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Hoop
stars
Sophie Schurr of
Gubser Elementary
School and Ryan Lyda
of Clear Lake Elemen-
tary School both
took fi rst place in
the Keizer Elks Hoop
Shoot on Dec. 12 for
the ages 8-9 catego-
ry. Both will compete
in the district Hoop
Shoot in Silverton on
Jan. 30.
Submitted
GIRLS,
continued from Page A10
“I thought we ran our de-
fense well and we just started
working on our trap. We were
able to get a lot of steals off of
that. It contributed to a lot of
good plays and breakaways,”
Downer said.
After only 10 days on the
court with a new look, the
team looked as though they’d
been running it all year,
Handley added.
“We haven’t been zoned
in a while either so this game
was a good opportunity for
us to work on our post moves
and pinning defenders. What
we’ve been working on in
practice is directly translating
into what we’ve experienced
in games,” Handley said.
While the week left little
doubt regarding the team’s
abilities, Hingston said there
was still room to grow.
“I want to see us value ev-
ery possession and play even
more tenacious on defense,”
she said.
Swimmers top Olympians
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The McNary High School
girls and boys varsity swim-
ming teams picked up their
third consecutive wins at the
Kroc Center Thursday, Jan. 14.
The girls pulled out a 102-
63 win over Sprague High
School and the boys won 109-
45.
Georgio Corrieri, an ex-
change student hailing from
Livorno in Tuscany, Italy, had
the biggest day of the meet
for the boys. He won both
the 100 freestyle, in 57.42, and
100 backstroke, in 1:08.74.
“I was kind of stressed,
more than usual, but I fi nished
my 100 free and I’d dropped
my time by three seconds. It
was crazy,” said Corrieri. He
was also part of the winning
400 free relay.
The wins were, in part, the
result of the teams’ strategies
leading up to their fi nal meets
of the season and district com-
petition, said Casey Lewin,
McNary head coach.
“We’re pushing hard right
now, doing a lot of yardage
and more intense swims, but
we’ll be tapering off to get
ready for district and focus on
technique over the next week
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Celt Brock Wyer swims in a freestyle relay two weeks ago. Wyer was the lead-off swimmer in the
winning medley relay team vs. Sprague.
or so,” Lewin said.
In addition to Corrieri,
Lewin singled out junior Jake
Wyer as a swimmer on the
cusp of doing big things for
the Celtic boys.
Senior Evan Alger, who
had a part in the winning the
200 medley and 200 free re-
lay teams at the Sprague meet,
said he’s hoping that the 200
free team makes it to state this
year.
“It’s been two years since
we had that chance and I
want to go again,” Alger said.
“Times are a lot better this
year, but coming together as
a team is still a big thing for
us. We have a lot of younger
swimmers and we need to
work on encouraging each
other in meets.”
In other boys’ events, Celtic
winners were: Brock Wyer,
Parker Dean, Jake Wyer and
Alger in the 200 medley relay
in 2:01.15; Grant Biondi in
the 200 freestyle in 2:06.00; J.
Wyer in the 50 free in 25.33;
Alger,
Biondi,
Harrison
Vaughn and J. Wyer in the 200
free relay in 1:42.66; Vaughn
in the 100 breaststroke in
1:12.68; and Vaughn, Isaiah
Holt, Corrieri and Biondi in
the 400 free relay in 3:58.35.
Lady Celt race winners
were: Abby McCoy, Kiana
Briones, Sarah Eckert and
Emily Alger in the 200
medley relay in 2:10.07;
Marissa Kuch in the 200 free
in 2:01.28; Kuch in the 50
free in 25.35; Bailey White in
the 100 butterfl y in 1:14.91;
Eckert, Briones, Alger and
Kuch in the 200 free relay in
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1:47.35; Lizzie Bryant in the
100 backstroke in 1:11.31;
and McCoy, Haley Debban,
Samantha Williams and Kuch
in 400 free relay in 4:09.83.
Team bonding has helped
the girls push forward, said
Williams.
“Just getting to know
people in your lane makes a
difference. It makes it more
fun for everybody,” she said.
“We’ve all really been prac-
ticing on the events we know
we’re good at, but also trying
a lot of other events and that’s
lifted us up.”
Williams is shooting for
a new personal record in the
100 butterfl y by the end of
the season. She’s clocking in
around 1:12 currently.
Lewin said Kylie McCarty
and White are two of the girls
he is expecting big things
from not only in the coming
weeks, but the coming years.
“Kylie is really putting up
a lot of good times swimming
everywhere for us this season.
Bailey has had some awesome
butterfl y swims and she’s got
a lot of potential to be a big
contributor for us,” Lewin
said.
McCarty is a freshman and
White is a sophomore.
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