Wednesday, January 21, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Swimmers excel at White Buffalo Classic
By rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Outlaws turned in an
outstanding performance at
the White Buffalo Classic
held at the Madras Aquatic
Center on Saturday, January
17. Sisters competed against
Madras, The Dalles and
Corbett and the girls team
walked away with a first-
place finish overall. The boys
finished runner-up.
The girls A 200-yard med-
ley relay (Madelyn Zadow,
Anna Bartlett, Mary Stewart
and Emily Christen) finished
first ahead of The Dalles
with a time of 2:06.10. The
girls B relay team (Hannah
Stuwe, Brooke Knirk, Maddi
Boettner and Tara Greaney)
finished fifth.
On the boys side in
the relay, Shawn Horton,
Jonathan Luz, Will Werts and
Alex Cyrus finished second
with a time of 2:03.68.
Coach Brittany Morioka
told The Nugget that the boys
team expects to be seeded
fairly well at the district level
in this event.
Stewart, Christen, Knirt,
Greaney and Moriah Jones
all had outstanding swims in
the 50-yard freestyle. Stewart
walked away with an easy
first-place finish with a time
of 27.09. Knirk took fifth,
Greaney finished 11th, and
Jones took 12th.
“Brooke and Tara both
swam personal records,” said
Morioka. To have Stewart,
Christen, and Knirk all finish
in the top six is a big deal.
Only the top six in each event
score points overall for the
team.”
Kennedy Hall and
Christopher Burdick both
swam personal records in the
boys 100-yard freestyle. Hall
came in fifth with a time of
29.84 and Burdick came in
seventh with a time of 31.37.
Morioka noted that it is
rare for anyone to volunteer
to swim the 100-yard butter-
fly, yet the Outlaws are lucky
enough to have three top male
swimmers in the event. All
three swam personal records
and placed in the top six.
Jonathan Luz dropped 3.5
seconds from his best time,
for a personal best of 1:04.77.
Shawn Horton took third, and
took 2.5 seconds off his best
for a time of 1:06.05. Will
Werts was fourth, and took
six seconds off his best for a
time of 1:16.09.
In the boys 100-yard free-
style, Alex Cyrus swam to a
fifth-place finish with a time
of 1:05.75. Werts was right
behind him and finished sixth
at 1:07.75. Patrick Krevi
swam a personal best in the
event and took three seconds
off his time.
“Both Alex and Will were
within half of a second of
their personal best times,”
said Morioka. “Patrick is
brand-new to swimming this
year and has come such a
long way since the first day
of practice.”
Anna Bartlett swam to
a second-place finish in the
photo by Jerry baldoCk
tara Greaney (photo from a previous meet) has been a strong competitor in the pool.
500-yard freestyle with a time
of 6:50.44. Maddi Boettner
was behind her for a third-
place finish at 7:20.20.
“Anna’s pacing is quite
outstanding,” said Morioka.
“Her ability to hit the same
exact splits 50 after 50 is
amazing.”
On the boys side, Horton
swam a personal best time for
a second-place finish with a
time of 6:12.58.
Christen, Zadow, Knirk
and Stewart breezed to a
first-place finish in the girls
A 200-yard freestyle relay
with a time of 1:51.52. This
helped the Outlaws tremen-
dously, since relays score
double points for the team.
The boys A relay team (Luz,
Cyrus, Werts and Horton)
also placed first with a time
of 1:48.78. The girls B team
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(Boettner, Greaney, Stuwe
and Bartlett) swam to a fifth-
place finish with a time of
2:11.03.
Madelyn Zadow came in
second in the 100-yard back-
stroke with a time of 1:13.34.
Morioka noted that Zadow
will be one to watch in this
event at district. Hannah
Stuwe wasn’t far behind and
finished eighth with a time of
1:31.32.
Kennedy Hall and
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