FEDERAL WAY, WA., Nov. 15. NO more Ms bridesmaid status for Coach Heather Hoskins and her Lady Rogers Rams, thank you very much.<\/p>\n
Riding the broad shoulders of junior All-America freestyler-backstroker Megan Rains and senior Emily Strouse, Rogers moved up from its No. 2 status at last year's state meet and splashed to a convincing 266-200.50 win over last year's champ, Capital. Gig Harbor (168) was third.<\/p>\n
As a sophomore last season Rains won the state title and ranked sixth nationally in the 200 IM (2:02.04) and 19th in the 100 back (56.73). This evening she powered to a state record and nation-leading 1:48.77 200 free win, was victorious in the 100 back (pr 56.44) and led off the Rams' state record-setting 200 medley relay. <\/p>\n
Rogers' winning relay time (1:45.82) would have ranked the Rams fourth nationally in '02. The team of Rains, Jesika Heidloff, Chelsey Freeman and Cora Freeman broke the old record of 1:47.06 set 18 years ago, in 1984.<\/p>\n
Strouse was runner-up in the 200 IM (pr 2:02.14), won the 100 fly (56.29) and swam on Rogers' record-setting 400 free relay too.<\/p>\n
Another impressive swimmer was Auburn senior Emily Kukors' school-standard in the 200 IM (2:01.14), just missing the Washington state record of 2:01.10 by Colubia Rivers' Kari Edwards from eight years ago; and her state record in the 100 free (50.29).<\/p>\n
The old mark was a 50.33 by Sara Platzer, now a junior All-America at UCLA, where she's the Bruin school record-holder in the sprints (22.44-49.33).<\/p>\n
Kukors was defending champ in the 100 free (50.96) and was runner-up to Rains last year in the 200 IM (2:02.24).<\/p>\n
Oak Harbor sophomore Missy McIntyre defendind her 100 breast title (1:04.30) and added the 50 free title with a nail-biting 23.92-23.97 win over Rogers' Cora Freeman. In the prelims, McIntyre went a season-best 23.75.<\/p>\n
Kentworth froshwoman Courtney Eronemo fared well too, racing to second in the 100 fly (56.42) and third in the 200 IM (2:04.07). <\/p>\n
Decautur's Sandy Hong won the 500 free (5:00.24) and was fourth in the 200 free; Gig Harbor won the 200 free relay (1:38.71); Juanita's Alyson Carlyon won the i-meter diving and Rogers climaxed the competition by blasting to a state-record in the 400 free relay set 11 years ago. The team clocked 3:31.34 in prelims, breaking the old mark of 3:33.48, then lowered that time to 3:29.68 in the finals. That time would have ranked the Rams eighth nationally last season.<\/p>\n
Rogers' win was the first state championship for the school in 20 years. Rogers also became the first school in the South Sound region to win a state title.<\/p>\n
— Bill Bell <\/p>\n
WASHINGTON 4A HIGH SCHOIOL SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS<\/p>\n
KING COUNTY AQUATIC CENTER<\/p>\n
FEDERAL WAY, WA., NOV. 15, 2002<\/p>\n
25 Yd. Pool<\/p>\n
* State Record<\/p>\n
Final Team Scores (Top 3) \u2014 1, Rogers (Puyallup), 266; 2, Capital, 200.50; 3, Gig Harbor, 168; <\/p>\n
200-YD MEDLEY RELAY \u2014 1, Rogers, 1:45.82* 2, Capital, 1:50.51; 3, Kamiak, 1:51.15. <\/p>\n
200 YD FREESTYLE \u2014 1, Megan Raines, Rogers, 1:48.77* 2, Jill Kripps, Roosevelt, 1:52.42; 3, Alexis Buckley, Walla Walla, 1:54.10. <\/p>\n
200 YD IND. MEDLEY — 1, Emily Kukors, Auburn, 2:01.14; 2, Emily Strouse, Rogers, 2:02.14; 3, Courtney Eronemo, Kentwood, 2:04.07. <\/p>\n
50 YD FREESTYLE \u2014 1, Missy McIntyre, Oak Harbor, 23.92; 2, Cora Freeman, Rogers, 23.97; 3, Krissy Forelli, Gig Harbor, 24.00. <\/p>\n
1-METER DIVING \u2014 1, Alyson Carlyon, Juanita, 428.65; 2, Laura Shuur, Stadium, 375.90; 3, Doria Holbrook, Eisenhower, 350.05; <\/p>\n
100 YD BUTTERFLY –1, Emily Strouse, Rogers, 56.29; 2, Courtney Eronemo, Kentwood, 56.42; 3, Stefanie Sutton, Auburn Riverside, 57.20. <\/p>\n
100 YD FREESTYLE \u2014 1, Emily Kukors, Auburn, 50.37* 2, Caitlin Friedhoff, Thomas Jefferson, 51.61; 3, Krissy Forelli, Gig Harbor, 51.66. <\/p>\n
500 YD FREESTYLE \u2014 1, Sandy Hong, Decatur, 5:00.24; 2, Alexis Buckley, Walla Walla, 5:01.14; 3, Rachel Walker, Garfield, 5:04.26. <\/p>\n
200 YD FREESTYLE RELAY –1, Gig Harbor, 1:38.79; 2, Capital, 1:39.52; 3, Central Kitsap, 1:41.08. <\/p>\n
100 YD BACKSTROKE — 1, Megan Rains, Rogers, 56.54; 2, Chelsey Freeman, Rogers, 58.49; 3, Rikka Brunner, Kamiak, 58.68. <\/p>\n
100 YD BREASTSTROKE –1, Missy McIntyre, Oak Harbor, 1:04.30; 2, Jesika Heidloff, Rogers, 1:04.49; 3, Sarah Stockwell, Kentlake, 1:05.19. <\/p>\n
400 YD FREESTYLE RELAY \u2014 1, Rogers, 3:29.68* 2, Central Kitsap, 3:35.42; 3, Kamiak, 3:38.91. <\/p>\n
*: State 4A record<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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