Swimming: Austin relay teams start strong in prelims

Published 9:57 pm Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Austin’s Katelyn Hillson swims in the 100 yard butterfly during the prelims of the Section 1A Girls Swimming Meet Wednesday night at Bud Higgins Pool. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

Austin’s Katelyn Hillson swims in the 100 yard butterfly during the prelims of the Section 1A Girls Swimming Meet Wednesday night at Bud Higgins Pool. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

A pair of Austin relay teams put up solid performances at the Section 1A preliminaries in Bud Higgins Pool Wednesday.

The 200-yard freestyle team of Emma Kleis, Hannah Burkhart, Katelyn Hillson and Abby Gogolewski took fourth and the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Shannan Kelly, Hillson, Kristina Thorson and Gogolewski took sixth.

Austin’s Abby Schammel swims the 100 butterfly during the prelims for the Section 1A Girls Swimming Meet Wednesday night at Bud Higgins Pool. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

Austin’s Abby Schammel swims the 100 butterfly during the prelims for the Section 1A Girls Swimming Meet Wednesday night at Bud Higgins Pool. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

Goglewski took eighth in the 100-yard freestyle and Austin diver Samantha Sheldon was in seventh place after the preliminary round.

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The Packers will host the Section 1A finals in Bud Higgins pool 6 p.m. Friday.

AUSTIN RESULTS

Top 16 advance to Friday’s finals

200-medley relay: Emma Kleis, Akari Maruta, Katelyn Hillson, Hannah Burkhart (ninth, 2:01.17)

200-freestyle: Kristina Thorson (12th, 2:08.96); Summer White (20th, 2:13.14)

200-individual medley: Shannan Kelly (18th, 2:28.81)

50-freestyle: Abby Gogolewski (12th, 25.56); Emma Kleis (14th, 25.93)

Diving: Samantha Sheldon (seventh, 213.00); Maddie Mullenbach (ninth, 209.55); Bergyhn Hull (12th, 206.05)

Austin’s Abby Gogolewski swims the 100 yard freestyle during the prelims for the Section 1A Girls Swim Meet Wednesday night at Bud Higgins Poo. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

Austin’s Abby Gogolewski swims the 100 yard freestyle during the prelims for the Section 1A Girls Swim Meet Wednesday night at Bud Higgins Pool. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

100-butterfly: Katelyn Hillson (10th, 1:04.20); Shannan Kelly (18th, 1:08.01); Abby Schammel (20th, 1:09.27)

100-freestyle: Abby Gogolewski (eighth, 56.74); Summer White (26th, 1:00.37)

500-freestyle: Kristina Thorson (14th, 5:54.67); Abby Schammel (24th, 6:10.74)

200-freestyle relay: Emma Kleis, Hannah Burkhart, Katelyn Hillson, Abby Gogolewski (fourth,1:43.89)

100-backstroke: Emma Kleis (17th, 1:09.59); Olivia Leuer (19th, 1:10.38); Elora Hughes (23rd, 1:11.97)

100-breaststroke: Zoe Dolan Peterson (18th, 1:17.50); Akari Maruta (24th, 1:19.19)

400-freestyle relay: Shannan Kelly, Kateyn Hillson, Kristina Thorson, Abby Gogolewski (sixth, 3:58.43)