SPORTS: Port Angeles diver leads Peninsula athletes at state girls swimming championships

FEDERAL WAY — Port Angeles senior diver Allison Hodgin captured third place in state while both the Roughriders and Port Townsend Redskins had relay teams finish in the top five.

The Class 2A swimming and diving championships were held at King County Aquatic Center on Friday and Saturday.

The finals took place Saturday night.

Hodgin had the top performance on the North Olympic Peninsula as she claimed third with a score of 222.15, missing second by less than four points and first by 15 points.

She was fourth seeded in the meet.

Other top performances went to the Port Angeles 400-yard freestyle relay, which took fourth place in 3:54.31 with Brooke Sires, Tarah Erickson, Ashlee Reid and Tracie Macias while the Port Townsend 200 free relay claimed fifth place.

The Redskins had a time of 1:46.84 with Rose Ridder, Tanner Matthew, Renada Walcome and Serena Vilage.

Ridder and Matthew are both freshmen.

Also finishing in the top eight was the Port Angeles 200 medley relay team, taking seventh in 1:59.71 with Reid, Kelsey Macias, Tracie Macias and Erickson.

Finishing in the top 16 were three area swimmers in the 50 free as Ridder captured ninth, Erickson 14th and Vilage 15th.

Vilage also grabbed 12th place in the 100 breaststroke.

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