Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009

Tixier sets pair of school marks as Hanford wins league title

By the Herald staff

MOSES LAKE -- Freshman Stephanie Tixier earned state qualifying times and set school records in back-to-back events, and Hanford won 11 of 12 events to dominate West co-champs Eastmont (118-67) and Wenatchee (113-72) at the CBBN championship meet in Moses Lake for the Falcons' first league title since 2000.

Tixier posted state times in the 100-yard butterfly and 100 freestyle.

Team scores--Hanford 118, Eastmont 67; Hanford 113, Wenatchee 72.

200 medley relay--Hanford (Melissa Merrill, Christine Tixier, Stephanie Tixier, Stephanie Heeney) 1:58.69 (sq). 200 free--Kristen Bennett (H) 2:05.15; 3, Yaritza Rodriguez (H) 2:16.98. 200 IM--Merrill (H) 2:19.58; 3, Megan Maynes (H) 2:30.11. 50 free--C.Tixier (H) 25.61;3, Taylor Burnight (H) 26.62. Diving--Haley Pratt (E) 151.70. 100 fly--S.Tixier (H) 1:02.26 (sq). 100 free--S.Tixier (H) 54.84 (sq, sr); 3, Burnight (H) 58.95. 500 free--Bennett (H) 5:18.70; 3, Nicole Christenson (H) 6:05.01. 200 free relay--Hanford (Burnight, C.Tixier, Allison Maynes, Bennett) 1:46.86; 3, Hanford B 1:57.58. 100 back--Merrill (H) 1:05.00. 100 breast--C.Tixier (H) 1:10.93 (sq). 400 free relay--Hanford (Bennett, Burnight, S.Tixier, Merrill) 3:51.17.