As the season for the Boothbay Region High School Seahawks swim team comes to a close, three swimmers are heading off to states: captain Evy Case, Emma Pearce and Rowan Kristan.

Case qualified in every single event except the 50-yard freestyle. Swimmers can only compete in two events, so she has chosen to swim the 200-yard IM and the 100-yard backstroke. Pearce qualified in two events, the 500-yard and 200-yard freestyles. Kristan qualified in the 50-yard, 200-yard, and 500-yard freestyles along with the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard butterfly. He will be swimming the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke.

At their first game vs. Erskine, the Seahawks finished strongly, earning five first-place finishes out of 11 events they competed in. First places went to the girl’s 400-yard freestyle relay team, Case in the 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard IM, Pearce in the 200-yard freestyle, and Kristan in the 50-yard freestyle.

Second places went to Kristan in the 100-yard backstroke, Hannah Witwicki in the 50-yard freestyle, and Pearce in the 500-yard freestyle. Thirds were picked up by the girls 200-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle relay teams, while fourth place went to Annie Bryer in the 100-yard freestyle and Molly Thibault in the 50-yard freestyle. Thibault also earned a fifth place in the 100-yard freestyle.

As this was the last meet of the season for the Seahawks, Coach Don Strout honored Thibault, the lone senior.

The state competition take place on Feb. 18 for the boys and Feb. 20 for the girls at the University of Maine at Orono.