Hanford's Merrill shines among Twilight swimmers

Posted: 12:00am on Sep 11, 2011; Modified: 3:44pm on Sep 11, 2011

RICHLAND -- Under the lights at George Prout Pool, several state-qualifying times were recorded during the Richland Twilight Jamboree.

Hanford senior Melissa Merrill clocked in at 25.40 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle. She also competed in the 400 freestyle relay (3 minutes, 43.99 seconds) and 200 medley relay (1:57.90).

Merrill, junior Stephanie Tixier and sophomore Lisa Tixier were on Hanford's 400 free and 200 medley relay teams. They were joined by Mylie Oberg in the 400 free and sophomore Taylor Fievez in the 200 medley.

Richland sophomore Lisa Bratton finished the 100 backstroke in 59.04. Bratton, Nicole Weinman and Sarah Olsen, and freshman McKenzie Schroder clocked a state-qualifying time of 3:46.98 in the 400 free relay.

"It's pretty exciting for our first meet out of the year," Richland and Hanford coach Kathy Piper said.

Southridge also qualified in the 200 medley relay (1:58.46).For full results, look under on sportstricities.com.

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