Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Plainwell's 3rd Place State Team and Celebration!






















Plainwell Reaches New Heights - Nets 3rd Place Finish at State Meet!

The 2011 Plainwell High School Girls Swimming and Diving Team achieved a status no other girl's aquatic team has in the school's storied history by placing 3rd in the Division 3 State Championships at Oakland University with 182 points. The Trojans swam and dove at a very high level all weekend to earn their status as one of the top teams in the state. It was a true team effort as the meet was marked by record breaking performances, best times, and point scoring by many individuals.

Freshman Mallory Comerford had a stellar meet with 2 first place finishes in the freestyle sprint events. Her performance earned her Division 3 Swimmer of the Year and her 100 Freestyle broke a Division 3 State record as well as new school records. She was also a key member of the All-State Freestyle Relay Teams. Mallory's individual races were not even close - an indication of her dominance in her events. Her performance also warranted All-American status.

Senior Lindsay Wiederhold capped a brilliant high school career with a 2nd place finish in the 200 Freestyle and new school record and a 3rd place in the 500 Freestyle. Her last race (a member of the 400 Freestyle Relay) very fittingly broke the school record as well. Her career is one of the most elite in Plainwell Swimming/Diving history - 14 out of a possible 16 All-State performances and 4 new school records. She was a strong leader this year as a captain.

Kim Jones was remarkable in the diving event with a 2nd place performance. Her future is very bright for upcoming Championship meets. Cameron Monroe gave a very heroic performance after hitting the board on her first dive in the finals. She set aside the pain and continued on to pick up key points for the Trojans. Her performance and courage epitomized her stature as a captain and a leader of the team.

Blair Cornell had an outstanding swim in breaking the 100 Breaststroke school record with a 12th place finish. As mentioned before, the 400 Freestyle Relay team also broke the school record with an exciting come from behind swim to secure the 3rd place finish. Members of the relay team were Teresa Thiel, Audrey VanderBoon, Lindsay Wiederhold, and Mallory Comerford. The 200 Freestyle Relay swam to an All-State 6th place finish with Megan VanderBoon, Teresa Thiel, Lindsay Wiederhold, and Mallory Comerford.

Teresa Thiel and Megan VanderBoon made it back to the Consolation Finals while placing 12th and 13th respectively in the 100 Butterfly and the Medley Relay team of Audrey VanderBoon, Blair Cornell, Megan VanderBoon, and Teresa Thiel placed 10th. Rounding out the State Team were Ally Seiler who dropped 2 seconds in the 100 Backstroke in the Preliminaries and freshman Aaryn Jewell.

Coach John Dubois also picked up an honor for Co-Division 3 Coach of the Year. His award helps showcase a great and historic year with a wonderful and talented group of young women! Fantastic Job!

Plainwell Finishes:

200 Medley Relay
(A. VanderBoon, Cornell, M. VanderBoon, Thiel) Prelims - 1:55.22; Finals - 1:55.82 10th

200 Freestyle
Wiederhold Prelims - 1:56.36; Finals - 1:55.71 (New School Record) 2nd

200 IM
Cornell Prelims - 2:22.36 21st

50 Freestyle
Comerford Prelims - :24.25; Finals - :23.62 (New School Record) 1st

Diving
Jones Finals - 429.00 2nd
Monroe Finals - 348.34 11th

100 Butterfly
Thiel Prelims - 1:03.66; Finals - 1:03.72 12th
M. VanderBoon Prelims - 1:03.95; Finals - 1:03.74 13th

100 Freestyle
Comerford Prelims - :52.02; Finals - :50.46 (New School Record) 1st New D3 State Record

500 Freestyle
Wiederhold Prelims - 5:14.23; Finals - 5:09.80 3rd

200 Freestyle Relay
(M. VanderBoon, Thiel, Wiederhold, Comerford) Prelims - 1:42.01; Finals - 1:41.58 6th

100 Backstroke
A. VanderBoon Prelims - 1:04.64 28th
Seiler Prelims - 1:04.89 30th

100 Breastroke
Cornell Prelims - 1:10.24; Finals - 1:09.73 (New School Record) 12th

400 Freestyle Relay
(Thiel, A. VanderBoon, Wiederhold, Comerford) Prelims - 3:42.23; Finals - 3:38.50 (New School Record) 3rd

Monday, November 7, 2011

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Trojans Rule The Pool In Route To 9th Straight Conference Title

The Plainwell High School Girl's Swimming and Diving Team dominated the Southwestern & Central Michigan Conference Championship Meet on Saturday with an impressive 589 points. The Trojans won 8 of 12 events and had many swimmers and divers in the championship heats. The girls had a very impressive 15 All-Conference performers as a result of their team-inspired victory. Coaches John Dubois, Tara Cornell, and Lynne Seiber took their regular victory plunge into the pool after the 1st place trophy presentation. The Trojans were supported by tremendous fan and parent support as well as an electric environment at the Allegan pool. Plainwell showed its talent and team depth with an inspired effort on both days.

