Auburn Riverside, Auburn Mountainview girls finish strong in 4A district waters

Auburn Riverside and Auburn Mountainview athletes shone at the recent 4A West Central District swimming and diving meet at Curtis High School in University Place.

Top finishers are preparing for this weekend’s 4A state finals at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

The Ravens finished fourth in the team chase, and the Lions were seventh.

Curtis won the title.

Auburn Riverside highlights

Ashley Ray, a sophomore, captured the 100-yard breaststroke in 1 minute, 4.98 seconds. She added a third in the 50 freestyle (24.90).

Ray led off the Ravens’ 400 freestyle relay that took silver. She joined fellow sophomores Peyton Fulmer, Kaelie Allan and anchor Zoe Harris to stop the clock in 3:43.07.

Fulmer, Ray and Harris and senior Kyra Brandt seized the bronze in the 200 medley relay (1:53.17).

Harris was fifth in the 50 free (25.03).

Allan added a seventh in the 200 free (2:00.71) and an eighth in the 500 free (5:32.49).

Fumer was sixth in the 100 backstroke (1:01.19).

Auburn Mountainview highlights

Emily Ward ran off with the 200 individual medley in 2:07.26. She was second in the 100 freestyle (52.31) and anchored the 200 freestyle relay to a third-place finish (1:44.02) with Mairead Quigley, Kiyomi Harris and Jade Le.

Le settled for sixth in the 500 free (5:24.57). She was eighth in the 200 free final (2:01.20).