Wednesday, February 17, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Swimmers compete at district meet
By rongi yost
Correspondent
Brooke Robillard and
Hawley Harrer both turned in
tremendous performances at
the district swim meet held in
Albany last weekend, Friday
and Saturday, February
12-13. The dynamic duo led
the Outlaws girls team to a
sixth-place finish.
Robillard broke the 100-
yard breaststroke record that
hadn’t been touched since
Sisters first had a swim team
over 18 years ago. Brooke
crushed the rest of the com-
petition in her heat. Three
girls came into the finals with
just hundredths of seconds
separating them, and Brooke
pulled ahead for an outstand-
ing finish. Her time of 1:13.02
set a new school record, and
she will head into state com-
petition seeded sixth.
Brooke also competed in
the 100-yard freestyle. She
entered with a time of 58.27
and finished third with a
time of 58.24. She will go
into state seated eighth in the
100-Free.
Harrer came close to set-
ting new school records in the
50-yard freestyle and the 100-
yard freestyle, and according
to Coach Brittany Morioka, it
is not unrealistic to think she
could break the 50 freestyle
at state, and the 100 freestyle
at the beginning of the season
next year.
Hawley came into the
finals in the 50-yard freestyle
seeded first, with a 25.83,
and came out second overall,
right behind Kendra Sheeder
of Philomath with a time of
25.82. Harrer will go into
state seated eighth.
In the 100-yard freestyle,
Hawley entered with a 58.16,
and ended with a 58.89 for a
fourth-place overall finish.
She will go into state seeded
10th.
Morioka told The Nugget
that both Robillard and
Harrer have the potential for
a much faster race in the 100
freestyle.
The girls 200-yard free-
style relay earned a fourth-
place finish with a season-best
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time of 1:52.02. Robillard,
Harrer, Tara Greaney, and
Madelyn Zadow came in
seeded fourth and finished
fourth, which earned them a
spot as the 12th seed at state.
Harrer swam an outstanding
relay leg with a time of 24.41.
Zadow swam to a ninth-
place finish in the girls 100-
yard backstroke with a time
of 1:12.05.
On the boys side, Will
Werts made it into the con-
solation finals with a time of
1:17.60 in the 100-yard but-
terfly. Werts finished 10th
overall with a slight drop at
1:17.34.
The boys 200-yard free-
style relay earned an 11th-
place finish overall with a
time of 1:53.81. It was a
season-best time for Cody
Martin, Patrick Krevi,
Jackson Rheuben, and Will
Werts.
The biggest surprise of the
weekend was David Keeton’s
performance in the boys
100-yard backstroke. Keeton
is a first-time swimmer, who
acknowledges he is partici-
pating in the sport to get in
shape, since he’s enlisted in
the Marines. David made it to
the consolation finals and fin-
ished 11th overall with a time
of 1:24.43.
“He has worked extremely
hard, but swimming definitely
has not come easy to him,”
said Morioka. “We were all
wowed when he made it into
the consolation finals.”
Morioka commented on
the girls’ great effort:
“With 11 teams overall,
our girls team placed sixth,
which is outstanding con-
sidering we have only four
girls this year. Many other
teams have 20-plus, and
we are still able to hold our
own.”
The state champion-
ships will be held Friday and
Saturday, February 19-20,
at Mt. Hood Community
College.
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