Submitted by Coach Cindy Blatt

Six Varsity Girls participated in the CIF-SS Div 4 swimming championships prelims on May 1 in Riverside, CA. For the first time in FHS Swim Team history two relays teams qualified for the prelims. The 200 yd. Medley Relay (Kat Furness, Yazmeen Gonzalez, Erin Berrington and Zoe Avila) swam to a 28th place finish out of 35 teams. Their time of 2:09.59 was three seconds faster than their qualifying time and is a new school record. The 200 yd. Freestyle Relay (Yazmeen Gonzalez, Karen Trujillo, Natalie Couse, Zoe Avila) placed 35th with an excellent time of 2:01.05. The 400 yd. Freestyle Relay was 1st alternate and did not make it into the meet.

Katrionna Furness qualified for finals on Friday, May 3rd. She swam a lifetime best in the 100 yd. Freestyle with a 53.73 placing 4th with a new school record. Kat also swam the 100 yd. Backstroke, placing 5th with a 1:00.78, several tenths faster than her prelim time.

“We are very proud of all the girls”, stated Coach Cindy Blatt. “They swam well in a very competitive Div 4 meet. Kat is a senior and will be missed. She has shown our other swimmers how to compete at a higher level.”