Grace Cansler and Kaley Bangart will represent Hopkinsville High School at Saturday’s KHSAA State First Round Swim Meet at Bowling Green High School.
Cansler won the region title in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:15.23. The top three seeded times are between 1:08.31 and 1:11.06.
She is the 16th seed in the 100-yard freestyle. Her region time of 1:01.97 is just over six seconds behind the top seed Bellah Bowman of Owensboro Catholic.
Kaley Bangart is the 14th seed in the 500-yard freestyle. Her region meet time of 6:38.18 is 66 seconds off the top seed time of 5:32 swam by Bowling Green’s Riley Crowe.
There are nine swim regions in the state with the state first round consisting of Regions 1-3, 4-6, and 6-9.
Regions 1-3 are comprised of schools in western Kentucky, the Bowling Green area, and the Elizabethtown area.
The top three swimmers and relay teams in each event automatically qualify for the state championship round in Lexington. The next best 15 times from the three other state first round sites will also qualify.
The Girls’ State First Round will begin Saturday morning at 10:30 at Bowling Green High School.
The Girls State Championship sponsored by UK HealthCare will be Friday, February 21 at the Lancaster Aquatic Center on the campus of the University of Kentucky.
Below is a gallery of shots from the Region I Swim Meet at Hopkinsville High School.
