Four Yorktown Tigers have swum their way into the 2010 State Meet thanks to strong performances at the Hamilton Southeastern Sectional. Senior Cameron Watters, juniors Adam Voss and Michael Heavilon, and sophomore Austin Dunn all punched their tickets to the 'Nat in Saturday's finals, leading the Yorktown boys to a 3rd place finish in the final team standings:
1. Hamilton Southeastern 373, 2. Fishers 310, 3. Yorktown 151, 4. Anderson Highland 140, 5. Oak Hill 109.5, 6. Anderson 108.5, 7. Pendleton Heights 102, 8. Marion 39, 9. Alexandria 16, 10. Elwood 2.
Voss earned Yorktown's only individual sectional championship, edging Highland's Kyle Johnson 51.10 to 51.38 to take top honors in the 100-yard butterfly. Just how good are those times? Good enough to seed Voss 3rd and Johnson 7th among the 32 boys who will hit the water for the State Meet prelims on Friday night. Voss is positioned to make a strong run at winning Yorktown's next state championship--go get 'em, Adam!
Voss will compete in a second individual event at State, the 200-yard freestyle. Voss finished in 3rd place at the sectional in 1:43.70, and enters the State Meet seeded 11th in that event.
Two other Tigers earned the right to compete at State in individual events. Watters bested the state cut and broke Alex Keller's year-old YHS record in the 100-yard backstroke, swimming a 54.09 for a 4th place finish and the #18 seed at State. Dunn swam a lifetime best 22.05 for 2nd at the sectional; Austin's time was just over the state cut, but fast enough for a call down to Indianapolis and the #26 seeding.
The "Fab Four" of Watters, Voss, Heavilon and Dunn will compete in two relays at the 'Nat. The boys posted a 2nd place finish at the sectional in the 200-yard medley relay (1:39.82) and enter the State Meet prelims seeded 21st. They'll also make a run at the field in the 400-yard freestyle relay following their 3rd place finish at the sectional (3:15.76). Yorktown is the 17th seed in that event.
The Yorktown boys who didn't qualify for State had some impressive performances in the sectional, too. Senior Harrison Slater cut an amazing 15 seconds off his seed time in the 200-yard freestyle prelims, with junior Joe Eskew dropping more than nine seconds in the same event. Senior Kyle Bonneau trimmed his time by almost six seconds in the prelims of the 200-yard IM. Both senior Michael Stocker and junior Aaron Kalley cut two seconds off their times in the 50-yard freestyle prelims. Freshman Thommy Brown's effort in the 100-yard butterfly was nearly two seconds quicker than his seed time. Kalley lowered his time in the 100-yard freestyle by almost four seconds, and Eskew trimmed his 500-yard freestyle time by more than ten seconds. Finally, junior Joe Railey snipped almost ten seconds off his best time in the 100-yard backstroke!
Head coach Brad Grieshop, assistant coaches Jim Lefler and Frank Mattingly, and diving coach Shana Riegle did another masterful job preparing their athletes for the rigors of one of the toughest sectionals in all of Indiana. Job well done, folks.
The boys 2010 State Meet prelims begin at 6:00 o'clock Friday night at the I.U. Natatorium.
GO TIGERS!
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