BY SAMANTHA ELLIOTT
It was quite the successful state swim meet for the local girls’ swim teams on Nov. 17 and 18. Trenton and Grosse Ile were both well-represented at the D3 state finals at Eastern Michigan University. The Trojans finished 15th as a team with 56 points, while the Red Devils took 18th with 34 points. Trenton’s day was highlighted by a fourth-place finish in the 200 medley relay by their strong, senior relay.
Blake Livernois, Katelyn Matusik, Claudia Raubolt and Lauren Truitt capped their six-year relay career together with a finish of 1:51.01. The time broke a Trenton varsity record in the 200 medley that had been set in 1990. They all went on to join other relays to have success over the weekend.
Matusik and Truitt teamed up with Ellie Rodenbeck and Emma McClelland to finish 11th in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:42.31 and Raubolt, Livernois and Truitt swam with McClelland in the 400 free relay and finished 15th with a swim of 3:48.26.
Individually, it was more success for the Trojans. Livernois led the way with individual finishes with her 10th place finish in the 100 back with a swim of 1:01.36.
The team was well-represented in the 100 breast with four swimmers. Matusik led the way with a 17th place finish (1:11.35), Rodenbeck was 26th (1:12.55), Kelly Truitt was 32nd (1:13.25) and McClelland was 34th (1:13.36).
McClelland also finished 25th in the 200 IM (2:20.11) and teammate Raubolt was 32nd (2:24.15).
Other individual finishes came from Matusik who was 25th in the 100 fly (1:04.60), Lauren Truitt who took 19th in the 100 free (55.02) and Alexa Francis who swam to 21st in the 500 free (5:27.90). In the diving pool, Rossi Gayner finished 14th with 302.90 points.
The Grosse Ile girls finished 18th as a team with 34 points. Jamie Benson led the way with her ninth-place individual finish in the 50 free with a time of 24.87. In the same event, Anna Finazzo was 22nd with a swim of 25.79. Benson also finished 14th in the 100 fly in 1:09.99. She teamed up with Andrea Blanzy, Alyssa Laugh and Finazzo to take 13th in the 200 medley relay (1:53.39) and later teamed with Blanzy, Finazzo and Kathleen Christnagel to finish 14th in the 200 free relay (1:42.60).
Individually, Laugh was 11th in the 100 breast in 1:10.94 and teammate Zoe Neilson was 29th in the same event with a finish of 1:12.84.
In the diving well, Sarah Cook led the way with her 15th place finish with 302.45 points and Allie Grover was 36th with 256.10 points.