Lindsay Wiederhold and Mallory Comerford continued their winning ways with two individual victories. These two dominated their events and put quite a distance between themselves and the 2nd place competitor with Mallory bettering her two school records. Kim Jones and Cameron Monroe owned the diving event as they have all season long with a variety of high difficulty dives. Their outstanding 1-2 performance was a proud tribute to their late coach, Dr. Frank Newman. Blair Cornell won the Breastroke event as she has all season as well. Megan VanderBoon and Ally Seiler had state cuts in the preliminaries in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke respectively. The 200 Medley Relay and 400 Free Relay were also victorious and the 200 Free Relay was touched out by 0.11 seconds and took 2nd place. Kelsey Ernst, Aaryn Jewell and Karlynn VanSlambrouck had great swims and also earned All-Confererence status in their individual events. Other great perfomances were turned in by Molly Boylan, Haley Childress, Audrey VanderBoon, Angel Liceaga, Karlee Gauthier, and Teresa Thiel.

The team has 10 representatives for the Division 3 State Meet on November 18th and 19th at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. They will look forward to compete with the best swimmers and divers in the state. Best of luck to the girls and come out and cheer them to a high finish! Go Trojans!

Team Results:
Plainwell 589
Allegan 459
Alma 391
Otsego 257
Kalamazoo Hackett 214
South Haven 186
Albion 165

Plainwell Finishes:

200 Medley Relay
A. VanderBoon, Cornell, Thiel, Comerford 1st 1:55.47
Seiler, Gauthier, M. VanderBoon, Boylan 5th 2:02.01
Liceaga, Hochstedler, Lash, Kelly For Place 2:17.42

200 Freestyle
Wiederhold 1st 1:59.18
Ernst 7th 2:12.15
Vanslambrouck 9th 2:15.30
Childress 13th 2:19.62

200 IM
Cornell 4th 2:26.78
M. VanderBoon 6th 2:28.12
Boylan 9th 2:34.11
Gauthier 12th 2:41.86

50 Freestyle
Comerford 1st :24.25
Thiel 5th :26.71
Jewell 8th :27.04
Kelly 14th :29.38

Diving
Jones 1st 426.0
Monroe 2nd 402.3

100 Butterfly
Thiel 3rd 1:04.35
M. VanderBoon 4th 1:04.78
Ernst 7th 1:12.16
Liceaga 1:17.40

100 Freestyle
Jewell 5th :58.97
A. VanderBoon 6th :59.24
Seiler 8th :59.51

500 Freestyle
Wiederhold 1st 5:20.55
Vanslambrouck 6th 5:58.88
Boylan 7th 6:01.18
Childress 12th 6:12.88

200 Free Relay
M. VanderBoon, Cornell, Thiel, Wiederhold 2nd 1:46.78
Jewell, Childress, Vanslambrouck, Ernst 5th 1:54.46
Mills, Oakes, Kelly, Loftus For Place 2:00.01

100 Backstroke
Comerford 1st :58.22
A. VanderBoon 4th 1:06.05
Seiler 8th 1:07.94
Liceaga 13th 1:17.82

100 Breastroke
Cornell 1st 1:11.06
Gauthier 7th 1:20.84
Hochstedler 12th 1:25.99

400 Free Relay
Jewell, A. VanderBoon, Wiederhold, Comerford 1st 3:46.19
Seiler, Vanslambrouck, Ernst, Boylan 6th 4:05.23
Townsend, Oakes, Grote, Lash 14th 4:37.00

Friday, October 28, 2011

Plainwell Easily Handles Kalamazoo Hackett

The Plainwell Girl's Swim/Dive Team easily defeated Kalamazoo Hackett on Tuesday evening by a score of 124-61. This was the last dual meet of the season as the Trojans prepare for the Championship season. Plainwell will seek its 9th straight Conference Championship at Allegan on November 4 and 5. Winners of various events at the meet were Blair Cornell, Kim Jones, Caitlin Oakes, Karalyn Vanslambrouck, Kelsey Ernst, Mallory Comerford, and all 3 relays. Come and cheer on the Trojans during the exciting Championship Season!

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Plainwell Defeats Marshall on Senior Night







The Plainwell Girl's Swimming and Diving team easily defeated Marshall on Thursday evening by a score of 112-73. The Most Valuable swimmers/divers of the night were the 3 fabulous seniors in their last home swim meet: Blair Kelly, Cameron Monroe, and Lindsay Wiederhold. These 3 were honored for their high achievements both in and out of the pool. They leave a legacy of being outstanding and top notch student athletes and leaders of the 2011 Trojan Swim/Dive Team. Their high school careers have brought 3 Top Six State finishes, 3 Conference Championships, numerous Invitational wins, new school records, All-State awards, and 3 Academic All-State Honors, including a State Championship in 2009 for Division 3, and many thrilling pool performances. These outstanding ladies have set the bar very high for future classes. We wish them the very best in their future endeavors!

