Don't poke the tiger--or in this case, the TIGERS! That's the lesson the other seven teams in the Hoosier Heritage Conference learned on Saturday, as the 20th ranked Yorktown girls roared to their second consecutive league championship.
The Tigers used a mix of frontline studs and an ever-improving supporting cast to tally a whopping 441.5 points to easily outdistance runner-up New Palestine.
Senior Larah Beaver joined elite company, winning the 100 Free (54.84) and 100 Back (58.39) for the 4TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR. A quick review of the YHS swimming archives indicates only one other Tiger has accomplished that feat--Kelsi Hall made it a career sweep of the 50 Free and 100 Free from 2005-08. Beaver finishes the conference portion of her YHS career with 14 HHC titles!
Junior Jessica Extine is also well on her way to induction in Club Awesome. Extine made it two-straight victories in the 50 Free (25.14) and 100 Fly (1:01.25), giving her 10 career HHC bests with another year to go.
The other individual HHC title this year goes to freshman phenom Lauren Elston, who tamed the field Saturday in the 200 IM (2:19.90) for the first individual HHC blue ribbon of her career.
Two of Yorktown's relays also stood atop the awards podium on Saturday, one in record breaking fashion. Junior Caroline Grasso led off the victorious 200 Medley Relay and handed off to Extine, Elston and Beaver to shatter the old HHC record with a season-best 1:52.44. That took down the standard of 1:54.08 set by Yorktown's Kiley Tolbert, Katie Simmons, Katie Mitsch and Jenna Long in 2004.
The same four girls also claimed the gold in the 400 Free Relay (3:50.79). But here's hoping the coaching staff puts their talents to better use in the upcoming Sectional and State Meet. Beaver, Elston, Extine and Grasso already have a projected time that is just off the school record (1:36.36) in the 200 FREE RELAY. That's where they can score the most points and make the deepest tournament run. PLEASE, coaches, send those girls to the Nat in the SPRINTS where they belong!
Several other Lady Tigers made strong contributions on Saturday. Caroline Grasso, Ashley Sexton, Katie Keller and Lauren Elston each added Top 5 finishes. The breakout swim of the day belonged to freshman Bailey Windell, who cut about 11 seconds off her previous best in the 500 Free to place 3rd from Heat 2 (5:46.61)!
More on the BOYS side of the meet later. But for now...
GO TIGERS!
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