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

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)

Plainwell Earns 6th Place Finish at D3 State Meet

Plainwell High School Girl's Swimming and Diving Team took 6th Place with 111.5 points at the Division 3 State Championships held at the Holland Aquatic Center. This is the third year in a row that the team has finished in the 6th position. All-Stater Lindsay Wiederhold led the charge with a pair of runner-up places in the 200 and 500 Freestyles. Her times of 1:56.11 and 5:07.96 shattered her previous team records set at last year's State Meet. The 500 Freestyle was a highly contested race with the Cranbrook swimmer and Lindsay dueling the entire race. They easily outdistanced the rest of the field. Leah VanderBoon swam to an All-State 8th place in the 100 Freestyle with a time of :54.8. The 200 and 400 All-State Freesytle Relay teams finished 6th and 7th respectively. The two teams consisted of Leah VanderBoon, Lindsay Wiederhold, Megan VanderBoon and Teresa Thiel. Cameron Monroe finished 9th in the 1 meter Diving event and the Medley Relay Team of Audrey VanderBoon, Blair Cornell, Leah VanderBoon, and Teresa Thiel finished 13th. Blair Cornell finished 23rd in the 100 Breastroke.

This season proved to be very successful with a very young team. Next year's team will have much more experience and depth. Leah VanderBoon and Alison Goyings will be missed and we wish them the best of luck and applaude them for their great swimming and leadership for the many years they swam in the Plainwell programs. Great season to all the girls!!

Plainwell Finishes:

200 Medley Relay
(Audrey VanderBoon, Blair Cornell, Leah VanderBoon, Teresa Thiel) - 13th
Prelims: 1:56.85 Finals: 1:57.20

200 Freestyle
Lindsay Wiederhold - 2nd
Prelims: 1:56.11 (New School Record) Finals: 1:56.74

Diving
Cameron Monroe - 9th 344.30 points

100 Freestyle
Leah VanderBoon - 8th
Prelims: :54.49 Finals: :54.87

500 Freestyle
Lindsay Wiederhold - 2nd
Prelims: 5:14.48 Finals: 5:07.96 (New School Record)

200 Freestyle Relay
(Teresa Thiel, Megan VanderBoon, Leah VanderBoon, Lindsay Wiederhold) - 6th
Prelims: 1:42. 29 Finals: 1:42.08

100 Breastroke
Blair Cornell - 23rd
Prelims: 1:12.81

400 Freestyle Relay
(Teresa Thiel, Megan VanderBoon, Lindsay Wiederhold, Leah VanderBoon) - 7th
Prelims: 3:44.43 Finals: 3:45.57

Division 3 State Meet @ Holland Aquatic Center

Plainwell Conference Championship Celebration

Dynamic Duo!

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