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

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)