Lake Washington and Juanita swimmers compete at 3A girls state championship

During the 3A state swim and diving meet last weekend, the Juanita and Lake Washington swimmers earned places in the finals.

During the 3A state swim and diving meet last weekend, the Juanita and Lake Washington swimmers earned places in the finals.

As a team, Juanita finished in 18th place with 42 points, while Lake Washington was 21st with 24 points.

In the 200 medley relay race, the Juanita girls finished in 12th place with a time of 1:59.16. The team included Anna Michel, Dominique Yoder, Tess Farley and Hanna Armstrong.

Armstrong finished 11th in the 200 freestyle race, with a 2:00.16 time.

In the 50 freestyle race, Lake Washington’s Clare Kucinski-Murphy finished sixth overall with a 25.60 time. Teammate Jessica McKinney was 16th overall with a 26.21 time.

Shay Sarda just missed qualifying for the diving finals for Lake Washington after finished the preliminary rounds in 18th place with a score of 176.40. The top 16 divers moved into the finals. Teammate Tori Meier finished in 21st place in the preliminaries.

McKinney was 19th overall in the 100 freestyle race with a time of 56.85.

Armstong finished 10th in the 500 freestyle race with a 5:24.10 time. Juanita finished 13th overall in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:46.66. The team included Michel, Yoder, Farley and Armstrong. Lake Washington took 14th in the relay with a time of 1:46.70 including Kucinski-Murphy, Laura Chopp, Brooke Bonnell and McKinney.

Farley took eighth in the finals of the 100 backstroke race, with a 1:01.30 time. Kucinski-Murphy was 19th in the backstroke race with a time of 1:03.94.

In the 400 freestyle relay Lake Washington finished 15th at 3:58.47. Swimming for the Kangs was McKinney, Alexa LeMaster, Chopp and Kucinski-Murphy.