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Celts get the sweep against Sprague
IN THE
Despite his goggles falling from his eyes early in the race, Zander Rhoades was still able to win the 100-yard butterfly event.
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
In his eight years at the helm of the
McNary swim program, Celtics head
coach Casey Lewin couldn't remember
ever being more impressed with a team
after a dual meet.
“Top to bottom, that was one of the
best meets I’ve seen from any team
that I have coached. Almost everyone
posted a best time in at least one of
their events,” Lewin said.
The McNary girls' defeated Sprague
67-55, while the boys' team won by a
score of 85-70 on Thursday, Jan. 6.
"We are really starting to hit our
stride,” Lewin said. “They weren’t wor-
ried about the results, they were more
concerned about swimming to the best
of their ability.”
McNary senior Paris Boyd was able
to put her versatility on display in this
meet, winning the 50-yard freestyle
with a time of 26.97, then turned around
and won the 500-freestyle (5:53.12).
“You give her a few more weeks,
she is going to have some really fast
swims,” Lewin said.
The other multi-event winner for the
McNary girls' team was Molly Eisele.
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The sophomore won the 100-back-
stroke with a time of 1:32.17 and was
victorious in the 100-butterfly (1:32.00).
Eisele was neck-and-neck with
Sprague's Maggie McKay for the first
50 yards of the 100-backstroke. But
Eisele finished the second leg nearly
five seconds faster than McKay, which
was the key to her victory.
“The first 50 (yards) I was trying to
really put it out there. But I also really
kicked it in the last 25,” Eisele said.
Even though it was only her second
time competing in the event, Eisele
excelled in the 100-fly.
“I kind of got thrown into that. But
Casey told me that I would be good at
it,” she said. “I actually like that event
and I think that I will improve at it.”
Both Boyd and Eisele also helped
the Celtics win the 200-free relay, along
with Keiran Montague and McKenzie
Wiles.
On the boys side, Lewin said he was
most impressed with the 200-medley
relay team of Caleb Skipper, Zander
Rhoades, Zach Kilby and Tyshin
Nguyen, who were the only foursome
to swim a sub-two minute race (1:55.19).
“If we are able to tweak things up a
little bit, I could
even see them
getting down to a
1:52 or 1:53. That
could be a top-
three spot in the
league and could
allow that group
to get to state,”
Lewin said.
Kilby
also
won two individ-
ual events in the
50-free
(24.83)
and the 100-free
(56.42).
S k i p p e r
dominated
the
100-back-
McNary head coach
stroke, winning
by nearly 10
Top to bottom, that was
one of the best meets I've
seen from any team that
I have coached. Almost
everyone posted a best
time in at least one of
their events.
— CASEY LEWIN