Iliana Jones clinches Girls 50 yard freestyle gold – High School State Championships, Wyoming
Iliana Jones of KWH clinched the title of Girls 50 yard freestyle at the 2012 4A High School State Championships in Gillette, Wyoming USA on Saturday, October 27.
Jones dictated terms to her opponents in the 50 yard discipline as she showed her urgency towards the wall for gold medal.
With her unrelenting efforts in the shortest discipline, Jones enjoyed a full body length lead over her opponents as she tapped the wall for the crown by posting a time of 24.22 seconds.
The champion was followed by Ashley Sitz of EVN, who stayed 0.92 seconds slower from her foregoing finisher and touched the wall for silver medal with an effort of 25.14 seconds.
The silver medallist was chased by Taylor Segrave of CEN, who was 0.06 seconds slower from her preceding swimmer and emerged on the wall for bronze medal with a timing of 25.20 seconds.
The bronze medallist was followed by Hayley Martin of EAS, who stayed only 0.24 seconds slower from her former finisher and settled on the wall as fourth position holder with an effort of 25.44 seconds.
Moments later, Kelsey Ochsner of CAM earned a remarkable lead over her opponents in the final of Girls 100 yard butterfly. Ochsner devastated hopes of her opponents in the butterfly discipline and proved her eligibility for the title by producing a time of 56.23 seconds.
She was followed by Sarah Devine of EAS, who stayed 7.01 seconds slower from upsetting her preceding swimmer and surfaced on the wall for silver medal with an effort of 1 minute and 03.24 seconds.
Third spot of the race was obtained by Gretchen Dougherty of SHE, who was 0.05 seconds slower from her foregoing finisher and transpired on the finishing end for bronze medal with an effort of 1 minute and 03.29 seconds.
Dougherty was followed by Angella Perry of KWH, who was 0.12 seconds slower from her and occupied fourth position of the event by posting a time of 1 minute and 03.41 seconds.
In addition, Jones and Ochsner received huge round of applause from the audience after the wonderful efforts in their exclusive events.
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