Canton edges Salem in thrilling cross-campus swim-and-dive meet
BY ED WRIGHT
Oct. 12, 2010, 10:45 p.m.
Firsts are nice, but they don't always win swim meets.
Case in point: Tuesday's entertaining P-CEP dual meet featuring Canton and Salem.
The Rocks touched first in eight of the 12 events, but it was the Chiefs who survived with a 96-89 victory.
"Our depth is what won us tonight's meet," said Canton coach Ed Weber, whose team improved to 6-0-1. "There were certain events that Salem was going to win; there was nothing we could do about it. But we needed to get the seconds, thirds and fourths, and we did."
Weber gave huge props to Sara Schmitt, who picked up third-place points in the 50-yard freestyle; Kayla Eyster, who was fourth in the 100 free; and Kelly Bedro, who was third in the 100 breast.
"Salem has some very talented swimmers," Weber continued. "No one is better than Lauren Seroka. Abby Aumiller is fabulous and Emily Nelson is very good. But our depth pulled us through tonight.
"As a team, we had a great meet tonight."
The Chiefs' first-place points came from freshman Destinee Barmore-Hicks, who won the 50 free in 25.82 and the 100 free in 56.04; senior Robyn Piwowar, who won the 1-meter diving event with 217.45 points; and Sara Krebs, who touched first in the 100 breaststroke in 1:12.13.
The meet's final result was still in doubt heading into the final event of the night: the 400 freestyle relay. The Chiefs needed at least a second-place showing and they got it from the foursome of Delaney Adams, Kayla Eyster, Kari Schmitt and Barmore-Hicks.
Several Rocks rose to the occasion, including freshman Julia Suriano, who won the 200 freestyle (2:00.28) and the 500 freestyle (5:25.30); Emily Nelson, who outstroked the competition in the 100 backstroke; Abby Aumiller, who won the 200 IM; and freshman Claire Amin, who took first in the 100 butterfly.
CANTON
96
SALEM 89
Tuesday at Salem
SALEM 89
Tuesday at Salem
200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY: 1. Salem (Abby Aumiller, Emily Nelson, Lauren Seroka, Julia Suriano), 1:59.28; 2. Canton (Caitlin Orr, Kelly Bedro, Catherine Irwin, Sara Schmitt), 2:00.97.
200 FREESTYLE: 1. Julia Suriano (S), 2:00.28; 2. Lauren Seroka (S), 2:02.59; 3. Delaney Adams (C), 2:05.84.
200 IM: 1. Abby Aumiller (S), 2:20.96; Emily Nelson (S), 2:21.74; 3. Catherine Irwin (C), 2:21.84.
50 FREESTYLE: 1. Destinee Barmore-Hicks (C), 22.82; 2. Kari Schmitt (C), 26.29; 3. Sara Schmitt (C), 27.37.
1-METER DIVING: 1. Robyn Piwowar (C), 183.20 points; 2. Brooke Granowicz (C), 133.60; 3. Sarah Rudelic (S), 125.15.
100 BUTTERFLY: 1. Claire Amin (S), 1:05.05; 2. Irene Li (S), 1:05.33; 3. Catherine Irwin (C), 1;05.46.
100 FREESTYLE: 1. Destinee Barmore-Hicks (C), 56.04; 2. Kari Schmitt (C), 57.23; 3. Lauren Seroka (S), 57.36.
500 FREESTYLE: 1. Julia Suriano (S), 5:25.30; 2. Abby Aumiller (S), 5:28.34; 3. Delaney Adams (C), 5:32.33.
200 FREESTYLE RELAY: 1. Canton (Kari Schmitt, Sara Schmitt, Delaney Adams, Destinee Barmore-Hicks), 1:45.58; 2. Canton (Hannah Jenkins, Kayla Eyster, Abby Madison, Madeline Madison), 1:51.41.
100 BACKSTROKE: 1. Emily Nelson (S), 1:03.28; 2. Caitlin Orr (C), 1:05.19; 3. Maggie Sneideman (S), 1:08.86.
100 BREASTSTROKE: 1. Sara Krebs (C), 1:12.13; 2. Hannah Jenkins (C), 1:14.98; 3. Kelly Bedro (C), 1:15.29.
400 FREESTYLE RELAY: 1. Salem (Julia Suriano, Lauren Seroka, Emily Nelson, Abby Aumiller), 3:51.00; 2. Canton (Delaney Adams, Kayla Eyster, Kari Schmitt, Destinee Barmore-Hicks), 3:53.16.
Salem and
Canton swimmers prepare to compete in the meet-deciding 400-yard
freestyle relay Tuesday night. (Ed Wright photo)