Newport takes second at KingCo Swim Championships

By Joel Willits • November 9, 2009 2:30 pm
Newport's Caroline Van Maren won the 100-yard breaststroke final at the Kingco Conference Championship swim meet at Mary Wayte Pool on Mercer Island
Newport's Caroline Van Maren won the 100-yard breaststroke final at the Kingco Conference Championship swim meet at Mary Wayte Pool on Mercer Island

Thanks to a strong finish in the 4×100 freestyle relay, Newport was able to earn a second place finish in the KingCo Championships, held Saturday, Oct. 31 at the Mary Wayte Pool on Mercer Island.

The Knights team of Haley Anderson, Jordan Lee, Carolina Van Maren and Monique Saysana posted a team of 3:43.47, besting Juanita by just six-tenths of a second to take first place in the event, boosting the Knights to a team total of 407 points.

Mercer Island won the event, in which all 18 KingCo teams participate, scoring 586 points.

Newport, however, had strong finishes across the board. Anderson finished fourth in the 50-yard free (25.44) and seventh in the 100-yard fly (1:02.84), while Van Maren took ninth in the 50-yard free (26.40) and also helped Newport finish fourth in the 200 yard medley relay, alongside Jordan Lee, Robyn Thompson and Saysana.

Lee took fourth in the 100-yard backstroke (1:03.04) and Saysana earned a seventh place finish in the 100-yard free in 54.83.

Bellevue finished fifth in the championships with 338 points. The Wolverines had strong finishes from Rachel Schneider, who took second place in the 100-yard free with a time of 55.52 and third in the 200-yard free in 1:59.18.

Sammamish took 13th with 197 points, while Interlake finished 16th with 112 points.

Newport coach Eric Bartleson was named the KingCo Coach of the Year.

Area Top-10 Finishes

200 yard medley relay

5. Newport (Jordan Lee, Caroline Van Maren, Monique Saysana, Robyn Thompson), 1:54.62

8. Bellevue (Christie Melby, Kelly Holton, Melanie Notari, Makena Sutich), 1:58.63.

200 yard free

3. Rachel Schneider, Bellevue, 1:59.18

7. Liz Kreek, Sammamish, 2:08.20

10. Sutich, Bellevue, 2:05.71

200 yard IM

10. Maclean, Bellevue, 2:16.97

50 yard free

4. Haley Anderson, Newport, 25.44

9. Van Maren, Newport, 26.40

100 yard fly

7. Anderson, Newport, 1:02.84

9. Notari, Bellevue, 1:03.37

100 yard free

2. Schneider, Bellevue, 55.52

7. Saysana, Newport, 54.83

100 yard back

4. Jordan Lee, Newport, 1:03.04

5. Christie Melby, Bellevue, 1:03.34

6. Bryanna Moore, Sammamish, 1:03.36

100 yard breast

9. Erin MacLean, Bellevue, 1:13.52

400 yard relay

1. Newport (Anderson, Lee, Van Maryn, Saysana), 3:43.47

5. Bellevue (Schneider, Maclean, Makena Sutich, Melanie Notari), 3:51.55