Ruiz helps Ike finish 9th at Mukilteo Invite

FEDERAL WAY — Gabby Ruiz won the 100-yard backstroke, and swam a leg on the winning 200 medley relay team as Eisenhower finished ninth in the Mukilteo Invitational swimming and diving meet Saturday at the King County Aquatics Center.

Ruiz had a time of 1 minute, 2.83 seconds in winning the 100 back, which also featured a fourth-place finish by Prosser’s Mackenzie Gant.

Ike’s relay team of Ruiz, Emilie Pleger, Kirsta Bezenek and Laura Ruiz swam a 1:55.51.

Also for Ike, Bezenek was fourth in the 200 individual medley and sixth in the 100 butterfly, Pleger was fourth in the 100 breaststroke, and the Cadets were third in the 200 freestyle relay.

Gant was also eighth in the 200 IM, and Ellensburg’s Alyssa Sauriol was seventh in the 200 free.

Prosser finished 17th and Ellensburg was 19th.

LOCAL RESULTS

Team scores (top 3, locals): 1, Mercer Island 511; 2, Marysville Pilchuck 4471/2, 3, Bainbridge 410; 9, Eisenhower 237, 17, Prosser 120, 19, Ellensburg 98,

Individual results

200 medlay relay: 1, Eisenhower (Gabby Ruiz, Emilie Pleger, Kirsta Bezenek, Laura Ruiz) 1:55.51.

200 free: 7, Alyssa Sauriol (Ellensburg) 2:06.80.

200 IM: 4, Bezenek (Ike) 2:19.64; 8, Mackenzie Gant (Prosser) 2:23.97; 10. Pleger (Ike) 2:25.14.

100 fly: 6, Bezenek (Ike) 1:02.60.

200 free relay: 3, Eisenhower (Pleger, Bezenek, L. Ruiz, G. Ruiz) 1:45.50.

100 back: 1, G. Ruiz (Ike) 1:02.83; 4, Gant (Pro) 1:03.93.

100 breast: 4. Pleger (Ike) 1:10.17.