Sophomore Sylvie DeGalan dropped 11 seconds in her 500 yard freestyle, the most time dropped for SM East swim. The SM East swim team placed second in the meet behind Blue Valley North, on Saturday, April 5. The girls 200 yard A-Relay got disqualified for the third year in a row due to a false start. The 200 yard Medley A-Relay, 200 yard Free B-Relay, and 400 yard Free A-Relay all qualified for state. In between races the girls would go to their coach, Chris Copeland, to get motivational speeches and gummy bears straight from her pocket. Senior Emmy Barrett, junior Georgia Boyd, freshman Darcy Kroening, sophomore Addie Clark, sophomore Anne Bowser, sophomore Coco Reiser, sophomore Vada Walsh, senior Francie Garrison and junior Natalie Jones maintained state cuts and or consideration during this meet.
The girls varsity swim team has their next meet on Friday, April 11 at 3:30 p.m. at the Shawnee Mission Aquatic Center.
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Starting her third year on staff, junior Molly Scott is thrilled to be an Assistant Photo Editor. When Molly isn’t helping the younger photographers on staff, you can find her in the library grinding on a gallery that’s due the next day. Molly spends the free time she has on Cava and Chipotle runs, when she should probably be working on assignments for Harbinger. When Harbinger gets too overwhelming — which is every day — Molly often goes home and takes a three-hour nap to forget about all of her school problems. »
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