Theilemann strong in Hawaii

Tara Theilemann of the Carson Tigersharks swam to her third top six finish in an individual event at the Western Zone Championships in Hawaii.

Theilemman placed fifth in the 400-meter freestyle on Friday in the 15-16-year-old division. After qualifying sixth in the preliminaries in four minutes, 32.32 seconds, Theilemann came back to lower her seeded time of 4:31.76 to move up to fifth in 4:31.60 in the finals.

Earlier in the week, Theilemann placed sixth in the 200 free. She qualified seventh for the final, finishing in 2:10.57, which was faster than her seeded time of 2:11.99. She then lowered her time to 2:10.44 to finish sixth in the finals.

Theilemann also helped this region's B team to a fifth place finish in the 200 free relay. Theilemann's team finished in 1:53.86.

Theilemann also placed sixth in the 200 backstroke. She qualified in the preliminaries with a time of 2:28.55, which was more than three seconds faster than her seeded time of 2:31.84. Theilemann placed sixth in the finals in 2:29.77.

In addition, Theilemann placed 19th in the 50 free in 28.78, which was faster than her seeded time of 28.89.