Warsaw Swimmers Cruise Past Plymouth
December 12, 2018 at 5:06 p.m.
Warsaw Swimmers Cruise Past Plymouth
By Aaron [email protected]
The Warsaw boys and girls swim teams dominated Plymouth in a home Northern Lakes Conference meet on senior night.
“It was good to see consistency across the meet,” said Warsaw coach Anthony DeBrota. “Kids are dropping (times). Whatever we’re doing in practice, it’s working.”
Warsaw’s girls team (5-1 NLC) won 132-53, while the boys won 129-51.
DeBrota lavished praise on the seniors on their special night.
“A lot of what you see now, and what you’ll see for the next couple years, is gonna be a product of their leadership,” he said. “It’s one of those things you can’t really replace. They’re gonna be missed, but it’s gonna be nice having them while we do.”
The Lady Tigers won 10 of 12 events, including a 400-yard freestyle relay race that starkly impressed DeBrota.
Taylor?Gunter, Carolina Pazos Fernandez, Lillian Boston and Grace Scholl teamed up to win the event in 4:08.51.
“You had Gracie Scholl, Lillian Boston, they’re both really coming around for us in our sprints,” DeBrota said. “That’s really helping us.”
Gunter swam her best time of the season with a with a time of 1:06.20 in the 100 butterfly.
“Just seeing our top kids, if they weren’t getting those personal records, (they were) getting faster than what they have been this season,” DeBrota said.
Gunter also was part of Warsaw’s winning 200 medley relay team, along with seniors Delaney Wihebrink, Maddie Ray and Olivia Herman, who shined on their own night with a time of 2:01.06.
The same foursome won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:51.35.
Herman won the 50 freestyle in 26.23 seconds, while Wihebrink took the 100 freestyle in 57.01 and 100 breaststroke in 1:11.51.
Another senior, Dineli Presteguin ,took first in the 200 freestyle in 2:19.17.
Warsaw’s seniors weren’t the only ones who excelled.
Freshman Mariana Malagon came off the block strong for a 2:36.54, first-place finish in the 200 individual medley.
“It was good to see Mariana, for our freshmen, really stepping it up in the IM,” DeBrota said.
Pazos Fernandez won the 500 freestyle in 5:58.18.
On the boys side, the?Tigers (4-2 NLC) took 11 of 12 events.
The 200 medley relay squad of Grant Knight, Nick Bazzoni, Alex Cook and Michael Ray breezed by the competition in 1:44.28.
Zach Lalonde took the 200 freestyle in 1:56.70 and the 100 backstroke in 1:01.67, while Bazzoni won the 200 individual medley in 2:10.75 and Cook, a senior, won the 50 freestyle in 23.30 and the 100 butterfly in 1:00.10.
“Lalonde in the 200 freestyle, that was good to see,” DeBrota said.
Knight won the 100 freestyle in 50.44 and 100 breaststroke in 58.95, while Jackson Moeller placed first in the 500 freestyle in 6:19.92.
LaLonde, Knight, Ray and Cook teamed up in the 200 freestyle relay to win in 1:33.63.
Lalonde, Ray and Bazzoni were joined by Nathan Taylor in the 400 freestyle relay to top the competition in 3:38.53.
Plymouth took both diving competitions. Lyndsey Price topped all girls with a score of 165.90, while Justin Moser placed first amongst the boys with a score of 184.95.
Plymouth’s only other win came when Graci Holm won the 100 backstroke in 1:07.19.
DeBrota said the win should build confidence heading into a long stretch of practices.
“It was good to see that there was some excitement with everybody across the board,” DeBrota said. “That puts everybody with high hopes when we’re coming up on Christmas break, and dark times with practices.”
