Sunday, February 06, 2000
CovCath, NDA win region swimming
BY RAY SCHAEFER
Enquirer contributor
TAYLOR MILL — The five words heard most often at Saturday's girls regional swimming meet were: “The winner ... Notre Dame Academy.”
Notre Dame defeated Beechwood 351-205 at Scott High School for its 18th regional title in 19 years.
Covington Catholic won its fourth regional championship since 1995 nearly as easily. The Colonels defeated Scott 347-283. Scott topped Beechwood 465-322 for the combined crown.
With such an easy win, some of the Notre Dame swimmers started thinking about the state meet in Lexington in two weeks.
“I'm just going to go down to state to do what I can do,” senior Lauren Musk said. “We're going to go down and have fun.”
Musk was a major reason Notre Dame won Saturday. She took the 200- and 500-yard freestyle titles and was a member of the winning 200 freestyle relay team.
From the opening event, Notre Dame left little doubt who would capture the team title. The 200 medley relay team of senior Emily Maier, juniors Janet Heil and Lauren Counts and freshman Nicole Culbertson beat Beechwood by nearly two seconds. Culbertson also won the 50 freestyle.
Altogether, Notre Dame qualified at least one swimmer in five events, two each in four more and all three relay teams. The Pandas finished fifth at state last year, and coach Karen Bresser is aiming higher.
“If we could get all the (swimmers) in the finals, hopefully we'll move up,” Bresser said.
CovCath coach Steve Durkee has coached individual state champions such as Scott Ryan, Nate Dusing and Brad Knueven. But he said he also likes having the team depth to yield at least one automatic state qualifier in every event except the 100 backstroke.
“My people are dropping seconds off their preliminary times,” Durkee said. “I always thought (swimming) was a team sport.”
Junior Brett Hoersting (50 freestyle) and junior Phil Rugare (200 individual medley) won CovCath's only two individual titles, and the quartet of senior Kevin Kleman, Rugare, senior Jason Theissen and junior Matt Bertke won the 400 freestyle relay.
The boys 200 freestyle was the only race to feature two defending state champions, Scott senior Andy Seitz and Beechwood senior Tim Wera (500 freestyle). Seitz, the defending 200 state champ, de feated Wera by 1.6 seconds Saturday.
Seitz — who also took the 100 freestyle in a regional record 46.96 — said there's a bit of a rivalry with Wera, who beat him for the state 500 freestyle title last year. But he added it's more important to lower his 200 time for the state meet.
“I want to have (the 200 time) down to 1:38 by state,” Seitz said. “I'm going for a state record. It's 1:39.”
Wera rebounded to take the regional 500 title, though he said he wasn't pleased with his time of 4:44.41.
GIRLS RESULTS
Team scores: 1. Notre Dame 351; 2. Beechwood 205; 3. Scott 182; 4. Highlands 116; 5. Ryle 96; 6. Villa Madonna 83; 7. Dixie Heights 69; 8. St.Henry 62; 9. Campbell County 55; 10. Simon Kenton 44; 11. Rose Hill Christian 41; 12. Covington Latin 29; 13. Holmes 27; 14. Ashland Paul Blazer 9; 15. Holy Cross 4; 16. Conner 3.
Individual results (top three automatically advance to state):
200-yard medley relay: 1. Notre Dame, 1:57.33; 2. Beechwood, 1:59.09; 3. Scott, 2:04.15.
200 freestyle: 1. Lauren Musk, Notre Dame, 1:59.80; 2. Ann Isaacs, Scott, 1:59.98; 3. Erin Melville, Ryle, 2:03.45.
200 individual medley: 1. Wesley Swafford, Beechwood, 2:13.44; 2. Emily Maier, Notre Dame, 2:14.55; 3. Kristin Finck, Beechwood, 2:21.90.
50 freestyle: 1. Nicole Culbertson, Notre Dame, 25.27; 2. Patricia Freidel, Ryle, 26.01; 3. Ally Davis, Dixie Heights, 26.10.
100 butterfly: 1. Mallory Neltner, Highlands, 1:00.78; 2. Stephanie Snyder, St.Henry, 1:02.71; 3. Janet Heil, Notre Dame, 1:03.18.
100 freestyle: 1. Ann Isaacs, Scott, 56.22; 2. Emily Oberjohn, Notre Dame, 56.65; 3. Patricia Freidel, Ryle, 57.22.
