AUSTIN, TX — San Angelo Central’s Elsa Reel qualified for the finals in both of her events Friday at the UIL Swimming & Diving Class 6A State Meet, setting a new school record in the process.
Reel swam the 200-yard individual medley in a time of 2 minutes, 2.3 seconds to finish third in the prelims and set the school record.
She entered the state meet with the ninth-best time in the 24-girl field, but she turned in the best time of her life by more than two seconds.
Reel was just .75 seconds behind the first-place time of Allen’s Katelynn Zhou.
Reel was also third in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:02.84. She was 1.59 seconds behind the winning time of Keller’s Ella McWhorter.
Reel had the fourth-best time heading into that event.
The Central senior will now compete against seven other swimmers in the finals of each event Saturday at the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
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