File photo Elkins High School's Lilly Irons has won multiple state swimming titles.

MORGANTOWN — Lilly Irons is a state championship swimmer.

On Thursday at the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission State Swimming Championships at Peak Health Aquatic Center, Irons won an individual title in the 100 freestyle and then was part of the medley relay squad that finished first. She also had a podium finish in the 200 freestyle.

In the medley relay, Irons teamed with Aleah Irons, Emma Ujvagi and Lilly Anger to touch the wall first in 1:54.10, followed by Charleston Catholic High School, Herbert Hoover and Weir High.

In the 100 free, Irons swam a 54.34 to top the field, and her 2:03.43 was good for third in the 200 freestyle.

She led a strong showing by the defending state champion Lady Tigers.

Joining Irons in the 200 freestyle with a strong swim was Sophia Rhodes who finished fifth. In the 200 individual medley, Ujvagi finished second at 2:18.30 while Kenadi Carte finished eighth.

Lilly Anger had a strong runner-up finish in the 50 freestyle (25.37) while Aleah Irons finished runner-up in the 100 butterfly (1:01.6) and Carte finished seventh. And in the 100 freestyle, Rhodes finished just behind Irons for second (57.61) while Leah Ours was sixth.

The state Swimming Championships is broken into two segments, with preliminary and finals of events through the 100 freestyle taking place Thursday and the final five events set for today.

This year’s event also marked the first year that swimming has been broken down by division. The Division 1 swimmers represent the state’s larger schools, the Division 2 swimmers, smaller schools.

A number of the heats for the Division 2 events were unfilled, though some of the times from the Division 2 schools were the fastest of the day – Elkins had one of those.

BOYS

Elkins’ boys 200 Medley Relay squad also opened up with a win, as Dorsey Cutright, Joel Casto, Kyan George and Kolton Ward posted a 1:49.75 to top runner-up Oak Glen by almost 6 seconds. Robert C. Byrd finished third.

In the 200 IM, Elkins’ Joel Caso finished second (2:10.33) while teammate Kyle Warner was sixth. Kyan George finished third in the 50 freestyle (22.94) and Cutright finished third in the 100 fly (1:01.23).