STATE MEET RECAP

If there's one thing in swimming that's more important than a well designed taper, it's the timing of that taper. And that was borne out by the results of the Yorktown Tigers at the boys 2010 State Meet.

Senior Cameron Watters, juniors Adam Voss and Michael Heavilon, and sophomore Austin Dunn swam as hard as they could over the weekend, but could not sustain the impressive performances they displayed a week earlier at the Hamilton Southeastern Sectional.

Voss was the only Tiger to advance from Friday night's prelims to Saturday's finals, putting himself in the Big Show in two individual events. Voss was the #3 seed in the 100-yard Fly following his 51.10 sectional champion effort the week before. But Voss' 52.00 in the prelims forced him into Saturday's 'B' final field, where he managed a 52.06. That was good enough for an 11th place finish.

Voss also competed in the 200-yard Free. The #11 seed put up a 1:44.07 prelim swim to finish Friday night in 13th place. He followed that with a 1:44.05 in Saturday's 'B' final, which gave Voss a 13th place finish in the standings. Both results are probably less than Voss had hoped for, but hundreds of swimmers across Indiana would give anything just to make it to State. So there's a lot to celebrate in being one of the Top 16 in your sport--nice job, Adam. Look for even bigger and better things out of this young man as a senior next year!

Watters, Heavilon and Dunn also struggled to find that "top gear" again at the State Meet. Watters' final individual swim as a Tiger came in the 100-yard Back prelim, where his 55.31 was more than a second slower than his seed time (54.09). Watters finished the night in 25th place. The best Dunn could muster in the 50-yard Free prelim was 22.54; his seed time was 22.05. Dunn settled for a 29th place finish.

Heavilon joined his three YHS teammates competing in two relays. The "Fab Four" added nearly two seconds to their seed time in the 200-yard Medley Relay on Friday night, posting a 1:41.59 to finish in 26th place. In the 400-yard Free Relay, Yorktown picked up a 20th place finish by swimming a 3:16.70.

Voss' individual placings earned Yorktown 10 points, which left the Tigers 40th of the 54 teams that scored at the State Meet.

Congratulations to all the boys, their coaching staff, and their parents for a job well done during the 2009-10 season.

GO TIGERS!