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Briner Sets School Records; Vikings Sweep Squires
NORTH MANCHESTER – Freshman Halle Briner set two new Manchester girls swimming school records, but visiting Tippecanoe Valley swept the Three Rivers Conference meet Wednesday evening. The Lady Vikings took an 84-76 win with the boys team emerging with a 112-51 victory.
Briner won the 50 freestyle in 25.29 seconds, breaking the old record of 25.51 established in 1989, then broke the 23-year-old record in the 500 free. Briner’s time of 5:28.23 was a full second better than the previous school record.
The Lady Squire rookie has now set school records in seven events this season. The other five are the 200 free, 200 IM, 100 butterfly, 100 freestyle and 100 breaststroke.
Briner, Jennifer Robles, Cora Barnett and Skye Fierstos won the 200 medley relay. Lillian Myers teamed with Fierstos, Barnett and Briner to win the 200 free relay. Fierstos also won the 100 free and Barnett the 200 IM.
Mayde Fear won the 200 freestyle for the Lady Vikings, and Tiphanie Hodge the diving competition. Olivia Livengood won the 100 butterfly, Jerzey Conley the 100 backstroke and Haley Baker the 100 breaststroke. Valley got the points they needed to win the meet with an uncontested 1-2 finish in the 400 free relay.
Chase Brower was a double-winner for the Viking boys, with wins in the 200 IM and 100 backstroke. He was also part of the winning medley and 400 free relays.
Jacob Wagner won the 200 free, Dakota Prater the 100 free, Zach Hodge the diving and Camden Tucker the 100 butterfly for Valley.
Manchester’s Parker York took a pair of wins in the 50 freestyle and 100 breaststroke, and was a member of the 200 freestyle relay. Luke Donathan won the 500 freestyle for the Squires.
Tippecanoe Valley won’t compete again until after the holidays, when it joins Huntington North and Rochester for a meet at Warsaw Jan. 3. Manchester will travel to Elwood for a meet on Monday.
TIPPECANOE VALLEY GIRLS 84, MANCHESTER 76
200 medley relay – 1. Manchester (Jennifer Robles, Halle Briner, Cora Barnett, Skye Fierstos) 2:10.07, 2. Valley 2:20.75, 3. Manchester 2:46.17; 200 freestyle – 1. Mayde Fear (TV) 2:30.28, 2. Fierstos (M) 2:33.40, 3. Ava Craig (TV) 2:41.20, 4. Chloe Hostetler (TV) 2:43.41, 5. Lillian Myers (M) 2:44.03; 200 IM – 1. Barnett (M) 2:35.77, 2. Haley Baker (TV) 3:10.90; 50 freestyle – 1. Briner (M) 25.29, 2. Jerzey Conley (TV)?31.75, 3. Anna Markham (M) 35.49, 4. Marissa McLean (TV) 35.90, 5. Tahya Lybarger (TV) 36.29; Diving – Tiphanie Hodge (TV) 147.85; 100 butterfly – 1. Olivia Livengood (TV)?1:31.51, 2. Myers (M) 1:31.43; 100 freestyle – 1. Fierstos (M) 1:04.00, 2. Fear (TV) 1:04.01, 3. Craig (TV) 1:14.29, 4. McLean (TV) 1:26.12, 5. Lexi Donathan (M) 1:26.58; 500 freestyle – 1. Briner (M)?5:28.23, 2. Livengood (TV) 6:10.67, 3. Hostetler (TV) 7:19.43, 4. Markham (M) 8:32.13; 200 freestyle relay – 1. Manchester (Fierstos, L. Myers, Barnett, Briner) 1:57.16, 2. Valley 2:18.44, 3. Manchester 2:24.10; 100 backstroke – 1. Conley (TV) 1:26.79, 2. Margaret Myers (M) 1:42.07, 3. Hailey Hall (M)?1:59.40; 100 breaststroke – 1. H. Baker (TV) 1:34.69, 2. Lydia Greer (M)?1:36.89, 3. Kennedy rosen (M) 1:40.80, 4. Lybarger (TV)?1:40.85, 5. Donathan (M) 1:49.77; 400 freestyle relay – 1. Valley (Fear, Craig, Conley, Livengood) 4:36.27, 2. Valley 5:26.10, 3. Manchester 5:54.50.
