Elkins girls win state swim title
The Inter-Mountain photos by Joey Kittle From left, Leah Ours, Emily Durst, Sophia Hornick and Emma Ujvagi make their way to the starting line for Friday’s 4x200 relay finals at the Mylan Park Aquatic Center in Morgantown.
Rachel Shryock competes in the 500 freestyle Friday night at the Mylan Park Aquatic Center. The Lady Tiger senior placed fourth in the event, was runner-up in the 200 freestyle on Thursday and part of two relay teams that captured state titles.
Elkins’ Isaac Anger stands on the podium after winning the state title in the 100 breaststroke on Friday evening.
The Inter-Mountain photos by Joey Kittle From left, Leah Ours, Emily Durst, Sophia Hornick and Emma Ujvagi make their way to the starting line for Friday’s 4x200 relay finals at the Mylan Park Aquatic Center in Morgantown.
Rachel Shryock competes in the 500 freestyle Friday night at the Mylan Park Aquatic Center. The Lady Tiger senior placed fourth in the event, was runner-up in the 200 freestyle on Thursday and part of two relay teams that captured state titles.
Elkins’ Isaac Anger stands on the podium after winning the state title in the 100 breaststroke on Friday evening.
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MORGANTOWN -- Before each championship heat during the state swim meet, the participants march to the starting blocks, with the look of gladiators preparing for battle as uplifting intro music blares.
The gladiators donning orange & black wardrobe ruled the girls portion of this year's two-day meet held at the Mylan Park Aquatic Center as Elkins captured its first-ever state title with a dominating performance.
At the conclusion of Friday evening's meet, the Lady Tigers accumulated 184.50 points to outdistance runner-up Morgantown's 135 points.
In the process, Elkins captured two relay state titles, capped off by the 400 freestyle unit of Lilly Irons, Emily Durst, Lilly Anger and Rachel Shryock winning the gold in a time of 3:45.52 in the final girls event of states.
Shryock, Irons and Anger also joined Emma Uvjagi to win the 200 medley relay in a time of 1:54.61 on Thursday, while Leah Ours, Sophia Hornick, Durst and Ujvagi placed third in the 200 freestyle relay on Friday in a time of 1:47.13.
Irons was second in the 100 freestyle and Anger posted a third-place finish in the 50 freestyle as well.
Ujvagi, meanwhile, was fourth in the 100 breaststroke and runner-up in Thursday’s 200 IM.
Shryock was second in the 200 freestyle on Thursday and fourth in the 500 freestyle during Friday's action.
The Elkins boys also brought home gold as junior Isaac Anger captured the 100 breaststroke on Friday. He also placed second in the 50 freestyle on Thursday.
The Huntington boys won the team title.