Jackson put on a dominant performance at the 4A District 1 girls swimming championships on Saturday, winning 10 of 12 events at Snohomish Aquatic Center to run away with the team title.
Senior Hannah Fritts and freshman Anju Lee paced the Timberwolves with two individual victories apiece, and each also contributed to a pair of winning relays. Fritts swept the distance freestyle events, taking the 200-yard freestyle in 1:55.55 and the 500 freestyle in 5:08.45, both state qualifying times. She also swam the third leg on Jackson's winning 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams.
Lee won the 200 individual medley in a state qualifying 2:08.29 and added a victory in the 100 backstroke in 57.76, also under the state standard. She swam on the Timberwolves' winning 200 and 400 freestyle relays as well.
Jackson finished with 603 points, well ahead of runner-up Lake Stevens at 386. Glacier Peak took third with 374, followed by Kamiak at 365 and Mariner at 62. Event winners and swimmers who met the state standard earned berths at the state meet, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 13 and 14.
Other Jackson winners included Elliana Lam in the 100 freestyle (54.02), Krystyna Yefremova in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.44) and Timbre Grevenkamp in 1-meter diving (409.05), all with state qualifying marks. Lam also took second in the 50 freestyle in 24.86, another state cut, finishing behind Glacier Peak's Megan Maley, who won in 24.70. Lake Stevens' Emma Rancan won the 100 butterfly in 1:01.00, the only individual event Jackson did not win on the swim side. Charlee Worcester added runner-up finishes for Jackson in both freestyle distance races.
In the 3A District 1 Championships, also held at Snohomish Aquatic Center, Shorecrest's Daniel Buckholz won the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events and swam on two winning relays to lead the Scots to the team title.
Shorecrest scored 363 points to edge Shorewood, which finished with 337. Edmonds-Woodway placed third at 265.5, Stanwood was fourth with 256 and Snohomish rounded out the top five with 187.5. The top five finishers in each event qualified for the Nov. 13-14 state meet.
Shorecrest opened the meet by winning the 200 medley relay in a state qualifying 1:52.22 and later took the 200 freestyle relay in 1:41.68, also under the state standard. Shorewood closed the meet with a victory in the 400 freestyle relay in 3:45.76.
Other individual winners in the 3A meet included Shorewood's Violet Perry in the 200 freestyle (1:56.74, a state qualifying time), Snohomish's Sophia Kuntz in both the 200 individual medley (2:13.98) and 500 freestyle (5:20.49), Stanwood's Alora de Vera in the 100 butterfly (59.52), Meadowdale's Dylan Buechler-Flack in the 100 backstroke (1:00.05), Cascade's May Phut in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.47) and Shorecrest's Sophie Katsilmetes in 1-meter diving (281.85). Buechler-Flack also finished second in the 100 freestyle in 54.10, earning a state cut. Additional wildcard state qualifiers may be announced at a later date.
