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Girls swimming photos from first day at state

  Schaumburg’s Diana Bobiv adjusts her goggles before swimming the 100-yard butterfly during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  St. Charles North’s Kate Farrell leaves the starting block in the 500-yard freestyle during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  St. Charles North’s Tessalina Stavropoulo swims the 200-yard freestyle during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  St. Charles North’s Kate Farrell checks her time of 2:01.29 in the 200-yard individual medley during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Rolling Meadows’ Vera Conic, right, bumps fists with New Trier’s Olivia Musick at the conclusion of the 100-yard backstroke during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Stevenson’s Clair Wang swims the 100-yard butterfly during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Dundee-Crown’s Rachel Johnson swims backstroke in the 200-yard individual medley during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Naperville North’s Tasha Mantel swims the 100-yard breaststroke during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Stevenson’s Nelli Sandor swims breaststroke in the 200-yard medley relay during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Fremd's Ellie Patla swims the 200-yard freestyle during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Buffalo Grove’s Ella Houston acknowledges cheers from the stands prior to the start of the 500-yard freestyle during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  St. Charles North’s Kate Farrell swims breaststroke in the 200-yard individual medley during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Fremd's Ellie Patla swims the 200-yard freestyle during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  St. Charles North’s Lucia Negro reacts to her sixth-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle, which qualifies her for a spot in the finals, during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Stevenson’s Nelli Sandor swims the 100-yard breaststroke during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Rosary’s Paige Kowal swims the 200-yard freestyle in the 200-yard freestyle during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  St. Charles North’s Martyna Dobek surfaces while swimming backstroke in the 200-yard medley relay during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Rolling Meadows’ Vera Conic leaves the starting block in the 200-yard medley relay during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Buffalo Grove’s Ella Houston swims the 500-yard freestyle during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Huntley’s Olivia Rohde swims the 100-yard breaststroke during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Mundelein’s Amelia Willis swims the 100-yard freestyle during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Schaumburg’s Diana Bobiv swims the 100-yard butterfly during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Stevenson’s Claire Wang swims backstroke in the 200-yard individual medley during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Rosary’s Paige Kowal reacts to her first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  St. Charles North’s Kate Farrell swims breaststroke in the 200-yard individual medley during the girls state swimming preliminaries at the FMC Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Westmont. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com