With October just a couple of days away, it won't be long before the Yorktown High School Tigers find themselves getting ready to open their new season. The IHSAA allows girls' teams to begin practicing on Monday, October 25th, and to begin competing in meets as early as Monday, November 8th. The boys' season is staggered, with their first practices on November 8th, and their first meets no earlier than November 22nd.
The YHS schedule for 2010-11 will again be among the toughest in Indiana, but with one change--the
long-running rivalry with Anderson Highland High School is over, now that Highland has been turned into a middle school. All meets are co-ed unless otherwise noted.
Here's a look at the Tigers' 2010-11 path to the State Meet at the IU Natatorium:
Thursday, November 18th--Lawrence North at Yorktown (girls only), 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 20th--Yorktown at Westfield Invitational (girls only), 10:00 a.m.
Saturday, November 27th--Westfield at Yorktown, 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday, November 30th--Yorktown at Delta, 5:15 p.m.
Thursday, December 2nd--New Palestine at Yorktown, 5:15 p.m.
Tuesday, December 7th--Pendleton Heights at Yorktown, 5:15 p.m.
Thursday, December 9th--Yorktown at Anderson, 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 11th--Yorktown at Homestead Invitational, 11:00 a.m.
Thursday, December 16th--Yorktown at Noblesville, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 6th--New Castle at Yorktown, 5:15 p.m.
Tuesday, January 11th--Yorktown at Muncie South, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 13th--Yorktown at Hoosier Heritage Conference Diving Prelims, 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 15th--Yorktown at Hoosier Heritage Conference Meet, 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday, January 25th--Yorktown at Muncie Central, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 3rd--Yorktown at Hamilton Southeastern Sectional Prelims (girls only), TBA
Saturday, February 5th--Yorktown at Hamilton Southeastern Sectional Finals (girls only), TBA
Tuesday, February 8th--Yorktown at Diving Regional (girls only), TBA
Friday, February 11th--Yorktown at State Meet Prelims (girls only), TBA
Saturday, February 12th--Yorktown at State Meet Finals (girls only), TBA
Thursday, February 17th--Yorktown at Fishers Sectional Prelims (boys only), TBA
Saturday, February 19th--Yorktown at Fishers Sectional Finals (boys only), TBA
Tuesday, February 22nd--Yorktown at Diving Regional (boys only), TBA
Friday, February 25th--Yorktown at State Meet Prelims (boys only), TBA
Saturday, February 26th--Yorktown at State Meet Finals (boys only), TBA
See you around the pool, and GO TIGERS!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
ANOTHER HALL OF FAME CANDIDATE
The Indiana High School Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame will induct 25 former swimmers, divers, coaches and other special contributors in 2011. My coverage of that recent announcement touched on whether former YHS standout Kelsi Hall will someday become a member of the HOF. But there's another former Tiger whose career presents an equally compelling case for induction--Maggie Bird.
Simply put, no one better exemplifies what Yorktown swimming was and is all about. Her name is synonymous with the sport at YHS; during her four years competing for former Coach J Agnew, Maggie won three IHSAA state championships (200 yard Free in 2005, 200 yard Free in 2006, and 500 yard Free in 2006). Her initial title in 2005 was the first individual IHSAA state championship ever won in any sport by a female athlete from Yorktown High School.
Bird also won 9 IHSAA sectional titles and 16 Hoosier Heritage Conference championships during her high school career. The National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) named Maggie an
All-American 14 times, and an Academic All-American at the conclusion of her senior season in 2006.
Maggie Bird went on to swim with distinction for the Auburn University Tigers for four years, becoming an eight time All-American, winning two individual Southeastern Conference championships (1,650 yard Free and 500 yard Free), and setting an AU school record. She also represented the United States at the 2008 FINA World Short Course Championships in Manchester, England.
It would only be fitting if the next HOF induction class included the greatest all-around competitor in Yorktown swimming history, Maggie Bird.
GO TIGERS!
Simply put, no one better exemplifies what Yorktown swimming was and is all about. Her name is synonymous with the sport at YHS; during her four years competing for former Coach J Agnew, Maggie won three IHSAA state championships (200 yard Free in 2005, 200 yard Free in 2006, and 500 yard Free in 2006). Her initial title in 2005 was the first individual IHSAA state championship ever won in any sport by a female athlete from Yorktown High School.
Bird also won 9 IHSAA sectional titles and 16 Hoosier Heritage Conference championships during her high school career. The National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) named Maggie an
All-American 14 times, and an Academic All-American at the conclusion of her senior season in 2006.
Maggie Bird went on to swim with distinction for the Auburn University Tigers for four years, becoming an eight time All-American, winning two individual Southeastern Conference championships (1,650 yard Free and 500 yard Free), and setting an AU school record. She also represented the United States at the 2008 FINA World Short Course Championships in Manchester, England.
It would only be fitting if the next HOF induction class included the greatest all-around competitor in Yorktown swimming history, Maggie Bird.
GO TIGERS!
Friday, September 17, 2010
NEW HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES ANNOUNCED
The Indiana High School Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame has chosen its 2011 inductees. The 25 former swimmers, divers, coaches, officials and other contributors will be formally inducted at a ceremony next April in Indianapolis. Each one will also be honored with a plaque that will hang in the concourse of the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis.
