Mercer Island third at Sea-King district championships | Prep girls swim and dive

By Joseph Livarchik • November 7, 2016 1:30 pm
From left, Mercer Island 200 freestyle relay swimmers Ellie Bailey, Heather Robinson, Sammie Edwards and Maeve Murdoch. Photo courtesy of Sarah Edwards.
From left, Mercer Island 200 freestyle relay swimmers Ellie Bailey, Heather Robinson, Sammie Edwards and Maeve Murdoch. Photo courtesy of Sarah Edwards.

The Mercer Island girls swim and dive team placed third at the Sea-King 3A district 2 championships Saturday at Mary Wayte Pool.

Scoring 192 points as a team, the Islanders finished behind the first-place Lakeside Lions (214) and the runner-up Bellevue Wolverines (208).

At Saturday’s district finals, Mercer Island posted state-qualifying marks in six events.

Mercer Island’s team of Heather Robinson, Ellie Bailey, Maeve Murdoch and Sammie Edwards won the 200 yard freestyle relay at 1:40.49.

The team of Annie Pearse, Edwards, Murdoch and Ellie Williams placed third in the 400 free relay (3:39.42). Alex Williams, Grace Olsen, Hailey Vandenbosch and Ellie Williams were fourth in the 200 medley relay (1:54.5).

Murdoch placed third in both the 100 free (54.62) and 200 free (1:57). Edwards was fourth in the 100 free (54.88) and sixth in the 200 free (1:59.03).

Sophia McGuffin was fifth in the diving event with a score of 356.75. Annie Pearse was fifth in the 50 free (25.47), Hailey Vandenbosch was fifth in the 100 fly (1:00.72) and Chloe Mark was sixth in the 500 free (5:26.2).

Mercer Island’s state qualifiers will compete at the 3A state championships Nov. 11-12 at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.