Mustangs in 8 finals spots
Goos prelims effort.
THORNTON -- They undoubtedly wanted more, but Mullen’s Mustangs put themselves into position on Thursday to score in Friday’s finals of the Class 4A girls swimming and diving championships.
How many points they can put up and what the higher-end teams can generate remains to be seen, but the Mustangs will be represented in eight of the finals races at the Veteran memorial Aquatics Center.
Topped by performances in key relays, the 200-yard free relay team of Gabrielle Zinis, Claire Chahbandour, Lindsey Sowitch and Sofia Zinis finished first in 1 minute, 38.67 seconds.
The 200 medley relay team of Micaela Clode, Chahbandour, Sowitch and S. Zinis grabbed second in 1:47.61.
Individually, S. Zinis was third in the 50 free (23.90) and G.Zinis was 12th.
Chahbandour was fifth in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.32) and Anarose Schwamm 13th in 1:09.75.
S. Zinis was sixth in the 100 free (53.62) and Clode eighth in the 100 back (59.37).
Sowitch was fourth in the 200 individual medley (2:08.91) and eighth in the 100 butterfly (58.71).
Julianna Zinis was 13th in diving (294.65 points) and the 400 free relay group of Taylor Nielson, Clode, Schwamm and G. Zinis 17th, or an alternate, at 3:53.91.
Friday’s finals will be at 4:30 p.m.
A year ago, the Mustangs were sixth in the team chase.
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