Mix Sets Two State Records

FEDERAL WAY - For three years, Issaquah High School's Leslie Mix has owned the 100-yard backstroke. The last time a different swimmer won the event at the state meet was in 1988.

This being her senior year, Mix decided to mix it up a little. For the first time, she swam the 500-yard freestyle in the Class AAA state meet at the King County Aquatic Center.

It took 4:53.45 seconds for Mix to beat the 11-year-old 500-yard freestyle record, the second oldest in state high-school swimming. Last night's competition was only the preliminaries for tonight's finals.

"I've always wanted to get some high-school records," said Mix. "I wanted to go 4:52, but maybe I will (tonight)."

The previous standard of 4:54.48 was set by Jenny Harshbarger swimming for Newport High School in 1981. Harshbarger went on to become one of the world's top swimmers.

About 30 minutes later, Mix established her second state record of the evening - this one in the 100-yard backstroke.

Her time of 56.41 also earned her automatic All-American honors. A two-hundreths of a second improvement this evening would qualify her for the prestigious Summer National meet.

"She's a real focused swimmer," Issaquah Coach Randy Radic. "In the last 14 to 15 months since I've coached her she's only missed two practices, and she was upset about it both times."

For the 5-foot-10, 170-pound Mix, practice makes fun.

"I really enjoy swimming," she said. "I know a lot of people don't like practice, but I look forward to it."

Mix is choosing among scholarship offers from Arizona State, Michigan, Minnesota and Florida.

Also earning automatic All-American honors in the backstroke were Kim Milligan of Shorewood in 57.21 and Alycia Ladd of Foss in 57.73.

Ladd, a sophomore, was also the fastest qualifier in the 100-yard freestyle, an event she won last year. Her time of 51.97 was three-tenths of a second from earning her a second All-American honor.

"It didn't feel that fast to me," said Ladd. "I felt like I was slapping the water, not going through it."

Sammamish, one of the favorites for the team title, gained only seven spots in tonight's finals. Mercer Island led all teams with 10, Foss has seven, and South Kitsap has six.

Class AAA results

Top eight qualifiers advance to today's finals. Second eight qualify for consolation final:

200-yard medley relay - 1, South Kitsap, 1:52.82; 2, Mercer Island, 1:54.16; 3, Sammamish, 1:54.18; 4, Curtis, 1:54.45; 5, Wenatchee, 1:54.51; 6, Puyallup, 1:54.83; 7, Wilson, 1:55.77; 8, Port Angeles, 1:55.86.

9, Bellevue, 1:56.66; 10, Lakes, 1:56.88; 11, Issaquah, 1:57.44; 12, Cascade, 1:57.48; 13, Davis, 1:58.18; 14, Olympic, 1:58.23; 15, Redmond, 1:58.34; 16, Newport, 1:58.61.

200 freestyle - 1, Kari Edwards (Columbia River), 1:53.28; 2, Dana Hanson ( Clover Park), 1:55.75; 3, Emilie Ellis (Bellevue), 1:56.02; 4, Kathrin Allen ( Clover Park), 1:56.43; 5, Maureen Philipps (Sammamish), 1:57.50; 6, Amanda Segars (Kamiakin), 1:57.66; 7, Gretchen Hyden (Foss), 1:57.66; 8, Candice McBrayer (Decatur), 1:59.10.

9, Carley Bush (Auburn), 1:59.68; 10, Soo Song (Edmonds-Woodway), 2:00.20; 11, Erika Sycamore (Decatur), 2:01.26; 12, Kristin Davis (Woodinville), 2:02.63; 13, Nikki Graves (Foss), 2:02.81; 14, Eloise Zenger (Bothell), 2:02.88; 15, Keegan Fengler (Sumner), 2:03.31; 16, Shannon Welch (Davis), 2:03.91.

