Girls swim tops at KingCo tourney

Published 11:47 am Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Mercer Island girls swim and dive began its postseason push for a sixth-straight state championship last week, winning the KingCo 3A girls swim tournament Nov. 1 at the University of Washington.

Mercer Island won with a team score of 735, besting runner-up Newport (460) and third-place Skyline (433).

The Islanders won five of the competition’s 12 events, including the first two of the day. The team of Sabrina Kwan, Maeve Murdoch, Sofija Raisys and Sammie Edwards won the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:52.76. Angela Riggins and Audrey Hixon tied for first-place in the 200 freestyle, both tapping the wall at 2:00.81. Murdoch won the 100 butterfly at 58.98, Leah Fisk won the 100 freestyle at 54.45, and the team of Fisk, Murdoch, Tess Ritcey and Ellie Williams took the 200 freestyle relay, winning with a time of 1:43.07.

Multiple Islander swimmers were named All-KingCo selections, with Fisk, Kwan, Murdoch and Hixon named to the All-KingCo first team. Esther Choe, Sammie Edwards, Ellie Williams and Sofija Raisys were named to the second team, while Angela Riggins earned honorable mention.

Mercer Island will move on to district competition, with the Sea-King 3A district championships taking place Nov. 7-8 at Mary Wayte Pool. Preliminaries begin Friday at 5 p.m.