WINNETKA – Keanu Interone was an island of calm in a sea of chaos. Surrounded by teammates and friends, the Sterling senior swimmer was the epitome of concentration Saturday evening.

As teammates Keaton Dir, Tanner Morse and Cade Coursey asked him how he was feeling, Interone only nodded and stared straight ahead. When Newman swimmers Warren Melton and Alex DeForest joined the group, they got the same stoic response.

Interone had one thing in his one-track mind: swim his best race of the season in the state finals of the 100-yard breaststroke.