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New summer swim season under way for Quincy youth
Kurtis J. Wood/sports@qvpr.com
Russell Silk won the 50-meter butterfly in a time of 34.42 seconds during last week's dual meet in Cashmere. The 13-year-old also won the 50-free and 50-backstroke to take high point honors.
Tyson Beaumont, Gates Petersen, Russell Silk and Rachel Horning kicked off their summer swim team schedule rolling triple sevens and scoring 21 points each. Despite their efforts, Quincylost to host Cashmere 4.75 to 4.31.
The loss did not deter coach Jay Knodell from handing kudos to his young team. He had 46 swimmers for the first outing of the season
"I was pleased," he said. "I didn't know what to expect. We lost a lot of people this season."
"To be honest I was most impressed with the little kids."
But he also added 15 new recruits and still has a handful of standouts from last year. Eight-year-old Beaumont was tops in both the 25 and 50 freestyle swims and added a first in the back, while 10-year-old Gates Petersen was the fastest in the 50 and 100 free, as well as the 50 breaststroke.
For the girls, 14-year-old Rachel Horning continued to be impressive, winning the 100 free, 50 fly and 50 backstroke.
"It's almost like she is forgotten, because she gets first place every time by a half a pool," Knodell said. "She is just consistent."
Silk also returns after a successul '09 season. He lost just one individual race all last year, due to a disqualification with his kick in the breastroke. This year he dropped the 100-meter indivual medley and added the backstroke. He won the back, as well as the 50 fly and 50 free.
"I won all my swims last season except for the IM at championships, earning me the season high-point trophy. I was switched out of the IM to the backstroke because of the DQ last year at the championships," Silk said. "I might get back into the breaststroke further into the season. I need to work on my kick and show my coaches that I kick correctly."
Last week, the team had their fair share of disqualifications, 13 to be exact, which is to be expected in the first meet of the summer. But Knodell is confident that number will be drastically reduced this week.
"We had a lof of DQ's, but it was simple stuff we can fix," he said. "Like kids did not want to hit their heads and there were one-handed touches on the butterfly and breasttroke."
Boys (top six)
T. Beaumont (8): 1. 50-Free 43.89; 1. 25-back 21.89; 1. 25-free 18.09. Cyril Berndt (11): 6, 100-free 1:58.12; 6, 50-breast 1:07.08. Jackson Calloway (8): 2, 50-free 45.97; 2, 25-free 21.50. Alex Evers (10): 6, 50-back 1:14.65. Jay Gates (12): 4, 100-free 1:39.27; 6, 50-free 42.70. Darren Hodges (15): 1. 50-breast 39.09; 3, 100IM 1:21.46; 3, 50-free 29.84. Randy Hodges (10): 3, 100-free 1:59.73. Taggart Hodges (8): 4, 25-free 33.06; 5, 25-back 44.48. Ben Horning (18): 2, 100-free 1:15.74; 5, 50-free 31.75. Austin Karstetter (15): 2, 50-back 37.21; 3, 50-breast 41.94; 6, 50-free 31.76. Aaron Lindell (14): 2, 50-breast 43.17; 2, 100-free 1:21.11; 4, 50-free 36.76. Jarrod Lindell (16): 2, 50-breast 39.96; 4, 100IM 1:21.47; 4, 50-free 30.69. Gates Petersen (10): 1. 50-breast 58.09; 1. 100-free 1:29.43; 1. 50-free 40.90. Gunnar Petersen (12): 2, 50-fly 45.38; 3, 50-free 37.02; 3, 100-IM 1:35.83. Trey Petersen (14): 3, 50-free 33.62; 3, 50-back 40.18; 4, 100IM 1:27.80. Sean Prchal (13): 2, 100IM 1:24.25; 2, 50-back 38.99; 2, 50-fly 35.03. Gavin Sahli (8): 1. 25-breast 28.74; 2, 25-back 27.65; 3, 25-free 23.59. R. Silk (13): 1. 50-fly 34.42; 1. 50-free 28.76; 1. 50-back 37.29. Michael Spence (9): 3, 50-back 1:06.05; 6, 50-free 53.21. Reid Thomsen (6): 1. 25-fly 47.48; 6, 25-back 46.31; 1. 25-free 39.60. Brendan VanDiest (11): 1. 50-breast 49.04; 5, 100-free 1:48.74. Ryan Winkler (12): 1. 50-fly 40.38; 1. 50-free 33.70; 2, 50-back 38.66.
Free Relays
8 & under: 1. Quincy (Calloway, Sahli, Thomsen, Beaumont) 1:48.13. 11-12: 2, Quincy (Petersen, Berndt, Petersen, Hodges) 1:07.87. 13-14: 1. Quincy (Winkler, Lindell, Gates, VanDiest) 2:13.37. 15-18: 1. Quincy (Lindell, Hodges, Horning, Beaumont) 2:06.01.
Medley Relays
8 & under: 1. Quincy (Thomsen, Calloway, Beaumont, Hodges) 2:24.25. 13-14: 1. Quincy (Prchal, Lindell, Silk, Petersen) 2:25.90. 15-18: 1. Quincy (Karstetter, Lindell, Horning, Hodges) 2:30.12.
Girls (top six)
Emily Bensch (13): 2, 50-breast 52.51; 3, 50-back 1:04.66; 3, 50-free 45.69. Monica Berndt (14): 1. 100IM 1:35.51; 1. 50-free 37.59. Bridgette Hodges (7): 4, 25-free 27.96. Janna Hodges (17): 3, 50-fly 39.69; 3, 50-breast 46.06; 4, 50-free 32.40. R. Horning (14): 1. 100-free 1:09.34; 1. 50-fly 34.46; 1. 50-back 35.93. Hannah Lindell (12): 6, 50-free 38.44; 6, 50-back 49.87; 6, 50-breast 51.17. Rachel Lindell (18): 2, 50-fly 36.71; 2, 50-free 32.05; 2, 50-back 38.78. Brynn Nieuwenhuis (9): 5, 50-breast 1:05.71. Marlo Omlin (11): 2, 50-back 45.33. Madison Petersen (15): 1. 50-breast 40.03; 2, 100IM 1:28.41; 3, 50-free 32.38. Kaitlin Ramsey (12): 3, 50-fly 51.02; 5, 50-breast 50.62. Caitlin Silk (15): 4, 50-breast 48.50; 4, 50-fly 41.41. Natalie Thomsen (10): 2, 50-back 52.18; 2, 50-fly 51.10; 5, 50-free 44.77. Taylor Thomsen (7): 3, 25-back 30.07; 4, 25-breast 41.33.
Free Relay
15-18: 2, Quincy (Lindell, Silk, Hodges, Petersen) 2:19.55.
Medley Relays
11-12: 2, Quincy (Pauline Cornu-Labat, Ramsey, Lindell, Omlin) 1:21.90. 15-18: 2, Quincy (Lindell, Petersen, Hodges, Silk) 2:34.36.
