Portsmouth High swimmers compete in state meet
Girls place 15th as a team
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth High School girls’ swim team came in 15th among 23 teams in Sunday’s state championship meet at Roger Williams University in Bristol.
The lady …
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Portsmouth High swimmers compete in state meet
Girls place 15th as a team
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth High School girls’ swim team came in 15th among 23 teams in Sunday’s state championship meet at Roger Williams University in Bristol.
The lady Patriots finished with 38 points, with Barrington High winning the girls’ title.
Senior Ella Gilpin came in eighth place in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:02.8, and 10th in the 200-yard freestyle race in 2:05.93. Bella Barber, another senior, took 17th in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:15.01.
The girls’ 200-yard freestyle relay team (Gilpin and Barber, along with juniors Mae Marston and Emily Steen),
came in 11th in a time of 1:51.25.
That same foursome placed 13th in the 200-yard medley relay event in a time of 2:05:48.
Marc Alcolea Vila, the only boy from PHS who qualified for states, came in eighth in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 59.04 seconds. The senior also placed 14th place in the 100-yard freestyle, clocking a time of 53.12 seconds.
Vila scored 14 points for the Patriots, who did not finish among the top 15 teams.
Bishop Hendricken took the boys’ team champion
