Girls swim and dive secures state cuts at MISCA Invitational
Ten girls participated in the MISCA meet this year, swimming against some very challenging competition. It was a very productive meet with sophomore Maggie Hier, junior Sarah Chesner, senior Sarah Schenck, junior Emily Johnson, and the 400-yard relay team all earning their state cuts, with Emily getting her state cut in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard breaststroke.
The third event of the meet was the 200-yard individual medley relay. This was the first strong personal performance of the meet, with Sarah securing 19th place with a time of 2:16.96. This time was fast enough to secure a spot in the state meet. Emily followed this up with a state cut performance in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.18.
Several more races went by with no amazing performances until the 100-yard backstroke, where both junior Olivia Hooper and Sarah got state cuts with an impressive performance from Maggie. Olivia took an amazing sixth place with a time of 59.41. Maggie Hier took 16th with a time of 1:01.32 and Sarah Chesner took 24th with a time of 1:02.86.
The Rangers continued to finish the meet strong with the 200-yard breaststroke. Jessica Doyel delivered a strong 15th place finish with her time of 1:09.60. Emily followed very close after with a time of 1:09.92, grabbing her a state cut and 19th place.
To finish out the meet, the Rangers took 9th in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The team, consisting of Maggie, Junior Ellie Field, Sarah, and Emily secured their state cut with the time of 3:43.52. This rounded out some very strong performances in a tough meet. The next meet in their season will be against Jenison at home. This is the Senior Night meet and will be the last meet of the season.
Jonah is a senior at FHC and occasionally writes for TCT. He runs cross country in the fall, runs indoor track in the winter, and runs outdoor track in...