The North Coast did not send many swimmers to the final day of the OSAA state meet, held Feb. 15-16 at Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center in Beaverton.

But swimmers from Seaside still made the most of their appearance in Friday’s preliminaries.

For the Gulls, “We didn’t make it to the second day, but had some really great swims,” said Seaside coach Shane Spell. “The 200 free relay dropped two seconds from their district winning time (1:52.46) and moved up one spot from their original seed (to 1:50.21). Great relay splits across the board.”

In addition, “Kendy Lin had less than 10 minutes to turn around and swim her 100 backstroke,” Spell said. “Lifetime best by over a second (1:06.63) and moved up three spots from her original seed (from 11th to eighth). I’m thankful that the seniors got to finish the season strong and some of our younger swimmers got a peak at what is possible next year.”