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Smoky Mountain swimmers win meet at East Henderson
Smoky Mountain's men's swim team won a meet Friday at East Henderson while the women placed second.
The men compiled 338 points to 244 by Tuscola. North Henderson was third at 171 followed by East Henderson (169) and North Buncombe (149).
"The boys did really well," Coach Sandy Wade said. "I was real proud of them. I think they were surprised."
She noted one of the reasons for the success was that teams were limited in the number of swimmers they could enter in an event. That helped the Mustangs, who do not have as many swimmers as several other squads.
Speaking of the Mustangs and Lady Mustangs, Wade said, "Half of the kids did not practice at all over Christmas break. I was pleased they did as well as they did."
Nick Cox led the way for the men by winning two individual events and being part of two winning relay teams.
Those who placed for the men included with distances being in meters:
200 medley relay – Cox, Bryon Houghton, Nick Savell and Will Cowan, first, 2:13.86.
200 freestyle – Kyle McCay, third, 2:50.76; Cowan, fourth, 2:54.47.
200 individual medley – Cox, first, 2:34.43; Savell, third, 3:10.52.
50 free – Grant Schallock, second, 28.45; Houghton, seventh, 32.42; McCay, eighth, 32.49; Anthony McDowell, 10th, 33.49.
100 butterfly – Savell, second, 1:21.75.
100 free – Cox, first, 1:02.4; Schallock, second, 1:06.46.
200 free relay – Houghton, Cowan, McCay and Schallock, first, 2:02.89.
100 backstroke – McDowell, fifth, 1:38.33.
100 breaststroke – Houghton, second, 1:34.23; Grayson Cooper, fourth, 1:46.56.
400 free relay – Schallock, McDowell, Savell and Cox, first, 4:36.44.
Tuscola won the women's meet with 501 points to SM's 322. North Buncombe was third at 260 followed by East Henderson (161), North Henderson (121) and Asheville Christian Academy (37).
Megan Owens was the only Lady Mustang to win an event.
Those placing included:
200 medley relay – Hazel Brewin, Owens, Chesney Gilleland and Nozomi Kikuchi, second, 2:35.36.
200 free – Gilleland, second, 2:41.78; Kaitlyn Kluge, fourth, 3:02.36; Kikuchi, sixth, 3:17.48.
200 IM – Owens, first, 2:43.35; Nikki Lookabill, third, 3:27.94.
50 free – Kelly Moore, 11th, 37.91; Sarah Thompson, 13th, 38.54; Kikuchi, 15th, 39.3.
100 free – Brewin, fourth, 1:18.5; Moore, 10th, 1:32.63; Catherine Toledo, 13th, 1:43.22.
500 free – Gilleland, third, 7:19.46; Paige Roberson, fifth, 9:17.46.
200 free relay – Gilleland, Thompson, Brewin and Owens, second, 2:16.24.
100 back – Brewin, third, 1:31.48; Thompson, eighth, 1:51.24.
100 breast – Owens, second, 1:26.81; Lookabill, fifth, 1:39.95; Kluge, sixth, 1:43.36.
400 free relay – Kluge, Roberson, Thompson and Kikuchi, second, 5:59.62.
Among those taking off the most seconds from their previous best efforts were:
Cowan, 200 free, 3; Savell, 200 IM, 4; Toledo, 50 free, 6, and 100 free, 5; Roberson, 500 free, 4; Brewin, 100 back, 3; Thompson, 100 back, 2; McDowell, 100 back, 1; women's 400 free relay, 2.
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