Salem High finished second in both the boys’ and girls’ meets as Blacksburg dominated the Region 4D swim meet in Christiansburg last week.
The Spartan boys took second with 144 points as Blacksburg won with 144, well ahead of third place E.C. Glass with 70. Individual state qualifiers for the boys were as follows:
Boone Fleenor(200 Free, 100 Butterfly)-Region Champion in both / All Region 4D team
Cole Bowen(4th place-200 Free)
Samuel Miles(4th place-50 Free)
Joren Poush (3rd place in 500 Free and 100 Breast) – All Region 4D team
Rafe Scaggs(4th place 100 Free)
Hunter King(2nd place 50 Free, 3rd place 100 Free) – All Region 4D team
Zach Easter(3rd place 200IM and 100 Butterfly) – All Region 4D team
In the girls’ meet Blacksburg had 274 points to 78 for Salem, one point better than third place Glass with 77. Eliza Fleenor made the All Region team and qualified for states with a second place finish in the 100 Breast and a third place finish in the 50 Free.
Heading to the state tournament, scheduled for Saturday at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center, are the following: Cole Bowen. Eliza Fleenor, Andrew Deese, Jaedyn Jenkins, Zach Easter, Emma LaFountain, Boone Fleenor, Zoe Prosser, Hunter King. Regan Repasky, Samuel Miles, Kaylee Shifflett, Joren Poush and Rafe Scaggs.