CHARLESTON -George Washington ran away with both Mountain State Athletic Conference swimming titles here Saturday as the Patriot girls and boys dominated the league's annual meet.
Parkersburg High finished second in the girls competition and third in the boys races.
The GW girls amassed 417 points to 285 for runnerup PHS with Hurricane third at 102.
The Patriot boys had 398 points, more than double that of second place Hurricane with 174. Parkersburg nipped South Charleston for third place, 158 to 150.
Although PHS didn't win any events, the Big Reds of coach Linda Alt had nine second-place finishes. For the PHS boys, Sean Snider had a pair of runner-up efforts in the 200 freestyle and the 500 freestyle while Preston Padden was second in the 50 and 100 freestyle races. PHS also placed second in the 200 freestyle relay. Peyton Hughes was third in the 100 backstroke and the the Big Reds 400 freestyle relay team also placed third.
The Big Red girls finished second to GW in all three relay races and got a second place individual effort from Jen Standley in the 100 freestyle. Hannah Wareheim had a pair of third place finishes in the 500 freestyle and 100 breaststroke while Claire Collett had two fourths, in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle. Sarah Snider was fifth in both the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle while Tara Foster was fifth in the 100 butterfly.
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Mountain State Athletic Conference
Swim Championships
at University of Charleston
Boys team scores: George Washington 398, Hurricane 174, Parkersburg 158, South Charleston 150, Huntington 90, Spring Valley 80, Nitro 77, Cabell Midland 67, Capital 49, Winfield 43
Parkersburg High results
50 freestyle: 2. Preston Padden 22.20; 8. Nic Cheuvront 24.07; 21. Anthony Kist 26.72; 32. Wesley Azinger 28.53; 38. Austin Druid 28.99
100 freestyle: 2. Preston Padden 48.60; 7. Nic Cheuvront 55.55; 9. Peyton Hughes 56.40; 16. Anthony Kist 1:00.21; 26. Jack Terosky 1:05.08; 31. Brandon McIntire 1:06.33; 33. Austin Druid 1:06.59
500 freestyle: 2. Sean Snider 5:07.84
100 backstroke: 3. Peyton Hughes, 1:05.74
100 breaststroke: 12. Stevie Cottrell 1:18.80
100 butterfly: 8. Stevie Cottrell 1:07.72
200 freestyle: 2. Sean Snider 1:48.6; 11. Jack Terosky 2:23.01
200 freestyle relay: 2. Parkersburg (Sean Snider, Peyton Hughes, Nic Cheuvront, Preston Padden) 1:34.44; 12. Stevie Cottrell, Austin Druid, Brandon McIntire 1:51.46
400 freestyle relay: 3. Parkersburg Sean Snider, Peyton Hughes, Nic Cheuvront, Preston Padden) 3:32.77; 8. Jack Terosky, Wesley Azinger, Austin Druid, Brandon McIntire) 4:24.81
200 medley relay: 9. Jack Terosky, Stevie Cottrell, Anthony Kist, Brandon McIntire 2:07.64
Girls team scores: George Washington 417, Parkersburg 285, Hurricane 102, Winfield 98, Capital 93, Cabell Midland 71, Huntington 69, South Charleston 58, Spring Valley 56, Nitro 50
Parkersburg High results
50 freestyle: 3. Alexa Standley 27.04; 5. Tara Foster 27.04; 6. Lacey Dulaney 27.96; 22. Jacqueline Braham 31.18;27. Sally Samolitis 31.58; 29. Kyra Harrington 32.11; 33. Elisa Filozof 34.08; 34. Molly McFarland 34.14; 35.Ainsley Cheuvront 34.18; 37. Havanna Edwards 34.59
100 freestyle: 2. Jen Standley 59.3; 3. Lacey Dulaney 1:00.18; 25. Kyra Harrington 1:13.05; 27. Sally Samolitis 1:13.44; 29. Shaylyn Baylor 1:15.90; 31. Ainsley Cheuvront 1:17.55; 32. Gabby Cox 1:17.88; 33. Havanna Edwards 1:18.35
200 freestyle: 4. Claire Collett 2:09.56; 5. Sarah Snider 2:10.7; 6. Jen Standley 2:15.58; 11. Brittany Jarvis 2:35.00; 14. Sowji Mukkamala 2:37.58; 15. Sarah Sisson 2:37.88
500 freestyle: 3. Hannah Wareheim 5:45.21; 4. Claire Collett 5:51.6; 5. Sarah Snider 5:54.91;
100 breaststroke: 3. Hannah Wareheim 1:15.17; 14. Sowji Mukkamala 1:31.35; 15. Brittany Jarvis 1:31.83; 23. Maggie Bumgartner 1:41.80
100 backstroke: 10. Gracie Staats 1:21.47; 12. Jacqueline Braham 1:22.67; 17. Molly McFarland 1:26.92; 18. Shaylyn Baylor 1:28.37; 22. Alyssa Filozof 1:34.80; 24. Gabby Cox 1:41.23
100 butterfly: 5. Tara Foster 1:08.61; 6. Alexa Standley 1:08.71; 10. Elizabeth Cooley 1:17.07
200 individual medley: 6. Katie Cooley 2:45.75
200 freestyle relay: 2. Parkersburg 1:49.61
400 freestyle relay: 2. Parkersburg (Jen Standley, Lacey Dulaney, Sarah Snider, Claire Collett) 4:03.52
200 medley relay: 2. Parkersburg (Tara Foster, Hannah Wareheim, Alexa Standley, Claire Collett) 2:02.71; 10. Jacqueline Braham, Brittany Jarvis, Katie Cooley, Sowji Mukkamala) 2:19.63
