Ridgefield’s Medea Rusu wins two titles at 2A/1A district swim meet

Ridgefield’s Medea Rusu won two titles, and McKelvey Brewer of Hudson’s Bay and Paige Dangleis of Hockinson also won at the 2A/1A district girls swimming championship on Saturday in Shelton.

Rusu won the 200-yard individual medley in 2 minutes, 18.56 seconds, beating out Danglies, who finished second in 2:20.33. Rusu also won the 100 backstroke in 1:03.56.

Brewer won the 100 butterfly in 1:02.85 and qualified for state in the 500 freestyle with a third-place finish.

Dangleis won the 100 freestyle in 56.56.

Also qualifying for state were Bree Gravel of Columbia River (50 free, 100 free) and Emma Anderson of Kalama (100 butterfly).

Hockinson and Columbia River also advanced to state in the 200 medley and 200 free relays, and River advanced in the 400 free relay.

GIRLS SWIMMING

2A DISTRICT MEET

At Shelton

200 medley relay — 1, Aberdeen 2:03.43; 2, Tumwater 2:04.89; 3, Hockinson (Milan McIntosh, Ludovica Guardamanga, Paige Dangleis, Rosie Carter) 2:10.20; 4, Columbia River (Reese Dunning, Lucy Taylor, Kali Gravel, Bree Gravel) 2:13.29.

200 freestyle — 1, Chihiro Bringman (Centralia) 2:02.50; 2, Kaylin Mutoli (Shelton) 2:12.05; 3, Kaysee Smith (Rochester) 2:16.02; 4, Grace Morgan (Rochester) 2:21.16.

200 individual medley — 1, Medea Rusu (Ridgefield) 2:18.56; 2, Paige Dangleis (Hockinson) 2:20.33; 3, Lelia Ollenburg (Shelton) 2:24.78; 4, Litzy Orona (Aberdeen) 2:29.52.

50 freestyle — 1, Madeline Allred (Shelton) 25.92; 2, Olivia Van Dyne (Black Hills) 26.55; 3, Suki Bringman (Centralia) 27.53; 4, Bree Gravel (Columbia River) 27.88.

100 butterfly — 1, McKelvey Brewer (Hudson’s Bay) 1:02.85; 2, Lelia Ollenburg (Shelton) 1:05.06; 3, Mily Johnston (Tumwater) 1:05.18; 4, Emma Anderson (Kalama) 1:14.17.

100 freestyle — 1, Paige Dangleis (Hockinson) 56.56; 2, Madeline Allred (Shelton) 59.02; 3, Mija Hood (Aberdeen) 1:01.58; 4, Bree Gravel (Columbia River) 1:02.11.

500 freestyle — 1, Chihiro Bringman (Centralia) 5:35.47; 2, Mily Johnston (Tumwater) 5:45.01; 3, McKelvey Brewer (Hudson’s Bay) 5:47.16; 4, Suki Bringman (Centralia) 5:47.46.

200 free relay — 1, Shelton 1:50.16; 2, Aberdeen 1:52.26; 3, Hockinson (Milan McIntosh, Ludovica Guardamagna, Rosie Carter, Paige Dangleis) 1:55.48; 4, Columbia River (Bree Gravel, Anabella Wright, Kali Gravel, Sam Yamashita) 1:56.16.

100 backstroke — 1, Medea Rusu (Ridgefield) 1:03.56; 2, Mija Hood (Aberdeen) 1:05.67; 3, Kaylin Mutoli (Shelton) 1:06.89; 4, Jenna Kalar (Tumwater) 1:09.22.

100 breaststroke — 1, Anna Matisons (Aberdeen) 1:11.48; 2, Olivia Van Dyne (Black Hills) 1:14.69; 3, Litzy Orona (Aberdeen) 1:19.06; 4, Kali Gravel (Columbia River) 1:20.14.

400 free relay — 1, Shelton 4:01.25; 2, Tumwater 4:17.50; 3, Aberdeen 4:26.06; 4, Columbia River (Sam Yamashita, Anabella Wright, Reese Dunning, Annie Morgan) 4:30.15.