MCHS swim season ends at regional

Staff Report

OWENSBORO – The Marshall County Marshals and Lady Marshals had a tough outing at the 1st Region championship swim meet Saturday as the boys finsihed 13 out of 23 schools,while the girls finished 16 out of 23 schools.

Bowling Green High School swept regionals with the top ranking in both categories, while Madisonville North Hopkins was the only other school to record a top ten ranking in both categories.

The results for the Marshals and Lady Marshals are as follows:

Girls 200 medley relay: 11, 2:11.39.

Boys 200 medley relay: 10, 1:58.58.

Girls 200 yard freestyle: Katie Kuhens, 29, 2:33.99; Erika Darnell, 33, 2:40.49; Hannah Owens, 36, 2:47.10; Evelyn Hudson, 40, 2:51.56.

Boys 200 yard freestyle: Andrea Zangiancomi, 6, 1:58.47; John Blankenship, 45, 2:58.59; Austin Gordon, 46, 3:14.08.

Girls 200 yard individual medley: Allie Darnell, 16, 2:39.03; Carly Barrett, 25, 3:01.95; Lauren Martin, 26, 3:02.18; Kaitlyn Arant, 28, 3:08.04.

Boys 200 yard individual medley: Nolan Park, 25, 2:56.61.
Girls 50 yard freestyle: Sydney Beckett, 14, 28.66; Jenna Goins, 17, 28.90; Rachelle Lampert, 18, 28.97; Meagan Ford, 64, 36.97.

Boys 50 yard freestyle: Josh Gordon, 22, 26.54; Cale Merrick, 28, 27.05; Ian Freitag, 44, 29.28.

Girls 100 yard butterfly: Sarah Telle, 15, 1:13.15; Erika Darnell, 27, 1:27.69; Carly Merrick, 29, 1:29.38; Carly Barrett, 30, 1:29.85

Girls 100 yard freestyle: Sydney Beckett, 17, 1:04.80;

Rachelle Lampert, 18, 1:04.97; Amanda Anderson, 54, 1:16.92.

Boys 100 yard freestyle: Cale Merrick, 22, 1:00.33; Nolan Park, 45, 1:09.49.

Girls 500 yard freestyle: Hannah Owens, 26, 7:24.67; Evelyn Hudson, 28, 7:39.68.

Boys 500 yard freestyle: Andrea Zangiancomi, 6, 5:28.11.

Girls 200 yard freestyle relay: Marshall County, 7, 1:52.81.

Boys 200 yard freestyle relay: Marshall County, 11, 1:46.72.

Girls 100 yard backstroke: Sarah Telle, 20, 1:13.84; Heather Powell, 50, 1:37.97.

Boys 100 yard backstroke: Ian Freitag, 16, 1:10.01; Christopher Telle, 22, 1:13.39; Austin Gordon, 41, 1:33.82; John Blakenship, 43, 1:46.50.

Girls 100 yard breastroke: Katie Kuhens, 18, 1:25.41; Jenna Goins, 28, 1:30.95; Meagan Ford, 46, 1:45.10; Erika Gordon, 48, 1:46.41.

Boys 100 yard breastroke: Josh Gordon, 16, 1:17.22; Ian Bradley, 20, 1:19.77; Josh Tillson, 1:26.33.

Girls 400 yard freestyle relay: Marshall County, 10, 4:32.55.

Boys 400 yard freestyle relay: Marshall County, 12, 4:19.75.

Marshall County failed to qualify any swimmers for the state meet.

MCHS head coach Trina Merrick said the team might have fared better had the layout of the event not been changed due to weather. Usually. the regional consists of preliminary and final heats in each event, but the meet was condensed to one day because of weather, leaving a smaller window to qualify.

Still, with an ever-growing roster, Merrick said the season was a success and next year looks even better.

“For what we thought was going to be a building year, I thought we looked really good,” Merrick said. “That’s exciting to see that we have young people in the relays and we’re not losing many swimmers off those relays.”

With the team still lacking a pool to call home, Merrick said the search for land and financial help for an MCHS facility continues.

“Once regionals are over, I start that path toward a pool,” Merrick said. “This time, I have a couple of leads. We still know that if we had a facility that we’d be so much better off.”