TIPPECANOE VALLEY BOYS 112, MANCHESTER 51
200 medley relay – 1. Valley (Daniel Alexander, Mason Stephen, Dakota Prater, Chase Brower) 1:58.83, 2. Manchester 2:16.56, 3. Valley 2:53.71; 200 freestyle – 1. Jacob Wagner (TV) 2:13.33, 2. Eric Morales (M) 2:36.92, 3. Mitchell Smith (TV) 2:39.81, 4. Michael Learned (M) 2:47.23, 5. Wes Johnston (TV) 3:32.96; 200 IM – 1. Brower (TV) 2:20.75, 2. Jacob McDonald (TV) 3:11.76, 3. Jacob Slavkin (M)?3:14.30; 50 freestyle – 1. Parker York (M) 24.54, 2. Prater (TV) 26.22, 3. Luke Donathan (M) 26.35, 4. Tucker Shull (TV) 28.78, 5. Grayson Sriver (TV) 34.12; Diving – 1. Zach Hodge (TV) 156.45, 2. Matthew Hodge (TV) 123.05, 3. Johnny Gonsalez (TV) 106.40; 100 butterfly – 1. Camden Tucker (TV) 1:12.25, 2. Slavkin (M)?1:40.42; 100 freestyle – 1. Prater (TV) 58.42, 2. Stephen (TV) 1:0.42, 3. Learned (M) 1:05.82, 4. Morales (M) 1:07.34, 5. Tucker Shull (TV) 1:13.84; 500 freestyle – 1. Donathan (M) 6:04.23, 2. Wagner (TV) 6:12.28, 3. M. smith (TV)?7:30.22; 200 freestyle relay – 1. Manchester (York, Learned, Morales, Donathan) 1:50.03, 2. Valley 1:58.50; 100 backstroke – 1. Brower (TV) 1:00.73, 2. McDonald (TV) 1:27.99, 3. Sriver (TV) 1:31.09; 100 breaststroke – 1. York (M) 1:15.46, 2. Stephen (TV) 1:16.26, 3. Alexander (TV) 1:20.53, 4. Tucker (TV) 1:25.18; 400 freestyle relay – 1. Valley (Prater, Brower, Alexander, Stephen) 4:13.13, 2. Valley 5:02.07.
Tigers Swimmers Sweep Plymouth In NLC Meet
Warsaw’s swimming teams picked up a pair of Northern Lakes Conference wins over visiting Plymouth on the Tigers’ Senior Night. The Lady Tigers won 132-54 and the Warsaw boys had a 131-47 victory.
The Lady Tigers had a trio of double-winners: Taylor Gunter in the 200 IM and the 100 butterfly, Delaney Wihebrink in the 100 free and the 100 breaststroke, and Lauren Kuhl in the 500 free and 100 backstroke. Laurel Moeller won the 200 free and Olivia Herman the 50 free. Warsaw’s girls swept all three relay races and took the top three spots in the 50 and 100 frees, the butterfly and the breaststroke.
Four Tiger boys were double-winners: Evan Borchers in the 200 free and the butterfly, Grant Knight in the 200 IM and the breaststroke, Alex Cook in the 50 and 100 frees, and Nick Zogbi in the 500 free and backstroke. Warsaw finished 1-2-3 in the 50 and 500 frees, the butterfly and the breaststroke, and won all three relay races.
Lakeland Christian’s Aaron Deming finished fifth in the backstroke.
Warsaw will compete in the Carroll Invitational in Huntertown Saturday.
