Plainwell Easily Wins Albion Relays

The Plainwell Girl's Swimming and Diving Team strolled to victory at the Albion Relays. The Trojans won 5 of the 9 events to easily outdistance Sturgis and Harper Creek. The format of the meet was all relays, including the diving, and the Plainwell team again showed their superior depth. Other schools competing were host Albion, Marshall, and Kalamazoo Hackett.

Plainwell Finishes:

Plainwell Point Total: 98 points

200 Medley Relay
Seiler, Cornell, L. VanderBoon, M. VanderBoon - 2:01.46 1st

200 Sprint Relay
A. VanderBoon, Thiel, Boylan, Wiederhold - 1:50.02 2nd

300 IM Relay
M. VanderBoon, A. VanderBoon, Cornell - 3:30.74 1st

300 Breastroke Relay
Hochstedler, Goyings, Cornell - 4:10.23 3rd

400 Free Relay
Boylan Thiel, L. VanderBoon, Wiederhold - 3:57.50 1st

Diving (11 dives)
Monroe, Harrington - 292.79 2nd (tie)

300 Backstroke Relay
Childress, Seiler, A. VanderBoon - DQ (although they finished 1st!)

200 Butterfly Relay
Hu, Thiel, M. VanderBoon, L. VanderBoon - 2:00.23 1st

500 Progressive Relay
Kelly, Boylan, Wiederhold, Seiler, Ernst - 5:09.03 1st

Plainwell Cruises To Win At South Haven Invitational

The Plainwell Girl's Swimming and Diving Team won another South Haven Invitational over the weekend. Plainwell's 385 points easily outdistanced second place Allegan's 247 points. Plainwell dominated the freestyle events with the duo of Leah VanderBoon and Lindsay Wiederhold. Leah won the sprinting events while Lindsay swept the distance events. The 200 and 400 Free Relay Teams also won as did the 200 Medley Relay Teams. Teresa Thiel won the 100 Butterfly with a personal best time.

Other great swims were performed by Karalynn Vanslambrouch, Emily Hochstedler, Molly Boylan, Megan VanderBoon, Blair Kelly, and Nancy Lash. Plainwell next swims at the Albion Relays and then at home at the Conference Quad meet versus Alma, Otsego, and Kalamazoo Hackett on Saturday, September 18th.

Team Scores:

Plainwell 385
Allegan 247
Mattawan 207
Ludington 175
Otsego 160
South Haven 113
Hackett 108


Plainwell Finishes (1st-12th place)

200 Medley Relay
(A. VanderBoon, Cornell, L. VanderBoon, Thiel) - 1st
(Seiler, Goyings, M. VanderBoon, Kelly) - 7th

200 Freestyle
Lindsay Wiederhold - 1st
Molly Boylan - 5th
Kelsey Ernst - 7th

200 Individual Medley
Megan VanderBoon - 2nd
Blair Cornell - 3rd
Audrey VanderBoon - 7th

50 Freestyle
Leah VanderBoon - 1st
Teresa Thiel - 4th

Diving
Cameron Monroe - 5th
Brooklyn Harrington - 8th
Cora Spencer - 11th

100 Butterfly
Teresa Thiel - 1st
Megan VanderBoon- 2nd
Jun Hu - 9th

100 Freestyle
Leah VanderBoon - 1st
Ally Seiler - 7th
Allison Goyings - 10th

500 Freestyle
Lindsay Wiederhold - 1st
Molly Boylan - 6th
Kelsey Ernst - 11th

200 Freestyle Relay
(Thiel, Boylan, L. VanderBoon, Wiederhold) - 1st
(Goyings, Lash, Ernst, Cornell) - 5th

100 Backstroke
Audrey VanderBoon - 3rd
Ally Seiler - 5th
Cora Spencer - 8th

100 Breaststroke
Blair Cornell - 2nd
Allison Goyings - 9th

400 Freestyle Relay
(A. VanderBoon, M. VanderBoon, Boylan, Wiederhold) - 1st
(Kelly, Lash, Ernst, Seiler) - 5th