Competing as members of the Des Moines Lincoln girls swim team, Norwalk sophomore Emma Sizemore and senior Shae Drymon qualified for state in seven of their combined eight events at Saturday’s Region 3 state qualifying meet in Fort Dodge.

Sizemore is a state qualifier in the 200-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle events after clocking season-best times of 2:00.29 and 5:23.73. She also qualified for state as a member of the 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relays.

Drymon swam a state-qualifying season-best time of 25.34 in the 50 freestyle and also advanced as the anchor of the 200 medley relay and the leadoff for the 400 freestyle relay.

Des Moines Lincoln placed fifth out of nine teams on Saturday, scoring 222 points.

Drymon and Sizemore will now compete in the 57th Iowa Girls State Swimming and Diving Meet at Marshalltown. State swimming prelims will be held Friday, November 11, followed by the state swimming finals on Saturday.