PM’s King Wins Medals In Two Races At State Swim Meet

Friday, Feb. 16 – Parry McCluer High School junior swimmer Olive King earned medals in both of her races at the Class 1 and 2 state swim meet on Thursday at the SwimRVA Collegiate School Aquatics Center in Richmond. King placed third in the 500-yard freestyle and finished fourth in the 50-yard freestyle.

In the 500-yard freestyle, which King started competing in this season, she finished in 5:36.1, tying her personal record. Bruton’s Maddie Hubbard won the race in 5:17.49. Over the course of the season, King has dropped nearly 24 seconds in the event.

King swam her second-fastest time in the 50-yard freestyle, finishing in 25.69 seconds. Radford’s Shelby Jones won the race in 25.39 seconds.

As the Fighting Blues’ lone swimmer, King scored 31 points to put PM in 17th place of 31 girls’ teams. Bruton won the meet with 395.5 points, Radford placed second with 299 points, and Nanduah (200) finished third. Rounding out the top five were Strasburg (170.5) and George Wythe (158).

King was the Region 1C and 2C champion in both the 50-yard and 500-yard freestyle races. At last year’s state meet, King placed seventh in the 100-yard freestyle and finished eighth in the 50-yard freestyle She practices with the Rockbridge County High School swimmers, all coached by Erica Bisaillon.

For the full story on King at the state meet, please see our Feb. 21 newspaper.