On Saturday at the YMCA pool, the Kaua’i Interscholastic Federation swimmers, added to their roster of state-meet-qualifiers.

At the end of the day, 14 qualifying swims took place. Many were attempts to improve their seeded times while others tried to qualify for new events.

Kaimaira Silva from Kaua’i High was one of them. She qualified in the girls 200-yard freestyle with a 2:03.56 second place swim. Silva also won the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 25.82. She improved her time in the girls 100-freestyle. Silva placed second to Chloe Inouye (54.21), with a swim of 56.32 that was faster than her previous best swim of 57.66.

Inouye, a sophomore at Island School, set the pace by improving and collecting her previous qualifying swims. She started with the girls 200 freestyle in 1:57.76. This was an improvement on her earlier time of 1:59.11.

Inouye also completed a new qualification swim in the girls 100 backstroke where she was first in 1:02.57.