Sports

Girl Swimmers and Divers throughout the Area Competing in State Meet

The pool at New Trier Township High School will be full of competitors from the western suburbs Friday and Saturday.

Area high schools will be well-represented at the IHSA Girls Swimming and Diving State Final Meet, to be held Friday and Saturday at New Trier Township High School in Winnetka.

Check in with Patch on Saturday and Sunday for updates who qualified and who won medals. And all you proud swim parents, we welcome your photos from the state meet. Upload them to this story, which we'll update over the weekend. Please identify anyone appearing in the photo, by name and event.

Lisle's Benet Academy has qualifiers in all 12 events.

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Hinsdale Central has qualifiers in 11 of 12 events while Lyons Township and  each have qualifiers in nine.

Downers Grove North has the top qualifier in three events: sophomore Gabby Sims in both the 100-yard Backstroke and 100-yard Butterfly, and its 200-yard Freestyle Relay team. 

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Senior Emma Smith of  is the top qualifier in the 200-yard Individual Medley and comes in with the second best sectional time in the 500-yard Freestyle.

Wheaton North Co-op, Glenbard West Co-op, York and Hinsdale South all have state qualifiers, as well.

The top 12 finishers in each event during Friday's prelims will swim in Saturday's finals. Here's a look at the area's swimmers and divers who will compete. Sectional times are in parentheses.

200-yard Medley Relay

  • Hinsdale Central (1:46.43)
  • St. Charles North (1:48.13)
  • Lyons Township (1:49.23) 
  • Glenbard West Co-op (1:49.36) 
  • St. Charles East (1:50.00) 
  • Benet Academy (1:50.07) 
  • Wheaton North Co-op (1:50.41) 
  • Hinsdale South (1:50.74) 

200-yard Freestyle

  • Connie Hsu (Sr.), Glenbard West Co-op (1:51.51) 
  • Maddy Sims (So.), Downers Grove North (1:52.13) 
  • Elly Vitek (Jr.), Lyons Township (1:52.71) 
  • Cristina Favia (Sr.), Benet Academy (1:52.94) 
  • Kristen Worthington (Sr.), Hinsdale Central (1:53.20) 
  • Abbey King (Sr.), Hinsdale Central (1:53.89) 
  • Izzie Bindseil (So.), St. Charles East (1:55.50) 
  • Ashley Shanel (Sr.), St. Charles East (1:55.87) 

200-yard Individual Medley

  • Emma Smith (Sr.), St. Charles East (2:06.10) 
  • Meagan Popp (Fr.), St. Charles North (2:07.85) 
  • Jen Coady (Sr.), Hinsdale Central (2:07.88) 
  • Erin Bagley (Jr.), Wheaton North Co-op (2:08.19) 
  • Katelyn Katsafanas (Sr.), Benet Academy (2:08.43) 
  • Lindsay Pavich (Sr.), Hinsdale Central (2:08.88) 
  • Tori Bertschy (Sr.), Benet Academy (2:10.90) 
  • Kimmie Scott (Jr.), St. Charles East (2:11.33) 

50-yard Freestyle

  • Emily Albrecht (Fr.), Downers Grove North (:24.33) 
  • Mary Claire Webb (Fr.), Benet Academy (:24.49) 
  • Gabriele Serniute (Fr.), Downers Grove North (:24.61) 
  • Sarah Schaffer (Sr.), Wheaton North Co-op (:24.70) 
  • Kristine Rosenberger (Jr.), Lyons Township (:24.84) 

Diving (Sectional champions—noted with an *—automatically advance to Saturday.)

  • *Meghan Downey (Sr.), Downers Grove North (468.00)
  • Margaret McCarthy (Fr.), Hinsdale Central (396.65) 
  • Taylor Kramer (Jr.), Benet Academy (396.10) 
  • *Anna Burns (So.), St. Charles North (382.35) 
  • Sarah Bradley (So.), Wheaton North Co-op (371.75) 

100-yard Butterfly

  • Gabby Sims (So.), Downers Grove North (:54.89) 
  • Connie Hsu (Sr.), Glenbard West Co-op (:55.02) 
  • Maddy Sims (So.), Downers Grove North (:57.56) 
  • Lauren Zima (Sr.), St. Charles North (:57.73) 
  • Hannah Lillioja (Sr.), Hinsdale Central (:58.42) 
  • Genna Heidkamp (Sr.), Hinsdale Central (:58.49) 
  • Tori Bertschy (Sr.), Benet Academy (:58.75) 
  • Hannah Veselik (Sr.), Hinsdale South (:58.93)
  • Taylor Lifka (Jr.), Benet Academy (:58.97) 
  • Jennifer Weigand (Sr.), Lyons Township (:59.21) 

100-yard Freestyle

  • Louisa Hoffman (Jr.), Lyons Township (:52.20) 
  • Elly Vitek (Jr.), Lyons Township (:52.67) 
  • Fotini Kaufman (Sr.), Hinsdale Central (:52.85) 
  • Shannon Sullivan (Jr.), York (:53.07) 
  • Mary Claire Webb (Fr.), Benet Academy (:53.14) 
  • Sarah Schaffer (Sr.), Wheaton North Co-op (:53.32) 
  • Mary Snyder (Jr.), St. Charles East (:53.54) 
  • Gabriele Serniute (Fr.), Downers Grove North (:53.64) 

500-yard Freestyle

  • Emma Smith (Sr.), St. Charles East (4:59.13) 
  • Cristina Favia (Sr.), Benet Academy (5:02.24) 
  • Abbey King (Sr.), Hinsdale Central (5:03.95) 
  • Kristen Worthington (Sr.), Hinsdale Central (5:04.68) 
  • Cara LoPiano (Jr.), York (5:07.07) 
  • Lauren Zima (Sr.), St. Charles North (5:08.53) 
  • Jennifer Weigand (Sr.), Lyons Township (5:09.82) 
  • Ashley Shanel (Sr.), St. Charles East (5:10.88) 
  • Lauren Rosenberger (So.), Lyons Township (5:11.14) 
  • Allison McGavock (Sr.), Glenbard West Co-op (5:11.55) 

200-yard Freestyle Relay

  • Downers Grove North (1:36.35) 
  • Lyons Township (1:37.46) 
  • Hinsdale Central (1:37.57) 
  • St. Charles North (1:38.02) 
  • St. Charles East (1:38.52) 
  • Benet Academy (1:38.94) 

100-yard Backstroke

  • Gabby Sims (So.), Downers Grove North (:55.55) 
  • Lauren Reynolds (Sr.), St. Charles North (:58.02) 
  • Hannah Lillioja (Sr.), Hinsdale Central (:58.40) 
  • Alanna Galvin (Fr.), Benet Academy (:59.68) 
  • Meg Beese (So.), Glenbard West Co-op (:59.87) 

100-yard Breaststroke

  • Lindsay Pavich (Sr.), Hinsdale Central (1:06.51) 
  • Erin Bagley (Jr.), Wheaton North Co-op (1:06.63) 
  • Meagan Popp (Fr.), St. Charles North (1:07.35) 
  • Taylor Lifka (Jr.), Benet Academy (1:08.03) 
  • Maya Rodrigues (Sr.), Hinsdale South (1:08.22) 

400-yard Freestyle Relay

  • Downers Grove North (3:29.70) 
  • Lyons Township (3:32.90) 
  • Hinsdale Central (3:33.02) 
  • Benet Academy (3:34.18) 
  • St. Charles East (3:34.22) 
  • St. Charles North (3:36.44) 
  • Glenbard West Co-op (3:36.94) 
  • York (3:37.40) 


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