Shorewood medley relay team leads State qualifiers

Shorewood’s 200-yard medley relay team led qualifiers at the State 4A boys’ swimming championships in Federal Way Friday,

The Shorewood team of Thor Stenfjord, Mackey Hopen, Marcus Gill and Colin Bell swam the distance in 1 minute, 39.17 seconds in the Friday heats, the fastest of the eight qualifiers for the Saturday final.

The Shorewood 200-yard freestyle relay team of Stenfjord, Leif Danielson, Bell and Hopen qualified second with a time of 1:30.49. Gig Harbor led qualifiers in 1:29.72,

Hopen was the second fastest qualifier in the 100-yard breaststroke (59.04 seconds) and third fastest in the 50 freestyle (:21.76).