Bothell’s Williamson, Dang finish on the podium | State swim roundup

Freestyle specialist Mariah Williamson, a senior at Bothell High, earned a fifth-place finish for her efforts in the 200 freestyle (1:55.08) and topped off her final state swim meet with a fourth in the grueling 500 free, in 5:05.05, which bettered her preliminaries time by over two seconds.

Freestyle specialist Mariah Williamson, a senior at Bothell High, earned a fifth-place finish for her efforts in the 200 freestyle (1:55.08) and topped off her final state swim meet with a fourth in the grueling 500 free, in 5:05.05, which bettered her preliminaries time by over two seconds.

Thomas Jefferson standout Amber Cratsenberg won the race in 4:57.55, the only swimmer to break the five-minute barrier the entire meet.

In the 50 free sprint race, Tiffany Dang qualified seventh and finished in the same spot, swimming a nearly identical time (24.68) as she did in her prelim race (24.67).

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Dang’s best swim came in the consolation heat of the 100 backstroke, as she qualified fifth in the heat, but ended up winning it in 59.90 for a ninth-place finish.

The Cougars also had one relay make it into a consolation heat, as Kaiya Knight, Dang, Emily Anthony and Williamson combined to place 13th in the 200 free relay, in 1:44.62.

On the diving board, sophomore Marquesa Dixon began the day in 10th place,and had a phenomenal first dive, a 1 1/2 inward somersault, that netted three perfect “seven” scores from judges.

Unfortunately, Dixon struggled in her final two dives to drop back down to 10th.

As a team, the Cougars placed 17th out of the 41 attending 4A teams.