200 individual medley - 1, Maiya Anderson (Bremerton), 2:08.22; 2, Cari Davis (South Kitsap), 2:09.00; 3, Marla Robertson (Mercer Island), 2:10.00; 4, Kym Mason (Bellevue), 2:10.58; 5, Colleen Philipps (Sammamish), 2:10.98; 6, Katie Leclercq (Mercer Island), 2:11.60; 7, Leah Gilland (South Kitsap), 2:12.08; 8, Amy Warninger (Eisenhower), 2:14.14.

9, Dionne Reed (Redmond), 2:14.68; 10, Lindsay Buroker (Edmonds-Woodway), 2:15.56; 11, Shannon Carmichael (Wilson), 2:15.94; 12, Rhonda Rhoades (Curtis), 2:17.57; 13, Sarah Fisher (Rogers), 2:18.95; 14, Dannette Pulver (Auburn), 2:20.36; 15, Marissa Fahey (Woodinville), 2:21.55; 16, Chrissy Raftery (Issaquah ), 2:21.59.

50 freestyle - 1, Sarah Stauffer (Lakes), 24.24; 2, Kim Milligan (Shorewood), 24.35; 3, Ivy Arai (Juanita), 24.53; 4, Christie Blumenstein (Auburn), 24.91; 5, Darci Smith (Bothell), 24.93; 6, Amy Judkins (Newport), 25.00; 7, Tatum Lipman ( Mercer Island), 25.11; 8, Julia Larson (Stadium), 25.18.

9, Jennifer Stasburger (Mercer Island), 25.19; 10, Lara Egan (Inglemoor), 25.19; 11, Jennifer Munro (Olympic), 25.21; 12, Masako Watanabe (Cascade), 25.23; 13, Jenny Peterson (Interlake), 25.27; 14, Jenny Jackson (Newport), 25.34; 15, Gina Pietras (Wilson), 25.39; 16, Marne McDonald (Foss), 25.41.

100 butterfly - 1, Masako Watanabe (Cascade),59.16; 2, Teresa Nelson (South Kitsap), 59.20; 3, Angela Butler (Foss), 59.63; 4, Maiya Anderson (Bremerton), 59.68; 5, Katy Dobner (Puyallup), 1:00.12; 6, Lindsay Kircher (Mercer Island), 1:00.14; 7, Tiana Torres (Decatur), 1:00.16; 8, Aurora Bray (Woodinville), 1:00.39.

9, Maureen Philipps (Sammamish), 1:00.42; 10, Karna Lorhammer (Central Kitsap) , 1:01.40; 11, Kristina Houmann (Auburn), 1:02.53; 12, Chrissy Raftery (Issaquah ), 1:02.78; 13, Kelly Vikstrom (Curtis), 1:03.08; 14, Jennifer Kirk (Eisenhower) , 1:03.20; 15, Chieko Watanabe (Cascade), 1:03.26; 16, S. Dennis (Wenatchee), 1:03.42.

100 freestyle - 1, Alycia Ladd (Foss), 51.97; 2, Elizabeth Knorre (Sammamish) , 53.81; 3, Dana Hanson (Clover Park), 53.81; 4, Ivy Arai (Juanita), 54.12; 5, Colleen Philipps (Sammamish), 54.34; 6, Jennifer Strasburger (Mercer Island), 54.41; 7, Robin Davidson (Wenatchee), 54.80; 8, Tatum Lipman (Mercer Island), 54.91.

9, Darci Smith (Bothell), 55.17; 10, Jenny Peterson (Interlake), 55.22; 11, Rachel Anderson (Columbia River), 55.27; 12, Jennifer Munro (Olympia), 55.43; 13, Marne McDonald (Foss), 55.50; 14, Lara Egan (Inglemoor), 55.56; 15, Jolene Sturdefant (Cascade), 55.59; 16, Amy Judkins (Newport), 55.63.

500 freestyle - 1, Leslie Mix (Issaquah), 4:53.45; 2, Kathrin Allen (Clover Park (5:07.79; 3, Emilie Ellis (Bellevue), 5:08.75; 4, Kari Edwards (Columbia River) 5:09.07; 5, Marla Robertson (Mercer Island), 5:12.84; 6, Aurora Bray ( Woodinville), 5:13.20; 7, Gretchen Hyden (Foss), 5:14.21; 8, Rochelle Nguyen ( Columbia River), 5:16.67.

