The Indianola girls swimming team has been shorthanded all season long, but were still able to qualify two events to the state meet after their qualifying on Saturday, as Olivia Bacon qualified in the 50 Yard Freestyle and the quartet of Bacon, Olivia Costigan, Chloey Hart, and Guinevere McCusker qualified in the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay.
Bacon tells KNIA Sports the team and coaching staff took some time to feel where they would be the most successful, eventually finding enough success in the two events.
“Our coaches try throughout the season that everyone is in events that they like and what they will do good in. But you have to try and spread that out for meets for who goes where, and you can’t put them back to back because they won’t do as well. So we’ve worked really hard on that.”
The qualifiers will be featured on Today’s Lely Radio Sports Page tomorrow throughout the day. The State Meet is at the Marshalltown YMCA this Friday and Saturday.