Arlington and Blair swimmers competed alongside their Fremont High School teammates Friday during the NSAA Swimming & Diving Championships in Lincoln.
During the preliminary rounds, four BHS student athletes earned state finals spots. Jane Busboom, Ryleigh Schroeder, Kennedy Zehner and Jacob Hanson all earned top-eight finishes in individual events or relay races to qualify.
Four more Washington County swimmers — Blair’s Mason Lau and Hannah Huenink, and Arlington’s Dathan Hansen and Eli Hansen — competed inside the Bob Devaney Sports Center, too, but fell short of second-day opportunities.
The NSAA state finals begin noon Saturday.
2 Eagles compete in Special Olympics races
Arlington athletes Malory Rollins and Boaz Rhea competed at state as well, taking part in Special Olympics 50-yard freestyle races.
Rollins earned first in the girls’ race, while Rhea earned 14th.
NSAA SWIMMING & DIVING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Thursday-Saturday at Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln
ARLINGTON/BLAIR RESULTS
Swimming Prelims — Friday
Girls
200-yard medley relay: 7, Fremont (Jane Busboom, Kennedy Zehner, Ryleigh Schroeter, Alexis Rasmussen), 1:51.17.
200 freestyle: 7, Schroeter, 1:56.9.
50 freestyle: 18, Zehner, 25.18.
100 freestyle: 8, Busboom, 53.3.
500 freestyle: 5, Schroeter, 5:18.7.
200 free relay: 7, Fremont (Schroeter, Zehner, Rasmussen, Busboom), 1:40.65.
100 backstroke: 5, Busboom, 58.47.
100 breaststroke: 16, Zehner, 1:10.4.
400 free relay: 25, Fremont (Kami Spilinek, Danna Jamaica, Hannah Huenink, Della Barrett), 4:04.18.
Special Olympics NE 50 freestyle: 1, Malory Rollins, 40.12.
Boys
200-yard medley relay: 28, Fremont (Mason Lau, Dathan Hansen, Garrett Nielsen, Eli Hansen), 1:58.35.
50 freestyle: 7, Jacob Hanson, 22.02.
200 free relay: 3, Fremont (Elliot Bech, Hanson, Micah Moore, Zayne Keslar), 1:28.75.
100 breaststroke: 7, Hanson, 59.51.
400 free relay: 4, Fremont (Kelsar, Moore, Elliot Vech, Jacob Hanson), 3:14.
Special Olympics NE 50 freestyle: 14, Boaz Rhea, 1:21.12.
