The Yorktown Tigers will face their stiffest challenge so far this season tomorrow at the Homestead Invitational. The annual meet brings together some of the top teams and individuals from across Indiana, and 2009 is no exception. Just how good?
Chesterton High School is clearly the most talented program at Homestead this year. The Trojan boys are #1 in the most recent Indiana High School Swimming Coaches Association rankings, they are the two-time defending IHSAA state champions, and they have Michigan recruit Kyle Whitaker ready to tear it up. Whitaker is a world class swimmer who will put on a show Saturday--he's the top seed in the 200-yard IM, the 100-yard butterfly, and the 100-yard backstroke; Whitaker will also lead off the Trojans' top seeded 200-yard medley relay and anchor their 3rd seeded 400-yard freestyle relay.
Chesterton's Tyler Fozkos is also a stud--he's the top seed in both the 50-yard freestyle and the 500-yard freestyle, and the #3 seed in the 200-yard freestyle.
The Chesterton girls are also very impressive. The Trojan ladies are #3 in the IHSSCA rankings, and they have two of the state's top swimmers in Olivia Kabacinski and Brittany Fozkos. Kabacinski has the talent to dominate in any stroke at any distance. She's seeded #1 in three events on Saturday, the 100-yard, 200-yard, and 500-yard freestyles. Fozkos is the #2 seed in the 50-yard freestyle and 4th in the 100-yard backstroke.
The rest of the field at Homestead isn't exactly chopped liver. The girls field includes #16 Homestead, #23 Indianapolis North Central, #32 Yorktown, and #35 Northridge. On the boys side, you'll find #3 Northridge, #23 Yorktown, #26 Indianapolis North Central, and #29 Homestead.
Northridge freshman Brennen Berger is the top seed in the 100-yard breaststroke. Homestead's Tori Bagan, North Central's Amy Katz and Northridge's Annie Cohoat are among the other standout girls in the field.
Yorktown isn't without its own impressive entrants. Junior Adam Voss owns the top seed going into tomorrow's 200-yard freestyle, and Voss is the #2 seed (behind Whitaker) in the 100-yard butterfly. The Yorktown boys 400-yard freestyle relay team of junior Michael Heavilon, senior Cameron Watters, sophomore Austin Dunn, and Voss is the top seed. Sophomore Larah Beaver holds the top seeded position in the loaded girls 100-yard backstroke field, and the #3 seed in the 100-yard freestyle.
The top 8 seeds at Homestead automatically swim in the championship final of each event, and the Tigers have several more swimmers who will start Saturday in the Top 8. They include freshman Jessica Extine (7th seed in the 50-yard freestyle), Dunn (6th seed in the 100-yard freestyle), Heavilon and Watters (6th and 8th seeds, respectively, in the 500-yard freestyle), and Watters again in the 100-yard backstroke (3rd seed).
Saturday's meet will be held at Summit Middle School (across the road from Homestead High School). Yorktown is scheduled to warm up from 9:45-10:15 a.m., with the first events scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m.
GO TIGERS!
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