Unstoppable Plainwell Wins 8th Straight Conference Title!

The Plainwell Girl's Swimming and Diving Team used team spirit and high octane energy to dominate the Southwestern and Central Swim Conference for an 8th straight year. Captain Leah VanderBoon and Lindsay Wiederhold led the Trojan charge with 2 individual titles along with a 200 Free Relay title. Cameron Monroe once again was supreme on the springboard with an 11 dive total of 423.60 points. Blair Cornell won a very closely contested 100 Breastroke event that was one of the most exciting of the afternoon. There were many outstanding and high level performances, all of which contributed to the victory. The Plainwell fans were very supportive and cheered loudly for their victorous team.

Second place finishes included Teresa Thiel, Megan VanderBoon, and the 200 Medley Relay Team and 400 Free Relay Team. Megan and Cornell also captured 3rd places and Ally Seiler picked up a 4th place. There were many All-Conference and best time swims as well. Molly Boylan lowered her personal best times by 3 seconds in the 200 Free and 10 seconds in a very exciting 500 Free! Coaches John Dubois and Tara Cornell took their yearly dive into the Allegan Community pool after the trophy presentation. Seiler also had a terrific meet with personal bests in both the 100 Free and 100 Backstroke. Karalyn Vanslambrouch dropped more time off her 500 Free (over 1 minute for the season). Other great performances were turned in by Haley Childress, Cora Spencer, Emily Hochstedler, Kelsey Ernst, Alison Goyings, Paige Townsend, Cara Loftus, Blair Kelly, Nancy Lash, and Courtney Mills. Jun Hu, and Audrey VanderBoon.

The Division 3 State Meet awaits the Trojans on November 19th and 20th. Plainwell will be well represented with Leah VanderBoon, Lindsay Wiederhold, Cameron Monroe, Teresa Thiel, Blair Cornell, Megan VanderBoon, and Audrey VanderBoon looking to score points. Best wishes to all swimmers and divers and Good Luck!

Team Standings:

Plainwell 528.5
Alma 468
Allegan 414.5
South Haven 260
Otsego 258
Hackett 211
Albion 131

Plainwell Finishes:

200 Medley Relay
(A. VanderBoon, Cornell, M. VanderBoon, Thiel) 1:59.63 2nd
(Seiler, Goyings, Hu, Kelly) 2:09.34 7th
(Childress, Hochstedler, Lash, Townsend) 2:21.98 Ex

200 Free
Lindsay Wiederhold 2:00.36 1st
Molly Boylan 2:10.54 7th
Kelsey Ernst 2:16.73 10th

200 IM
Megan VanderBoon 2:28.41 2nd
Blair Cornell 2:29.06 3rd
Emily Hochstedler 2:46.57 11th
Haley Childress 2:46.85 12th

50 Free
Leah VanderBoon :25.18 1st
Teresa Thiel :27.08 7th
Audrey VanderBoon :27.33 8th

Diving
Cameron Monroe 423.60 1st
Cora Spencer 233.65 7th

100 Fly
Teresa Thiel 1:05.75 2nd
Megan VanderBoon 1:07.07 3rd
Jun Hu 1:15.96 12th
Nancy Lash 1:120.43 15th

100 Free
Leah VanderBoon :55.65 1st
Ally Seiler 1:00.76 6th
Blair Kelly 1:05.77 10th

500 Free
Lindsay Wiederhold 5:19.72 1st
Molly Boylan 5:54.21 9th
Kelsey Ernst 6:13.52 13th
Karalyn VanSlambrouch 6:21.91 15th

200 Free Relay
(Cornell, L. VanderBoon, Thiel, Wiederhold) 1:45.00 1st
(Goyings, Kelly, Ernst, Boylan) 1:55.54 8th
(Mills, Loftus, Townsend, VanSlambrouch) 2:10.87 Ex

100 Back
Ally Seiler 1:06.83 4th
Audrey VanderBoon 1:08.17 7th
Cora Spencer 1:15.56 11th
Haley Childress 1:15.82 12th

100 Breast
Blair Cornell 1:12.06 1st
Alison Goyings 1:24.66 11th
Jun Hu 1:25.22 12th
Emily Hochstedler 1:25.53 14th

400 Free Relay
(M. VanderBoon, A. VanderBoon, Wiederhold, L. VanderBoon) 3:52.10 2nd
(Boylan, Ernst, Kelly, Seiler) 4:10.93 4th
(Lash, VanSlambrouch, Mills, Loftus) 4:38.10 Ex