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Piranhas battle Hurricanes in pool
PUBLISHED: March 20, 2008
Last week marked the first time in over two swim seasons that the Dexter Community Aquatics Club Piranhas tasted defeat in a dual heat.
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The Hartland Hurricanes capitalized on the fact that DCAC fielded no swimmers in the 15- through 18-year-old age group and racked up 143 uncontested points on the way to a 492.5-428.5 victory last week in Hartland.
The 8-years-old and younger boys' squad of Alex Janosi, Andy Dolen, Kevin Kimmel and Casey Dolen swam to a first-place finish in the 100 medley relay in 1:26.14, while Thomas Stanton, Thomas Griffith, Brady Rosen and Owen Boquette touched in second far ahead of the Hurricane contingent.
Janosi captured first in the 25 freestyle in a season best 16.09, while Casey Dolen took fourth in 19.43, Stanton sixth in 21.64, Boquette eighth in 25.47, followed by Rosen and Griffith.
Andy Dolen led the way in the 100 freestyle by touching in first with a time of 1:19.73, while Kimmel placed fourth in 1:26.90. Casey Dolen and Stanton finished sixth and seventh, respectively recording personal best times.
Andy Dolen, Janosi, Kimmel and Stanton took first in the 100 freestyle relay.
The girls' 8-years-old and younger squad swept the top two spots in both relays, scoring first in the medley relay in 1:28.71 with the team of Amelia Kinnard, Daniella Rupert, Annette Schultz and Phoebe Sotiroff, while Vedhika Raghunathan, Rebecca Messiter, Emma Tamer, and Jordan Maisch took second.
In the freestyle relay, it was Schultz, Sotiroff, Rupert, and Kinnard clocking in at 1:20.41, followed by Sarah Zofchak, Dylan Gilbert, Tamer and Maisch in 1:27.72.
Rupert, Schultz, and Zofchak scored the first three places in the 25 freestyle, while recording personal best times.
Zofchak cruised to a first-place finish in the 100 freestyle in 1:33.36, while Raghunathan was third in 1:55.46, Heather Brouwer was seventh in 2:02.33, and Messiter ninth in 2:22.45.
Zach Martell, Alex Nevin, Andrew Pek, and Ryan Stanton grabbed first in the 200 medley relay with a time of 2:30.20 for the 9- through 10-year-old boys' team. Mike Bradshaw, Jake Nevin, David Merz and Ethan Reynolds took second in 2:42.36, while teammates Griffin Beck, Jonathan King, Matthew Bergdolt and Alex Golin placed third.
Bergdolt took second in the 50 freestyle in 34.81, while Reynolds was third in 34.91, Merz fourth in 34.94, Alex Nevin fifth in 35.51, and Bradshaw eighth in 36.53. Kyle Reisman recorded a personal best while Al Shoopman, Chris Seidleck, and Sean Seidleck all swam well in earlier heats.
Pek took top honors in the 200 freestyle, finishing in 2:35.09, while Stanton swam to a third-place finish in 2:39.30 and Martell fourth in 2:43.66.
Pek, Stanton, Martell and Reynolds took first in the 200 freestyle relay in 2:14.78, while Alex Nevin, Jake Nevin, Merz and Bergdolt placed third in 2:25.62.
The quartet of Emmah Boquette, Megan Carr, Sarah Lynch and Tya Chuanromanee finished first in the 9- through 10-year-old girls' 200 medley relay, while Amanda Keenan, Allison Schneider, Kaylee Witte and Nell Kacmarek touched up in second.
Allison Franz grabbed first in the 50 freestyle in 31.12, followed by Lynch in second stopping the clock in 32.78. Witte scored a fifth place finish in 37.74 and Kacmarek was seventh in 37.88. Brooke Primeau, Gretchen Schultz, Alexis Marsh and Carr all turned in personal best times in the event.
Franz easily outdistanced the field in the 200 freestyle finishing first in 2:29.69, while Boquette was second in 2:43.98. Chuanromanee was fourth, Witte fifth, Schneider sixth and Kacmarek seventh. Amanda Fileccia finished 10th and set a personal best time.
Lynch, Chuanromanee, Boquette and Franz took first in the 200 freestyle relay in 2:17.44, while Primeau, Carr, Schultz and Marsh grabbed third.
The 11- through 12-year-old boys' squad, missing members who competed in the state championship, were well represented by Tyler Orr who placed fifth in the 50 freestyle in 35.36 and fourth in the 200 freestyle in 2:49.75 and Chakraborty Preetom who placed sixth in both the 50 freestyle in 35.58 and 200 freestyle in 3:13.77.
The girls' contingent in the 11- through 12-year-old group took second and third in the 200 medley relay with Laura Stanton, Chante Liu, Rachel Vesey and Taylor Orr finishing in 2:20.80 and Nicole Reisman, Alex Maser, Megan Lynch and Katie Stilber finishing in 2:33.74.
Orr placed first in the 50 freestyle in 29.07, while Vesey placed fifth in 30.78. Stanton finished seventh in 31.13 and Liu ninth in 32.69. Emily Messiter, Katy Kleinhenz and Zoe Marks recorded personal best times and Shelby Bota and Audrey Sleder turned in spirited swims.
Stanton led the Piranhas in the 200 freestyle placing fifth in 2:28.95, while Allie Stilber was eighth, Messiter ninth and Kleinhenz 10th.
The team of Katie Stilber, Orr, Vesey and Liu took first in the 200 freestyle relay, while Maser, Lynch, Sleder and Reisman grabbed second.
Daniel Brooks, Nate Kilian, Jake Claflin and Mark Brown swam to a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay for the 13- through 14-year-old boys' group, while Joey Pek, Charlie Butler, John Eber and Connor Thompson placed third.
Brown recorded a season best 24.49 to take first in the 50 freestyle, with Kilian placing third in 26.61, Kyle Franz fourth in 26.73 and Eber eighth in 29.25.
Claflin held on to win the 200 freestyle in 2:02.64, while Franz was third in 2:08.08, Pek sixth in 2:20.24 and Brooks eighth in 2:29.35.
Brown, Claflin, Kilian and Thompson took first in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:47.55, while Eber, Pek, Brooks and Butler finished second in 2:03.92.
The 13- through 14-year-old girls' team gave a strong showing with Susie Butler, Hailey Sheats, Melissa Vesey and Murphy Hansen taking top honors in the 200 medley relay in 2:12.42.
Vesey took second in the 50 freestyle, while Hansen finished third, Sheats fifth and Brianna Tingley 10th.
Vesey bounced back to claim first in the 200 freestyle in 2:10.10, followed by Hansen in second with a time of 2:12.80. Tingley placed fifth in 2:23.34 and Michelle Brouwer ninth in 2:31.81.
Brouwer, Sheats, Tingley and Butler placed second in the 200 freestyle relay in 2:05.75 to close out the night for the Piranhas.
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