July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Jay blasts Rebels in opener (11/19/03)
JCHS girls swimming
Jay blasts Rebels in opener (11/19/03)
MUNCIE — For a team with a lot of young athletes there couldn’t have been a much better start to the season. The Jay County girls swim team was simply dominating, with vetarans leading the way and newcomers providing plenty of depth.
The Patriots won every event in clobbering the Muncie Southside Rebels 138-41 in the season-opening dual meet for both teams.
In addition to winning every event, Jay County took first and second places in seven out of 12 events. It swept first, second and third three times.
“We were happy as a team to open our dual season with a win,” said senior Rachel McKee. “We just hope we can keep it going.
“I want to get a .500 season at least. We can do that.”
“We definitely want to improve as a team,” said senior Vanessa Wilkins, who returns from last season’s 7-7 squad along with McKee and three other seniors. “To do that, we need to keep improving individually.”
McKee and juniors Ashley Imel and Julie Sours each had two individual wins and contributed to two relay victories.
Still, perhaps the biggest win of the night came from junior Brittany Laux, who earned the first victory of her high school career in the 100-yard backstroke. She won the race by more than five seconds with a time of 1:24.10.
Her victory came as she swam a third consecutive event, having already taken to the pool in the 500-yard freestyle and the 200-yard freestyle relay before picking up her victory.
“It was awesome,” Laux said, “except for swimming three events in a row. The last time I won was my freshman year, and that was a relay.”
All of the Patriots’ victories came by fairly large margins with McKee winning the 50-yard freestyle by more than two seconds in 28.05 and the 100-yard freestyle by nearly nine seconds with a time of 1:03.71.
Imel earned her first victory in 2:28 in the 200-yard freestyle, and followed with a victory in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:03.65. Sours was first in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:45, and added a victory in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:28.60.
McKee, Imel, Sours and Wilkins teamed to finish in 4:42.91 to win the 400-yard freestyle relay, and McKee, Sours, Amber Kelly and Sarah Miller were first in the 200-yard medley relay in 2:15. Imel, Wilkins, Lindsey Vesperry and Laux captured victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 2:11.85.
Miller added a dominating diving effort in which she rolled to an easy win with 218.55 points. She scored no lower than a 6.0 on any of her six dives, and topped out with an 8.5 from one judge on her forward pike to end the evening.
She added a second-place effort behind McKee in the 50-yard freestyle.
Wilkins was first in the 500-yard freestyle in 6:48.98.
“I was pleased with our first night out.,” said Jay County coach Bev Arnold. “I was very pleased all the way through.”
With all the wins from the Patriots, the two most exciting finishes came in battles for second and third place positions in back-to-back events.
In the 200-yard individual medley Kelly stayed with Sours for a while before engaging in a battle for second. Kelly, a freshman, held a slim lead over her Southside opposition all the way and was just able to fight off Hale at the wall to place second by less than one second.
Her time of 2:55.37 was a personal best in the event by more than two seconds.
Fellow freshman Katey Kohler followed with an outstanding effort to give Jay County a 1-2-3 finish in the 50-yard freestyle one event later. She followed McKee and Miller to reach the wall in 32.60, also a personal-best time.
Much like last season, it’ll be those battles for second, third and fourth places that make all the difference in close meets. Four Patriot meets last season were decided by 20 or fewer points, with Jay County winning three of them en route to its .500 season.
“We talked about that,” said Arnold, referring to the importance of the team’s depth. “We talked about how important everyone is to get in there in those scoring positions.”
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The Patriots won every event in clobbering the Muncie Southside Rebels 138-41 in the season-opening dual meet for both teams.
In addition to winning every event, Jay County took first and second places in seven out of 12 events. It swept first, second and third three times.
“We were happy as a team to open our dual season with a win,” said senior Rachel McKee. “We just hope we can keep it going.
“I want to get a .500 season at least. We can do that.”
“We definitely want to improve as a team,” said senior Vanessa Wilkins, who returns from last season’s 7-7 squad along with McKee and three other seniors. “To do that, we need to keep improving individually.”
McKee and juniors Ashley Imel and Julie Sours each had two individual wins and contributed to two relay victories.
Still, perhaps the biggest win of the night came from junior Brittany Laux, who earned the first victory of her high school career in the 100-yard backstroke. She won the race by more than five seconds with a time of 1:24.10.
Her victory came as she swam a third consecutive event, having already taken to the pool in the 500-yard freestyle and the 200-yard freestyle relay before picking up her victory.
“It was awesome,” Laux said, “except for swimming three events in a row. The last time I won was my freshman year, and that was a relay.”
All of the Patriots’ victories came by fairly large margins with McKee winning the 50-yard freestyle by more than two seconds in 28.05 and the 100-yard freestyle by nearly nine seconds with a time of 1:03.71.
Imel earned her first victory in 2:28 in the 200-yard freestyle, and followed with a victory in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:03.65. Sours was first in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:45, and added a victory in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:28.60.
McKee, Imel, Sours and Wilkins teamed to finish in 4:42.91 to win the 400-yard freestyle relay, and McKee, Sours, Amber Kelly and Sarah Miller were first in the 200-yard medley relay in 2:15. Imel, Wilkins, Lindsey Vesperry and Laux captured victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 2:11.85.
Miller added a dominating diving effort in which she rolled to an easy win with 218.55 points. She scored no lower than a 6.0 on any of her six dives, and topped out with an 8.5 from one judge on her forward pike to end the evening.
She added a second-place effort behind McKee in the 50-yard freestyle.
Wilkins was first in the 500-yard freestyle in 6:48.98.
“I was pleased with our first night out.,” said Jay County coach Bev Arnold. “I was very pleased all the way through.”
With all the wins from the Patriots, the two most exciting finishes came in battles for second and third place positions in back-to-back events.
In the 200-yard individual medley Kelly stayed with Sours for a while before engaging in a battle for second. Kelly, a freshman, held a slim lead over her Southside opposition all the way and was just able to fight off Hale at the wall to place second by less than one second.
Her time of 2:55.37 was a personal best in the event by more than two seconds.
Fellow freshman Katey Kohler followed with an outstanding effort to give Jay County a 1-2-3 finish in the 50-yard freestyle one event later. She followed McKee and Miller to reach the wall in 32.60, also a personal-best time.
Much like last season, it’ll be those battles for second, third and fourth places that make all the difference in close meets. Four Patriot meets last season were decided by 20 or fewer points, with Jay County winning three of them en route to its .500 season.
“We talked about that,” said Arnold, referring to the importance of the team’s depth. “We talked about how important everyone is to get in there in those scoring positions.”
Jay County will host Elwood Thursday at 6 p.m.[[In-content Ad]]
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