The Fishers Sectional is one of the toughest in the state from year to year, and 2011 is no exception based on the times posted last night in the preliminary round of the competition at FHS.
Even so, the "Mighty Men of Yorktown" or, as I call them, the "Old Men" of YHS broke out some classic post-season swims last night, claiming two individual top seeds and one relay top seed in tomorrow's Sectional finals.
Seniors have carried this team throughout the 2010-11 season, and the graybeards came through again last night. Adam Voss was the quickest of the 18 competitors in the 100-yard butterfly and will pick the march out music as the #1 seed after touching the wall in 51.67. His longtime teammate and buddy Michael Heavilon was right behind him, going 52.79 to earn the #2 seed.
Fellow senior Hunter Hoffman will also carry the mantle of #1 seed into the final of the 50-yard freestyle following his season-best 21.24 in the prelims. Hoffman is only just beginning a journey that is likely to take him into Saturday at the State Meet next weekend. But first things first--look for Fishers' David Arick to push Hunter to a sub-21 time and the championship tomorrow.
The other #1 seed for Yorktown is its senior dominated 200-yard medley relay squad. Voss, Hoffman and Heavilon teamed with senior Wes Gustin on Thursday night to top the field with a time of 1:38.34. The first event of Saturday's competition will be an all-out war, with talented Fishers about a half-second behind YHS in the prelims. But it's the snake hiding in the weeds that everyone should watch out for--Hamilton Southeastern's quartet has already gone 1:36.80 this season, and they'll be bringing the gas tomorrow. The men in green will probably have to crank out a time better than the YHS record of 1:36.35 to win. Should be a classic!
Yorktown is set up to score lots of points in other events--Hoffman is the #2 seed in what should be another fantastic race in the 100-yard freestyle; Michael Heavilon is the #2 seed in the 200-yard IM; Voss enters the 100-yard backstroke as the #3 seed; and the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Voss, Michael and Scott Heavilon, and Hunter Hoffman is seeded #2 after touching the wall in 3:14.69, just 13/100ths behind Anderson last night. The YHS record of 3:12.23 could be in serious jeopardy tomorrow!
Other Tigers who advanced to tomorrow's races include freshman Scott Heavilon in the consol final of both the 200-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle; junior Alec Durant and sophomore Thommy Brown in the consol final of the 200-yard IM; Brown again in the consol final of the 100-yard butterfly; Gustin in the championship final of the 50-yard freestyle and the consol final of the 100-yard freestyle; senior Joe Eskew in the consol final of the 500-yard freestyle; freshman Brock Rees in the consol final of the 100-yard backstroke; Durant again in the consol final of the 100-yard breaststroke; and the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Gustin, Eskew, Brown and Scott Heavilon will be in the championship final.
It'll be a great day of racing. Get there early if you want a seat, because they'll go fast once the doors open. And dress for summer, because it will be VERY hot in the pool on Saturday.
Let's get as many swimmers and divers through to the State Meet as possible tomorrow.
And GO TIGERS!
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