Liberty’s Mackenna Briggs wins state title, Patriots, Highlanders state recap | 3A state swim & dive

Liberty freshman Mackenna Briggs won a state title in the 100 back Saturday as the Liberty and Hazen swimmers took on the rest of the competition around Washington at the 3A state swim and dive meet. Briggs, who earlier this year became the first freshman Liberty swimmer to ever qualify for state in every event, won the 100 back with a time in the finals of 58.62. She swam a time of 59.42 in the preliminary round, the only 3A swimmer to finish under one minute.

By Adam McFadden • November 14, 2011 1:43 pm
Liberty's Mackenna Briggs swims in the 200 IM at the 3A state meet Nov. 11.
Liberty's Mackenna Briggs swims in the 200 IM at the 3A state meet Nov. 11.

Liberty freshman Mackenna Briggs won a state title in the 100 back Saturday as the Liberty and Hazen swimmers took on the rest of the competition around Washington at the 3A state swim and dive meet.

Briggs, who earlier this year became the first freshman Liberty swimmer to ever qualify for state in every event, won the 100 back with a time in the finals of 58.62. She swam a time of 59.42 in the preliminary round, the only 3A swimmer to finish under one minute.

Briggs also finished third in the 200 IM.

Briggs entered the meet seeded second to Hazen sophomore Talisa Wibmer, who just missed a spot in the A final with her prelim time of one minute, 2.09 seconds. Wibmer went on to swim a top overall time of 58.51 seconds in the B final, good for ninth place.

As a team, the Patriots finished seventh, with 114 points. Hazen came in eighth at 103 points.

The Highlanders placed fourth in the 200-yard medley relay finals, with Wibmer, Kayla DiMicco, Kourtney Brunings and Taylor Gale swimming.

The Patriots took sixth in the event (Briggs, Elise Tinseth, Caitlin Duffner and Cecilia Nelson).

Hazen’s Amy LeBar took 18th in the 200 free.

Tinseth took sixth in the 200 IM. Wibmer finished 21st in the event, while Brunings took 22nd.

Sarah McCormick placed fifth in the one-meter dive competition. DiMicco took 19th and Liberty’s Christina Sargent finished 22nd.

Duffner finished 21st in the 100 fly.

DiMicco placed fourth in the 100 free, while LeBar took 21st.

Hazen took 16th in the 200-free relay (Gale, Anna Collons, McCormick and LeBar).

Tinseth finished fourth in the 100 breast. Brunings took 12th.

The Highlanders placed fifth in the 400-free relay (LeBar, Brunings, Wibmer and DiMicco). The Patriots took seven in the event (Briggs, Duffner, Nelson and Tinseth).

Kennedy Catholic

Kennedy Catholic athletes Vaness Moffatt, Anna Luksetich and Charlotte Dittmar, all of Renton, also made the 3A state meet.

As a team, the Lancers placed ninth with 98 points.

Moffatt placed sixth in the 200 free and in the 500 free.

Luksetich took 19th in the 200 free.

Dittmarr took seventh in the dive competition.

Kennedy’s 200-free relay team (Moffatt, Luksetich, Audrey Griggs and Shaelanna White) placed 12th. The Lancers’ 400-free relay team of Griggs, Natalie Mutter, Luksetich and Moffatt finished 10th.