9, Candice McBrayer (Decatur), 5:16.78; 10, Amanda Segars (Kamiakin), 5:18.41; 11, Carrie Sowders (Sammamish), 5:23.00; 12, Heidi Tronson (Evergreen), 5:24.26; 13, Tiana Torres (Decatur), 5:24.45; 14, Andrea Fekete (Mariner), 5:25.43; 15, Jackie Welch (Bothell), 5:25.80; 16, Kristin Davis (Woodinville), 5:26.28.

200 freestyle relay - 1, Foss, 1:39.79; 2, Puyallup, 1:42.54; 3, Columbia River, 1:42.83; 4, Auburn, 1:42.83; 5, Mercer Island, 1:42.97; 6, Juanita, 1:43.20; 7, Snohomish, 1:43.89; 8, Snohomish, 1:43.89; 8, Cascade, 1:43.89.

9, Shorewood, 1:43.91; 10, Decatur, 1:44.20; 11, Newport, 1:44.42; 12, Woodinville, 1:44.97; 13, Bothell, 1:45.19; 14, Central Kitsap, 1:45.59; 15, Moses Lake, 1:45.74; 16, Port Angeles, 1:46.06.

100 backstroke - 1, Leslie Mix (Issaquah), 56.41; 2, Kim Milligan (Shorewood) , 57.21; 3, Alycia Ladd (Foss), 57.73; 4, Elizabeth Knorre (Sammamish), 58.18; 5, Mindy Griffiths (Wenatchee), 1:01.15; 6, Betsy Smith (South Kitsap), 1:01.36; 7, Wendy Enderle (Port Angeles), 1:01.92; 8, Alexis Bennett (Redmond), 1:01.92.

9, Shannon Welch (Davis), 1:01.95; 10, Krista Morris (Issaquah), 1:02.35; 11, Tami Canham (Sumner), 1:02.37; 12, Soo Song (Edmonds-Woodway), 1:02.47; 13, Carrie Sowders (Sammamish), 1:02.69; 14, Pam Bunger (Port Angeles), 1:03.03; 15, Teresa Nelson (South Kitsap), 1:03.25; 16, Tammy Coulter (Olympic), 1:03.34.

100 breastroke - 1, Rhonda Rhoades (Curtis), 1:05.84; 2, Cari Davis (South Kitsap), 1:06.69; 3, Karna Lorhammer (Central Kitsap), 1:07.22; 4, Robin Davidson (Wenatchee), 1:07.44; 5, Kym Mason (Bellevue), 1:07.57; 6, Amy Warninger (Eisenhower), 1:07.73; 7, Shannon Carmichael (Wilson), 1:07.92; 8, Sarah Stauffer (Lakes), 1:08.29.

9, Julia Larson (Stadium), 1:08.66; 10, Katie Leclercq (Mercer Island), 1:08.76; 11, Dionne Reed (Redmond), 1:09.16; 12, Leah Gilland (South Kitsap), 1:09.38; 13, Lindsay Buroker (Edmonds-Woodway), 1:09.55; 14, Joni Jacobs (Port Angeles), 1;10.80; 15, Kristen Baker (Kamiakin) 1:11.10; 16, Sarah Eldred (Port Angeles), 1:11.77.

400 freestyle relay - 1, Foss, 3:39.53; 2, Mercer Island, 3:40.87; 3, Sammamish, 3:40.94; 4, Columbia River, 3:43.19; 5, South Kitsap, 3:44.12; 6, Auburn, 3:44.21; 7, Wenatchee, 3:46.88; 8, Decatur, 3:46.88.

9, Wilson, 3:47.11; 10, Redmond, 3:47.62; 11, Curtis, 3:48.35; 12, Shorewood, 3:48.84; 13, Woodinville, 3:49.06; 14, Bellevue, 3:50.61; 15, Port Angeles, 3:51.22; 16, Issaquah, 3:51.66.