Redmond High senior Bethany Harper notched fifth and seventh in individual events and eighth and 11th in a pair of relays at last weekend’s 4A state swimming championships at the Weyerhaeuser King Country Aquatic Center in Federal Way.
She took fifth in the 100-yard backstroke (58.56) and seventh in the 200-yard freestyle (1:56.62); she also joined Michelle Yang, Olivia Duco and Claire Wu on the eighth-place 200-yard freestyle relay (1:42.48) and teamed up with Wu, Yang and Emily Whelan on the 11th-place 400-yard freestyle relay (3:42.81).
Also in the 200 free, Yang took 13th in 1:59.41; in the 100-yard butterfly, Wu took 14th in 1:01.21; in the 100-yard freestyle, Yang took 13th in 55.53; and in the 500-yard freestyle, Kristen Harper took 14th in 5:26.01.
Katelyn Harper also competed at state in the 200-yard IM as did the 200-yard medley relay team of Wu, Duco, Kristen Harper and Clare Janetzki.
Redmond finished 12th in the team standings.
The Mustangs won the girls swimming state academic team title with a 3.800 grade-point average.