Outlaws prepare for District Championships 2001
In a preview performance of 3A
Districts, the Sisters Outlaws swimmers competed in the 4A JV District
Championships at the Redmond
High School Pool against Bend, Mountain View, Klamath Falls and the host team. The
format followed championship outline with prelims and finals swum in
most individual events and timed finals in the relays. The Outlaws put on an
outstanding performance, setting a number of personal records. The team
walked away with top finishes in almost every event and a second place
in team rankings behind the Redmond
boys and in third position behind Redmond and Mountain View in the girls
competition.
Scott Schreiner
won the 50 meter breaststroke event with a 2.5 second lead over
Redmond's Scott Johnson and Kevin
Carlsmith swam into first place in the 50 meter backstroke,
leaving Mountain View's Brett Mills 4.2 seconds behind. Andrew Hyde finished third. Schreiner battled Bend High
School's Sean Meloral in the 50 meter freestyle, touching the wall with
a time of 29.92, one tenth of a second behind the Bend swimmer.
Carlsmith
placed third in the 100 meter Individual Medley. Top finisher in the
girls team was Chelsea Meudt
with a second place in 50 meter freestyle behind Redmond's Jennifer
Johnson and a third place in the 50 meter breaststroke behind Stephanie
Whiter, a Bend Swim Club swimmer and Molly Stumbras, both from Mountain
View. Jamie Cundiff added
valuable points for the Outlaws with a third place finish in the 100
meter Individual Medley and a sixth place in the 50 meter backstroke.
Leah Berrey
and Lense Vervliet swam
to personal bests and sixth place finishes in the 50 meter freestyle
and 50 meter breaststroke respectively.
The Outlaws placed
both "A" and "B" Freestyle Relays in the top six with personal bests in
almost every split. Jamie Cundiff
lead the Outlaws, followed by Lexie
Comfort, Andie Lesowske
and Chelsea Meudt. The
girls finished in second place with a time of 2:23.31. The "B" relay
ousted
Mountain View "B" and Klamath Union "B", finishing in sixth place with
valuable points for the team score. Leah Berrey started, followed by
Jacquelien Mansker,
Anna Evered and
Lense
Vervliet.
On the boys' side, Scott
Schreiner lead the team, with Andrew Hyde, Lee Pyke and KevinCarlsmith swimming the
remaining legs and finishing second behind Bend High.
Freshman Andie Lesowske started
the Medley "A" team in the backstroke neck on neck with Redmond High
School, followed by Lexie Comfort
in the breaststroke, Jamie Cundiff
in the butterfly and anchor, Chelsea
Meudt in the freestyle. Their time of 2:47.26 put them in second
place behind Mountain View with a 2:45.25. The boys Medley relay placed
second as well, with a 2:33.65 behind Redmond's 2:32.51. Kevin Carlsmith lead off,
followed by Seth Perrine
in a season best breaststroke segment, Scott Schreiner in the
butterfly and Lee Pyke
as anchor.
The Outlaws will swim in the restructured District 3
against teams from Philomath, Marist,
Elmira, Jefferson, Cascade, Sweet Home, Stayton, North Marion, Junction
City and Mollala at the South Albany High School Pool February 9 and
10. Prelims are swum Friday with the top 12 swimmers advancing to
consolation finals and finals on Saturday. Warm-ups will begin both
days at 9:00 a.m. with competitions starting at 10:00 a.m.
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