500 freestyle: 1. Lauren Musk, Notre Dame, 5:18.93; 2. Melanie Gast, Dixie Heights, 5:32.23; 3. Leah Kirn, Notre Dame, 5:44.66.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Notre Dame, 1:45.22; 2. Highlands 1:48.10; 3. Beechwood, 1:48.40.
100 backstroke: 1. Mallory Neltner, Highlands, 59.87; 2. Emily Maier, Notre Dame, 1:02.02; 3. Chrissy Guidi, Notre Dame, 1:05.24.
100 breaststroke: 1. Wesley Swafford, Beechwood, 1:10.26; 2. Nicole Culbertson, Notre Dame, 1:11.01 3. Janet Heil, Notre Dame, 1:11.05.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Beechwood, 3:49.38; 2. Notre Dame, 3:51.85. 3. Scott 4:02.67.
All-region team: Notre Dame — Lauren Musk, Nicole Culbertson, Emily Oberjohn, Janet Heil; Holmes — Robyn Karlage; Beechwood — Wesley Swafford; Highlands — Mallory Neltner; Scott — Ann Isaacs.
Outstanding swimmer: Mallory Neltner, Highlands. Outstanding coach: Hallie Hundemer, Dixie Heights.
BOYS RESULTS
Team scores: 1. Covington Catholic 347; 2. Scott 283; 3. Highlands 179; 4. Dixie Heights 148; 5. Beechwood 117; 6. Russell 78; 7. Villa Madonna 49; 8. Ryle 33; 9. Covington Latin 30; 10. Campbell County 28; 11. Rose Hill Christian 21; 12. Boyd County 19; 13. (tie) St.Henry and Ashland Paul Blazer 10; 5. Holmes 3.
Individual results (top three automatically advance to state):
200-yard medley relay: 1. Scott, 1:41.87; 2. Covington Catholic, 1:43.62; 3. Beechwood, 1:51.92.
200 freestyle: 1. Andy Seitz, Scott, 1:42.26; 2. Tim Wera, Beechwood, 1:43.86; 3. Kevin Kleman, Covington Catholic, 1:48.94.
200 individual medley: 1. Phil Rugare, Covington Catholic, 2:02.67; 2. Jason Vadney, Scott, 2:03.12 3. David Van Epps, Highlands, 2:03.69.
50 freestyle: 1. Brett Hoersting, Covington Catholic, 22.47; 2. Jon Vadney, Scott, 22.56; 3. Sean Pharr, Covington Catholic, 22.91.
100 butterfly: 1. Michael Day, Dixie Heights, 52.50; 2. Sean Pharr, Covington Catholic, 56.75; 3. Craig Dailey, Covington Catholic, 57.17.
100 freestyle: 1. Andy Seitz, Scott, 46.96 (regional and pool record); 2. Brett Hoersting, Covington Catholic, 48.84; 3. Brian Alden, Scott, 52.58.
500 freestyle: 1. Tim Wera, Beechwood, 4:44.41; 2. Matt Bertke, Covington Catholic, 4:49.293. Kevin Kleman, Covington Catholic, 4:50.64.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Scott, 1:31.00 (regional and pool record); 2. Covington Catholic, 1:31.87 (regional record); 3. Dixie Heights, 1:37.89.
100 backstroke: 1. Michael Day, Dixie Heights, 54.32; 2. Chris Seitz, Scott, 56.59; 3. Kyle Bright, Dixie Heights, 57.41.
100 breaststroke: 1. Jon Vadney, Scott, 1:03.61; 2. David Van Epps, Highlands, 1:04.03; 3. Chris Hudepohl, Covington Catholic, 1:05.22.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Covington Catholic, 3:29.68; 2. Dixie Heights, 3:34.89; 3. Scott, 3:37.77.
All-region team: Covington Catholic — Matt Bertke, Phil Rugare, Brett Hoersting, Kevin Kleman; Dixie Heights — Michael Day, Mark Shattuck; Scott — Andy Seitz, Jon Vadney; Beechwood — Tim Wera.
Outstanding swimmer: Andy Seitz, Scott. Outstanding coach: Steve Durkee, Covington Catholic.
COMBINED BOYS AND GIRLS TEAM SCORES
1. Scott 465; 2. Beechwood 322; 3. Highlands 295; 4. Dixie Heights 217; 5. Villa Madonna 132; 6. Ryle 129; 7. Campbell County 83; 8. Russell 78; 9. St.Henry 72; 10. Rose Hill Christian 62; 11. Covington Latin 59; 12. Simon Kenton 44; 13. Holmes 30; 14. (tie) Boyd County and Ashland Paul Blazer 19; 16. Holy Cross 4; 17. Conner 3.
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