The Swim/Dive meet featured first place finishes by the Medley Relay team, Blair Cornell, Aaryn Jewell, Mallory Comerford, Cameron Monroe, Lindsay Wiederhold, Teresa Thiel, and the 200 & 400 Free Relay Teams. The Trojans won 10 of 12 events. Parents were also honored and the team appreciates their great support and sacrifices during the season. Coach John Dubois' team appears in great form for the upcoming Championship season. We wish them best of luck. The team has one more dual meet left. The Trojans travel to Kalamazoo Hackett on Tuesday.

Plainwell Finishes:

200 Medley Relay
Jewell, Wiederhold, A. VanderBoon, M. VanderBoon 1st 2:04.24
Thiel, Gauthier, Ernst, Seiler 3rd 2:07.84
Liceaga, Vanderhoff, Lash, Kelly 5th 2:24.76

200 Freestyle
Cornell 1st 2:11.03
Boylan 2nd 2:14.60
Childress 4th 2:21.04

200 IM
Jewell 1st 2:35.77
Ernst 2nd 2:42.64
Hochstedler 4th 2:45.93

50 Freestyle
Comerford 1st :24.88
Seiler 3rd :27.45
M. VanderBoon 4th :27.46

Diving
Monroe 1st 232.30

100 Butterfly
Wiederhold 1st 1:02.63
Cornell 2nd 1:09.92
Boylan 4th 1:15.63

100 Freestyle
A. VanderBoon 1st :59.63
Gauthier 3rd 1:03.07
Kelly 6th 1:08.12

500 Freestyle
Thiel 1st 5:56.53
Ernst 3rd 6:16.33
Loftus 5th 6:52.13

200 Free Relay
Boylan, A. VanderBoon, M. VanderBoon, Wiederhold 1st 1:49.53
Kelly, Seiler, Cornell, Childress 3rd 1:55.25
Townsend, Vanslambrouck, Grote, Wilgenhof 5th 2:08.75

100 Backstroke
Jewell 1st 1:12.56
Liceaga 4th 1:16.96
Lash 6th 1:20.42

100 Breaststroke
Hochstedler 3rd 1:27.50
Mills 5th 1:34.79
Vanderhoff 6th 1:36.03

400 Free Relay
Ernst, Boylan, Thiel, Cornell 1st 4:09.41
Childress, Oakes, Vanslambrouck, Jewell 2nd 4:16.90
Grote, Loftus, Lash, Hochstedler 5th 4:48.37

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Plainwell Sinks Allegan in Meet - Duo Effort Fundraiser a Big Winner!





The Plainwell Girl's Swimming and Diving Team steamrolled Allegan last evening with a convincing 111-65 victory. The Trojans started fast with a 1-2 finish in the Medley Relay, a 1-2-3 finish in the 50 Freestyle, and continued to build on its lead throughout the evening. The meet was highlighted by double individual victories by Lindsay Wiederhold and Teresa Thiel. Lindsay once again easily commanded the distance events while Thiel had a state qualifying time in the 100 Butterfly and also won the 50 Free. The 400 Free Relay teams also had a 1-2 finish and the 200 Free Relay was also victorious. Other individual winners were Mallory Comerford (200 IM) and Cameron Monroe (diving). Other great performances were turned in by Aaryn Jewell, Molly Boylan, Blair Cornell, Kelsey Ernst, Cameron Vanderhoff and Haley Childress. The Trojans stand at 6-0 in the Southwest and Central Swimming League and have 2 dual meets left with Marshall and Kalamazoo Hackett. The Conference Meet is November 4-5 and the Trojans seek their 9th straight championship.



The swim/dive meet also marked the second successful fund raising event for the team. Over $2000 was raised by both the Allegan and Plainwell teams for a local charity named Safe Harbor. Awesome job, girls!



Plainwell Finishes:




200 Medley Relay


Seiler, Gauthier, Thiel, Comerford 1st

A. VanderBoon, Cornell, M. VanderBoon, Jewell 2nd

Liceaga, Hochstedler, Lash, Kelly 6th


200 Freestyle

Wiederhold 1st

Ernst 4th

Vanslambrouck 5th


200 IM

Comerford 1st

Cornell 3rd

Boylan 4th


50 Freestyle

Thiel 1st

Jewell 2nd

A. VanderBoon 3rd


Diving

Monroe 1st


100 Butterfly

Thiel 1st
M. VanderBoon 2nd

Ernst 5th


100 Freestyle

Jewell 2nd

Seiler 3rd
Gauthier 5th


500 Freestyle

Wiederhold 1st

Boylan 3rd

Vanslambrouck 6th


200 Free Relay

Gauthier, Boylan, Cornell, Wiederhold 1st

Kelly, Thiel, Ernst, Childress 3rd

Oakes, Loftus, Vanslambrouck, Lash 5th


100 Backstroke

A. VanderBoon 3rd

Seiler 4th

Liceaga 6th


100 Breaststroke

Gauthier 2nd

Hochstedler 5th


400 Free Relay

Jewell, A. VanderBoon, M. VanderBoon, Wiederhold 1st

Boylan, Seiler, Ernst, Comerford 2nd

Oakes, Vanslambrouck, Childress, Vanderhoff 5th

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Plainwell Swims/Dives Past Otsego




