TopSports.news' 2023 Shawnee County girls swimmers/divers to watch
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- Created: Friday, 17 March 2023 05:45

By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
MARA BARE, Washburn Rural
A senior, Bare placed fifth in the 200-yard freestyle and sixth in the 500 free in the 2022 Class 6A state meet, earning second-team All-State honors. Bare helped lead Washburn Rural to its 19th straight city team title last season, placing second in the 200 freestyle and the 500 free and swimming on Rural's runner-up 200 medley and 400 free relays. Bare also helped the Junior Blues win the Centennial League team championship, taking second in the 200 free and 500 free and earning first-team all-league honors.
BREANNA DEVLIN, Topeka High
Devlin, a senior, turned in an outstanding season for Topeka High in her first year as a high school one-meter diver last spring, placing fourth in the Class 6A state meet. Devlin swept the city and Centennial League diving championships in 2022 while setting Topeka High school records for the six-dive and 11-dive events.
JOSLYNN GRACE, Seaman
Grace, a sophomore, earned three Class 5A-1A state medals last season, helping the Vikings finish fourth as a team in 5A-1A. Grace finished fifth in the 200-yard individual medley and swam on Seaman's third-place 200 medley and 400 free relays. Grace finished second in the city meet in the 200 individual medley and the 100 butterfly and swam on the Vikings' winning 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays. Grace placed third in the 200 IM and the 100 butterfly in the Centennial League meet and swam on Seaman's winning 200 medley and 400 free relays, earning first-team all-league recognition.
KIERSTEN HARRIS, Washburn Rural
Harris, a senior, helped Washburn Rural stretch its city-meet winning streak to 19 years in 2022, placing second in the 100 breastsroke and third in the 200 individual medley and swimming on the Junior Blues' second-place 200 medley and 400 free relays. Harris finished 16th in the 100 breastroke in the Class 6A state meet.