Sumner High’s girls swim team raced to five state-qualifying times in its opening meet Thursday. The Spartans won the nonleague event over Enumclaw 98-85.
From the first start, the Spartans set the tone as Alicia Ditty, Sami Hendricks, Ashley Huynh and Madison Munger scored a state-qualifying time with a first-place, 1-minute, 59.97-second finish in the 200-yard medley relay.
Munger also raced to state-qualifying times in the 200 individual medley, first place in 2:22.70, and 500 freestyle, first place, 5:40.81. Hendricks also scored two first-place, state-qualifying times. The first in the 50 freestyle, 25.39, and the second in the 100 freestyle, 55.74.
“The girls looked great so early in the season,” coach Dana Powers said.
In addition, the Lady Sparts racked up 10 district-qualifying times, starting with the 200 medley relay – Thompson, Katie Ekse, Lizzie Kressler and Gustafson – with a time of 2.13.18. Gustafson qualified in the 200 freestyle, 2.15.54, 500 freestyle, 6.10.06, 100 freestyle, 1.04.76, and as the lead off in the 400 freestyle relay. Huynh qualified in the 200 individual medley, 2.30.16, and the 100 breaststroke, 1.15.70. Thompson qualified in the 100 butterfly, 1.08.70, and 100 backstroke, 1.11.09. Ditty qualified in the 100 freestyle, 1.03.55, and the 100 backstroke, 1.11.09. Hendricks, Thompson, Ditty and Munger also qualified in the 200 freestyle relay in a 1.50.36.
“I expect we will see more district and state qualifying times in the next couple of duel meets,” Powers said. “I was pretty proud of the new swimmers this year, Katie Bateman, Ashleigh Johnson, Emily Johnson.”
The Spartans return home Thursday with Steilacoom.