The Trojans easily handled Otsego on Tuesday evening in a conference dual meet. Plainwell used its superior depth to outdistance the Bulldogs 111-71 at the Plainwell Middle School pool. John Dubois' Trojans won 6 events on the night and the 200 Freestyle Relay featured our two phenomenal divers (Cameron Monroe & Kim Jones) SWIMMING very respectable splits in the relay! Individual winners included Ally Seiler (200 Free), Molly Boylan (50 Free), Kim Jones (Diving), Karalyn Vanslambrouck (100 Free), and Mallory Comerford (100 Breaststroke). The 200 Free Relay was also victorious. The Trojans travel to St. Joseph on Thursday.


The night also included a perishable food collection for the Christian Neighbors Organization of Otsego. Both teams participated and a generous amount of canned foods were collected. Many thanks to both teams, parents, and spectators for their contributions to this very worthy and local organization. A photo is attached.

Friday, October 7, 2011

Plainwell Falls To Battle Creek Lakeview

The Plainwell Girl's Swimming and Diving Team put up a valiant effort against Battle Creek Lakeview on Thursday evening before going down to defeat by a score of 99-86. The meet was a see-saw battle for the first 9 events before Lakeview's depth took hold in the last few events to provide the final score. There were many exciting races and unbelievable crowd involvement. The Trojan drum line was also present to provide the swimmers. divers, and crowd with added incentive. The current team also appreciated the spirited swimming and diving alumni, parents, faculty, and supporters for attending the meet as their support helps to make the program so special.

The meet was highlighted by many strong swims and dominance on the springboard. The Medley Relay team (Comerford, Cornell, M. VanderBoon, A. VanderBoon) started the fireworkers with an impressive 1:55.82. Lindsay Wiederhold, Mallory Comerford, and Blair Cornell continued their winning ways with dominating their individual events. Cornell had an inspiring, come from behind 200 IM which also earned her a state qualifying time and dropped her time by 3 seconds. The Trojans won 9 0f 12 events, but it was not enough to overtake the Spartans. Kim Jones and Cameron Monroe were an untouchable 1-2 tandem in the diving event. The other win was in the 200 Free Relay (Jewell, Cornell, Wiederhold, Comerford). Other great performances were turned in by Karalyn Vanslambrouck and Kaitlin Oakes who continue to lower their times significantly. Aaryn Jewell was very impressive in the sprint events and as a member of both free relays. Ally Seiler and Angel Liceaga had strong swims as well.

Plainwell hosts Otsego on Tuesday night and it will be an event for the Christian Neighbors food drive.

Plainwell finishes:

200 Medley Relay
Comerford, Cornell, M. VanderBoon, A. VanderBoon 1st 1:55.82
Seiler, Gauthier, Childress, Kelly 4th 2:00.67
Liceaga, Hochstedler, Lash, Loftus 6th 2:23.34

200 Freestyle
Wiederhold 1st 2:00.41
Ernst 5th 2:14.43
Vanslambrouch 6th 2:18.08

200 IM
Cornell 1st 2:23.75
M. VanderBoon 4th 2:31.50
A. VanderBoon 5th 2:32.82

50 Freestyle
Comerford 1st :24.62
Jewell 3rd :27.32
Boylan 6th :27.74

Diving
Jones 241.95
Monroe 234.40

100 Butterfly
M. VanderBoon 3rd 1:06.34
Liceaga 5th 1:15.74
M. Boylan 6th 1:16.49

100 Freestyle
Comerford 1st :53.66
Jewell 4th :59.40
Seiler 6th 1:00.02

500 Freestyle
Wiederhold 1st 5:22.82
Vanslambrouck 5th 6:04.79
Ernst 6th 6:14.73

200 Free Relay
Jewell, Cornell, Wiederhold, Comerford 1st 1:45.11
Gauthier, Childress, Ernst, Boylan 4th 1:54.62
Loftus, Hochstedler, Vanslambrouck, Kelly 6th 1:59.96

100 Backstroke
A. VanderBoon 3rd 1:06.80
Seiler 4th 1:08.15
Liceaga 6th

100 Breastroke
Cornell 1st 1:12.47
Gauthier 5th 1:22.74
Hochstedler 6th 1:27.28

400 Free Relay
Jewell, M. VanderBoon, A. VanderBoon, Wiederhold 2nd 3:56.68
Vanslambrouch, Ernst, Boylan, Seiler 4th 4:14.12
Oakes, Liceaga, Gauthier, Kelly 6th 4:28.03

