TIGERS FINISH 5TH AT WESTFIELD INVITATIONAL

The Yorktown Tigers scored 306 points on Saturday to finish 5th in the Westfield Invitational. Fishers edged the host Shamrocks 566-510 to capture the team championship. Brebeuf Jesuit and Indianapolis Roncalli tied for 3rd with 368 points, with Lafayette Jeff 6th with 131 points.

Yorktown had one individual champion on the day. Sophomore Larah Beaver took the title in the varsity 100-yard backstroke, swimming 1:00.51 for the top medal. The Tiger girls also finished runner-up in the varsity 200-yard medley relay. The 'A' team of Beaver, freshman Kersea Gable, freshman Jessica Extine, and freshman Caroline Grasso posted a time of 1:59.21, trailing only Fishers (1:53.59).

The Tigers had several other varsity Top 10 finishes on Saturday. Extine was 3rd (:26.59) and Gabby LaVoie 10th (:28.53) in the 50-yard freestyle; Beaver was 4th in the 100-yard freestyle (:57.28); sophomore Sam Mahon finished 5th in 1-meter diving (163.45); Extine added an 8th in the 100-yard butterfly (1:06.80); sophomores Kirsten Nickoli and Chappell Railey went 9-10 in the 500-yard freestyle (6:10.34 and 6:16.52, respectively); Railey added a 10th in the 200-yard IM (2:39.53); Grasso was 6th in the 100-yard backstroke (1:09.64); Gable tallied an 8th place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:19.73), and the medley 'B' team of junior Rachel Reising, sophomore Chelsea Watters, freshman Jillian Buche, and sophomore Chappell Railey was 10th (2:17.64).

Yorktown's other relays also had Top 10 finishes at Westfield. Both YHS entries in the 200-yard freestyle relay landed in the Top 10--the 'A' team of Grasso, Gable, senior Heather Elston and LaVoie went 1:55.42 for 4th, with the 'B' team of Nickoli, Buche, Watters and junior Megan Morency finishing 10th in 2:03.82.

The YHS 400-freestyle relay teams were not to be outdone--both of them also finished in the Top 10. The 'A' team of Extine, Elston, LaVoie and Beaver brought home 7th place honors with a 4:10.27, and the 'B' team of Nickoli, Mahon, Reising and Railey took 10th with a time of 4:33.25.

YORKTOWN RESULTS BY EVENT:

Varsity 200-yard medley relay 2nd Larah Beaver, Kersea Gable, Jessica Extine, Caroline Grasso 1:59.21
10th Rachel Reising, Chelsea Watters, Jillian Buche, Chappell Railey 2:17.64

JV 200-yard freestyle 11th Telisha Osborne 3:14.20
Varsity 200-yard freestyle 12th Kirsten Nickoli 2:17.90
14th Rachel Reising 2:32.57
17th Megan Morency 2:36.73

Varsity 200-yard IM 10th Chappell Railey 2:39.53
14th Kersea Gable 2:44.55
15th Chelsea Watters 2:45.56

JV 50-yard freestyle 5th Kara Martin 31.04
DQ Caitlyn Lowe
Varsity 50-yard freestyle 3rd Jessica Extine 26.59
10th Gabby LaVoie 28.53
12th Caroline Grasso 28.83

1-meter diving 5th Sam Mahon 163.45

Varsity 100-yard butterfly 8th Jessica Extine 1:06.80
14th Jillian Buche 1:21.03
JV 100-yard freestyle 5th Kara Martin 1:10.03
12th Maddie Rhodes 1:36.38
Varsity 100-yard freestyle 4th Larah Beaver 57.28
13th Heather Elston 1:05.80
Varsity 500-yard freestyle 9th Kirsten Nickoli 6:10.34
10th Chappell Railey 6:16.52
14th Jillian Buche 6:55.18

JV 200-yard freestyle relay 8th Caitlyn Lowe, Maddie Rhodes, Telisha Osborne, Kara Martin 2:31.50
Varsity 200-yard freestyle relay 4th Caroline Grasso, Kersea Gable, Heather Elston, Gabby LaVoie 1:55.42
10th Kirsten Nickoli, Jillian Buche, Chelsea Watters, Megan Morency 2:03.82

JV 100-yard backstrone 10th Maddie Rhodes 1:50.08
DQ Telisha Osborne
Varsity 100-yard backstroke 1st Larah Beaver 1:00.51
6th Caroline Grasso 1:09.64
11th Heather Elston 1:13.17

JV 100-yard breaststroke 6th Megan Morency 1:33.60
9th Caitlin Lowe 1:55.80
Varsity 100-yard breaststroke 8th Kersea Gable 1:19.73
11th Gabby LaVoie 1:23.63
13th Chelsea Watters 1:25.16

JV 400-yard freestyle relay 5th Maddie Rhodes, Telisha Osborne, Megan Morency, Kara Martin 5:32.22
Varsity 400-yard freestyle relay 7th Jessica Extine, Heather Elston, Gabby LaVoie, Larah Beaver 4:10.27
10th Kirsten Nickoli, Sam Mahon, Rachel Reising, Chappell Railey 4:33.25

The Tigers are back in action tonight at Anderson Highland. GO TIGERS!