Cary-Grove Swimmers Qualify for State Meet

Swimmers on the Cary-Grove co-op team will head to the state final meet this weekend.  

The team qualified in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:39.90 and the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:13.65 at the Barrington sectional meet last weekend, according to the Illinois High School Association website. 

Cary-Grove senior Michael Hamann had one of the fastest qualifying times in thge 200-yard medley, finishing in 1:53.95, according to the IHSA website. His time was the fourth fastest qualifying time in that event. 

Hamann also qualified for state in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 51.14 seconds. 

Other area swimmers to qualify for the state meet include: 

• Jacobs High School senior Josh DeDina qualified in the 100-yard breastroke with a time of 59.41 seconds and in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:58.02, according to the Illinois High School Association website. 
• Jacobs High School junior Alex Reinbrecht qualified in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:42.98 and in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:37.47. 
• Huntley High School senior Matthew Haage qualified in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.90 seconds, according to the IHSA website. 

The state final meet will be held on Feb. 22 and 23 at New Trier High School in Winnetka. 

The IHSA website has a full list of this year's state qualifiers.