Plainwell Topples Albion

The Plainwell Girl's Swimming and Diving Team easily defeated Albion on Tuesday evening by a score of 110-69. The Trojans were led by Aaryn Jewell, Karalyn Vanslambrouck, Molly Boylan, Angel Liceaga, Emily Hochstedler, Karlee Gauthier, and Kim Jones who all had one individual first place finish. The Medley Relay was also victorious. The Trojans are still undefeated and will take on Division 2 Lakeview on Thursday evening.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Dr. Frank J. (Doc) Newman 1935-2011




The Plainwell High School Girl's Swimming and Diving family lost their beloved diving coach on Tuesday evening. Doc was a great coach, mentor, friend, and supporter of our teams for many years. He was also a very highly respected and successful Physician in the Kalamazoo area and loved to teach, instruct, and share his diving expertise to area youth. Doc was very dedicated to the Plainwell programs and to the development of our kids. We will miss his unique personality and presence. Our prayers and condolences go out to the Newman family, friends and our Swimming and Diving Team.

Plainwell Cruises To Invitational Victory

The Plainwell High School Girl's Swimming and Diving Team easily won the 2011 Plainwell Invitational on Saturday morning. The 5 team field was dominated by Plainwell's superior depth. The Trojans were led by the versatile Lindsay Wiederhold and Mallory Comerford as well as Blair Cornell and Kim Jones. Wiederhold and Comerford were 2 individual event winners as well as taking home 1st place in two relays. Cornell had a great meet with a come from behind win in the 100 Breastroke, a 2nd place in the 200 IM, and two relay 1st places. Jones once again took first in the diving event. Other great performances were turned in by Karalyn Vanslambrouck, Cameron Monroe, Blair Kelly, Aaryn Jewell, Nancy Lash, Kaitlin Oakes, and Angel Liceaga. The Trojans season remains undefeated and they prepare for a busy Homecoming week with a trip to Albion on Tuesday and a key home meet with Battle Creek Lakeview on Thursday. Come out and cheer the team for these important dual meets!

Plainwell Finishes:

200 Medley Relay
Comerford, Cornell, Thiel, Jewell 1st 1:56.54
Seiler, Gauther, M. VanderBoon, A. VanderBoon 3rd 2:04.52
Liceaga, Hochstedler, Lash, Kelly 2:19.70

200 Freestyle
Comerford 1st 1:58.30
Boylan 6th 2:16.29
Vanslambrouck 2:18.26
Childress 2:20.39

200 IM
Wiederhold 1st 2:19.76
Cornell 2nd 2:27.74
M. VanderBoon 4th 2:31.01
Gauthier 2:42.68
Hochstedler 2:46.78

50 Free
Jewell 2nd :26.98
Thiel 4th :27.30
A. VanderBoon 6th :27.73
Kelly :29.87
Grote :33.16
Wilgenhof :34.50

Diving
Jones 1st 473.0
Monroe 2nd 424.20

100 Fly
Wiederhold 1st 1:02.00
Thiel 4th 1:06.73
M. VanderBoon 5th 1:09.08
Lash 1:21.77

100 Freestyle
Jewell 3rd 1:00.12
Seiler 4th 1:00.75
Liceaga 1:05.70
Kelly 1:06.12
Oakes 1:09.27
Wilgenhof 1:17.41

500 Freestyle
Boylan 4th 6:06.70
Vanslambrouck 5th 6:07.84
Childress 6:17.19

200 Free Relay
Thiel, Cornell, M. VanderBoon, Wiederhold 1st 1:47.40
Gauthier, Childress, Vanslambrouck, Boylan 4th 1:56.55
Grote, Oakes, Lash, Kelly DQ 2:07.94

100 Backstroke
Comerford 1st :59.30
A. VanderBoon 3rd 1:08.37
Seiler 5th 1:09.10

100 Breastroke
Cornell 1st 1:11.69
Gauthier 1:24.58
Hochstedler 1:26.56
Vanderhoff 1:39.87
Mills 1:40.58

400 Free Relay
Jewell, A. VanderBoon, Wiederhold, Comerford 1st 3:51.39
Vanslambrouck, Childress, Seiler, Boylan 4th 4:14.12
Wilgenhoff, Grote, Lash, Mills 5:00.20

Team Finishes:

Plainwell 497.5
Mattawan 326
Mona Shores 296
Sturgis 164.5
Battle Creek Central 107

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Plainwell Victory and Trophy Picture at Dewitt Invitational














Trojans Swamp South Haven

The Plainwell Girl's Swimming and Diving Team easily routed South Haven last evening by a score of 114-69. Kim Jones and Cameron Monroe took 1st and 2nd place respectively once again in the diving event to lead the Trojans. Aaryn Jewell had two 1st place finishes in the 200 IM and the 500 Freestyle. Other individual winners included Karalyn Vanslambrouck in 200 Free, Molly Boylan in the 50 Free, and Kelsey Ernst in the 100 Fly. The 200 and 400 Free Relay Teams were also victorious.