WARSAW GIRLS 132,
PLYMOUTH 53
200 medley relay – 1. Warsaw (Delaney Wihebrink, Maddie Ray, Taylor Gunter, Olivia Herman) 2:01.06, 2. Plymouth (Graci Holm, Rachel Jacobs, Ava Lomagro, Paige Young) 2:10.84, 3. Warsaw (Madi Johnson, Alyssa Huffer, Scholl, Lillian Boston) 2:16.79; 200 freestyle – 1. Dineli Presteguin (W) 2:19.17, 2. Rachel Doyle (W) 2:20.57, 3. Maddy Morgan (W) 2:20.69; 200 individual medley – 1. Marian Malagon (W) 2:36.54, 2. Jacobs (P) 2:38.64, 3. Scholl (W) 2;39.26; 50 freestyle – 1. Olivia Herman (W) 26.23, 2. Ava Lomagro (P) 26.52, 3. Boston (W) 28.78; Diving – 1. Lyndsey Price (P) 165.9, 2. Grayson Kilburn (W) 146.65, 3. Shelby Paseka (W) 144.75; 100 butterfly – 1. Gunter (W) 1:06.2, 2. Scholl (W) 1:13.86, 3. Macelyn Marcuccilli (W) 1:15.96; 100 freestyle – 1. Wihebrink (W) 57.01, 2 . Holm (P) 59.35, 3. Herman (W) 59.73; 500 freestyle – 1. Carolina Pazos Fernandez (W) 5:58.18, 2. Lomagro (P) 6:07.72, 3. Melissa Deming (W) 6:27.35; 200 freestyle relay – Warsaw (Herman, Gunter, Ray, Wihebrink) 1:51.35, 2. Warsaw (Izzy Ray, Morgan, Presteguin, Huffer) 2:02.16, 3. Plymouth (Jacobs, Elizabeth Bacon, Viktoria Vancza, Kate Renneker) 2:05.85; 100 backstroke – 1. Holm (P) 1:07.19, 2. Pazos Fernandez (W) 1:07.96, 3. Marcuccilli (W) 1:15.95; 100 breaststroke – 1. Wihebrink (W) 1:11.51, 2. Ray (W) 1:20.03, 3. Jacobs (P) 1:25.17; 400 freestyle relay – 1. Warsaw (Gunter, Pazos Fernandez, Boston, Scholl) 4:08.51, 2. Warsaw (Ray, Marcuccilli, Presteguin, Malagon) 4:23.43, 3. Plymouth (Lomagro, Vancza, Young, Holm) 4:25.74.
WARSAW BOYS 129,
PLYMOUTH 51
200 medley relay – 1. Warsaw (Grant Knight, Nick Bazzoni, Alex Cook, Michael Ray) 1:44.28, 2. Plymouth (Cameron Riddle, Hugh?Smith, Alex Vancza, Taylor Judd) 1:57.95; 3. Warsaw (Jacob Monesmith, Nolan Knight, Gabe Bowers, Victor Mejia) 2:03; 200 freestyle – 1. Zach Lalonde (W) 1:56.7, 2. Nathan Taylor (W) 2:05.97, 3. Riddle (P) 2:16.24; 200 individual medley – 1. Bazzoni (W) 2:10.75, 2. Andrew Deming (W) 2:33.02, 3. Gavin Hartle (P) 2:40.15; 50 freestyle – 1. Cook (W) 23:30, 2. Ray (W) 24.07, 3. Daniel?Stauffer (P) 24.97; Diving – 1. Justin Moser (P) 184.95, 2. Brennan Cox (W) 125.55, 3. Matteo Viera (W) 121.8; 100 butterfly – 1. Cook (W) 100.1, 2. Taylor (W) 1:03.35, 3. Gerardo Marroquin (W) 1:08.26; 100 freestyle – 1. Knight (W) 50.44, 2. Alex Vancza (P) 54.2, 3. Bowers (W) 57.7; 500 freestyle – 1. Moeller (W) 6:19.92, 2. Bryce Lifferth (W) 6:39.11, 3. Malagon (W) 7:55.7; 200 freestyle relay – 1. Warsaw (Lalonde, Knight, Ray, Cook) 1:33.63, 2. Plymouth (Stauffer, Hugh Smith, Andrew Cashion, Vancza) 1:42.12; 100 backstroke – 1. Lalonde (W) 1:01.67, 2. Riddle (P) 1:12.34, 3. Hartle (P) 1:17.72; 100 breaststroke – 1. Knight (W) 58.95, 2. Bazzoni (W) 1:03.68, 3. Vancza (P) 1:12.30; 400 freestyle relay – Warsaw (Lalonde, Ray, Taylor, Bazzoni) 3:38.53, 2. Warsaw (Jacob Monesmith, Bryce Lifferth, Mejia, Bowers) 3:56.97, 3. Plymouth (Stauffer, Korey Kopetski, Hartle, Cashion) 3;58.69.