Yorktown swimmers and their parents will see some familiar names on the list, which includes several athletes and coaches the Tigers faced over the years in this part of Indiana.
Here are the 2011 Hall of Fame inductees:
Swimmers
Michelle McKeehan, Center Grove High School, 2004-08
Jenny Connolly, West Lafayette Harrison High School, 2004-08
Trish Regan, Carmel High School, 2006-10
Brook Monroe, Floyd Central High School, 1993-97
Susan Hentschel, Indianapolis North Central High School, 1999-2003
Lacey Boutwell, Noblesville High School, 1997-2001
Jayne Kremer, West Lafayette High School, 1974-76
Kyle Whitaker, Chesterton High School, 2006-10
Michael Christy, Indianapolis North Central High School, 2003-07
Ben Wachtel, Westfield High School, 2004-08
Mike Slowey, South Bend Adams High School, 1972-76
Mark Mamula, South Bend Clay High School, 1970-74
Robert Beck, Merrillville High School, 1979-82
Jack Deppe, Bloomington High School, 1967-71
David Buchanan, South Bend Riley High School, 1957-61
John Buchanan, South Bend Riley High School, 1956-60
Divers
Sara Gonso, Indianapolis North Central High School, 1997-2001
Kari Retrum, Hamilton Southeastern High School, 1998-2002
Caleb Dunnichay, Elwood High School, 2002-06
Coaches
Chris Plumb, Carmel High School
Andy Pedersen, Hamilton Southeastern High School
Richard Fetters, South Bend Riley High School
Kurt Haas (Diving), Franklin Community High School
Chuck Chelich (Diving), Munster High School
Special Contributor
Nancy Gulliver, Official
Boutwell still holds the IHSAA State Meet records in both the 50-yard freestyle (:22.90 as a freshman in 1998) and 100-yard freestyle (a sizzling :49.77 as a senior in 2001). In fact, Boutwell is the only competitor in the history of the girls' State Meet ever to break :50 in the 100.
It should also be pointed out that former Yorktown High School star and current Miami Hurricane Kelsi Hall bettered Boutwell's record time in the 50-yard freestyle during her prep career. Hall blistered the water at the 2007 Hamilton Southeastern Sectional, throwing down a jaw-dropping :22.85 in the preliminaries on her way to one of three-consecutive state championships in the 50. But the IHSAA only allows times recorded at the State Meet to be considered state records, so Kelsi has to settle for the personal satisfaction of being the fastest girl in the history of the sport at the high school level in Indiana.
Hopefully, Kelsi's accomplishments will someday qualify her for induction into the Hall of Fame. She certainly deserves it.
GO TIGERS!
Yorktown swimmers and their parents will see some familiar names on the list, which includes several athletes and coaches the Tigers faced over the years in this part of Indiana.
Here are the 2011 Hall of Fame inductees:
Swimmers
Michelle McKeehan, Center Grove High School, 2004-08
Jenny Connolly, West Lafayette Harrison High School, 2004-08
Trish Regan, Carmel High School, 2006-10
Brook Monroe, Floyd Central High School, 1993-97
Susan Hentschel, Indianapolis North Central High School, 1999-2003
Lacey Boutwell, Noblesville High School, 1997-2001
Jayne Kremer, West Lafayette High School, 1974-76
Kyle Whitaker, Chesterton High School, 2006-10
Michael Christy, Indianapolis North Central High School, 2003-07
Ben Wachtel, Westfield High School, 2004-08
Mike Slowey, South Bend Adams High School, 1972-76
Mark Mamula, South Bend Clay High School, 1970-74
Robert Beck, Merrillville High School, 1979-82
Jack Deppe, Bloomington High School, 1967-71
David Buchanan, South Bend Riley High School, 1957-61
John Buchanan, South Bend Riley High School, 1956-60
Divers
Sara Gonso, Indianapolis North Central High School, 1997-2001
Kari Retrum, Hamilton Southeastern High School, 1998-2002
Caleb Dunnichay, Elwood High School, 2002-06
Coaches
Chris Plumb, Carmel High School
Andy Pedersen, Hamilton Southeastern High School
Richard Fetters, South Bend Riley High School
Kurt Haas (Diving), Franklin Community High School
Chuck Chelich (Diving), Munster High School
Special Contributor
Nancy Gulliver, Official
Boutwell still holds the IHSAA State Meet records in both the 50-yard freestyle (:22.90 as a freshman in 1998) and 100-yard freestyle (a sizzling :49.77 as a senior in 2001). In fact, Boutwell is the only competitor in the history of the girls' State Meet ever to break :50 in the 100.
It should also be pointed out that former Yorktown High School star and current Miami Hurricane Kelsi Hall bettered Boutwell's record time in the 50-yard freestyle during her prep career. Hall blistered the water at the 2007 Hamilton Southeastern Sectional, throwing down a jaw-dropping :22.85 in the preliminaries on her way to one of three-consecutive state championships in the 50. But the IHSAA only allows times recorded at the State Meet to be considered state records, so Kelsi has to settle for the personal satisfaction of being the fastest girl in the history of the sport at the high school level in Indiana.
Hopefully, Kelsi's accomplishments will someday qualify her for induction into the Hall of Fame. She certainly deserves it.
GO TIGERS!
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