Battle Mountain’s Nevaeh Serna swims at a meet earlier this year. The young swimmer recently competed at the Pacific Swimming Far Western Championships in California.
#Nevaeh Serna represented the Battle Mountain NNA swim team at the Pacific Swimming Far Western Championships from April 4-7, at the Dolores Bengtson Aquatic Center in Pleasanton, Calif.
#Nearly 1,450 swimmers from age 10-18 and 150 teams took part in the event.
#Rain put a damper on the championships on day, followed by cool weather the rest of the weekend.
#Serna held her own the championships, qualifying in three events and qualifying for the finals in al three.
#To qualify, swimmers had to be among the 16 quickest.
#Serna finished 14th in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2 minutes, 20.39 seconds, a 3.35-second improvement.
#The young swimmer placed 16th in the 50-yard backstroke at 31.80.
#Serna turned in a 16th-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke, stopping the clock at 1:06.95.