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The Warsaw boys and girls swim teams dominated Plymouth in a home Northern Lakes Conference meet on senior night.
“It was good to see consistency across the meet,” said Warsaw coach Anthony DeBrota. “Kids are dropping (times). Whatever we’re doing in practice, it’s working.”
Warsaw’s girls team (5-1 NLC) won 132-53, while the boys won 129-51.
DeBrota lavished praise on the seniors on their special night.
“A lot of what you see now, and what you’ll see for the next couple years, is gonna be a product of their leadership,” he said. “It’s one of those things you can’t really replace. They’re gonna be missed, but it’s gonna be nice having them while we do.”
The Lady Tigers won 10 of 12 events, including a 400-yard freestyle relay race that starkly impressed DeBrota.
Taylor?Gunter, Carolina Pazos Fernandez, Lillian Boston and Grace Scholl teamed up to win the event in 4:08.51.
“You had Gracie Scholl, Lillian Boston, they’re both really coming around for us in our sprints,” DeBrota said. “That’s really helping us.”
Gunter swam her best time of the season with a with a time of 1:06.20 in the 100 butterfly.
“Just seeing our top kids, if they weren’t getting those personal records, (they were) getting faster than what they have been this season,” DeBrota said.
Gunter also was part of Warsaw’s winning 200 medley relay team, along with seniors Delaney Wihebrink, Maddie Ray and Olivia Herman, who shined on their own night with a time of 2:01.06.
The same foursome won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:51.35.
Herman won the 50 freestyle in 26.23 seconds, while Wihebrink took the 100 freestyle in 57.01 and 100 breaststroke in 1:11.51.
Another senior, Dineli Presteguin ,took first in the 200 freestyle in 2:19.17.
Warsaw’s seniors weren’t the only ones who excelled.
Freshman Mariana Malagon came off the block strong for a 2:36.54, first-place finish in the 200 individual medley.
“It was good to see Mariana, for our freshmen, really stepping it up in the IM,” DeBrota said.
Pazos Fernandez won the 500 freestyle in 5:58.18.
On the boys side, the?Tigers (4-2 NLC) took 11 of 12 events.
The 200 medley relay squad of Grant Knight, Nick Bazzoni, Alex Cook and Michael Ray breezed by the competition in 1:44.28.
Zach Lalonde took the 200 freestyle in 1:56.70 and the 100 backstroke in 1:01.67, while Bazzoni won the 200 individual medley in 2:10.75 and Cook, a senior, won the 50 freestyle in 23.30 and the 100 butterfly in 1:00.10.
“Lalonde in the 200 freestyle, that was good to see,” DeBrota said.
Knight won the 100 freestyle in 50.44 and 100 breaststroke in 58.95, while Jackson Moeller placed first in the 500 freestyle in 6:19.92.
LaLonde, Knight, Ray and Cook teamed up in the 200 freestyle relay to win in 1:33.63.
Lalonde, Ray and Bazzoni were joined by Nathan Taylor in the 400 freestyle relay to top the competition in 3:38.53.
Plymouth took both diving competitions. Lyndsey Price topped all girls with a score of 165.90, while Justin Moser placed first amongst the boys with a score of 184.95.
Plymouth’s only other win came when Graci Holm won the 100 backstroke in 1:07.19.
DeBrota said the win should build confidence heading into a long stretch of practices.
“It was good to see that there was some excitement with everybody across the board,” DeBrota said. “That puts everybody with high hopes when we’re coming up on Christmas break, and dark times with practices.”
