Her first sectional meet taught Durango Swim Club athlete Anne Mummery a lot.

Mummery swam from March 26-29 in Austin, Texas against athletes from Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.

She qualified for the 100-yard backstroke, an event that she holds the Durango High School record in, and took 44th place in 58.93 seconds.

Mummery also time-trialed several other events that she was unable to qualify for.

She dropped three seconds off of her 200-yard backstroke, finishing in 2:07.81.

Mummery also set her personal best time in the 50-yard freestyle in 25.18 seconds.

Her next sectional meet will be over the summer in Mt. Hood, Oregon.

“Anne is a trooper; she has a great work ethic and has come out on top. She works through injury and sickness to succeed,” DSC head coach Suzanne Schieltz said in an email to The Durango Herald. “It’s been an incredible year of success for her, which will take her to the next level – swimming in college.”

The rest of the DSC competed at the Age Group Circuit meet March 14 in Grand Junction.

Abby Bowman (10) took first in the 100-yard breaststroke and third in the 50-yard freestyle.

Her older sister, Jessica Bowman (13), placed second in the 200-yard individual medley and fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke.

Chloe Cook (9) was 11th in the 50-yard freestyle and 14th in the 50-yard backstroke.

Avery Dean (10) finished fourth in the 50-yard freestyle, fifth in the 100-yard freestyle and sixth in the 100-yard IM and 50-yard backstroke.

Taylor Dean (8), Avery’s younger sister, won the 25-yard backstroke and freestyle and took second in the 50-yard backstroke and freestyle.

Steevie Delio (14) won the 100-yard butterly and finished second in the 100-yard IM and 100-yard backstroke.

Joci Earl (14) won the 200-, 100- and 50-yard freestyle.

Betty Holcomb (6) placed third in the 25-yard freestyle and fourth in the 25-yard breaststroke.

Riley Mata (13) was fourth in the 100-yard backstroke and fifth in the 50-yard freestyle.

Aileen McManus (6) won the 50-yard breaststroke and butterfly and took third in the 200-yard freestyle.

Angela McManus (11) took first in the 50-yard breaststroke and butterfly and finished third in the 200-yard freestyle.

Sydney Prichard (10) was sixth in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle.

Eilza Rossi (12) won the 50-yard freestyle and took second in the 50-yard breaststroke and backstroke.

Merin Schmidt (7) finished second in the 25-yard freestyle, fourth in the 25-yard backstroke and fifth in the 50-yard freestyle and backstroke.

Quinn Schmidt (12) won the 200-yard freestyle, finished second in the 200-yard backstroke and took third in the 100-yard breaststroke.

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