Girls swimmer of the year
Name: Emma Darlington
School: Salpointe Catholic
Year in school: Junior
Sport: Girls swimming and diving
From the archives: Salpointe Catholic's girls tallied 174 points for a third-place tie, equaling their best finish in nine years.
Emma Darlington earned first place in the 50 freestyle, beating last year's winner Aleesha Miller in 23.05 seconds, just .02 seconds off the state record.
Two events later, Darlington took first in the 100 freestyle, finishing less than 1 second off Salpointe coach Emily Mastin's 1995 state record.
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"I hope she breaks it next year," Mastin said. "She's a good kid and she works hard. She deserves to break it." — Andrew Fredricks, 2005
