FEDERAL WAY -- The Richland and Hanford girls swim teams tied for first place with 438 points apiece as the east-side dominated the field in the Mukilteo Invite at King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.
"Richland was leading going into the last relay," Bombers/Falcons swim coach Kathy Piper said of the tight race. "It made for quite an enjoyable bus ride home, both of them having won today."
Richland's Lisa Bratton dialed up the lone meet record with first-place state-qualifying time of 2 minutes, 5.87 seconds in the 200 IM race.
Also posting SQ times in the 200 IM were Hanford's Melissa Merrill (2nd, 2:15.14) and Prosser's Hailey Rankin (4th, 2:15.82) and the Falcons' Lisa Tixier (6th, 2:16.49).
Other area squads taking bows in the team top 10 were sixth-place Moses Lake (254.5 pts) and tenth-place Southridge (213 pts).
The Suns got strong showings from Danielle Freund, who finished second in the diving event, and Megan O'Leary, who qualified for state in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:03.12.
First place and area results
Team scores--1t, Richland and Hanford tied at 438; 6, Moses Lake 254.5; 10, Southridge 213; 17, Walla Walla 106; 25t, Sunnyside and Prosser tied at 46; 29, Kennewick 40.5
200 medley relay--1, Snohomish (Hannah Pieper, Alexa Weyer, Ella Brooks, Shelby Garrison) 1:55.71; 3, Richland (Mackenzie Ruby, Lisa Bratton, Sarah Olsen, Vanessa Whattam) 1:56.76; 5, Southridge 1:58.76. 200 free--1, Andrea Young (Union) 1:57.38; 3, Nicole Weinman (Richland) 2:00.72; 4, Emma Timm-Ballard (Walla Walla) 2:01.00; 6, Mylie Oberg (Hanford) 2:02.04; 7, Sarah Olsen (Richland) 2:02.95. 200 IM--1, Lisa Bratton (Richland) 2:05.87 (SQ); 2, Melissa Merrill (Hanford) 2:15.14 (SQ); 4, Hailey Rankin (Prosser) 2:15.82 (SQ); 6, Lisa Tixier (Hanford) 2:16.49 (SQ). 50 free--1, Hannah Bruggman (Wenatchee) 24.51; 3, Stephanie Tixier (Hanford) 25.06 (SQ). Diving--1, Shannon Engelbrecht (Bainbridge) 202.25; 2, Danielle Freund (Southridge) 189.00; 4, Sammy Hendrickson (Moses Lake) 176.40; 6, Danielle Brandon (Kamiakin) 165.40; 8, Carly Garland (Richland) 154.85; 10, Jessica Anderson (Kamiakin) 148.6. 100 fly--1, Stephanie Tixier (Hanford) 58.90 (SQ); 3, Sarah Olsen (Richland) 1:00.78 (SQ); 4, Katelyn McLaughlin (Southridge) 1:01.64; 6t, Hailey Murphy (Kennewick) and Amber Garrett (Moses Lake) tied at 1:02.54. 100 free--1, Hannah Bruggman (Wenatchee) 53.24; 2, Melissa Merrill (Hanford) 54.40 (SQ). 500 free--1, Kalena Laurent (Cascade) 5:10.24; 2, Lisa Bratton (Richland) 5:11.90 (SQ); 3, Nicole Weinman (Richland) 5:19.90 (SQ); 5, Amber Garrett (Moses Lake) 5:28.49; 7, Mylie Oberg (Hanford) 5:30.06; 17, Lindsay Przybylski (Kamiakin) 5:56.11. 200 free relay--1, Union (swimmers unidentified) 1:43.72; 2, Hanford (Taylor Fievez, Kayla Burnight, Stephanie Tixier, Melissa Merrill) 1:44.51 (SQ); 4, Richland (Nicole Weinman, Vanessa Whattam, McKenzie Schroder, Lisa Bratton) 1:46.26. 100 back--1, Cathryn Armstrong (Monroe) 59.97; 3, Emma Timm-Ballard (Walla Walla) 1:01.02; 7, Abby Crowley (Walla Walla) 1:01.85. 100 breast--1, Courtney Schwiesow (Moses Lake) 1:09.04 (SQ); 6, Hailey Rankin (Prosser) 1:10.65 (SQ). 400 free relay--1, Hanford (Melissa Merrill, Lisa Tixier, Stephanie Tixier, Mylie Oberg) 3:41.92 (SQ); 6, Richland (Nicole Weinman, Sarah Olsen, Vanessa Whattam, Hannah Pickett) 3:51.85; 8, Southridge (Megan O'Leary, Katelyn McLaughlin, Rachel Schafer, Breanna Lyons) 3:55.41.