The Trojans are preparing for the Plainwell Invitational on Saturday. Six other teams will be competing against the Trojans for 1st place honors.

Plainwell Finishes:

200 Medley Relay
Jewell, Gauthier, Ernst, Kelly 2nd 2:11.75
Liceaga, Hochstedler, Lash, Boylan 3rd 2:20.82
Townsend, Mills, Vanderhoff, Grote 6th 2:39.96

200 Freestyle
Vanslambrouck 1st 2:20.69
Childress 2nd 2:21.16
Loftus 3rd 2:37.79

200 IM
Jewell 1st 2:39.62
Gauthier 2nd 2:41.32
Hochstedler 3rd 2:47.01

50 Freestyle
Boylan 1st :27.95
Ernst 3rd :29.51
Liceaga 6th :29.86
Oakes :32.73
Townsend :32.90
Vanderhoff :34.05

Diving
Jones 1st 235.20
Monroe 2nd 220.20

100 Butterfly
Ernst 1st 1:15.21
Boylan 2nd 1:17.50
Gauthier 4th 1:25.81

100 Freestyle
Childress 2nd 1:05.87
Kelly 3rd 1:08.26
Lash 4th 1:10.65

500 Freestyle
Jewell 1st 6:16.68
Vanslambrouck 2nd 6:17.65
Loftus 4th 7:00.99

200 Free Relay
Oakes, Hochstedler, Ernst, Boylan 1st 2:00.31
Childress, Kelly, Loftus Vanslambrouck 3rd 2:03.63
Grote, Wilgenhof, Vanderhoff, Townsend 5th 2:15.94

100 Backstroke
Lash 3rd 1:19.86
Liceaga 4th 1:20.75
Townsend 5th 1:27.74

100 Breastroke
Hochstedler 2nd 1:26.99
Vanderhoff 3rd 1:35.56
Mills 4th 1:35.84

400 Free Relay
Childress, Lash, Liceaga, Jewell 1st 4:28.65
Gauthier, Vanslambrouck, Loftus, Kelly 2nd 4:34.67
Townsend, Oakes, Grote, Wilgenhof 4th 5:06.59

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Plainwell Wins Dewitt Invitational Thriller!

The Plainwell High School Girl's Swim/Dive Team won a very exciting and competitive Dewitt Invitational on Saturday. Plainwell and Grand Rapids Northview battled back and forth the entire afternoon with the victory ensured after the final relay. The Trojans had many excellent and pressure filled performances to pull out the victory, avenging last year's tie with Northview. A number of best times were achieved by the girls as they took home the 1st place trophy.

The Trojans were led by Mallory Comerford and Lindsay Wiederhold who both won their two individual events and continue to dominate the freestyle events. Comerford continued her assault on the Plainwell record board with bettering her 50 Freestyle record achieved earlier this season and tying the 100 Freestyle record with a blazing :53.35. The other individual winner was Kim Jones in the diving event. The 400 Free Relay was also victorious with team members Aaryn Jewell, Teresa Thiel, Comerford, and Wiederhold clincing the meet win for the Trojans. Blair Cornell picked up a pair of seconds in the 200 IM and 100 Breaststroke. Audrey VanderBoon picked up a second place in the 100 Backstoke and a State Qualifying cut time. The 200 Medley Relay and 200 Freestyle Relay also placed 2nd. Thiel, Ally Seiler, and Karlee Gauthier had key swims and placements for the Trojans late in the meet. Cameron Monroe was once again solid on the springboard. Other great performances and best times were turned in by Blair Kelly, Paige Townsend, Cameron Vanderhoff, Franzie Grote, Angel Liceaga and Kelsey Ernst.

The Trojans travel to South Haven for a league dual meet on Tuesday.

Plainwell Finishes:

