Thursday, December 8, 2011

Thursday wrap: G-C swimmers split, NP swimmers sweep

The Greenfield-Central swim teams split a Thursday-night meet with Pendleton Heights, as the G-C boys won 132-51, while the G-C girls fell 101.5-82.5.

On the boys side, Bailey Willoughby was a double-individual event winner for G-C, winning the 200 IM and 100 backstroke. Patrick Stutz, James Young and Austin Wilburn also won individual events.


In the girls meet, Carly Fernandes won the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, while Taylor Johnson won the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly.

The Cougars next compete Tuesday at home against Mt. Vernon.

New Palestine sweeps Delta
The New Palestine swim teams beat Delta Thursday night at home.

The Dragon girls won 111-75, while the boys beat the Eagles 93-83.

Winners for the girls were Megan Prosser in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke, Olivia Ayer in the 50 freestyle, Claire Hornsby in the 100 butterfly, Katie Mustard in the 100 freestyle, Addison Virt in the 100 breaststroke and all three relay teams. Prosser, Virt, Hornsby and Ayer won the 200 medley relay; Emily Trimpe, Jordan Rogers, Karen Emminger and Ayer won the 200 free relay and Rogers, Mustard, Emminger and Trimpe won the 400 free relay.

Winners for the boys were Jake Greig in the 200 freestyle and 50 freestyle, Grant Gish in the 100 freestyle -- pacing a 1-2 finish with teammate Sam Baker -- and Jake Uppfalt in the 100 breaststroke. The Dragons also won the 200 free relay with Greig, Gish, Baker and Uppfalt, and the 400 free relay with Greig, Gish, Luke Steigerwalt and Baker. 

"Both teams swam better tonight than in earlier meets," Maxwell said. "Their turns and finishes were much cleaner and more crisp.

"We're not where we need to be, especially early in our races, but we will use winter break for a big training boost to prepare for conference and sectional."
Other strong swims, according to coach Steve Maxwell, were Emily Bare in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke and her relay splits, Tricia Roberson in the medley relay and 200 frestyle, Lily Horn in the free relay, 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly and the swims of Katie Mustard, Nerea Capon and Natalie Berea. On the boys side, Maxwell cited Kelley Murphy, Todd Horn and Seth Eagleson's medley relay splits, Christian Dodd's IM performance, and the performances of Parker Horn, Arik Bonnett and Will Mitchell.

"It's really good to see the underclassmen having good swims early in the season. We really need the depth having good second-through-fourth swimmers in each event. This depth of talent gives us a better chance of success in conference and sectional."


Basketball
Greenfield-Central and New Palestine's JV teams played each other in advance of Friday's varsity doubleheader, which can be heard LIVE on HancockCountySports.com.

G-C's girls beat the Dragons 29-15, led by Brooke Bell's eight points. NP won the boys game 42-17. 

The action begins at 5:40 p.m. Friday with the Indiana Basketball Digest pregame show, and the tipoff of the girls game at 6 p.m. Join Andrew Smith, Chris Lambert and Greg Elkins for the action at HancockCountySports.com!

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