GHS girls oust Danville, 104-82

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

On Tuesday, the Greencastle High School girls' swimming team played host to Danville in a tune-up for the Putnam County Meet Thursday, winning, 104-82.

The Tiger Sharks picked up six first-place finishes Tuesday en route to the win.

Kelsey Murtaugh and Erica Soster both earned two firsts in the meet. Murtaugh won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:04.08 while also placing first in the 100-yard butterfly at 1:04.29. Soster also won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 26.71 while also winning the 100-yard freestyle at 58.77.

Other winners for the Tiger Sharks included the 200-yard medley relay team of Murtaugh, Caitlin Gannaway, Melissa Ball and Soster with a time of 1:59.98, and the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Morgan Terry, Erika Collins, Murtaugh and Soster with a time of 1:49.03.

The Tiger Sharks will compete in the Putnam County Meet on Thursday.

At Greencastle

Greencastle 104, Danville 82

200 Medley Relay -- 1. Greencastle (Murtaugh, Gannaway, Ball, Soster) 1:59.98, 2. Danville 2:03.31, 3. Greencastle (Cantonwine, Hazel, Aring, Allred) 2;12.13, 4. Danville 2:20.33

200 Freestyle -- 1. Griffith (D) 2:08.93, 2. Collins (GHS) 2:09.54, 3. Cantonwine (GHS) 2:18.19, 4. Neilson (D) 2:18.91, 5. Allred (GHS) 2:18.98, 6. Dale (D) 2:30.95

200 IM -- 1. Davis (D) 2:27.73, 2. Ball (GHS) 2:30.43, 3. Terry (GHS) 2:31.56, 4. Watts (D) 2:33.90, 5. Culler (GHS) 2:46.87, 6. Kroll (D) 2:48.31

50 Freestyle -- 1. Soster (GHS) 26.71, 2. Watts (D) 27.16, 3. Gannaway (GHS) 29.00, 4. Chidester (D) 30.98, 5. Salerno (D) 32.63, 6. Phillips (GHS) 36.04

Diving -- 1. Adams (D) 218.70, 2. Wilson (D) 172.50, 3. Poor (GHS) 132.00, 4. Lacher (GHS) 126.85, 5. Virovatz (GHS) 105.45

100 Butterfly -- 1. Murtaugh (GHS) 1:04.29, 2. Davis (D) 1:08.34, 3. Ball (GHS) 1:08.94, 4. Aring (GHS) 1:10.62, 5. Griffith (D) 1:10.83, 6. Salerno (D) 1:13.77

100 Freestyle -- 1. Soster (GHS) 58.77, 2. Watts (D) 59.70, 3. Collins (GHS) 1:00.76, 4. Allred (GHS) 1:02.44, 5. Watts (D) 1:03.06, 6. Dale (D) 1:07.20

500 Freestyle -- 1. Griffith (D) 5:42.38, 2. Terry (GHS) 5:50.17, 3. Bannon (GHS) 6:33.72, 4. Culler (GHS) 6:46.58, 5. Barrows (D) 6:59.28, 6. McEvilly (D) 7:09.76

200 Freestyle Relay -- 1. Greencastle (Terry, Collins, Murtaugh, Soster) 1:49.03, 2. Danville 1:54.30, 3. Greencastle (Ball, Aring, Dory, Gannaway) 1:57.59, 4. Danville 2:08

100 Backstroke -- 1. Murtaugh (GHS) 1:04.08, 2. Cantonwine (GHS) 1:09.31, 3. Dillon (D) 1:10.21, 4. Neilson (D) 1:12.37, 5. Kroll (D) 1:16.09, 6. Smith (GHS) 1:16.90

100 Breaststroke -- 1. Griffith (D) 1:12.66, 2. Gannaway (GHS) 1:24.30, 3. Hazel (GHS) 1:27.28, 4. McEvilly (D) 1:28.56, 6. Chidester (D) 1:33.68

400 Freestyle Relay -- 1. Danville 4:07.02, 2. Greencastle (Terry, Cantonwine) 4:13.29, 3. Danville 4:17.11, 4. Greencastle (Bannon, Smith, Culler, Hazel) 4:45.30

Next Meet -- The Tiger Sharks will compete in the Putnam County Meet at home Thursday.

Compiled by Jason Moon

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