Katerina Kovarik helps Decorah girls swimming team qualify for this weekend’s State Meet in pair of freestyle relay events

Waukon High School senior Katerina Kovarik helped the Decorah girls swimming team qualify a pair of relay events for the State Swimming Meet scheduled for this Friday and Saturday, November 11 and 12 at the Marshalltown YMCA/YWCA. The 200 and 400 freestyle relays are two of six event qualifications the Lady Vikings claimed at their Regional Meet hosted by Dubuque Hempstead High School Saturday, November 5.

Kovarik swam the second leg of Decorah’s 400 freestyle relay that qualified as a 19th-seed in the 32-team field in that event with a seeding time of 3:46.42. She also swam the third leg of the Lady Vikings’ 200 freestyle relay that qualified as the number-nine seed in the 32-team field in that event with a seeding clocking of 1:41.39.