SEYMOUR
The Seymour girls swim team used its depth to coast by Trinity Lutheran and Providence in its final home meet of the season Monday night.
The Owls won seven of the nine individual events and all three relays to pile up 105 points to 14 for Providence and 6 for Trinity.
Owls coach Dave Boggs said it was a fun meet as several swimmers were in events they don’t normally swim.
“We swam off," he said. "It was a fun meet. It was the last chance to make the sectional team. They swam events that maybe they had never swam.”
Olivia Fish won the 100 free in 1 minute and 3.46 seconds, Lillian Sunbury won the 200 free in 2:16.92, and Abby Boyt was first in the 500 free in 6:07.28.
Trinity Walters won the 200 individual medley in 2:59.30, Katya Cox was first in the 100 back in 1:11.26, Maren McClure was first in the 100 butterfly in 1:06.77, and Alexandra Weaver placed first in diving with 143.70 points.
Samantha Jacobi, Cox, McClure and Sandy Cerino teamed up to win the 200 free relay in 1:53.57; Cox, Boyt, McClure and Cerino won the 200 medley relay in 2.06.18; and McClure, Amelita Vasquez, Haley Williams and August Hunt closed the meet by placing first in the 400 free relay in 4:19.37.
Boggs said the girls’ team has begun its taper in preparation for the sectional at Floyd Central Feb. 6 and 8.
“We separated the genders a couple weeks ago,” he said. “The boys are on their schedule and the girls are on their schedule. I think their energy is starting to come back, and they’re getting their strength back. They’re done with dryland and it’s just a matter of fine-tuning and polishing and getting everything ready to go.
“We had a lot of surprises tonight," he continued. "We saw Abby Boyt have a good time in the 500 and we saw Sandy Cerino have a good time in the breast.”
Trinity’s Rachel Sabotin won the 50 free in 25.74 and won the 100 breast in 1:11.01.
However, Trinity coach Doug Sabotin said his daughter won’t swim either of those events in the Columbus North sectional next week.
“We wanted her to work on her breaststroke tonight,” he said. “Our plan is to swim the 200 IM at sectionals. The breaststroke is a big part of that so we wanted to get her ready. She’s been pretty consistent all season. This is the first year swimming for Sarah (Lemming), and she’s done a fantastic job over the last eight weeks.
“It’s really cool to see how much improvement a student athlete can make from the beginning of the season to the end when they’ve never tried anything before. It takes a lot of courage for kids to come out and do something maybe they’re not comfortable with.
“The season has been great with two new swimmers and Rachel’s senior year.”
Trinity’s boys and girls will swim in the “Schools with No Pools” meet tonight at the natatorium in Indianapolis. Sabotin and Lemming, along with the two members of the boys’ team, will compete in that meet. A total of 16 teams that do not have pools at their schools, will compete in that meet.
“We have a chance to get another meet in before the sectionals next week,” Sabotin said.
The SHS girls finished the regular season 13-4, marking the 27th consecutive winning season for Boggs, including the sixth straight season with double-digit victories.
The Seymour boys will compete in the conference trials at Bedford Thursday night.