D-S Girls' Swim Team Finishes 12th in Sectionals

Many of the D-S swimmers qualified to swim in the state finals this weekend at Harvard.

Posted Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:40 pm ET|Updated Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:45 pm ET

The D-S boys' and girls' varsity swim teams competed in the Central/South Sectionals at MIT’s Zesiger Sports Center over the weekend

The girls finished 12th overall out of 44 teams on Saturday. The boys finished 35th overall on Sunday.

D-S Highlights:

-Mary Keough came in 3rd in 100 freestyle and 8th in 200 Individual Medley and will continue onto States.

-Emily Hands cut off 2 seconds of her original time in the 100 Breaststroke at the sectionals.

-Girls (Morgan Furber, Sadie Thompson, Julia Pearson, Caroline Body) 400 free relay and will continue onto States.

-Girls (Julia Pearson, Emily Hands, Mary Keough, and Morgan Furber) medley relay will continue onto States.

-Kate West swam the 200 and 500 freestyle and will be swimming those at States.

-Connor McCormick came in 8th at Sectionals, in the boys 100 breaststroke. He will go onto States.

-Boys relay (Stephen Mayfield, Sean Donovan, Connor McCormick, and Samuele Barin) qualified for the States.

The state finals will be held at Harvard University's Blodgett Pool on Saturday, Feb. 18.

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