Four Shorewood individuals, two relay teams win spots on all-Wesco-3A-South girls’ swimming team

Shorewood Swim Team cheers
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

Four individual Shorewood swimmers and two Thunderbird relay teams have won places on the all-Western-Conference-3A-South girls’ team.

T-bird individuals on the all-division team are senior Annika Stenfjord in the 200-yard freestyle, senior Megan Ransom in the 500 freestyle, freshman Britt Blomso in the 100 backstroke and sophomore Christina Garrison in the 100 breaststroke. Also named to the all-division team were the 200 freestyle relay team of junior Ari Norgerg, Blomso, Garrison and Stenfjord; and the 200 medley relay team of Blomso, Garrison, junior Ann Tardiff and senior Anni Hecker.

Shorewood, which won the Northwest District 3A championship Nov. 3, finished a strong seventh in the state 3A meet at the King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way Nov. 10. The Thunderbirds were fourth in both the 200-yard medley relay (Blomso, Garrison, Tardiff, Hecker) and the 200 freestyle relay (Blomso, Stenfjord, Garrison, Hecker). Hecker was fifth in the 100 freesyle and the 50 freestyle.

The T-Birds had won the District championship in Marysville. The T-Birds won the 200 medley relay -- Blomso, Garrison, Tardiff, and Hecker, which set a school record in 1:53.35, and the 200 freestyle relay-Norberg, Blomso, Garrison, and Stenfjord in 1:43.73.

Shorewood coach Susie McDowell talks to her team.
McDowell was named District 3A Coach of the Year
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

The T-birds qualified seven individuals and three relay teams to the State meet. Shorewood Coach Susie McDowell was named District 3A Coach of the Year.

Shorecrest, which finished seventh in the District meet, was represented at the State meet by the 400 freestyle relay team of Strathy, Semon, Coxon and Zylstra, which missed the final after having the 23rd best time in the preliminaries.

State 3A Girls’ Swimming Championships, Nov. 10, King County aquatics Center, Federal Way

Team scores — Mercer Island 376, Bainbridge 303, Lakeside 194, Hanford 147, Bellevue 131, Meadowdale 100, Shorewood 99, Liberty (Renton) 98, Juanita 95, Marysville-Pilchuck 87, Kennedy Catholic 86, Oak Harbor 79, Foss 65, Hazen 55, Columbia River 51, Holy Names 49, Southridge 43, Kennewick 37, Interlake 35, Auburn Mountainview 32, Peninsula 26, Highline 24.5, Mountain View 21, Mountlake Terrace 14, Enumclaw 14, Decatur 13, Hudson's Bay 13, Sunnyside 7, Wilson 6.5, Nathan Hale 6, Marysville-Getchell 5, Stanwood 5, Kamiakin 5, North Thurston 2, Glacier Peak 1.

FINALS

200 medley relay — 1, Bainbridge, 1:47.75… 4, Shorewood (Blomso, Garrison, Tardiff, Hecker) 1:52.61.

200 free — 1, Bottelberghe, Columbia River, 1:50.05; … 18, Stenfjord, Shorewood, 2:05.19; … 21, Gerbino, Shorewood, 2:05.99.

200 individual medley— 1, Williams, Bellevue, 2:01.20.

50 free — 1, Keane, Meadowdale, 23.36; … 5, Anni Hecker, Shorewood, 24.56.

Diving — 1, Knox, Kennedy Catholic, 419.80.

100 butterfly — 1, Kwan, Mercer Island, 55.85; … 16, Blomso, Shorewood, 1:00.66 (Prelim - 1:00.34)

100 free — 1, Keane, Meadowdale, 50.60; … 5, Hecker, Shorewood, 53.53;… 18 Annika Stenfjord, Shorewood, 57.57.

500 free — 1, Grundman, Bainbridge, 4:58.40; … 22, Megan Ransom, Shorewood,5:47.89

200 free relay — 1, Mercer Island, 1:37.12; … 4, Shorewood (Blomso, Stenfjord, Garrison, Hecker) 1:41.82.

100 backstroke — 1, Archer, Bainbridge, 56.18; … 14, Blomso, Shorewood, 1:01.8 (Prelin = 1:01.31);… 19, Gerbino, Shorewood, 1:03.37.

100 breaststroke — 1, Williams, Bellevue, 1:03.49… 17 Garrison, Shorewood, 1:10.54.

400 free relay — 1, Mercer Island, 3:33.41; … 13, Shorewood (Gerbino, Ransom, Arslanoglu, Stenfjord) 3:50.80;… 23 Shorecrest (Strathy, Semon, Coxon, Zylstra), 4:07.99.