The Olympia girls swim team cruised past Spanaway Lake 153-21 Wednesday afternoon at Timberline High School’s pool.
An Olympia swimmer or relay team won all 12 events.
The Bears’ 200-yard medley relay quartet of Priya Sanders, Paulina Mueller, Lily Boyle and Preita Sanders took home first place with a time of 1:59.31. In the 200-yard freestyle relay, Nastasia Moniodis, Aila Swanson, Mueller and Amuly Keitheri Cheteri won at 1:49.55.
Olympia’s 400-yard freestyle relay team of Priya Sanders, Boyle, Moniodis and Preita Sanders earned the event victory by nearly 30 seconds with a time of 3:55.04.
Senior Normandy Carter narrowly beat sophomore Olivia Smith in the 200-yard freestyle, with Carter finishing in 2:19.99 and Smith at 2:20.93. Boyle sailed in the 200-yard individual medley at 2:29.74 and won the 100-yard butterfly at 1:08.08.
Three Bears finished the 50-yard freestyle in under 27 seconds, with Preita Sanders emerging victorious at 26.21 seconds. Priya Sanders (26.68 seconds) and Swanson (26.99) took second and third place, respectively. Preita Sanders won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 57.45 seconds.
Senior Brie Lapp won the 1-meter diving title with a final score of 123.60. Senior Campbell Patterson secured the 500-yard freestyle victory at 6:18.96, and she finished in second place in the 100-yard backstroke behind Priya Sanders, who swam a time of 1:06.01. Mueller won the 100-yard breaststroke by nine seconds at 1:17.37.
“It was a really good meet, with lots of lifetime bests. We look to have a strong team this year and compete well at the district and state meet, hopefully having several podium swims,” Olympia head coach Henry Valz said.
Wednesday’s meet was Olympia’s first home meet away from The Evergreen State College in over 50 years. The college chose this spring to close the pool in June, citing costs of repairs and operations.
Next up for Olympia is a date at Shelton on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
