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The Outlaw swimmers
racked up one first place and several top six spots in an
Invitational competition at the Stayton Community Pool on January
12.
A slightly reduced
team of eight boys and twelve girls swam several best times
individually and in relays during the meet against Gladstone,
Valley Catholic, Junction City, Stayton and Cascade.
Brittany
Baldessari finished first in the
100 meter backstroke. Her converted time of 1:08 put her almost 8
seconds ahead of Stayton’s senior Brianna Schumacher and
Gladstone’s Chelsea Thompson.
Aubyn Geser added valuable points
with her 6th place in the same event.
Gladstone’s senior
Libby Brooks and Junction City’s junior, Heidi Tilicki, dominated
the 200 meter Individual Medley.
Baldessari finished third in this
event, successfully keeping Stayton’s Monique Beauchamp two
strokes at bay the entire race.
Jessie
Swaner added another top place
finish with her third place in the 100 meter breaststroke. Getting
off the blocks with a slight hesitation,
Swaner
pulled within a stroke and a half of second place finisher Monique
Beauchamp. Swaner’s
converted time of 1:26.8 is an improvement of over 2 seconds from
the Sweet Home competition.
Baldessari,
Swaner,
Patterson
and Pedersen
teamed up in the 200 meter freestyle relay for second place finish
behind Gladstone. Junction City chased the Outlaws every length of
the pool but had to succumb in the end by a difference of 2
seconds.
Other top six
finishers included the medley relay team with
Baldessari
in the backstroke, Jessie Swaner
in the breast,
Rachel Pilliod
in the butterfly and Camille
Pedersen as anchor in the
freestyle. Their combined converted yard time of 2:21.10 was 4
seconds slower than Stayton’s but good enough for sixth place in a
line-up of very strong medley relay teams.
Barely out-touched
by senior Lauren Knox from Junction City,
Jessie Swaner
added another 6th place finish with her 50 meter
freestyle sprint in personal best of 29.8 seconds. A total of 23
swimmers competed in this event.
Pilliod,
Kelleher,
Swaner
and Geser
completed the meet with their 100 meter freestyle sprints in the
400 free relay. Top finisher was
Jessie Swaner with a 1:09.
“Even though the
competition was extremely fierce on the boys’ side, several best
times and great first swims were accomplished”, coach Hedemark
commented.
Clifton Williams
set a new PR in the 50 meter freestyle and battled Valley
Catholic’s Max Brady stroke for stroke in the 100 free.
Williams’s
converted 100 yard time of 1:12 was the top time for the Outlaws.
Drew Herron
was the next best Outlaw in the 50 free, followed by
Dylan Stuwe
and Joe
Mantecon. Mantecon improved his
time by an incredible 8 seconds.
Justin
Dean took four seconds off his
best 100 breaststroke time, finishing a mere 0.22 seconds behind
Stayton’s Jared Harris.
The Outlaws travel
to the Stayton Community Pool again January 20 to compete against
Mollala, North Marion, Stayton and Cascade. |
