Hood River Swim Team members competed last week in the 2012 Oregon Swimming Inc. State Championships at Mt. Hood Community College. Highlighting several notable performances was 13-year-old Dhani Freeland, who took top honors with four top-10 finishes to qualify for the Western Zone Meet next month in Grand Junction, Colo.
“Representing Oregon swimming is a great honor,” said coach Shelly Rawding. “Dhani will travel with 55 swimmers from all around Oregon, and some great coaches and chaperones, to compete in the meet.
Representing Hood River’s U10 swimmers were Sarah Arpag, Emilio Castaneda and Shea Casenga.
All three swam strong and came away with top-10 finishes in each event they raced in.
In 11-and-over highlights, Charlie Sutherland had best times in all three events he swam; Kylie Webb had a best time in the 200 IM, Courtney Castaneda posted a personal best in the 50 free and Allie Burke competed in her first-ever state meet, posting a 7-second drop in her 400 free personal best.
State swim highlights:
Allison Burke, 11
11th, 400 free
13th, 100 free
Courtney Castaneda, 12
19th, 50 free
Dhani Freeland, 13
3rd, 200 free
3rd, 100 free
4th, 200 IM
5th, 200 breast
11th, 100 fly
Mariah Rawding, 16
15th, 50 free
16th, 100 breast
Charles Sutherland, 14
16th, 100 back
18th, 100 fly
Kylie Webb, 15
19th, 400 IM
Sarah Arpag, 8
2nd, 50 breast
3rd, 50 free
6th, 50 fly
10th, 50 breast
10th, 50 back
Emilio Castaneda, 10
4th, 100 fly
5th, 50 free
6th, 100 free
7th, 50 fly
9th, 200 free
Shea Kasenga, 8
8th, 50 breast
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