200 Medley Relay
A. VanderBoon, Cornell, Thiel, M. VanderBoon 2nd 2:00.45
Seiler, Gauthier, Ernst, Jewell 2:07.62

200 Freestyle
Wiederhold 1st 2:01.52
Boylan 2:15.63
Vanslambrouck 2:21.39
Childress 2:21.95

200 IM
Cornell 2nd 2:26.92
M. VanderBoon 2:29.94
Hochstedler 2:46.58

50 Freestyle
Comerford 1st :24.45
A. VanderBoon :27.53
Kelly :29.46
Lash :31.45
Vanderhoff :32.92
Grote :33.20

Diving
Jones 1st 241.35
Monroe

100 Butterfly
Thiel 3rd 1:05.96
M. VanderBoon 1:07.60
Liceaga 1:19.22
Lash 1:23.00

100 Freestyle
Comerford 1st :53.35
Jewell 1:00.25
Childress 1:05.29
Kelly 1:06.53

500 Freestyle
Wiederhold 1st 5:26.47
Boylan 6:11.51

200 Free Relay
Jewell, Cornell, Wiederhold, Comerford 2nd 1:45.39
Thiel, Ernst, Boylan, M. VanderBoon 1:51.04

100 Backstroke
A. VanderBoon 2nd 1:06.49
Seiler 1:08.99
Townsend 1:17.55

100 Breaststroke
Cornell 2nd 1:12.55
Gauthier 1:20.65
Hochstedler 1:26.32
Mills 1:35.43

400 Free Relay
Jewell, Thiel, Comerford, Wiederhold 1st 3:50.49
Seiler, Ernst, Boylan, A. VanderBoon 4:04.93

Team Results:
Plainwell 391
GR Northview 373
St. John's 325
DeWitt 294
Chelsea 277
E. Lansing 242
Waverly-Lansing Catholic 205
Lansing 172

Thursday, September 22, 2011




Plainwell Rips Thru Quad Meet

The Plainwell Girl's Swimming and Diving Team handily won their matchups against Alma, Otsego, and Hackett in the Quad Meet held at the Otsego Pool. The Trojans were led by Mallory Comerford, Lindsay Wiederhold, Blair Cornell, and Kim Jones. All 4 of these ladies turned in great performances with many 1st place finishes. Other great performances included Kara Loftus, Karalyn Vanslambrouch, Cameron Vanderhoff, Kaitlin Oakes, and Paige Townsend. The Trojans are at the Dewitt Invitational on Saturday and their competition includes many Division 1 & 2 schools.

Team Finishes:

Plainwell 112
Alma 66

Plainwell 138
Hackett 46

Plainwell 130
Otsego 53

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Plainwell Rules Albion Relays

The Plainwell Girl's Swimming and Diving Team continued their winning ways with a convincing performance at the Albion Relays. The Trojans won every relay except two to dominate the meet. Great swims were turned in by Karlee Gauthier, Blair Cornell, Kelsey Ernst, Molly Boylan, Lindsay Wiederhold, and Audrey VanderBoon. A special mention goes to Alexandria Tustin who nobley filled in at the other diving spot and performed very well! The Trojans easily outdistanced Harper Creek.

The Trojans next opponents are the Quad Meet at Otsego. The field consists of Plainwell, Otsego, Alma, and Hackett.

Plainwell Finishes:

200 Medley Relay
A. VanderBoon, Cornell, Thiel, Comerford 1st 2:00.52

200 Sprint Relay
M. VanderBoon, Thiel, Wiederhold, Comerford 1st 1:47.20

300 IM Relay
M. VanderBoon, Cornell, A. VanderBoon 1st

400 Free Relay
Seiler, Boylan, Jewell, Wiederhold 1st 4:00.61

Diving
Jones, Tustin 4th

300 Backstroke Relay
A. VanderBoon, Seiler, Jewell 2nd 3:32.50

200 Butterfly Relay
M. VanderBoon, Comerford, Ernst, Thiel 1st 1:57.56

500 Up and Down Relay
Jewell, Seiler, Wiederhold, Boylan, Ernst 1st 5:06.64

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Plainwell Dominates South Haven Invitational

The Plainwell High School Girl's Swimming and Diving Team easily won the South Haven Invitational on Saturday. The Trojans were led by 4 first place winners Lindsay Wiederhold and Mallory Comerford. Lindsay won both distance freestyle events as was a member of the victorious 200 and 400 Freestyle Relay Teams. Mallory won both the 100 Freestyle and 100 Backstroke events and was a member of the winning 200 Medley Relay and 400 Freestyle Relays. She also lowered her 100 Backstroke record she set last week to :59.44. The Trojans other individual winners included Cameron Monroe in the 1 meter diving and Blair Cornell in the 100 Breastroke. All 3 relay teams were winners as well. Teresa Thiel had a good meet placing 2nd in the 50 Freestyle and 100 Butterfly. Audrey VanderBoon picked up a pair of 3rd place finishes in the 50 Freestyle and 100 Backstroke. Megan VanderBoon placed 3rd in the 200 IM and 4th in the 100 Butterfly. Kim Jones placed 2nd in diving and Karlee Gauthier placed 4th in the 100 Breastroke for Plainwell's top finishes.

The Trojans are at the Albion Relays on Thursday.

Team Scores:

Plainwell 436
Allegan 281
Mattawan 241
Ludington 172
Otsego 140
South Haven 80
Hackett 42

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Plainwell Tops Mattawan

The Plainwell Girl's Swimming and Diving Team beat and up and coming Mattawan squad by the score of 102-83. The Trojans record stands at 2-0.

