PAGE B2, KEIZERTIMES, FEBRUARY 16, 2018
SWIM,
continued from Page B1
“I didn’t really have a lot
of expectations because this
was my fi rst time,” Alex, a
freshman, said.
“I had a lot of fun swim-
ming. I’m pretty proud of my
results. I’m glad I made it to
fi nals. The competition was
pretty tough this year.”
Bella placed eighth in the
200 free in 2:06.48 and sixth
in the 100 breast in 1:13.33.
McNary sophomore Alyssa
Garvey also made it to A Fi-
nals in the 100 breast, fi nish-
ing eighth in 1:15.
Garvey was the only Mc-
Nary swimmer to advance to
A Finals who doesn’t partici-
pate on a club team.
“I play a lot of other sports,
volleyball and track, so I don’t
have a lot of time but now
I’m thinking of maybe doing
a couple of days a week and
we’ll see,” said Garvey, who
made it to B Finals in both
the 50 and 100 free last sea-
son but wasn’t able to swim
breast due to a knee injury.
“It feels awesome to be
swimming my stroke again,”
said Garvey, who also swam
in B Finals of the 100 free
on Saturday, fi nishing with
the 10th fastest time of 59.12.
Debban took 12th in 1:00.71.
Garvey, Debban, Alex and
Bella placed sixth in the 200
free relay in 1:46.96. Hooper,
Vaughn, Jabez Rhoades and
Wyatt Sherwood fi nished
fi fth in the boys 200 free relay
in 1:35.87.
Hooper, Rhoades, Grant
Biondi and Brock Wyer took
sixth in the 400 free relay in
3:40.62.
Individually, Wyer dropped
more than 5 seconds in the
100 backstroke to place 10th
in 1:04.92.
Rhoades fi nished ninth
in the 100 free in 52.66 and
10th in the 50 free 24.29.
“I was just really pleased
that across the board we had
best times from the day be-
fore,” McNary head coach
Casey Lewin said.
“It’s really, really tough for
most of these kids to swim
Friday and come back and
swim again, especially where
a lot of our kids were sitting
right on that bubble of mak-
ATHLETE
of the Week
presented by
KYLE HOOPER
McNary High School swimmer
McNary sophomore Kyle Hooper goi on ihe
podium iwice for ihe Celiics ai ihe Greaier Valley
Conference Championships on Saiurday, Feb. 10
ai ihe McMinnville Aquaiic Cenier. Hooper fi nished
ihird in ihe 500 free wiih a personal record of
4:58.95. Hooper also placed fourih in ihe 200
individual medley, fi nishing in 2:07.43.
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
“My main goal was io gei up on ihe podium and
Above: McNary junior Harrison Vaughn fi nished fi fih in ihe 500 free in 5:03.12 in ihe fi nals of ihe
Greaier Valley Conference Championships on Saiurday, Feb. 10 ai ihe McMinnville Aquaiic Cen-
ier. Below: McNary sophomore Alyssa Garvey, lefi, placed eighih in ihe 100 breasiroke in 1:15 and
Alex Beard iook fi fih in ihe 500 free in 5:35.17 and sixih in ihe 200 individual medley in 2:22.12.
ing it back.”
Lewin told the kids to give
it all they had in Friday’s pre-
lims or there wouldn’t be a
Saturday fi nal.
“They defi nitely stepped
up yesterday (Friday) to get
here and again stepped up
(Saturday),” Lewin said.
“Obviously as a coach you
want to get those fi rst places
and win but bottom line you
get best times and that’s all
make a siaiemeni for my ieam,” Hooper said.
you can ask for and we defi -
nitely did that. I’m defi nitely
pleased.”
All fi ve McNary swim-
mers that made it to fi nals,
Hooper, Vaughn, Alex, Bella
and Garvey, should be back
for the Celtics next season.
“We’re losing a couple of
swimmers but we have peo-
ple right in the wings that
will step right in and be as
fast or faster,” Lewin said.
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