Norman, Schmidt qualify at Prosser for 2A state meet

By JOHN McCALLUM

Editor

The Cheney High girls swimming team is off to a good start in 2016 as two swimmers have already qualified for 2A state competition this November.

Seniors Makenzie Norman and Alexis Schmidt punched their tickets to Federal Way by posting state qualifying times last Saturday at a four-team jamboree in Prosser. Norman turned in a time of 56.09 seconds in the 100-yard freestyle, about 1.5 seconds better than the qualifying mark of 57.60, while Schmidt had a blistering 1:01.77 time to qualify in the 100 butterfly, needing only a 1:04.30 to reach Federal Way.

“It’s faster tha...