Greencastle swimmers sink Eagles 138-48

Thursday, November 22, 2007

The Greencastle Tiger Sharks defeated South Putnam, 138-48 Tuesday night.

GHS captured the top spot in all categories but one -- diving.

Delivering good performances for the Tiger Sharks were Sara Culler, Sydney Terry and Erica Soster.

"(Sara) Culler posted a personal best in the 500 by over five seconds, and (Sydney) Terry had a great 100 breast. (Sarah) Dory also swam very well in the 100 free. Erica Soster posted some great times tonight as well, and I think she can have just an awesome year," GHS head coach Luke Beasley said.

Earning first place finishes for Greencastle was Amanda Bannon in the 200-yard freestyle, Melissa Ball in the 200-yard IM and the 100 butterfly, and Emma Hazel in the 100-yard backstroke.

Greencastle also had strong performances in the relays. The 200-yard medley relay team of Hazel, Sydney Terry, Ball and Soster won with a time of 2:07.96, while the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Melanie Bittles, Ball, Dana Norman and Soster finished with a time of 1:54.97 and the 400-yard freestyle relay squad of and the Bittles, Norman, Bannon and Soster finished the relay sweep by winning in a time of 4:22.47.

"Everyone swam well tonight, and we posted a lot of season-best times," Beasley commented. "I was really happy with the intensity the girls brought to this meet. I wanted the girls to swim with confidence, and they did that tonight."

South Putnam's sole victory of the night belonged to Shelby Johnston in diving. Johnston posted a total of 193.90 to earn the win.

GHS will travel to Terre Haute South at 6 p.m. Tuesday, while South Putnam will host Tri-West and Ritter at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

At Greencastle

Greencastle 138 S. Putnam 48

Individual results

200-Yard Medley Relay -- 1. GHS (Hazel, S. Terry, Soster, Ball) 2:07.96 2. GHS (Bittles, Land, Aring, Dory) 2:19.50 3. SP (Tomasino, York, Lund, Sherwood) 2:23.69 4. GHS (Handy, Poor, Tesmer, Norman) 2:34.02 5. SP (New, Warren, Aker, Vance) 2:40.90

200-Yard Free -- 1. Bannon (GHS) 2:26.08 2. Culler (GHS) 2:31.01 3. Aring (GHS) 2:32.09 4. Arnold (SP) 2:38.42 5. Gilley (SP) 2:52.33 6. Carmichael (SP) 3:16.50

200 Yard IM -- 1. Ball (GHS) 2:31.79 2. Terry (GHS) 2:37.04 3. Terry (GHS) 2:41.30, 4. Cox (SP) 3:04.27 5. Sherwood (SP) 3:10.77

50-Yard Free -- 1. Soster (GHS) 27.01 2. Bittles (GHS) 29.30 3. Lund (SP) 29.71 4. Tesmer (GHS) 32.25 5.Warren (SP) 34.65 6. New (SP) 36.97
Diving -- 1. Johnston (SP) 193.90 2. Land (GHS) 164.05 3. Lollar (SP) 142.35 4. Poor (GHS) 121.40 5. Lacher (GHS) 118.15

100-Yard Fly -- 1. Ball (GHS) 1:09.18 2. Aring (GHS) 1:16.08 3. Lund (SP) 1:20.66 4. Hazel (GHS) 1:24.20 5. Cox (SP) 1:29.97 6. Vance (SP) 1:36.06

100-Yard Free -- 1. Dory (GHS) 1:07.12 2. Tomasino (SP) 1:11.26 3. Small (GHS) 1:13.22 4. Handy (GHS) 1:16.29 5. Gilley (SP) 1:16.49 6. Sherwood (SP) 1:17.46

500-Yard Free -- 1. Terry (GHS) 6:03.77 2. Culler (GHS) 6:33.76 3. Bannon (GHS) 6:34.25 4. Arnold (SP) 7:20.71 5. Carmichael (SP) 8:57.31

200-Yard Free Relay -- 1. GHS (Bittles, Ball, Soster, Norman) 1:54.97 2. GHS (S. Terry, Bannon, M. Terry, Small) 2:03.32 3. GHS (Dory, Torre, Tesmer, Culler) 2:06.20 4. SP (Cox, Vance, Lund, Sherwood) 2:12.51 5. SP (Warren, Gilley, York, Arnold) 2:18.44

100-Yard Back -- 1. Hazel (GHS) 1:15.36 2. Arnold (SP) 1:20.96 3. Norman (GHS) 1:23.86 4. Carmichael (SP) 1:31.68 5. Small (GHS) 1:35.31

100-Yard Breast -- 1. Terry (GHS) 1:22.45 2. York (SP) 1:26.86 3. Warren (SP) 1:36.17 4. Poor (GHS) 1:37.77 5. Handy (GHS) 1:38.03 6. Aker (SP) 1:51.40

400-Yard Free Relay -- 1. GHS (Bittles, Bannon, Norman, Soster) 4:22.47 2. GHS (Dory, Culler, Aring, M. Terry) 3. SP (Arnold, Gilley, Cox, Tomasino) 5:02.97 4. GHS (Handy, Tesmer, Small, Poor) 5:34.13 5. SP (Vance, Aker, New, Carmichael) 5:47.56

Next meet -- GHS will travel to Terre Haute South at 6 p.m. Tuesday, while South Putnam will host Tri-West and Ritter at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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