by Mike Stirling
Tri-Valley swimmers have been busy as they start the 2020-21 swim season. With three meets in one week, Coach Christy Holmes and her crew have spent a lot of time in the water and have learned and progressed. Most recently, the competition has been from local rivals Coshocton, River View and John Glenn on December 12 in the Coshocton pool. That facility is a ‘meter’ pool as opposed to ‘yards’ so it takes a little adjustment on the part of the swimmers.
Scoring for this meet is also a little different. The meet is identified as a “triple-dual meet” in which each of the squads is evaluated against each of the others, while all race in the same event. So, it is possible for a swimmer to record three ‘first-place’ finishes in a single race if that swimmer has a faster time than the other three competitors in the same race.
For ease of reporting, all of the Scottie swimmers will be ranked against all competition in each event. Reviewing the results, Tri-Valley athletes performed very well and swimmers and coaches will have a challenge comparing these results in a ‘meter’ pool with those in a pool measured in ‘yards’.
As usual, the meet began with the Girls 200 Meter Medley Relay. Also, as usual, the foursome of Alex Dale, Mazie Mallett, Larissa Lynch and Seryna Mann impressed with a win as they out-touched River View by nearly 5 seconds. That squad was followed by teammates Emma Pratt, Jesi Fuhriman, Abri Mallett and Mia Fuhriman. Close behind were Avery Dunn, Katie Davis, Allie Norman and Annika Lindsey. Boys notched a second-place spot as Mason McDaniel, Cyrus Dittmar, Hansel Holmes and Schwan McDonald finished just seconds behind the first-place team from River View and established a NEW Tri-Valley record in the process.
Girls took to the blocks in the 200 Meter Free Relay as the team of Abri Mallett, Mia Fuhriman, Mazie Mallett and Alex Dale finished in a time of 2:14.03 followed by teammates Emma Lewis, Katie Davis, Avery Dunn and Emma Pratt and a third team of Anna Thomas, Lindsey Annika, Chloe Berry and Rhiannon Shaw. On the boys side, Cyrus Dittmar, Ethan Ankrom, Mason McDaniel and Hansel Holmes finished second followed by Gabe Lentz Arpen Parekh, Jonathan Barker and McDonald.
To cap the meter relay events, the girls sent Seryna Mann, Jesi Fuhrimam, Allie Norman and Larissa Lynch to the starting blocks where they finished first, followed by Rhiannon Shaw, Chloe Berry, Anna Thomas and Emma Lewis. Dawgs squad of Lentz, Parekh, Barker and Ankrom came in third in the boys meter event.
In the individual events, tarting with the 50 Meter Free, Lindsey, Berry, Dunn, Thomas, Mann, Jesi Fuhriman and Mia Fuhriman all participated as did Parekh, Ankrom, Lentz and Dittmar for the boys. The 100 Meter Girls event showcased Emma Pratt, Mazie Mallett and Katie Davis as well as Parekh and McDaniel for the Scottie boys.
Next in length was the Girls 200 Meter Free which was dominated by Scotties Larissa Lynch and teammate Abri Mallett who finished first and second respectively. Lynch won by about 18 seconds. No to be outdone, sophomore Hansel Holmes won the Boys 200 Meter Free and established a NEW Tri-Valley record in the process with a time of 2:11.89.
Seryna Mann and Allie Norman represented Tri-Valley in the Girls 400 Meter Free finishing first and fourth while Schawn McDonald came in third for the Scottie boys.
Sophomore Emma Lewis stepped-up to capture the Girls 200 Meter IM followed by teammate Allie Norman and Schawn McDonald finished fifth for the boys. Hansel Holmes wasn’t through yet as he came to the starting blocks for the Boys 100 Meter Butterfly where he established another NEW Tri-Valley school record touching in 1:02.23. On the girls side, Alex Dale and Rhiannon Shaw finished first and second in the Girls 100 Meter Butterfly.
In the Girls 100 Meter Backstroke, nine Scotties swam to represent the Dresden school Entered were Avery Dunn, Annika Lindsey, Anna Thomas, Jesi Fuhriman, Mia Fuhriman, Chloe Berrt, Larissa Lynch, Emma Lewis and Rhiannon Shaw. Top times were recorded by Lynch, Lewis and Jesi Fuhriman. On the boys side, senior Mason McDaniel finished first ahead of teammates Ankrom and Lentz.
In the final specialty event, the 100 Meter Breaststroke, sophomore Mazie Mallett notched first in a time of 1:34.51 followed by teammates Alex Dale and Katie Davis. For the boys,Cyrus Dittmar set a NEW Tri-Valley school record as he finished first in the event followed by Jonathan Barker in fourth.
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