I chatted with MIHS girls swim coach Chauntelle Johnson this morning just ahead of our deadline to get some of her thoughts on Saturday’s win for the team. The team won the competition and heads into the district meet on Saturday evening with 22 girls competing. Johnson said more than that qualified, but schools are allowed to take a maximum of four swimmers perevent, and if the swimmer has already qualifed for state they have to swim at districts.

Overall she said it was a great meet and that she is looking forward to seeing some of the other local schools MI doesn’t usually compete against at districts before the state meet.

Individually Johnson said Danielle Deiparine had a great 200 freestyle event and a great weekend overall. She finished seventh overall with a time of 2:03.36. Johnson also talked about Kira Godfred, the younger sister of Rachel Godfred, an MIHS grad with a lot of swimmer medals and records attached to her name at Mary Wayte. Kira Godfred, a freshman, finished fifth in the 200 freestyle and took 10th in the 100 freestyle event.

“She had a great weekend,” said Johnson. Others earning a nod for their performances from the coach were Vee Vee Wang and Alyssa Hatsukami for their finishes in the 500 freestyle.

“They both did very, very well,” said Johnson.

The district meet begins on Friday, Nov. 6 at Mary Wayte Pool with the prelims starting at 4:30 p.m. The finals will take place the next day starting at 5:30 p.m. Doors will open at 3:15 p.m. For a full list of last week’s swim results see my story MIHS girls swim and dive captures KingCo title.

Next week marks the last week of the regular season for many of Mercer Island’s fall sports. For some the post season hunt has already begun, like cross country and boys golf.
The cross country teams will head to Issaquah for the KingCo league meet on Thursday afternoon and the boys golf team is looking to score a win at the district tournament to complete their season in undefeated fashion. Swimming is also undefeated, looking to take down Bothell this afternoon before Bainbridge on Tuesday. The KingCo Championships will be held Thursday, Oct. 29 at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way. The boys tennis team also remains undefeated this season, putting an 8-0 dent on the season thus far.
As the season winds down and the wins become so much more important for playoff potential here is a quick look at where the KingCo 3A league is in volleyball, girls soccer and football.

Volleyball
Mount Si       9-0 (10-1)
Mercer Island  7-2 (8-4)
Interlake     4-4 (6-5)
Juanita     4 -5 (4-7)
Bellevue     3-5  (3-7)
Liberty     3-5 (5-6)
Sammamish     0-9

Girls soccer
Mercer Island  8-1-0 (10-2-1)
Sammamish     4-2-2 (5-3-3)
Mount Si     3-3-3 (4-6-3)
Juanita     3-3-2 (3-3-6)
Liberty     2-2-4 (2-6-4)
Bellevue     2-5-1 (5-6-1)
Interlake     1-7-0 (4-8-0)

Football
Bellevue       3-0 (4-2)
Liberty     3-0 (6-0)
Interlake     3-1 (5-1)
Juanita     2-1 (5-1)
Mount Si     1-2 (3-3)
Mercer Island 0-4 (1-5)
Sammamish     0-4 (1-5)

In other news, in the Cross Country Coaches Association weekly team rankings the Mercer Island girls team was ranked sixth overall. Glacier Peak of Snohomish was first, Shadle Park of Spokane second, Mount Spokane third, North Kitsap fourth, Columbia River of Vancouver, fifth, Capital of Olympica seventh, Seattle Prep eighth, Bellevue ninth and Enumclaw 10th.

Here is a more cohesive listing of recent swimming results. Due to space in the print edition this week the full results for recent matches could not be included. The Islanders swim and dive team is still undefeated in their season this fall, with several swimmers already earning places at the state meet.
Below are results for the last week’s swim meets, including this weekend’s non league meeting between Mercer Island and Kentwood. An asterisk denotes a swimmer qualifying for the state meet.

