The Yorktown girls ran into a buzzsaw of an opponent last night, dropping a 120-65 decision to 17th ranked Lawrence North. The powerful Wildcats won 10 of 12 events in the season opening meet for both teams, which was the first meet held in LN's beautiful brand new pool.
Sophomores Larah Beaver and Sam Mahon captured the Tigers only victories of the evening. The ailing Beaver held off LN freshman Peyton Cunningham's late charge in the closest and most exciting race of the meet, taking the 100-yard freestyle in :56.24. Cunningham touched in :56.37. Mahon topped the 1-meter diving competition (diving scores were unavailable).
But there were some reasons for optimism among Tiger fans. Freshman Jessica Extine posted a pair of
runner-up finishes in her YHS debut, swimming :25.96 in the 50-yard freestyle and 1:05.61 in the 100-yard butterfly. Sophomore Kirsten Nickoli finished 2nd in the 500-yard freestyle.
Perhaps the most impressive performance of the night for Yorktown came from the 200-yard medley relay team. The quartet of Larah Beaver, Kersea Gable, Jessica Extine and Gabby LaVoie put up a 1:58.36 in the night's opening event, but lost its runner-up finish when a swimmer was disqualified for leaving the block early on an exchange.
That time is six seconds faster than the YHS medley relay team swam in the Lawrence North meet at this time one year ago. And the 2008-09 medley relay team didn't swim better than 1:58.36 until the sectional prelims! There is bound to be some tinkering with who ends up on this team and in what order between now and February. But take heart--if any of Yorktown's relay teams earn a trip to the 2010 State Meet, it's very likely to be the medley.
Next up for Head Coach Brad Grieshop's girls: the Westfield Invitational tomorrow, November 21st. Go Tigers!
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