Swimming sponsored by snow Swimming
By: Dan Sousa
Sterling (Jan. 22, 2008) – You could say they were just testing the waters Satuday as Dulles District swimmers hit the Claude Moore Recreation Center pool just six days before the district meet, but there was a lot more on the line as teams swam to clinch undefeated dual meet seasons.
The Potomac Falls girls and Broad Run boys finished with the perfect marks as the Panther girls (7-0) defeated Briar Woods (5-2) and the Spartan boys (7-o) knocked off Dominion (6-1).
Both the Spartan-Titan boys and girls meets were extremely close with the lead changing sides several times; The BRHS boys finally secured the lead after Tom Casey, Zac Wojahn and Tim Comstock combined for 19 points in the 100 backstroke. BR prevailed 154-139.
The girls were led by strong performances by the distance swimmers, with Taryn Johnston, Laura Finney and Emily Spencer finishing 1-2-3 in the 200 free and Courtney Lofgren, Emily Spencer and Laura Finney finishing 1-2-4 in the 500 free. The girls final was very close with BR winning, 144-141.
BR Boys first place finishers:
200 medley relay: Tom Casey, Andrew Tram, Cameron Lucas, Brendan Lewis
200 Individual Medley: Cameron Lucas
50 free: Brendan Lewis
100 Fly: Cameron Lucas
500 free: Mark Sarman
100 back: Tom Casey
100 ******: Andrew Tram
400 free relay: Tom Casey, Zac Wojahn, Mark Sarman, Cameron Lucas
BR Girls first place finishers:
200 free: Taryn Johnston
50 free: Brittany Dunay
100 fly: Cheslie Adams
500 free: Courtney Lofgren
200 free relay: Brittany Dunay, Abby Pasztor, Taryn Johnston, Chelsie Adams
100 ******: Chelsie Adams
Highlights for Dominion included the girls 200 Medley Relay team of Jessica Royce, Kimmy Ledwell, Meghan ****, and Nicole ****, which qualified for the state meet. On the boys side, Callum Lawson finished the season undefeated in individual events. He is a state qualifier in the 50, 100, 200 free, 200 IM, and 100 fly.
The Potomac Falls girls won handily as they secured a 7-o district dual meet season with a 173-113 win over Briar Woods. The Falcons only loss before Saturday was to Heritage.
Highlights for the Panther girls included Caylyn Tate taking first in the 200 Free and the 100 ******. Bridget Werner took first in the 100 free and 100 Back. Carla Harvey took first in the 100 fly and an inpressive win in the 200 IM dropping three seconds! Kirby shook won the 50 free with a good time of 25.80.
For the Panther girls, the win made it three straight undefeated dual meet seasons and they accomplished that by finishing first in seven of the eight individual events and winning two relays. The Panthers are looking for a third straight district title Friday.
The PF boys also won, 149-135. The PF boys, 5-2 in dual meet action, are looking to win their 7th straight district title Friday.
Heritage Sweeps Loudoun County
Raider Notes:
LCHS Swim Team
Press Release 1/21/08
Location: Ida Lee Recreation Center
Date/Time: Saturday, January 19, 2008 @ 6:00 PM
Competitors: Loudoun County High School vs. Heritage High School
Score:
Boys – LCHS 123 vs. Heritage HS 159
Girls – LCHS 105 vs. Heritage HS 181
Before honoring their seniors in the final home meet in the regular season, the Raiders took an early lead over Heritage High School this past Saturday night at Ida Lee Recreation Center. Jeremy Begun (Jr.), Nick Cechak (So.), Justin Zeidman (Jr.), and EJ Poell (Fr.) won the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:52.33, an event the Raiders already have a state qualifying time in. The lady Raiders 200 Medley Relay, made up of Julie Strange (So.), Suzanne Nelson (Sr.), Hannah Nelson (Sr.), and Rachel Wigfield (Jr.), took two seconds off of their 200 Medley Relay
(2:07.79) – Coaches Nick Grzeda and Kristin Moats expect this relay to qualify for States this upcoming Friday at the District Meet.
Danny Ford (Jr.) took third in the 200 Free (2:26.59), Jeremy Begun
(Jr.) won the 200 IM (2:15.87), in the girls 200 IM Julie Strange (So.) took second place (2:34.96) and Megan Betcher (Jr.) claimed third (2:52.00), while Justin Zeidman (Jr.) and Rachel Wigfield (Jr.) both took second place in the 50 Free with time of 23.84 and 27.57.
At the break after the 50 Free, the Raiders bade farewell to their ten seniors who are graduating this June. Kelsey Blair, Ashley Cameron, Kempsey Clark, Statia Gibson, Hannah Nelson, Suzanne Nelson, Dani Neuharth-Keusch, Colleen O’Neil, Emily Voreas, and Tyler Willson will be fondly remembered by their teammates and coaches.
It was after the break when Heritage began to take control of the field, but not before Justin Zeidman (Jr.) took first in the 100 Fly (58.76) and Suzanne Nelson (Sr.) took first in the 100 Free (58.17). Kelly McGrath (So.) claimed third in the 100 Fly (1:22.93), Emily Voreas (Sr.) took third in the 100 Free (1:06.71) and another third came from Danny Ford (Jr.) in the 500 Free (6:45.67).
Junior Jeremy Begun claimed another undefeated meet in his individual events, coasting to a first place finish with a 1:02.71 in the 100 Backstroke – Begun has already claimed a state qualifying time in this event amongst other events. Julie Strange (So.) earned at second place finish in the 100 Back with a 1:11.94 and Nick Cechak (So.) earned a best time with his third place finish in the 100 Breaststroke (1:19.25).
Senior Suzanne Nelson, who has been the Raider’s hugest asset this season, was outtouched by Heritage’s Kaitlin Pawlowicz in the 100 Breaststroke – Pawlowicz went 1:09.43 and Nelson a 1:09.84. This is Suzanne’s best time for the season in this event and she will be going for the District title this upcoming Friday.
Next Friday, January 25th, LCHS will be at Claude Moore Recreation Center for the Dulles District Swim Meet. The action starts at 7:00 PM.
Heritage showed its depth in winning the meet with Pawlowicz, Nicole Wright and Valerie McMullan all combining to win two relays, the 200 and 400 free. In addition, Pawlowicz captured the 100 ******, Wright the 200 and 500 free and McMullan the 50 free.
Jordan Gold, a winner in the 100 back, was on the winning 400 free relay and Bailey Rember, a winner in the 200 IM, was on the winning 200 relay. Also for the Pride girls, Jessica Sovereign won the 100 fly.
On the boys side, Geoffrey Wright captured the 50 and 100 free and was on the winning 400 free relay along with Randy Mitchell, Ian Frye and Danny Durazo. Mitchell was also on the winning 200 free relay with Korey Flinton, Sam Mull and Dusty Skyler.
Individually, Frye took the 200 free, Durazo the 500 free, and Rick Baker the 100 ******.
Freedom Sweeps Park View
Girls – Team Scores
1 Freedom High School Swim Team 175 . 50
2 Park View High School PVHS-VA 110 . 50
Boys – Team Scores
1 Freedom High School Swim Team FHS 182 . 50
2 Park View High School PVHS-VA 91 . 50
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