TIGERS MOVE UP IN RANKINGS

The Yorktown Tigers have begun climbing up the ladder in the rankings released today by the Indiana High School Swimming Coaches Association.

Head coach Brad Grieshop's boys jumped six spots from a week ago and find themselves the state's #14 team heading into the gruelling Christmas break training regimen. All three YHS boys relays also improved on their rankings from the December 14 poll--the 200-yard freestyle relay team's 1:31.64 is ranked #13 this week; the 400-yard freestyle relay team's 3:19.41 is also #13; and the 200-yard medley relay squad finds itself in the #14 position with a best time of 1:41.90. Congrats to senior Cameron Watters, juniors Adam Voss and Michael Heavilon, and sophomore Austin Dunn!

Two Tiger boys remain ranked in individual events. Voss is #6 in the 200-yard freestyle (1:42.67) and #7 in the 100-yard butterfly (51.29). Dunn joins Voss in the butterfly rankings at #15 (53.11), but fell out of the 100-yard freestyle rankings this week (it now takes a sub-50 to get onto the list of the 32 best in Indiana in that event).

On the girls side, Yorktown has moved into a tie with Lake Central for #30. The YHS 200-yard medley relay team (sophomore Larah Beaver and freshmen Kersea Gable, Jessica Extine and Caroline Grasso) has slipped into the #32 ranking with a 2:00.23, although their time of 1:59.13 against Noblesville last week would have been good enough for #29.

Beaver continues to be the only Tiger with an individual event ranking, holding down the #6 position in the 100-yard backstroke with a 57.10. Beaver's lifetime best of 54.09 would place her at #25 in the 100-yard freestyle if it were reported, and Extine's 24.69 in the 50-yard freestyle (at the club FAST Santa Claus Classic) would be good for #23 had it occurred in a YHS meet. Way to go, girls!

The Tigers will spend the next 2-1/2 weeks building their conditioning before taking on New Castle on January 7th.

GO TIGERS!