Eagle swimmers split meet with Fountain Central

Monday, December 10, 2007
Clark Becker

VEEDERSBURG -- The South Putnam boys' and girls' swim teams competed against Fountain Central Saturday. The boys' squads scored its first victory of the season with a 112-60 win, while the girls' fell 98-77.

"This was a very good victory for the boys," head coach Joe Condon said.

Clark Becker paced the boys' team with two individual wins on the day. He took the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 54.58 and the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.21. Wes Albright won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:56.93, while Darrick Grundlock won the 100-yard backstroke in 1:12.18 and Chris Smiley finished out front in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:05.18.

The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Loren Ashcraft, Curtis McKinney, Becker and Smiley finished in first place with a time of 1:43.30. Cory Russell, Grundlock, Becker and Smiley took the400-yard freestyle in a time of 4:07.59.

The South Putnam girls' squad had a strong showing but came up short.

Shelby Johnston

"The girls were very competitive, but superior depth was the key factor," Condon commented.

Samantha Tomasino captured two events to lead the eagles. She took the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1:08.02 and the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 1:19.53.

Katie Sherwood earned top honors in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:19.26 and Tabitha Arnold paced the field in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 6:51.44.

Shelby Johnston won the diving event with a six-dive total of 162.40.

South Putnam also captured the 400-yard freestyle relay with the team of Amanda Lund, Erin Gilley, Arnold and Tomasino in a time of 4:41.91.

South Putnam will host Speedway at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

At Fountain Central

Boys' results

South Putnam 112 Fountain Central 60

Event Results

(South Putnam only)

200 medley relay -- 2. SP (Grundlock, Russell, Alig, Ashcraft) 2:06.38, 3. SP (Gould, McKinney, Huck, Whitman) 2:19.04

200 free -- 1. Smiley (SP) 2:05.18, 2. Albright (SP) 2:17.74, 3. Davis (SP) 2:25.36

200 IM -- 2. Huck (SP) 2:45.80, 3. Russell (SP) 2:46.35, 4. Grundlock (SP) 2:48.58

50 free -- 1. Becker (SP) 24.21, 3. Ashcraft (SP) 26.09, 4. McKinney (SP) 28.05

100 fly -- 2. Huck (SP) 1:13.60, 3. Russell (SP) 1:17.35

100 free -- 1. Becker (SP) 54.58, 2. Smiley (SP) 56.87, 4. Davies (SP) 1:06.97

500 free -- 1. Albright (SP) 5:56.93, 3. Whitman (SP) 6:39.40, 4. Kelly (SP) 7:12.74

200 free relay -- 2. SP (Lund, Gilley, Arnold, Sherwood) 2:07.72

100 backstroke -- 1. Tomasino (SP) 1:19.53, 5. New (SP) 1:29.43

100 breaststroke -- 3. York (SP) 1:28.57, 4. Warren (SP) 1:36.43

400 yard relay -- SP (Lund, Arnold, Gilley, Tomasino) 4:41.91

Girls' Results

Fountain Central 98 South Putnam 77

Event Results

(South Putnam only)

200 Medley relay -- 2. SP (Tomasino, York, Lund, Sherwood) 2:19.37

200 free -- 2. Arnold (SP) 2:33.66, 3. Gilley (SP) 2:40.18

200 IM -- 3. Warren (SP) 3:12.10, 4. York (SP) 3:18

50 free -- 2. Lund (SP) 29.51, 3. Sherwood (SP) 33.49, Aker (SP) 37.60

Diving -- 1. Johnston (SP) 162.40, 3. Lollar (SP) 144.80

100 fly -- 1. Sherwood (SP) 1:19.26

100 free -- 1. Tomasino (SP) 1:08.02, 4. Gilley (SP) 1:15.10, New (SP) 1:17.55

500 free -- Arnold (SP) 6:51.44

200 free relay -- 2. SP (Lund, Gilley, Sherwood, Arnold) 2:07.72

100 backstroke -- 1. Tomasino 1:19.53, 5. New (SP) 1:29.43

100 breaststroke -- 3. York (SP) 1:28.57, 4. Warren (SP) 1:36.43

400 free relay -- 1. SP (Lund, Arnold, Gilley, Tomasino) 4:41.91

Next meet -- South Putnam will host Speedway at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

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