Girls Cruise

The NHS girls dominated the Forest Grove Vikings 98-59. The girls swept all three relay events in their win, with Cassie Beecher, Alysha Bush, Catherine Mays and Anna Dolyniuk kicking off the meet by finishing the 200 medley in 1:56.31.
Bush, Beecher and Mays joined senior Meghan O’Halloran in the winning 200 freestyle relay (1:42.41), with O’Halloran teaming with Dolyniuk, Elizebeth Kaufman and Mekala Gassner to win the 400 freestyle in 4:11:0.
Bush was a four-time winner after capturing first in the 50 free (24.89) and 100 free (55.23), while Dolyniuk added second-place finishes in the 200 IM (2:23.21) and 100 breaststroke (1:16.99) to go along with her two relay wins.
Mays also won all four events she entered, winning the 100 breaststroke in 1:14.88 and the 100 butterfly in 1:07.22.
Beecher was second in the 200 free (2:12.89) behind O’Halloran (2:07.88), who also won the 100 backstroke in 1:05.67 to finish the meet with four wins.
Danielle Austin was runner-up in the 500 free in 6:48.00 for Newberg, which swam today (Saturday) at the Rumbaugh Invitational in Corvallis (results unavailable at press time) and hosts Hillsboro at the Chehalem Aquatic Center at 4 p.m. Jan. 21.