Plainwell Defeats Rival Lakeview!

The Plainwell Girl's Swim/Dive team used adrenaline, emotion, and a high energy crowd to power past Battle Creek Lakeview at the Plainwell Middle School Pool. Plainwell won all but 2 events on their way to a solid team victory. The final score was Plainwell 110 - Lakeview 76. Plainwell was lead by Leah VanderBoon who had four 1st place finishes, including a blistering 100 Butterfly. Karli Cornell and Lindsay Wiederhold had three 1st place finishes with Lindsay edging her rival cousin, Rebecca Mann in both the 200 and 500 freestyles. Rachel Varley and Blair Cornell were the other individual winners in the 100 Backstroke and 100 Breaststroke, respectively. Varley, Brittany Hendrickson, and Blair Cornell each won 2 events. The 200 Medley Relay and 200 Freestyle Relay teams were also victorious. One-Two finishes were achieved in the 50 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke. Other great swims were performed by Hendrickson, Maggie Murgittroyd, Ally Seiler, Jessica Chapman, Nancy Lash, Megan VanderBoon, Audrey VanderBoon, Jessica LaMore and Kathleen Boylan. Cameron Monroe neared her season high with 224.80 in the diving competition.

John Dubois' Plainwell team remains undefeated and is gaining momentum as the Conference and State Meets approach. The next meet is at Albion on October 13th.

Plainwell results:

200 Medley Relay:
(Varley, Chapman, L. VanderBoon, Hendrickson) - 1:59.72 1st
(A. Vanderboon, Crandall, M. VanderBoon, M. Boylan) - 2:04.08 3rd
(Seiler, Waldecki, K. Boylan, LaMore) - 2:10.73 4th

200 Freestyle
Lindsay Wiederhold - 2:02.33 1st
Maggie Murgittroyd - 2:11.45 3rd
Brianne Crandall - 2:15.70 5th

2oo IM
Karli Cornell - 2:20.41 1st
Jessica Chapman - 2:25.56 4th
Rachel Varley - 2:26.48 5th

5o Freestyle
Leah VanderBoon - :25.81 1st
Brittany Hendrickson - :27.28 2nd
Megan VanderBoon - :27.96 5th
Jessica LaMore - :29.21
Kelsey Ernst - :29.93
Ally Seiler - :30.21

Diving
Cameron Monroe - 224.80 2nd
Reina Wicklund - 152.40 5th

100 Butterfly
Leah VanderBoon - 1:02.89 1st
Megan VanderBoon - 1:09.34 3rd
Kathleen Boylan - 1:10.32 4th

100 Freestyle
Karli Cornell - :55.63 1st
Audrey Vanderboon - 1:01.11 4th
Taylor Waldecki - 1:03.05 5th
Cora Spencer - 1:05.21
Kelsey Ernst - 1:05.44
Nancy Lash - 1:05.61

500 Freestyle
Lindsay Wiederhold - 5:27.12 1st
Brittany Hendrickson - 5:55.03 4th
Maggie Murgittroyd - 5:55.59 5th

200 Freestyle Relay
(L. VanderBoon, Hendrickson, Wiederhold, K. Cornell) - 1:45.10 1st
(M. Boylan, Waldecki, Crandall, Murgittroyd) - 1:53.23 3rd
(Spencer, Ernst, Lash, LaMore) - 2:01.13 5th

100 Backstroke
Rachel Varley - 1:06.70 1st
Audrey VanderBoon - 1:08.43 3rd
Ally Seiler - 1:13.30 6th

100 Breaststroke
Blair Cornell - 1:14.23 1st
Jessica Chapman - 1:16.31 2nd
Taylor Waldecki - 1:21.58 4th

400 Freestyle Relay
(Murgittroyd, Varley, Wiederhold, K. Cornell) - 3:53.75 2nd
(M. Boylan, M. VanderBoon, Crandall, A. VanderBoon) - 4:11.47 3rd
(Ernst, Lash, Seiler, K. Boylan) - 4:30.92 5th