July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Three Patriots joined McCowan as OAC runners-up (01/15/08)
JCHS swimming
The Jay County High School swim teams' effort as hosts of Saturday's Olympic Athletic Conference championships was highlighted by conference titles from Cori Vormohr, Sam Miller, April Acker and Steven Kelly. But a host of other swimmers also turned in excellent days.
Three Patriot swimmers just missed conference championships - they joined Donny McCowan, who was the runner-up to Kelly in diving by 0.9 points - finishing as runners up.
Top among them was Michelle Landfair, who reached a season-long goal in the 100-yard freestyle.
The sophomore had been trying to break the 1-minute mark in the event all year. She made it happen Saturday, in a big way.
Landfair hacked more than a second off her previous best time in the event, completely jumping over the 59 seconds and finishing in 58.80. She was exactly one second back of champion Alisha Sink of Anderson Highland.
"She had bests in both of her events," said JCHS girls coach Bev Arnold, noting Landfair's fourth-place time of 27.3 in the 50 freestyle. "I truly think that Cori getting under a minute in the fly right before Michelle was an inspiration. She just kind of said, 'I know I can do it, and I'm going to do it.'"
Aaron Hudson and Tom McCord matched McCowan with second-place finishes for the boys team.
Hudson had his runner-up effort in the 100-yard breaststroke, where the Patriots took two of the top three positions. Hudson was second in 1-minute, 6.79 seconds behind run-away winner Colin Hoffman of Highland (1:01.87), and Lance VanSkyock finished third in 1:08.58.
Jay County also took two of the top three spots in Hudson's other race as he was third in 58.58 in the 100 butterfly behind champion Miller.
McCord placed second in the 200 freeestyle, barely a half-second behind Connersville's Trevor Trimpe in 1:53.78.
"Tom McCord, while he didn't win anything, had great swims today," said Weaver of the senior. "He had never been under 1:57 in the 200 all year and went 1:53. ... And Aaron Hudson, we have to call him 'The Iron Man."
Hudson earned the moniker by swimming three of the final four events of the day.
Aly Miller was the only other Patriot to crack the top three Saturday. The freshman finished third in the 500 freestyle, posting a time of 6:10.56.
Sam Miller, McCord, Hudson and Chance Milligan combined for the runner-up slot in each of the final two relays. They finished the 200 freestlye event in 1:38.1, and combined for a time of 3:32.84 in the 400 freestyle highlighted by Miller's incredible anchor leg.
The girls team also earned a second-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay, in which Vormohr, Landfair, Aly Miller and Briann Saxman combined for a time of 4:09.46.
"I was just overwhelmed with the swimming and diving we did today," said Arnold, whose team turned in career-best times at a 70-percent clip. "I can't remember when we had that kind of percentage of bests. It's really, really exciting."[[In-content Ad]]
Three Patriot swimmers just missed conference championships - they joined Donny McCowan, who was the runner-up to Kelly in diving by 0.9 points - finishing as runners up.
Top among them was Michelle Landfair, who reached a season-long goal in the 100-yard freestyle.
The sophomore had been trying to break the 1-minute mark in the event all year. She made it happen Saturday, in a big way.
Landfair hacked more than a second off her previous best time in the event, completely jumping over the 59 seconds and finishing in 58.80. She was exactly one second back of champion Alisha Sink of Anderson Highland.
"She had bests in both of her events," said JCHS girls coach Bev Arnold, noting Landfair's fourth-place time of 27.3 in the 50 freestyle. "I truly think that Cori getting under a minute in the fly right before Michelle was an inspiration. She just kind of said, 'I know I can do it, and I'm going to do it.'"
Aaron Hudson and Tom McCord matched McCowan with second-place finishes for the boys team.
Hudson had his runner-up effort in the 100-yard breaststroke, where the Patriots took two of the top three positions. Hudson was second in 1-minute, 6.79 seconds behind run-away winner Colin Hoffman of Highland (1:01.87), and Lance VanSkyock finished third in 1:08.58.
Jay County also took two of the top three spots in Hudson's other race as he was third in 58.58 in the 100 butterfly behind champion Miller.
McCord placed second in the 200 freeestyle, barely a half-second behind Connersville's Trevor Trimpe in 1:53.78.
"Tom McCord, while he didn't win anything, had great swims today," said Weaver of the senior. "He had never been under 1:57 in the 200 all year and went 1:53. ... And Aaron Hudson, we have to call him 'The Iron Man."
Hudson earned the moniker by swimming three of the final four events of the day.
Aly Miller was the only other Patriot to crack the top three Saturday. The freshman finished third in the 500 freestyle, posting a time of 6:10.56.
Sam Miller, McCord, Hudson and Chance Milligan combined for the runner-up slot in each of the final two relays. They finished the 200 freestlye event in 1:38.1, and combined for a time of 3:32.84 in the 400 freestyle highlighted by Miller's incredible anchor leg.
The girls team also earned a second-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay, in which Vormohr, Landfair, Aly Miller and Briann Saxman combined for a time of 4:09.46.
"I was just overwhelmed with the swimming and diving we did today," said Arnold, whose team turned in career-best times at a 70-percent clip. "I can't remember when we had that kind of percentage of bests. It's really, really exciting."[[In-content Ad]]
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