Lady Trojans Spurred by the RedHawks  

 

Plainwell 84  Marshall 102 

Rivalry? You bet.  This meet had it all with fierce competition between two evenly matched teams.  The tone of the meet was set early with a hotly contested medley relay with Marshall just out-touching the Lady Trojans.  From this point forward, Plainwell trailed the entire meet, unable to catch-up with the fired-up RedHawks.  Despite losing their first meet, the Trojans had many bright spots and stellar performances. 

Notable Performances:

50 Free Kylee King and Casey Keator

Diving Alex Uridge and the undefeated Emily Zimmer.  Sophia Fox is showing improvement.

500 Free Super Sarah Lindenbach qualified for state with a gutsy swim

100 Free Abby McKenzie and Madison Moore good swims

200 Free Relay Riemen, Evans, Vanslambrouck, and Terpstra looked solid

100 Backstroke  Super Sarah Lindenbach reigned supreme again

100 Breaststroke  Lauren VanLent and Marlee Burgess nice job 

It's easy to be a gracious winner and it’s much tougher to be a good “loser”.  We will certainly see what this team is made of in the next couple weeks.  Prediction, the Lady Trojans will settle the score with Marshall at the conference meet.  At least, let’s hope so. 

Special Shout Out-  Coach Murphy.  Thank you for carrying yourself with integrity and class.  You provide a good example for our ladies without outrageous gamesmanship and deckside antics.  I am extremely happy you are our coach.  It isn’t easy, but keep up the good fight.

                      By: Jeff Braginton