The state swim meets were held at the University of Maine at Orono on Feb. 14 for the boys, and Feb. 16 for the girls. The Lincoln Academy boys placed 15th out of 24, and the girls placed 23rd out of 26.

The boys team of Camden Reiss, Noah Jordan, Camden Gulden and Whitman Vaughn came in 12th out of 18 in the 200 yard medley relay, and 9th out of 16 in the 200 yard freestyle relay.

Camden Gulden took 18th in the boys 50 yard freestyle (out of 41). Also competing in the 50 yard freestyle were Whitman Vaughn (26th) and Noah Jordan (29th). Gulden also took 19th in the boys 100 yard butterfly (out of 30).

Noah Jordan placed 11th out of 30 in the boys 100 yard breaststroke, Whitman Vaughn took 20th out of 30 in the 100 yard freestyle, and Camden Reiss took 34th in the 100 yard backstroke.

The girls relay team of Anna Sirois, Sammy Ober, Elise Dumont and Kate Laemmle placed 18th out of 25 in the 200 yard medley relay. The second relay team (Kate Laemmle, Sammy Ober, Annie Farnsworth and Essie Martin) took 14th out of 26 for the 200 yard freestyle and 15th out of 22 for the 400 yard freestyle relay.

Elise Dumont finished 32nd (out of 35) in the 200 yard IM and 24th out of 28 in the 100 yard butterfly. Essie Martin took 22nd in the 50 yard freestyle (last place, but by just .02 seconds) and 24th out of 28 in the 500 yard freestyle. Anna Sirois took 38th of of 39 in the 100 yard backstroke, and Sammy Ober took 23rd out of 24 in the 100 yard breaststroke.

“They had a bit of a rough time, but never gave up,” Coach Don Strout said. “We'll be keeping most of our swimmers next year and they'll have the chance to get ever better.”