Ellensburg edges Cheney; swim team earns state berths

 

Last updated 9/22/2016 at 12:34pm

John McCallum

Photo by John McCallum Alexis Schmidt cuts through the water of Eastern Washington University's pool on her way to a win in the 200-yard individual medley against visiting Ellensburg last Friday.

By JOHN McCALLUM

Editor

The final score of the Cheney High School girls swimming team's dual meet with Ellensburg last Friday may not have been to the Blackhawks liking, but the individual results were more than satisfactory to their head coach.

Cheney fell 90-80 to the visiting Bulldogs, a much better result between two more evenly matched teams than last year's103 – 60 loss on the road. But in narrowly missing a win, the Blackhawks qualified for state in three more events, with two swimmers bettering their already state-qualifying marks in two others.

"Much closer, really good," head coach J...



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