Mercer Island 130, Woodinville 56
200 medley relay — Mercer Island (Sara Gluck, Alyssa Hatsukami, Danielle Deiparine, Christina Williamson) 2:04.61
200 free — Madeline Larkin, MI, 2:09.12
200 IM — Kira Godfred, MI, 2:23.28
50 free — Stephanie Hammond, MI, 26.35.
Diving — Meggie Lindsey, MI, 159.25
100 fly — Danielle Deiparine, MI, 1:04.50
100 free — Stephanie Hammond, MI, 58.62
500 free — Kira Godfred, MI, 5:48.54
200 free relay — Mercer Island (Emma Nelson, Laura Remy, Sara Gluck, Danielle Deiparine) 1:52.03
100 back — Vee Vee Wang, MI, 1:09.88
400 free relay — Mercer Island (Christina Williamson, Kira Godfred, Madeleine Chandless, Stephanie Hammond) 3:59.76

Mercer Island 104, Inglemoor 82
200 free — Grace Wold, MI, 31.17*
500 free — Grace Wold, MI, 5:26.15*
100 back — Danielle Deiparine, MI, 1:06.73
100 breast — Jennifer Pak, MI, 1:12.27*
400 free relay — Mercer Island (Danielle Deiparine, Stephanie Hammond, Kristin Hoffman, Grace Wold) 3:56.52

Mercer Island 118, Kentwood 52
200 medley relay — Mercer Island (Grace Wold, Danielle Deiparine, Madeleine Chandless, Jennifer Pak) 1:54.67*
200 free — Jennifer Pak, MI, 1:57.77*
200 IM — Grace Wold, MI, 2:14.14*
500 free — Madeleine Chandless, MI, 5:34.07
200 free relay — Mercer Island (Stephanie Hammond, Christina Williamson, Masami Cookson, Pak) 1:46.12
100 back — 1, Grace Wold, MI, 1:00.42*; 2, Kira Godfred, MI, 1:03.90*
100 breast — Danielle Deiparine, MI, 1:11.92*
400 free relay — Mercer Island (Jennifer Pak, Stephanie Hammond, Madeline Chandless, Grace Wold) 3:53.99*

I had an e-mail from a reader last night asking about high school standings so I thought I’d give a little update as to where teams sit right now in the KingCo 3A league.
Next week things really kick off before the post season rush begins, so keep checking back for updated information that may not make the print edition.
Also, I wanted to note that the Mercer Island boy’s golf team is going to be playing for the KingCo title against Woodinville on Monday afternoon (beginning at 4 p.m.) at the Echo Woods golf course in Woodinville. Head coach Tyson Peters has been talking about this match up all season long, and it promises to be a good test of the Islanders’ talent.

Here are the standings for the KingCo 3A league as of the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 1

Football
1. Interlake 2-0 (5-0)
2. Liberty 2-0 (4-0)
3. Juanita 1-0 (4-0)
4. Bellevue 1-0 (2-2)
5. Mercer Island 0-2 (1-3)
Mount Si 0-2 (1-3)
Sammamish 0-2 (1-3)

Volleyball
1. Mount Si 5-0 (6-1)
2. Mercer Island 3-1 (4-3)
3. Liberty 2-2 (4-3)
4. Juanita 2-2 (2-4)
Bellevue 2-2 (2-4)
5. Interlake 1-3 (2-4)
6. Sammamish 0-5 (0-7)

Girl’s Soccer
1. Mercer Island 4-0 (6-1)
2. Sammamish 2-1-1 (3-2-2)
3. Mount Si 1-1-2 (2-4-2)
4. Juanita 1-1-1 (1-1-5)
5. Bellevue 1-2 (4-3)
6. Liberty 0-1-2 (0-4-2)
7. Interlake 0-3 (2-4)

The boy’s golf team is undefeated in KingCo matches at 5-0, currently challenging for the KingCo title and the girl’s swimming team is also undefeated at 5-0, with several members of the swim team already qualified for appearances at the state meet this fall.