The four independent swimmers at Boothbay Region High School had excellent times at a meet held in Belfast on January 25. The swimmers, Nicole LaBrecque, Ethan Walker, Brad Tibbetts and Samantha Carter, practice with the Wiscasset High School swim team and will be able to compete in the state meet at the University of Maine at Orono on February 18 and 19.

LaBrecque's times on Friday were: 2:51.03 in the 200-yard individual medley; 30.32 in the 50-yard freestyle; and 1:07.78 in the 100-yard freestyle. She has already qualified for the state meet in the 50 freestyle, the 200 freestyle, 100 butterfly and the 200 individual medley.

Walker, who has qualified for the state meet in the 100 breaststroke and 100 butterfly, competed in the 200-yard freestyle (2:41.60) and the 100-yard backstroke (1:14.96) at Belfast.

Tibbetts' times were 2:11.11 in the 200-yard freestyle and 1:16.02 in the 100-yard breaststroke. He has qualified for the state meet in the 100 backstroke and the 100 breaststroke.

Carter is still working on qualifying for the state meet. At Belfast, she competed in the 100-yard freestyle (1:18.46) and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:33.06).