July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
By By RAY COONEY-
The Patriots didn't leave any suspense in their first home meet.
Only a few minutes after the Jay County girls swimmers dived into their new pool for its first official race, they had the meet in hand. Their lead was 40 points after just three events on the way to a 219-67 victory Tuesday over the Muncie Southside Rebels.
With almost no one swimming in their regular event, the Patriots still finished first in all but one. Their dominance included a top-four sweep in the 50-yard freestyle.
"We mixed it up a lot," said JCHS coach Bev Arnold. "A year ago going to the Muncie South meet I was afraid to do that, being the first meet and I was mad at myself for not doing it. I also thought we would have the advantage of the eight lanes and having the additional entry in each event, which definitely worked to our advantage tonight."
While Southside had just 10 swimmers - its lone win came from Jillian Cox with a time of 2:55.43 in the 200 individual medley - Jay County filled every event and dominated most. It took the top two spots in 10 events, the top three in six and earned the 50 freestyle sweep.
Briann Saxman led that sweep, topping the field by more than a second in 29.52. She was followed by teammates Ashley Horn, Maddie Fennig and Kelci Reed.
Cori Vormohr paced the Patriots as the lone double winner despite swimming her individual events back-to-back immediately following the 200 freestyle relay.
Vormohr led a pair of one-two-three efforts, taking first in the backstroke in 1-minute, 9.84 seconds and the breaststroke in 1:15.91. She was trailed by Saxman and Tina Gingrasso in the backstroke and Horn and Ivy Simons in the breaststroke.
She also teamed with Gingrasso, Christa Castillo and Michelle Landfair for a 10-second win in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:56.79, and joined Simons, Landfair and Lauren Murrell to win the pool's debut race with a time of 2:15.48 in the 200 medley relay.
"We told her tonight to work on her backstroke," said Arnold of Vormohr, who broke her own school record in the individual medley at Saturday's Norwell Invitational.
"That was a pretty good back time for her. She came back in a respectable breaststroke time for just doing her third event in a row."
Lane eight proved popular as four of the Patriots' seven individual victories, including Vormohr's in the breaststroke, came from the lane closest to the bleachers.
Murrell started the trend in the 200 freestyle, touching the wall in 2:41.02 for a win by more than five seconds over teammates Rachel Osterholt and Nikisha Imel.
Maddie Fennig won the 100 butterfly ahead of Gingrasso and Molly Sutton in 1:21.01, and Simons took the top spot in the 500 freestyle by more than 20 seconds in 6:55.10.
"Lauren Murrell stood out especially in the 200 free," said Arnold. "And we haven't found a second individual event for her, so I think we might have found that tonight.
"Ivy (Simons) looked good in the 500. Alyssa Habegger, who ended up having to do the 200 and 500 tonight, did a nice job."
Landfair, a freshman, also scored her first career victory, winning the 100 freestyle by more than four seconds over Castillo in 1:06.58. She also rallied her Patriot team from a slight early deficit in the 400 freestyle, teaming with fellow freshman Caitlin Ruchgy, Castillo and Horn for a winning time of 4:50.37.
"It's great being here in the facility," said Arnold. "The scoreboard is just awesome. It gives you every bit of information that you could want. ...
"I think it's a lot more exciting when we've got the guys too. They cheer for us, we cheer for them, there's twice as many spectators. I'll be looking forward to when we're together."
The first dual meet at JCHS with the boys and girls teams will be Thursday, Nov. 30.[[In-content Ad]]
Only a few minutes after the Jay County girls swimmers dived into their new pool for its first official race, they had the meet in hand. Their lead was 40 points after just three events on the way to a 219-67 victory Tuesday over the Muncie Southside Rebels.
With almost no one swimming in their regular event, the Patriots still finished first in all but one. Their dominance included a top-four sweep in the 50-yard freestyle.
"We mixed it up a lot," said JCHS coach Bev Arnold. "A year ago going to the Muncie South meet I was afraid to do that, being the first meet and I was mad at myself for not doing it. I also thought we would have the advantage of the eight lanes and having the additional entry in each event, which definitely worked to our advantage tonight."
While Southside had just 10 swimmers - its lone win came from Jillian Cox with a time of 2:55.43 in the 200 individual medley - Jay County filled every event and dominated most. It took the top two spots in 10 events, the top three in six and earned the 50 freestyle sweep.
Briann Saxman led that sweep, topping the field by more than a second in 29.52. She was followed by teammates Ashley Horn, Maddie Fennig and Kelci Reed.
Cori Vormohr paced the Patriots as the lone double winner despite swimming her individual events back-to-back immediately following the 200 freestyle relay.
Vormohr led a pair of one-two-three efforts, taking first in the backstroke in 1-minute, 9.84 seconds and the breaststroke in 1:15.91. She was trailed by Saxman and Tina Gingrasso in the backstroke and Horn and Ivy Simons in the breaststroke.
She also teamed with Gingrasso, Christa Castillo and Michelle Landfair for a 10-second win in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:56.79, and joined Simons, Landfair and Lauren Murrell to win the pool's debut race with a time of 2:15.48 in the 200 medley relay.
"We told her tonight to work on her backstroke," said Arnold of Vormohr, who broke her own school record in the individual medley at Saturday's Norwell Invitational.
"That was a pretty good back time for her. She came back in a respectable breaststroke time for just doing her third event in a row."
Lane eight proved popular as four of the Patriots' seven individual victories, including Vormohr's in the breaststroke, came from the lane closest to the bleachers.
Murrell started the trend in the 200 freestyle, touching the wall in 2:41.02 for a win by more than five seconds over teammates Rachel Osterholt and Nikisha Imel.
Maddie Fennig won the 100 butterfly ahead of Gingrasso and Molly Sutton in 1:21.01, and Simons took the top spot in the 500 freestyle by more than 20 seconds in 6:55.10.
"Lauren Murrell stood out especially in the 200 free," said Arnold. "And we haven't found a second individual event for her, so I think we might have found that tonight.
"Ivy (Simons) looked good in the 500. Alyssa Habegger, who ended up having to do the 200 and 500 tonight, did a nice job."
Landfair, a freshman, also scored her first career victory, winning the 100 freestyle by more than four seconds over Castillo in 1:06.58. She also rallied her Patriot team from a slight early deficit in the 400 freestyle, teaming with fellow freshman Caitlin Ruchgy, Castillo and Horn for a winning time of 4:50.37.
"It's great being here in the facility," said Arnold. "The scoreboard is just awesome. It gives you every bit of information that you could want. ...
"I think it's a lot more exciting when we've got the guys too. They cheer for us, we cheer for them, there's twice as many spectators. I'll be looking forward to when we're together."
The first dual meet at JCHS with the boys and girls teams will be Thursday, Nov. 30.[[In-content Ad]]
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