HOOSIER HERITAGE CONFERENCE--GIRLS

Three weeks from today, the Yorktown boys and girls will join their seven Hoosier Heritage Conference rivals for the 2011 HHC Meet at New Palestine High School. It's one of the premier events of the season, and the kids (and fans) really get revved up in the battle for conference supremacy. It's hard to believe we've already gotten that far in the 2010-11 schedule, but it's right around the corner.

The future looks bright for both Yorktown squads in January. Coach Matt Routh's teams have strung together some impressive performances this season--they've put themselves in position to contend for both HHC championships again next month.

As promised, here's a look at the Top 10 reported times in the HHC by event, beginning with the girls. I'll add the boys in the coming days.

200 Medley Relay--1. Yorktown 1:56.16, 2. Greenfield-Central 2:00.02, 3. Mt. Vernon 2:03.77, 4. Pendleton Heights 2:07.64, 5. Shelbyville 2:2:09.43, 6. New Palestine 2:09.67, 7. Delta 2:10.44. Rushville doesn't have enough swimmers to field a team in this event.

200 Free--1. Larah Beaver (Y) 2:00.55, 2. Carly Fernandes (GC) 2:07.89, 3. Brooke Sigler (Y) 2:09.81, 4. Caroline Grasso (Y) 2:13.31, 5. Olivia Shatterlay (MV) 2:15.05, 6. Jillyann Jackson (PH) 2:16.30, 7. Katie Mustard (NP) 2:16.33, 8. Caroline Baggott (GC) 2:16.38, 9. Bri Coffee (GC) 2:16.89, 10. Rachael Dickerson (GC) 2:17.62.

200 IM--1. Larah Beaver (Y) 2:15.82, 2. Jessica Extine (Y) 2:19.77, 3. Emilee Kirby (D) 2:24.36, 4. Caroline Baggott (GC) 2:26.71, 5. Sarah Fleming (S) 2:27.68, 6. Caroline Grasso (Y) 2:29.56, 7. Jordan Rogers (NP) 2:30.72, 8. Madeline Powell (MV) 2:31.87, 9. Amy Powell (MV) 2:33.16, 10. Taylor Johnson (GC) 2:33.33.

50 Free--1. Autumn Brown (PH) 25.02, 2. Jessica Extine (Y) 25.44, 3. Emily Trimpe (NP) 26.07, 4. Caroline Grasso (Y) 26.55, 5. Taylor Johnson (GC) 26.79, 6. Jessica Blackburn (MV) 27.75, 7. Kyla Hauck (S) 27.85, 8. Gabby LaVoie (Y) 27.97, 9. Maija Lewis (D) 28.31, 10. Victoria Jenkins (NP) 28.53.

1-Meter Diving--1. Lauren Reifel (MV) 252.00, 2. Hannah Cochran (PH) 246.85, 3. Allie Dickman (GC) 241.35, 4. Danielle Kidney (GC) 239.60, 5. Sarah Barker (MV) 210.00, 6. Sam Mahon (Y) 201.75, 7. Kenna Gibson (D) 189.65, 8. Kaitlyn Kennedy (D) 186.25, 9. Taylor Fiew (PH) 170.75, 10. Emily McKinney (MV) 158.35.

100 Fly--1. Jessica Extine (Y) 1:02.10, 2. Taylor Johnson (GC) 1:04.39, 3. Autumn Brown (PH) 1:04.48, 4. Caroline Baggott (GC) 1:05.77, 5. Amy Powell (MV) 1:08.99, 6. Katie Prosser (NP) 1:09.41, 7. Maija Lewis (D) 1:10.69, 8. Karen Emminger (NP) 1:12.47, 9. Kaelie Hauck (S) 1:12.95, 10. Paige Ruddick (MV) 1:13.23.

100 Free--1. Larah Beaver (Y) 53.61, 2. Autumn Brown (PH) 55.42, 3. Emily Trimpe (NP) 57.13, 4. Carly Fernandes (GC) 58.82, 5. Caroline Grasso (Y) 59.01, 6. Caroline Baggott (GC) 1:00.22, 7. Taylor Johnson (GC) 1:00.69, 8. Kyla Hauck (S) 1:01.25, 9. Jessica Blackburn (MV) 1:01.98, 10. Gabby LaVoie (Y) 1:02.61.

500 Free--1. Carly Fernandes (GC) 5:31.89, 2. Brooke Sigler (Y) 5:48.07, 3. Bri Coffee (GC) 6:05.83, 4. Katie Tomlin (D) 6:06.39, 5. Eva Gonzales (MV) 6:08.44, 6. Jillyann Jackson (PH) 6:08.46, 7. Megan Prosser (NP) 6:10.44, 8. Olivia Shatterlay (MV) 6:11.74, 9. Kirsten Nickoli (Y) 6:12.74, 10. Chappell Railey (Y) 6:14.05.

200 Free Relay--1. Yorktown 1:45.05, 2. New Palestine 1:48.17, 3. Mt. Vernon 1:54.28, 4. Pendleton Heights 1:55.94, 5. Greenfield-Central 1:55.65, 6. Delta 1:57.35, 7. Shelbyville 2:05.40. Rushville doesn't have enough swimmers to field a team in this event.

100 Back--1. Larah Beaver (Y) 57.61, 2. Caroline Grasso (Y) 1:03.18, 3. Carly Fernandes (GC) 1:03.42, 4. Sarah Fleming (S) 1:05.83, 5. Katie Prosser (NP) 1:06.53, 6. Madeline Powell (MV) 1:07.74, 7. Brooke Sigler (Y) 1:09.69, 8. Emily Ditto (GC) 1:10.60, 9. Ashley Nolley (S) 1:11.43, 10. Mason Mills (PH) 1:11.64.

100 Breast--1. Emilee Kirby (D) 1:15.80, 2. Ellen Werner (MV) 1:16.37, 3. Cassidy Creemer (GC) 1:16.78, 4. Zoe Smith (MV) 1:17.52, 5. Kersea Gable (Y) 1:17.55, 6. Jordan Rogers (NP) 1:18.16, 7. Chelsea Watters (Y) 1:19.92, 8. Erin Moreno (Y) 1:20.49, 9. Olivia Shannon (MV) 1:21.05, 10. Gabby LaVoie (Y) 1:21.21.

400 Free Relay--1. Yorktown 3:50.37, 2. New Palestine 3:59.86, 3. Greenfield-Central 4:02.04, 4. Shelbyville 4:09.20, 5. Pendleton Heights 4:17.67, 6. Mt. Vernon 4:10.10, 7. Delta 4:31.64. Rushville doesn't have enough swimmers to field a team in this event.

The Lady Tigers have enough firepower to bring home the HHC trophy after a two-year hiatus. But the lineup used by coach Routh will ultimately determine whether they get the job done. He has two options--the first is to allow his top performers to swim in two individual events each, and on two relays. The other option is to force all of his top performers to swim on THREE relays in an effort to maximize their scoring potential (because relays are worth double points). All of Yorktown's relays would be seeded first if the meet were held today.

I believe YHS can utilize the first strategy and still emerge the champions, but ONLY if the half-dozen strongest members of the team swim in their BEST events, and WIN them. Yorktown has the very real potential to finish 1-2 in the 100-yard backstroke; that would score nearly as many points as a relay victory, making the move a win-win for the team.

Greenfield-Central appears to be in a strong position to challenge Yorktown for the top spot, with Mt. Vernon also in the hunt. Things should be very interesting 21 days from now. See you there.

GO TIGERS!