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County teams reunite in state swim meet By Dave Lawrence Sports Editor RICHMOND — For the first time in years, all four county high school swim teams competed in the same state tournament. As usual, however, all four teams represented the county well. Both Hanover’s boys and girls teams finished in the top 10, as did Atlee’s boys and Patrick Henry’s girls, in the Virginia High School League Class 4 swim and dive championships at Collegiate School Aquatic Center Friday. Patrick Henry’s Amanda Barnard led the county teams in individual wins with two: first in the girls 200-yard individual medley with a 2:03.15 finish, then second in the 500 freestyle with a 4:55.00 finish. Atlee’s Mollie Ivie won the girls 100 backstroke in 56.79. On the boys side, Atlee’s Brock Rempe won the boys 100 breaststroke in 55.59. The Patriots, in particular, did quite well considering their relatively small size among their Class 4 competitors. “That was really good to be able to compete at the level we did,” said Patrick Henry head swim coach Bob Flanagan. “We had a number of people get on the podium. Amanda won in two individual events which was incredible for her to be able to do that in backto-back years. But then, along with some other strong freshmen and sophomore swimmers were able to get on the podium in both of their relays. That was
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Above, Patrick Henry’s Amanda Barnard sweeps her arms in a graceful arc as she swims to victory in the girls 500-yard freestyle in the VHSL Class 4 swim championships at SwimRVA Friday. She beat her preliminary time by six seconds with a 4:55.00 finish. Left, Hanover’s Nathaniel Eliason seems to shoot streams of water from his fingertips during the boys 500yard freestyle. Eliason finished second in 4:40.92.
exciting. And then the guys also did well.” The Patriot girls 200 medley relay team of Barnard, Kate Balut, Molly Hoben and Maddie Medei finished fifth. The same
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quartet finished sixth in the 200 freestyle relay. On the boys side, Hayden Bartz finished fifth in both the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly. Atlee’s boys were led by
strong relay performances. The 200 freestyle relay team of Brock Rempe, Peter Frame, Jace Hollinger and Tyler Caten) finished second. The 200 medley relay team of Caten, Rempe,
Brandon Harvey and Hollinger finished fourth. Caten and Hollinger finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in the 50 freestyle. Caten finished fourth in the 100 freestyle and Rempe eighth in the 200 individual medley. On the girls side, Molly Ivie also finished third in the 200
butterfly. “I was really impressed. Everyone performed, really did great,” said Atlee head swim coach Karen Seeber. “The boys 200 medley and 200 free (relays) were disappointed — they were hoping to win, but they dropped time from the beginning and Brock set a pool record, well, a meet record, for his breaststroke. “We were a little surprised that Mollie got her time in the backstroke. She won that, so that was exciting.” Hanover’s Sam Castle popped up in the finals in a number of events, finishing fifth in the boys 100 backstroke and eighth in the 100 freestyle. He was also part of the Hawks’ fourth-place 400 freestyle relay with Nathaniel Eliason, Henry Atkinson and Bryce Newton. The quartet finished fifth in the 200 medley relay. Eliason also finished second in the 500 freestyle. On the girls side, Jordyn Dillard finished sixth in the 200 freestyle and eighth in the 100 freestyle. Dillard was also part of the Hawks’ seventhplace 400 freestyle relay team with Morgan Pittman, Emma Allison and Cere Duplissey. Hanover head swim coach George Massey praised the Class 4 performances overall. “Just amazing! Eleven state records,” he said. “There were just some just some incredible performances. It’s great to be a part of that.” Dave Lawrence can be reached at dlawrence@mechlocal.com.
