BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity swim teams will be well represented when the state championships finally get underway on Friday.

The state 3A-2A-1A championship meet is set for this afternoon after being postponed multiple times last week due to inclement weather. As a result, the event has been moved from the University of Maryland College Park to the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex due to scheduling conflicts.

Two weeks ago, the Decatur swim teams turned in strong performances in the state regional meet with both the boys and girls finishing second. As a result, several Seahawks qualified for the state championship meet in many events and Decatur will be well represented at the finals in P.G. County this afternoon.

On the girls’ side, Hailey Williams will compete in the 200-free and the 500-free, Madison Tinus will compete in the 50-free and the 100-free, and Carly Deickman will compete in the 200 individual medley and the 100 breaststroke. Marley Rakow will compete in the 100-free, Stephany Smith will compete in the 100-butterfly and Maria Zweifel will compete in the 100-breaststroke and will be an alternate in the 200 individual medley. Molly Wooten will be an alternate in both the 200-free and the 100-butterfly.

The Decatur girls will also be well represented in the relays. Williams, Wooten, Rakow and Deickman will compete in the 400-freestyle relay; Williams, Tinus, Deickman and Smith will compete in the 200 medley relay; and Tinus, Smith, Rakow and Zweifel will compete in the 200 freestyle relay.

On the boys’ side, Dalton Warren will compete in the 100 backstroke, Andrew Gottfried will swim in both the 200 individual medley and the 100 butterfly, and Kevin Williams will compete in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 individual medley. Chris Poole will compete in the 50 free and the 100 free, while Jake Lathroum will be an alternate in the 100 breaststroke.

The Decatur boys will also be well represented in the relays. Warren, Williams, Gottfried and Poole will swim in the 200 medley relay; Poole, Warren, Dustin Berkey and Gottfried will swim in the 200 freestyle relay; and Tucker Cordial, Warren, Noah Sackadorf and Williams will swim in the 400 freestyle relay.