Swimming: Austin relay teams start strong in prelims
Published 9:57 pm Wednesday, November 11, 2015
![Austin’s Katelyn Hillson swims in the 100 yard butterfly during the prelims of the Section 1A Girls Swimming Meet Wednesday night at Bud Higgins Pool. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com](https://www.austindailyherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2015/11/1112.SectionSwimmingPRELIMS-41.jpg)
Austin’s Katelyn Hillson swims in the 100 yard butterfly during the prelims of the Section 1A Girls Swimming Meet Wednesday night at Bud Higgins Pool. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
A pair of Austin relay teams put up solid performances at the Section 1A preliminaries in Bud Higgins Pool Wednesday.
The 200-yard freestyle team of Emma Kleis, Hannah Burkhart, Katelyn Hillson and Abby Gogolewski took fourth and the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Shannan Kelly, Hillson, Kristina Thorson and Gogolewski took sixth.
![Austin’s Abby Schammel swims the 100 butterfly during the prelims for the Section 1A Girls Swimming Meet Wednesday night at Bud Higgins Pool. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com](https://www.austindailyherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2015/11/1112.SectionSwimmingPRELIMS-3-449x200.jpg)
Austin’s Abby Schammel swims the 100 butterfly during the prelims for the Section 1A Girls Swimming Meet Wednesday night at Bud Higgins Pool. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
Goglewski took eighth in the 100-yard freestyle and Austin diver Samantha Sheldon was in seventh place after the preliminary round.
The Packers will host the Section 1A finals in Bud Higgins pool 6 p.m. Friday.
AUSTIN RESULTS
Top 16 advance to Friday’s finals
200-medley relay: Emma Kleis, Akari Maruta, Katelyn Hillson, Hannah Burkhart (ninth, 2:01.17)
200-freestyle: Kristina Thorson (12th, 2:08.96); Summer White (20th, 2:13.14)
200-individual medley: Shannan Kelly (18th, 2:28.81)
50-freestyle: Abby Gogolewski (12th, 25.56); Emma Kleis (14th, 25.93)
Diving: Samantha Sheldon (seventh, 213.00); Maddie Mullenbach (ninth, 209.55); Bergyhn Hull (12th, 206.05)
![Austin’s Abby Gogolewski swims the 100 yard freestyle during the prelims for the Section 1A Girls Swim Meet Wednesday night at Bud Higgins Poo. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com](https://www.austindailyherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2015/11/1112.SectionSwimmingPRELIMS-9-449x181.jpg)
Austin’s Abby Gogolewski swims the 100 yard freestyle during the prelims for the Section 1A Girls Swim Meet Wednesday night at Bud Higgins Pool. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
100-butterfly: Katelyn Hillson (10th, 1:04.20); Shannan Kelly (18th, 1:08.01); Abby Schammel (20th, 1:09.27)
100-freestyle: Abby Gogolewski (eighth, 56.74); Summer White (26th, 1:00.37)
500-freestyle: Kristina Thorson (14th, 5:54.67); Abby Schammel (24th, 6:10.74)
200-freestyle relay: Emma Kleis, Hannah Burkhart, Katelyn Hillson, Abby Gogolewski (fourth,1:43.89)
100-backstroke: Emma Kleis (17th, 1:09.59); Olivia Leuer (19th, 1:10.38); Elora Hughes (23rd, 1:11.97)
100-breaststroke: Zoe Dolan Peterson (18th, 1:17.50); Akari Maruta (24th, 1:19.19)
400-freestyle relay: Shannan Kelly, Kateyn Hillson, Kristina Thorson, Abby Gogolewski (sixth, 3:58.43)