blackmore (Shorecrest) 267.60, 10. Samantha Limesand (Glacier Peak) 251.20.

100 butterfly—7. Melissa Randolf (Glacier Peak) 1:00.62, 8. Laura Millet (Shorecrest) 1:00.64.

500 freestyle—6. Allyson Kim (Shorecrest) 5:18.52, 15. Kina Ackerman (Meadowdale) 5:27.26.

200 freestyle relay—11. Glacier Peak (Katlyn Christenson, Cara Prange, Amy Ruiz, Melissa Randolf) 1:46.70.

100 backstroke—10. Laura Millet (Shorecrest) 1:01.26.

100 breaststroke—10. Katlyn Christenson (Glacier Peak) 1:11.45.

400 freestyle relay—9. Shorecrest (Angie Bonato, Sarah Semon, Allyson Kim, Laura Millet) 3:48.74, 12. Glacier Peak (Katlyn Christenson, Cara Prange, Autumn Wunderlich, Melissa Randolf) 3:51.07.

Team scores—1. Mercer Island 246.5, 2. Juanita 242, 3. Kennedy 204, 4. Bellevue 171, 5. Hanford 140, 6. Mt. Rainier 128, 7. Bainbridge 123, 8. Union 120, 9. Holy Names 108, 10. Sumner 120, 11. Shorecrest 86, 12. Liberty (Renton) 83, 13. Glacier Peak 78, 14. Hudson’s Bay 72, 15. Peninsula 69, 16. Columbia River 62, 17. Wesy Valley (Yakima) 50, 18. Hazen 42, 19. North Thurston 32, 20. Ingraham 25, 21. Sammamish 24, 22. Seattle Prep 22.5, 23. Capital 17, 24. Bonney Lake 15, 25. North Kitsap 11, 25. Lakeside (Seattle) 11, 27. Mount Vernon 8, 27. Sunnyside 8, 29. Prairie 5, 29. Meadowdale 5, 31. Ferndale 4, 31. Port Angeles 4, 31. Enumclaw 4, 34. Camas 1.

2A finals: Archbishop Murphy junior Amy Renslo finished second in the 200 individual medley. At 2 minutes, 17.33 seconds, Renslo was not quite 6 seconds behind state champion Julia Sanders of Hockinson. Renslo also finished second to Snders in the 100 butterfly. Again she was a little more than 5 seconds behind Sanders, who swam an All-America Consideration time of 56.88 seconds. Sarah Bettag matched Renslo’s feat in the 50 freestyle, finishing second in 25.34 seconds. She was a quarter second behind Sehome’s Ali Fisher. Bettag also placed seventh in the 100 free.

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Archbishop Murphy results

200 medley relay—10. Anna Maher, Sarah Main, Claire McCloskey, Bryn Michael 2:03.79.

200 individual medley—2. Amy Renslo 2:17.33.

50 freestyle—2. Sarah Bettag 25.34.

Diving—3. Rosal Corrigan 261.30.

100 butterfly—2. Amy Renslo 1:01.15.

100 freestyle—7. Sarah Bettag 57.48.

500 freestyle—5. Claire McCloskey 5:39.82.

200 freestyle relay—5. Amy Renslo, Anna Maher, Bryn Michael, Sarah Bettag 1:46.39.

100 backstroke—7. Anna Maher 1:08.30.

400 freestyle relay—4. Amy Renslo, Claire McCloskey, Anna Maher, Sarah Bettag 3:52.31.

Team scores—1. Squalicum 77, 2. Sehome 68, 3. Hockinson 59, 4. Anacortes 58, 5. Archbishop Murphy 57, 6. Aberdeen 53, 7. River Ridge 38, 8. Prosser 26, 9. Tumwater 21, 10. Centralia 17, 10. Fife 17, 12. Interlake 14, 13. Wapato 12, 14. North Mason 11, 15. Clarkston 12, 16. Port Townsend 5, 17. East Valley (Yakima) 4, 18. W.F. West 3, 18. Pullman 3, 20. Mark Morrios 1, 20. La Conner 1.