| The 3A District Championships
in swimming brought new records, top individual performances and
an alternate position at the State Meet at Mt. Hood Community College,
February 21.
Justin
Hedemark crushed his entry time of 2:26.6
in the individual medley with a preliminary swim of 2:24.79 qualifying
him for a second swim in championship finals. His 6th place and a time
of 2:23.84 replaced the old Sisters High School record of 2:31.27 and was
fast enough for an alternate spot to State Championships. In his second
individual event, the 100 yard backstroke, Hedemark
qualified for championship finals also and swam to a fourth place overall
with a new Sisters High School record of 1:04.51.
Top finisher on the girls' side
was Tessa Durdan-Shaw
with a consolation final spot in
the 200 yards individual medley and the 100 yds breaststroke. Durdan-Shaw
won the consolation finals with a life time best of 2:50.94, a 9 second
drop off her entry time and an incredible three seconds ahead of Stayton's
senior, Shawna Zimmerman . In the breaststroke Durdan-Shaw
finished second in consolation finals with a best time of 1:22.90, 0.01
seconds faster than 6th place championship finalist Sarah Tofflemire of
Philomath. Once swimmers qualify for consolation finals during prelim races,
they may not move up into the top six positions, reserved for championship
finals..
Other
consolation finalists included first year swimmer
Casey Meudt in
the backstroke. Meudt
bettered his entry time of 1:18.8 by more than five seconds and defended
his fifth place (1:13.70) in consolation finals successfully (1:12.95)
against Cascade's Adam Burlison (1:13.85). Pat
Burke, senior and first year swimmer, powered
himself into consolation
finals in the 50 yards freestyle event with a PR of 26.95 and finished
sixth with a final time of 27.05 seconds. Lee
Pyke was the fifth Outlaws finalist with an
outstanding prelim performance in the 500 yards freestyle. Pyke
dropped 8 seconds off his entry time and clocked a 6:49.69 for place six,
which he held during finals on Saturday.
Five out of eight "A" and "B"
relays qualified for finals on day two of the District Championships and
in the process finished second in consolation finals and broke the Sisters
High School record for
the 200 yards freestyle relay. Justin Hedemark
(25.2), Brandon Johnson
(27.6), Pat Burke (26.6)
and Kyle Whipps (26.9)
touched the pad at 1:46.32, shattering the old record of 1:51.19
which was established by Nick Patterson, Travis Comfort, Eli Pyke and Kevin
Carlsmith during the 1999-2000 swim season.
The girls' 200 yards freestyle
relay with Tessa Durdan-Shaw,Jaquelien Mansker,
KatlynDiener
and Kalyn Brink
swam to fastest sprints this season and dropped their entry time of 2:17.7
to a 2:14.35 and a sixth place in consolations. The medley relay
"A" team with Andie Lesowske (backstroke),
Jaquelien Mansker (breaststroke),
TessaDurdan-Shaw
(butterfly) and Kalyn Brink
(freestyle) swam to a best time in prelims and finished consolation finals
in sixth place.
The boys qualified "A" and "B"
medley relay teams for finals. During prelims, the "A" team with backstroker
Casey Pyke (32.2),
breaststroker Wil Hanson
(36.8), butterflyer Justin Hedemark (26.2)
and freestyler Kyle Whipps
(28.6) finished three seconds faster than their entry time and secured
a third place in consolation finals. The "B" team with Casey
Meudt, Morgan
Mansker, Pat
Burke and Brandon
Johnson all swam to personal best splits
during prelims
and finished sixth in consols.
Additional individual highlights
of the Championships included Andie Lesowske's
200 yards freestyle swim and Evan Livsey's
100 yards freestyle. Lesowske
dropped twelve seconds off her entry
time finishing in 2:58.01 and Livsey
bettered his best by 5.5 seconds. Lauren Anderson
improved her backstroke time by six seconds.
All four senior girls, Tesssa
Durdan-Shaw, Anna
Evered, Mareta
Lindley and JaquelienMansker, ended
these championships with memorable swims. Durdan-Shaw
swam best times in consolation finals, Anna
Evered dropped 7.95 seconds off her 100 breaststroke
time, Mareta Lindley
achieved a PR in the 100 backstroke and Jaquelien
Mansker swam 4.94 seconds better in the 100
yards freestyle.
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