Through the first week of the girls swim and dive season, Mercer Island already had swimmers qualify for the state tournament in three events.
That group only got bigger by week two.
Mercer Island swim and dive earned its second meet win of the year, beating Eastlake 136-50 Thursday afternoon at Mary Wayte Pool. The Islanders had winners in 11 of the meet’s 12 events, and added state qualifying times in the 50 and 100 free events.
Following the Islanders’ 145-41 victory over Lake Washington on Sept. 10, Mercer Island recorded state qualifying times in the 100 fly, 200 medley relay and 200 free relay.
Against Eastlake, Hadley Michaels took first in the diving event with a score of 213.55 to open Thursday’s meet. The 200 medley relay team of Audrey Hixon, Sabrina Kwan, Mari Nielsen and Sammie Edwards posted a winning time of 1:55.93, over a second better than the 1:57 state-qualifying mark.
Ellie Williams won two events for Mercer Island, winning the 200 free (2:03.44) and 500 free (5:32.19). Sabrina Kwan also placed first in two individual events, winning the 100 fly (1:02.94) and posting a state-qualifying time in the 50 free at 25.17.
Maeve Murdoch posted a state-qualifying time in the 100 free, winning in 55.71. Esther Choe won the 200 IM (2:22.01) and Audrey Hixon won the 100 back (1:03.85). Eastlake’s Maggie Van Nortwick registered a victory for the Wolves in the 100 breast, finishing in 1:13.86.
Mercer Island finished 1-2 in the 200 free relay, with both teams posting state cuts. The group of Murdoch, Edwards, Kwan and Alex Williams edged Sydney Seto, Ellie Williams, Choe and Heather Robinson by one second. Mercer Island’s team of Murdoch, Ellie Williams, Hixon and Edwards won the 400 free relay at 3:52.36.
Next, Mercer Island will take on Inglemoor at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 at Juanita Aquatics Center.
This article was updated to correct that MI had three state cuts after the first week, not eight.