Last year, the Orange women’s swimming relay team of Katie Belle Sikes, Riley White, Ainsley Rasinske and Piper White claimed the first relay state title in school history. This year, Orange relay teams won two titles at the 3A State Championships last Thursday at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary. To start the night, Zoe Jones, White, Sikes and White won the 200 yard individual medley state championship, the first time ever that Orange won the state title in the event. It also finished some uncompleted business from 2023, when Central Cabarrus edged Orange on the anchor leg to take the state title. This time, Piper White edged Central Cabarrus’ Audrey Wolff by eight-hundredths-of-a-second to claim the state title. Later in the night, Sikes, White, Rasisnke and White repeated as state champions in the 200 yard freestyle. Going to the anchor leg, Orange trailed Carrboro, but Sikes swam the final lap of her Orange career and blazed past everyone in the pool to take the state title. It was also the final race for Riley White. This week, White was named the recipient of the prestigious Morehead Cain Scholarship. Earlier in the night, Riley White took the bronze medal in the 100 yard butterfly. She finished 4th in the 200 yard individual medley state championship race. Piper White, a sophomore, finished 7th in the 100 yard freestyle.
Orange’s Katie Belle Sikes, Riley White, Piper White, Zoe Jones & Ainsley Rasinske talk state titles
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