Cruiser Swimmers Are Headed To State
The Eatonville High School swimmers who competed at districts pose together for a photo. Left to right: Rylee Valentine, Anna Benato, Olivia White, Melissa Rauhala, Alexis Powell, Grace Forsman, Kaylee Bernt, Charlee Smith, and Torrin White.
This past weekend, several of the Eatonville High School swim team members competed in the West Central District 4 1A/2A Swimming championships at Shelton High School.
The Cruisers had 9 swimmers competing.
They were:
Anna Benato (JR) - 100 Fly, 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay
Kaylee Bernt (FR) - 200 IM, 100 Breast, 200 Medley Relay
Grace Forsman (FR) - 100 Breast, 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay
Alexis Powell (SR) - 200 Free, 500 Free
Melissa Rauhala (JR) - 100 Back
Charlee Smith (FR) - 200 Free
Rylee Valentine (SR) - 200 Free, 100 Back, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay
Olivia White (SR) - 200 IM, 100 Back, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay
Torrin White (SO) - 100 Free, 100 Back, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay
Swimmers placing in the finals on Saturday were:
Medley Relay 8th Place - Rylee, Kaylee, Anna, Grace
200 Free 14th place - Charlee Smith
200 IM 1st Place - Olivia White
100 Free 12th Place - Torrin White
100 Back 18th Place - Rylee Valentine
100 Back 11th Place - Torrin White
100 Back 1st Place - Olivia White
100 Breast 16th Place - Grace Forsman
100 Breast 11th Place - Kaylee Bernt
400 Free Relay 6th Place - Anna, Rylee, Torrin, Olivia
Senior Olivia White broke two of her own school records at the meet. She broke the 200 IM record and also the 100 Backstroke record. She placed first in both events and was named the district champion in each event.
White, along with the 400 Free Relay team of Anna Benato, Rylee Valentine, Torrin White, Olivia White & Alternates Grace Forsman, Kaylee Bernt have all qualified for the state meet that is held on Nov. 12 & 13 at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.
Fans are allowed to attend the event or you can watch the live stream of the event on the NFHS Network for a fee.
