Sunday, August 01, 1999
Marlins claim national title
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The Cincinnati Marlins captured the combined team championship Saturday at the United States Junior National Swimming Championships in Bloomington, Ind.
The Marlins ran away with the title as they scored 629 points to easily outdistance the Massachusetts Bay Marlins' 332 points.
The Marlins swept the men's women's and combined titles for only the second time in the history of the U.S. Junior National meet. They previously swept in 1997.
The meet featured more than 1,000 of the top 19-and-under swimmers from more than 100 teams from across the country.
The Marlins' women's 400-meter medley relay team of Lindsey Kroeger (Oak Hills), Deborah Janssen (Oak Hills graduate), Jennifer Koch (Moth er of Mercy) and Kelley O'Hara (Lakota West grad) highlighted Saturday with its first-place finish in 4:28.19.
Both the Marlins' “A” and “B” men's 400 medley relays scored in the top eight.
Andy Seitz (Scott), Garth Fealey (St.Xavier grad), Daniel Ketchum (Sycamore) and Ryan Earhart (St. Xavier grad) were second in 3:58.22. In seventh were Andrew Keefe (St.Xavier), Jason Finck (Beechwood grad), Will Russo (St.Xavier grad) and Brett Hoersting (Covington Catholic) in 4:05.10.
Brad Knueven (CovCath grad) finished eighth in the men's 200-meter individual medley in 2:11.04.
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