Victories in the 100-yard freestyle, 100 backstroke and 400-free relay helped the Bainbridge Spartans keep up with North Kitsap in the Olympic League Divisional Championships Oct. 26.

Junior Allie Paulson-Houser touched the wall in the 100 free just in time to secure a district qualifying time of 1 minute, 3.03 seconds, followed by NK senior Nadia Barry in second and Bainbridge senior Cate Everett. Freshmen Anika Nelson and Camden Brown went one and two in the 100 back with district qualifying times of 1:10.33 and 1:11.17. The Spartans’ 400 free relay made up of seniors Maya Geddes, Sara Kriegh and Piper Majors and sophomore Lena Everett took first place with a state qualifying time of 3:45.96.

NK’s 400 free team consisting of juniors Aubrey Hedstrom, Carly Yates and Ashley Husmoe and sophomore Shosho McLain also finished as state qualifiers with a second-place time of 3:51.61.

The Vikings and Spartans would see similar results in the 200-medley and 200-free relays, both schools finishing with state times in both races. NK’s Hedstrom, Husmoe, McLain and senior Izzy Cera took the win for the medley at 1:56.86, and the Spartans with Kriegh, Geddes, Majors and senior Nat Schramling took second at 2:00.84. Hedstrom, Husmoe, McLain and Yates finished the 200-free relay at 1:44.02, just .44 seconds before Bainbridge’s Kriegh, Everett, Majors and freshman Audrey Keigley.

NK also picked up a win from freshman Estella McVey in the 200 free.

Other Kitsap schools celebrated individual victories. Bremerton junior Avari Harmon took the win in the 50 free at 27.68 and the 100 breaststroke at 1:20.97. Klahowya junior Allison Corn took first in the 500 free at 6:39.15. Olympic senior Tammy Leong took second in the 200 individual medley at 2:42.91, missing first by just .47 seconds.

That same day, South Kitsap took fifth in the South Puget Sound League championships. Seniors Emma Hurguy and Shanna Hellewell, junior Azie Spiker and sophomore Emi Hughes took second place in the 200 medley relay with a time of 2:01.23. Those same four finished fourth in the 200-free relay at 1:51.23.

Among other notable finishes, Hellewell tied for fifth in the 50 free at 26.95 seconds. Spiker took fourth in the 100 butterfly at 1:06.08, followed by Hurguy in sixth at 1:08.20. Junior Zoe Goodwin finished fifth in 1-meter diving, and Hughes finished second in the 100 breaststroke at 1:15.71.