WARSAW GIRLS 132,
PLYMOUTH 53
200 medley relay – 1. Warsaw (Delaney Wihebrink, Maddie Ray, Taylor Gunter, Olivia Herman) 2:01.06, 2. Plymouth (Graci Holm, Rachel Jacobs, Ava Lomagro, Paige Young) 2:10.84, 3. Warsaw (Madi Johnson, Alyssa Huffer, Scholl, Lillian Boston) 2:16.79; 200 freestyle – 1. Dineli Presteguin (W) 2:19.17, 2. Rachel Doyle (W) 2:20.57, 3. Maddy Morgan (W) 2:20.69; 200 individual medley – 1. Marian Malagon (W) 2:36.54, 2. Jacobs (P) 2:38.64, 3. Scholl (W) 2;39.26; 50 freestyle – 1. Olivia Herman (W) 26.23, 2. Ava Lomagro (P) 26.52, 3. Boston (W) 28.78; Diving – 1. Lyndsey Price (P) 165.9, 2. Grayson Kilburn (W) 146.65, 3. Shelby Paseka (W) 144.75; 100 butterfly – 1. Gunter (W) 1:06.2, 2. Scholl (W) 1:13.86, 3. Macelyn Marcuccilli (W) 1:15.96; 100 freestyle – 1. Wihebrink (W) 57.01, 2 . Holm (P) 59.35, 3. Herman (W) 59.73; 500 freestyle – 1. Carolina Pazos Fernandez (W) 5:58.18, 2. Lomagro (P) 6:07.72, 3. Melissa Deming (W) 6:27.35; 200 freestyle relay – Warsaw (Herman, Gunter, Ray, Wihebrink) 1:51.35, 2. Warsaw (Izzy Ray, Morgan, Presteguin, Huffer) 2:02.16, 3. Plymouth (Jacobs, Elizabeth Bacon, Viktoria Vancza, Kate Renneker) 2:05.85; 100 backstroke – 1. Holm (P) 1:07.19, 2. Pazos Fernandez (W) 1:07.96, 3. Marcuccilli (W) 1:15.95; 100 breaststroke – 1. Wihebrink (W) 1:11.51, 2. Ray (W) 1:20.03, 3. Jacobs (P) 1:25.17; 400 freestyle relay – 1. Warsaw (Gunter, Pazos Fernandez, Boston, Scholl) 4:08.51, 2. Warsaw (Ray, Marcuccilli, Presteguin, Malagon) 4:23.43, 3. Plymouth (Lomagro, Vancza, Young, Holm) 4:25.74.
WARSAW BOYS 129,
PLYMOUTH 51
200 medley relay – 1. Warsaw (Grant Knight, Nick Bazzoni, Alex Cook, Michael Ray) 1:44.28, 2. Plymouth (Cameron Riddle, Hugh?Smith, Alex Vancza, Taylor Judd) 1:57.95; 3. Warsaw (Jacob Monesmith, Nolan Knight, Gabe Bowers, Victor Mejia) 2:03; 200 freestyle – 1. Zach Lalonde (W) 1:56.7, 2. Nathan Taylor (W) 2:05.97, 3. Riddle (P) 2:16.24; 200 individual medley – 1. Bazzoni (W) 2:10.75, 2. Andrew Deming (W) 2:33.02, 3. Gavin Hartle (P) 2:40.15; 50 freestyle – 1. Cook (W) 23:30, 2. Ray (W) 24.07, 3. Daniel?Stauffer (P) 24.97; Diving – 1. Justin Moser (P) 184.95, 2. Brennan Cox (W) 125.55, 3. Matteo Viera (W) 121.8; 100 butterfly – 1. Cook (W) 100.1, 2. Taylor (W) 1:03.35, 3. Gerardo Marroquin (W) 1:08.26; 100 freestyle – 1. Knight (W) 50.44, 2. Alex Vancza (P) 54.2, 3. Bowers (W) 57.7; 500 freestyle – 1. Moeller (W) 6:19.92, 2. Bryce Lifferth (W) 6:39.11, 3. Malagon (W) 7:55.7; 200 freestyle relay – 1. Warsaw (Lalonde, Knight, Ray, Cook) 1:33.63, 2. Plymouth (Stauffer, Hugh Smith, Andrew Cashion, Vancza) 1:42.12; 100 backstroke – 1. Lalonde (W) 1:01.67, 2. Riddle (P) 1:12.34, 3. Hartle (P) 1:17.72; 100 breaststroke – 1. Knight (W) 58.95, 2. Bazzoni (W) 1:03.68, 3. Vancza (P) 1:12.30; 400 freestyle relay – Warsaw (Lalonde, Ray, Taylor, Bazzoni) 3:38.53, 2. Warsaw (Jacob Monesmith, Bryce Lifferth, Mejia, Bowers) 3:56.97, 3. Plymouth (Stauffer, Korey Kopetski, Hartle, Cashion) 3;58.69.
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