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