WARSAW GIRLS 132, PLYMOUTH 54
200 medley relay – 1. Warsaw (Lauren Kuhl, Delaney Wihebrink, Taylor Gunter, Olivia Herman) 1:58.21, 2. Warsaw 2:12.21, 3. Warsaw 2:14.55; 200 freestyle – 1. Laurel Moeller (W) 2:07.46, 2. Ava LoMagro (P) 2:16.55, 3. Lillian Boston (W) 2:25.97, 5. Melissa Deming (W) 2:38.61; 200 IM – 1. Gunter (W) 2:28.23, 2. Graci Holm (P) 2:38.69, 3. Rachel Jacobs (P) 2:46.23, 4. Gracie Scholl (W) 2:48.47, 5. Ella Knight (W) 3:01.54; 50 freestyle – 1. Herman (W) 26.27, 2. Moeller (W) 26.74, 3. Morgan Bruner (W) 28.97; Diving – 1. Tristan Pearson (P) 155.10, 2. Alyssa Gritton (P0 136.75, 3. emma Pena (W) 136.10, 4. Shelby Paeska (W) 130.50; 100 butterfly – 1. Gunter (W) 1:05.28, 2. Maddie Ray (W) 1:15.42, 3. Scholl (W) 1:20.39; 100 freestyle – 1. Wihebrink (W) 58.58, 2. Bruner (W) 1:04.21, 3. Bella Coffing (W) 1:05.26; 500 freestyle – 1. Kuhl (W) 5:51.48, 2. LoMagro (P) 6:11.25, 3. Boston (W) 6:49.98, 4. Melissa Deming (W) 6:55.25; 200 freestyle relay – 1. Warsaw (Wihebrink, Bruner, Coffing, Moeller) 1:51.70, 2. Warsaw 2:02.92, 3. Plymouth 2:06.03; 100 backstroke – 1. Kuhl (W) 1:08.34, 2. Holm (P) 1:08.97, 3. Herman (W) 1:09.40, 4. Reinholt (W) 1:14.86; 100 breaststroke – 1. Wihebrink (W) 1:12.33, 2. Knight (W) 1:21.95, 3. coffing (W) 1:23.63; 400 freestyle relay – 1. Warsaw (Herman,Kuhl, Gunter, Moeller) 4:04.03, 2. Plymouth 4:25.34, 3. Warsaw 4:30.02.
WARSAW BOYS 131, PLYMOUTH 47
200 medley relay – 1. Warsaw (Nick Zogbi, Grant Knight, Ian Deming, Alex Cook) 1:43.44, 2. Plymouth 1:57.61, 3. Warsaw 1:58.59; 200 freestyle – 1. Borchers (W) 1:56.18, 2. Jacob LaLonde (W) 2:02.77, 3. Cameron Riddle (P) 2:12.61, 5. Jacob Kissling (W) 2:21.36; 200 IM – 1. Knight (W) 2:07.52, 2. Alex Vancza (P)?2:20.14, 3. Nick Bazzoni (W) 2:24.43, 4. Nathan Taylor (W) 2:30.44; 50 freestyle – 1. Cook (W) 23.13, 2. Zach LaLonde (W) 24.46, 3. I. Deming (W) 24.59; Diving – 1. Justin Moser (P) 180.30, 2. Jack May (W) 126.70; 100 butterfly – 1. Borchers (W) 57.72, 2. I. Deming (W) 59.35, 3. J. LaLonde (W) 1:05.85; 100 freestyle – 1. Cook (W) 51.99, 2. Michael Ray (W) 55.87, 3. Rose (P) 58.95, 5. Victor Mejia (W) 1:04.90; 500 freestyle – 1. Zogbi (W) 5:22.19, 2. Kissling (W) 6:14.34, 3. Jackson Moeller (W) 6:17.21; 200 freestyle relay – 1. Warsaw (Borchers, Z. LaLonde, I. Deming, Cook), 1:35.11 2. Warsaw 1:37.05, 3. Plymouth 1:47.09; 100 backstroke – 1. Zogbi (W) 1:02.77, 2. Z. LaLonde (W) 1:03.11, 3. Kirk Hettich (P) 1:08.11, 5. Aaron Deming (LCA) 1:20.38; 100 breaststroke – 1. Knight (W) 1:01.16, 2. Bazzoni (W) 1:08.45, 3. Andrew Deming (W) 1:11.99; 400 freestyle relay – 1. Warsaw (Z. LaLonde, Zogbi, Ray, Borchers) 3:38.64, 2. Plymouth 3:52.76, 3. Warsaw 4:05.14.
