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KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Ellie Miller (above left) and Jared Kelson (above right) swim the butterfl y legs of the 200 medley relays. Miller’s team won their race in the McKay meet Thursday, Jan. 8. Kelson’s team took second.
Boys, girls dole out losses to McKay in pool
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The Celtic girls and boys
swimming teams picked up
their second wins of the week
over the McKay Royal Scots
Thursday, Jan. 8.
“We’re fi nally getting back
in shape. Because of the early
start with the three new teams,
we’re just starting to get the
hang of things,” said Marcos
Goodman.
The boys won their side of
the meet 115-43, the girls won
131-27.
Goodman won the 100
backstroke with a time of
1:12.77 in the McKay meet.
He was also part of the winning
(1:47.49) 200 free relay team.
Goodman is hoping to drop
his time in the backstroke to
around 1:02 by the time the
district meet rolls around, but
already shaved off six seconds
since the season began.
He said the team is see-
ing the dividends of becoming
more of a family in and out of
the pool.
“I want the seniors to inspire
the freshmen this year because
our freshmen are fantastic. I’m
really proud of where we’re go-
ing with the season. Our dis-
tance swimmers are amazing
this year,” Goodman said.
Other winners for the boys
were: Tanner Hughes in the 200
individual medley in 2:29.69;
Dean Parker in the 50 free in
26.71 and the 100 breast in
1:15.74; Isaiah Holt in the 100
butterfl y in 1:11.15; Evan Al-
ger in the 100 free in 1:00.37
and the 500 free in 6:20.50;
and Hughes, Parker, Holt and
Alger in the 400 freestyle relay
in 4:04.44.
Head Coach Casey Lewin
singled out Hughes for his im-
provement in the IM.
“He’s been putting in a lot
of work on his breaststroke and
he’s starting to see his times
drop in that race,” Lewin said.
In girls races, senior Josie El-
lis said the team’s relay perfor-
mances keep getting better.
“All the swimmers in those
races times have dropped tre-
mendously and they’re putting
out 100 percent effort in the
pool,” Ellis said.
Ellis won the 50 free in
28.49 at the McKay meet, but
said the she’s still not where she
wants to be.
“My goal is under 25 sec-
onds. I also want to get under
a minute in the 100 free. I’m
at 1:02, but I’m still trying to
make those last couple of sec-
onds go away,” she said.
Ellis was part of a winning
200 free relay team that includ-
ed Sara Eckert, Samantha Wil-
liams and Marissa Kuch with
a combined time of 1:52.73.
She was also lead-off in the
winning (4:08.50) 400 free re-
lay team with Eckert, Anjelica
Glassey and Kuch.
Other winners for McNary
included: Glassey, Bailey White,
Ellie Miller and Williams in the
200 medley relay; Glassey in
the 200 free in 2:31.37 and 100
backstroke in 1:14.38; Kuch in
the 200 IM in 2:18.47 and 100
free in 55.21; Abby McCoy in
the 100 butterfl y in 1:22.63;
and Kiana Briones in the 100
brest in 1:20.64.
Despite a spate of illness
that, Lewin said, seems to have
attacked most everyone on the
team, he’s pleased that a num-
ber of swimmers are either put-
ting up personal best times or
are right on pace with where
they were before winter break.
“We’ve had several freshmen
who have been hanging out in
the junior varsity time slots that
are starting to put pressure on
some of our varsity kids. That’s
good motivation for our varsity
swimmers,” Lewin said.
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