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The 5A
high Schools competed over the weekend at their various regional
championships to qualify for the upcoming 5A State meets this
November 6-7.
8 seniors from Desert Thunder will move on
to compete. In the 5A Division 2 meet, 5 swimmers,
all representing Perry High School advance.
Morgan Palmanteer swam to two 2nd
place finishes with strong performances in the girls 50 freestyle
(25.17) and 100 Freestyle (55.43). Morgan qualifies 5th and 7th for
state respectively. Annabelle Chinchen finished on the podium
with a 3rd place in her 50 freestyle (25.62) and 3rd in the 100
freestlye (56.84) and will advance in both to the state meet.
Also finishing top 8 at the region
meet were Amber Groves in the 50 free(26.43) and 100 free(58.97).
Drew Barlow came up with impressive performances to finish in the
top eight both in the boys 100 butterfly (58.99) and dropped 10
seconds in the 500 free (5:33.37) to move up and qualify. Meghan
Stetka finished in the top 8th for her 100 back (1:06.01) and is
qualified in this event and the 100 Fly for the state tournament.
Brittany Pitts also competed in the region meet, with two best
swims in her 200 free (2:14.10) and 100 back (1:10.15).
On the 5A 1 side, Bryan Liu put in
strong showings to qualify for the state meet, becoming region
champion in the boys 100 backstroke (53.88) and finished second in
the 100 fly (53.31). Bryan is seed 3rd and 4th respectively for the
state tournament.
Katie Richardson and Elena Burr
will also advance to the 5A1 state tournament. Katie finished
in the top 8 in both of her events and qualified in her 200
IM (2:20.07) and 100 breaststroke (1:13.41) . Elena qualified in
the 100 fly (1:04.87) and 100 breaststroke as well (1:14.01).
Also competing in the meet was Alex
Barta who put in two lifetime best performances in his 100 free
(52.12) and 200 free (1:56.98). Alex just missed making it to the
state meet in the 100 Free.
Congratulations to all our 5A
region swimmers on great performances and to our 5A state
qualifiers!
5A1 State
qualifers
5A2 State qualifiers
Elena Burr- 100 fly, 100
breast
Drew Barlow- 100 fly, 500 free
Bryan Liu- 100 fly, 100
back
Annabelle Chichen- 50 free, 100 free
Katie Richardson- 200 IM, 100
breast
Amber Groves- 50 free, 100 free
Morgan Palmanteer- 50 free, 100 free
Meghan Stetka- 100 fly, 100 breast
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