FEBRUARY 15, 2019, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11
ATHLETE
of the Week
McNary competes at district meet
presented by
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
McNary’s Kylie McCarty swims the breaststroke in the girls
200-yard individal medley.
Zander Rhoades swims his fi nal lap of the boys 200-yard free-
style. The McNary freshman took 10th in the event.
GILBERT PARRA
Junior at McNary High School
By MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
The McNary boys and girls
swim teams competed in the
Mountain Valley Conference
District Meet on Friday, Feb 8.
But due to unforeseen circum-
stances, this was no ordinary
meet.
Originally, the schools were
supposed to swim over the
course of two days (Feb. 8 and
Feb. 9) at Bend High School.
The weather, however, had
other plans.
With snow covering the
roads of the Santiam Pass, the
Salem-Keizer School District
announced on the morning of
the event that all athletic trips
over to Bend would be can-
celled.
However, the SKSD, along
with the rest on the MVC, was
able to call an audible.
It was determined that the
Salem-Keizer schools (McNary,
McKay, Sprague, South Salem
and West Salem) would swim
a one-day meet at the Kroc
Center while the Bend schools
(Bend, Mountain View and
Summit) would swim in a sep-
arate meet over the mountain.
The 145-pounder was the only McNary
wrestler to end the Mountain Valley
Conference dual meet with an undefeated
record of 3-0.
In the Celtics fi nal dual meet of the season,
Parra won a 6-2 decision against Mitchell
Everetts of McKay.
Parra will compete in the MVC District
Tournament this weekend.
POLAR
VORTEX
Over the weekend, OSAA
offi cials would calculate the
times and determine which
swimmers qualifi ed for the state
meet.
It was not an ideal scenario,
but McNary head coach Casey
Lewin was proud of the way his
team dealt with the unique cir-
cumstances.
“I thought we handled the
situation well, considering how
much was unknown Friday
morning,” Lewin said. “The
week leading up to districts, we
were focused on our races and
doing what needed to be done,
regardless of where we swam.
Friday morning was stressful
for everyone involved, but we
cleared our heads and were
ready to race.”
When it was all said and
done, the Celtic girls placed
fourth with 194.5 points and
the McNary boys placed fi fth
with 220 points.
But even though there were
some close calls, both McNary
teams were unable to qualify a
swimmer for the state meet.
“We were very close and
just missed out on a couple
relays and individuals,” Lewin
said. “We did everything we
needed to on our end with our
swims and felt like we would
be in good position to get some
swims at the state meet.”
McNary’s biggest state
hopefuls for the boys were Kyle
Hooper and Harrison Vaughn.
Unfortunately for the Celtics,
both of them failed to swim up
to their potential.
“Harrison and Kyle still held
their own, but didn’t have their
best swims,” Lewin said.
Hooper took sixth in the
200-yard individual medley
with a time of 2:09.00 and
seventh in the 500-freestyle
(5:13.05) — top two times
qualify for state in most in-
stances.
Vaughn, on the other hand,
took eighth in the 100-breast-
stroke (1:06.35)
Both Hooper and Vaughn,
along with Wyatt Sherwood
and Jabez Rhoades, were less
than two seconds away from
earning a state spot in the 200-
free relay, but had to settle for
third place (1:36.51).
Rhoades was the only oth-
er McNary boy to earn a top-
eight fi nish, taking sixth in the
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50-free (23.97).
The McNary girls 200-med-
ley relay team of Alex Beard,
Bella Beard, Paris Boyd and Al-
yssa Garvey was also nearly able
to nab a berth at the state meet.
But even though they blew
away the competition against
the Salem schools, their time
of 1:56.89 wasn’t enough as
Bend and Mountain View’s re-
lay teams came away with faster
fi nishes.
Boyd came back shortly af-
ter the relay to swim her best
time of the season in the 50-
free (25.98), which was good
enough for seventh place.
“Boyd had some huge splits
in her relays, and her individual
swims were also great. She was
able to break (26 seconds) in
the 50-free, which is great for a
freshman,” Lewin said.
Alex Beard was the only
girls swimmer for McNary to
earn a pair of top-eight fi nishes
as she placed sixth in both the
200-IM (2:19.97) and the 500-
free (5:32.63).
Bella Beard had the highest
individual placing out of all
Celtic swimmers with her fi fth-
place fi nish in the 100-breast
(1:11.66).
Despite not qualifying for
state, there is a lot to build on
for this McNary program going
into next season as both teams
ended the dual season with a
5-2 record.
Both squads also return the
vast majority of their respective
teams in 2019-20.
“Our season was very suc-
cessful. A large team, a lot of
raw, young, talent and strong
leadership from our upperclass-
men,” Lewin said. “I’m hoping
we can take this and use it as
motivation for next season.
We’ll be back and even faster.”
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