IHSA swimming state finals: Peoria-area sectional advancers

Illinois High School Association women swimming and diving sectionals had been held throughout the state on Saturday. Those first-place finishers and others hitting the state-qualifying requirements advance to subsequent weekend’s IHSA state finals at Westmont’s FMC Natatorium.

Washington received the Normal Community Sectional with 303 factors, outdistancing itself from runner-up LaSalle-Peru (230 factors) and Normal West (165 factors). Olympia (72 factors) took seventh.

At the Pekin Sectional, Metamora (243 factors) was the staff champ with Galesburg (226 factors) taking second and Dunlap (161 factors) third. Peoria Notre Dame (134 factors) and Pekin (107) took fifth and sixth, respectively.

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Here are the Peoria-area state qualifiers for 2025:

• 200-yard medley relay: Metamora (Addison Robison, junior; Quincy Points, senior; Ava Peplowski, junior; Ella Peplowski, senior) 1:47.41: Washington (Paytyn Dykes, senior; Nika Happel, junior; Madelyn Parrott, senior; Finley Smith, senior) 1:51.75.
• 200-yard freestyle relay: Metamora (Quincy Points, senior; Addison Robinson, junior; Ava Peplowski, junior; Ella Peplowski, senior) 1:37.85; Washington (Madelyn Parrott, senior; Paytn Dykes, junior; Maya Happel, junior; Jenna Kozinski (junior).
• 400-yard freestyle relay: Galesburg (Macie Nelson, junior; Faith Warren, sophomore; Hayden Johnson, senior; Lilly Furrow, senior) 3:36.65; Washington (Finley Smith, senior; Madelyn Parrott, senior; Jenna Kozinski, junior; Maya Happel, junior)
• 200-yard freestyle: Eileen Hamilton (PND, freshman) 1:54.77; Jenna Kozinski (Washington, junior) 1:59.33
• 200-yard IM: Kamryn Gardiner (PND, senior) 2:04.16 Samantha Nauman (LaSalle-Peru, senior); Ava Peplowski (Metamora, junior) 2:08.8.
• 50-yard freestyle: Lily Furrow (Galesburg, senior) 24.02; Eden Soviar (Dunlap, freshman) 24.40.
• *Diving: Ava Ray (Washington, senior) 503.60; Annie Yingling (Dunlap, senior) 481.95; Katie Unger (Dunlap, senior) 474.65; Addison Bauer (Metamora, senior) 415.95; Vivian Essig (Washington, senior) 355.10.
• 100-yard butterfly: Kamryn Gardiner (PND, freshman) :54.58
• 100-yard freestyle: Lily Furrow (Galesburg, senior) :52.11; Maya Happel (Washington, junior) 1:09.10.
• 500-yard freestyle: Eileen Hamilton (Peoria Notre Dame, freshman) 5:10.39.
• 100-yard breaststroke: Quincy Points (Metamora, senior) 1:06.79; Hayden Johnson (Galesburg, senior) 1:07.12; Maya Happel (Washington, junior) 1:09.19
• 200-Yard Freestyle for athletes with disabilities: Ava Gensler (Washington, junior) 4:31.15
• 50-yard freestyle for athletes with Disabilities: Ava Gensler (Washington, junior) :55.22
• 100-yard freestyle for athletes with disabilities: Ava Gensler (Washington, junior) 2:11.54

*Per IHSA guidelines, a further 32 at-large divers are chosen based mostly on their scores. Some divers listed in sectional outcomes is not going to advance to the state finals.