The team was led again by Blair Cornell and Mallory Comerford who placed first in their two individual events. Blair won the 50 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke in a state qualifying time of 1:11.88. Mallory set her second school record in as many meets with a very fast 1:00.28 in the 100 Backstroke. She also won the 200 Individual Medley in 2:20.91, which is also a state qualifying time. Kelsey Ernst, Cameron Monroe, and all three relays won the other individual events for Plainwell. The 200 Medley Relay team of Comerford, Cornell, Teresa Thiel, and Lindsay Wiederhold clocked a very respectable 1:57.45. Other good swims were performed by Aaryn Jewell, Ally Seiler, Audrey VanderBoon, Carlee Gauthier, and Angel Liceaga.

The South Haven Invitational on Saturday, September 10th awaits the Trojans.

Plainwell Finishes:

200 Medley Relay
Comerford, Cornell, Thiel, Wiederhold 1:57.45 1st
Seiler, Gauthier, M. VanderBoon, A. VanderBoon 2:05.47 3rd
Townsend, Hochstedler, Loftus, Mills 2:30.77 5th

200 Freestyle
Ernst 2:17.50 1st
Vanslambrouch 2:23.47 3rd
Jewell 2:24.31 4th

200 IM
Comerford 2:20.91 1st
A. VanderBoon 2:32.99 3rd
Boylan 2:40.08 5th

50 Freestyle
Cornell :26.97 1st
Gauthier :29.66 4th
Kelly :30.05 6th

Diving
Monroe 236.5 1st

100 Fly
M. VanderBoon 1:07.54 3rd
Jewell 1:12.83 4th
Lash 1:19.59 6th

100 Freestyle
Childress 1:05.26 3rd
Liceaga 1:06.28 5th
Vanslambrouch 1:06.33 6th

500 Freestyle
Boylan 6:11.43 2nd
Ernst 6:14.55 3rd
Loftus 7:06.42 5th

200 Free Relay
Thiel, Cornell, Comerford, Wiederhold 1:46.52 1st
Childress, Jewell, Boylan, Ernst 1:53.76 3rd
VanSlambrouch, Loftus, Mills, Kelly 2:05.20 5th

100 Backstroke
Comerford 1:00.28 1st
Seiler 1:07.69 2nd
Liceaga 1:20.43 5th

100 Breastroke
Cornell 1:11.88 1st
Gauthier 1:24.67 5th
Hochstedler 1:25.78 6th

400 Free Relay
Thiel, M. VanderBoon, Comerford, Wiederhold 3:55.48 1st
Ernst, Seiler, Jewell, Boylan 4:12.41 2nd
Vanslambrouch, Lash, Liceaga, Childress 4:28.17 4th

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Plainwell Starts 2011 Season Fast: Blitzes Kalamazoo Central

The 2011 Plainwell Girl's Swim/Dive Team started the season with a convincing victory over Kalamazoo Central. The final score was 122-58. The team was led by double individual event winners Blair Cornell and Mallory Comerford. Molly Boylan, Kim Jones, Lindsay Wiederhold, Teresa Thiel had one victory each in their individual events. The Trojans swept all three relays, however the 400 Free Relay was deemed an exhibition event for them. Freshman Comerford broke an 8 year old record in the 50 Freestyle in route to a very impressive :24.54. This year's team features 29 swimmers and divers and the Trojans seek their 9th straight Conference Championship and a high placement at the State Meet.

The Trojans face Mattawan on Tuesday.

Plainwell Finishes:

200 Medley Relay
A. VanderBoon, Cornell, Thiel, M. VanderBoon 1st
Seiler, Gauthier, Jewell, Childress 3rd
Liceaga, Hochstedler, Lash, Kelly 4th

200 Freestyle
Wiederhold 1st
Boylan 2nd
Ernst 3rd

200 Individual Medley
Cornell 1st
M. VanderBoon 2nd
Childress 6th

50 Freestyle
Comerford 1st
A. VanderBoon 3rd
Thiel 4th

Diving
Jones 1st
Monroe 2nd

100 Butterfly
Thiel 1st
M. VanderBoon 2nd
Liceaga 4th

100 Freestyle
Comerford 1st
Seiler 3rd
Jewell 4th

500 Freestyle
Boylan 1st
Ernst 2nd
Vanslambrouch 3rd

200 Freestyle Relay
M. VanderBoon, Cornell, Comerford, Wiederhold 1st
Kelly, Childress, Ernst, Boylan 3rd
Liceaga, Loftus, Lash, Vanslambrouch 4th

100 Backstroke
A. VanderBoon 2nd
Seiler 3rd
Jewell 4th

100 Breaststroke
Cornell 1st
Gauthier 4th
Hochstedler DQ (3rd)

400 Freestyle Relay
Thiel, A. VanderBoon, Comerford, Wiederhold 1st (Ex)
Boylan, Ernst, Jewell, Seiler 2nd (Ex)
Mills, Townsend, Oakes, Vanderhoff 4th (2nd)