PARKERSBURG -Bridgeport and Parkersburg High waged a day-long battle at the 13-team PHS Penguin Invitational Swim Meet on Saturday at the Parkersburg YMCA.
Following the final splash of the day, the scores couldn't have been much closer. The Big Red girls came out on top with 285 points to 221 for runnerup Bridgeport. In the boys competition, it was Bridgeport first with 274 points to 198 for runnerup PHS. That made the combined totals Bridgeport 495, Parkersburg 483.
Parkersburg South, meanwhile, finished third in the boys competition with 193 points and eighth in the girls division with 76, to place fourth overall with 269 points, 14 less than third place Wheeling Park.
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Big Red Hannah Wareheim finished third in the 500 freestyle on Saturday during the Parkersburg High School Penguin Invitational at the Parkersburg YMCA.
The Big Reds started out the day in grand style as the girls 200 medley relay team of Claire Collett, Hannah Wareheim, Alexa Standley and Tara Foster took gold, nipping Wheeling Park by 28-100ths of a second. Ironically, the Parkersburg girls other first place came in the final event of the day, the 400 freestyle relay, as the team of Jen Standley, Lacey Dulaney, Sarah Snider and Collett finished nearly four seconds ahead of runnerup Wheeling Park.
The Big Red boys, meanwhile, managed three first place finishes. Preston Padden won the 100 freestyle, Sean Snider captured the 500 freestyle and that duo teamed with Peyton Hughes and Nic Cheuvront to take the 200 freestyle relay, dominating the field by nearly five seconds. Snider also had a second in the 200 freestyle while Padden was the runnerup in the 50 freestyle, an event in which Cheuvront placed fourth.
Leading the South boys was Garrett Fink, who placed third in the 100 butterfly and fourth in the 200 individual medley. Fink also joined Corey Johnson, Joe Miller and Kinzie Bailey on the fourth place 400 freestyle relay team and Garrett DePergola placed fourth in the 100 breaststroke. South also took fourth in the 200 freestyle relay with the tam of Johnson, Miller, Bailey and DePergola.
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Girls Team Scores: 1. Parkersburg High School, 285; 2. Bridgeport High School, 221; 3. Wheeling Park, 184; 4. Buckhannon Upshur, 119; 5. Fairmont, 105; 6. Robert C. Byrd, 84; 7. Huntington, 78; 8. Parkersburg South, 76; 9. Wheeling Catholic Central, 52; 10. Notre Dame, 35; 11. Williamstown, 32; 12. Liberty, 20; 13. Philip Barbour, 11
Girls 200 Yard Medley: 1. PHS (Claire Collett, Alexa Standley, Hannah Wareheim, Tara Foster), 2:02.37; 7. South (Rachel Kirk, Anna Pasternak, Emily Gersper, Ryan Hesselrode); 11. PHS (Jacqueline Braham, Katie Cooley, Sowji Mukkamala, Kyra Harrington); 13. WILL (Shealee Mossor, Chelsey Butler, Savannah Dedrick, Tori Poole); 15. PHS (Molly McFarland, Sarah Sisson, Brittany Jarvis, Sallie Samolitis)
Girls 200 Yard Free: 3. Claire Collett, 2:07.39; 4. Sarah Snider (PHS), 2:11.84; 8. Jen Standley (PHS), 2:15.66; 12. Chelsey Butler, 2:34.52; 13. Sowji Mukkamala, 2:36.11; 15. Sarah Sisson, 2:36.38; 16. Sarah Debolt (WILL), 2:37.92; 18. Olivia Miller (South), 2:41.02; 20. Laura Pasternak (South), 2:46.42
Girls 200 Yard IM: 5. Katie Cooley, 2:44.82; 6. Kristianna Weppler (WILL), 2:47.47
Girls 50 Free: 2. Alexa Standley, 27.70; 3. Tara Foster, 27.73; 4. Anna Pasternak, 27.98; 6. Lacey Dulaney (PHS), 28.09
Girls 100 Yard Fly: 3. Tara Foster, 1:09;40; 4. Alexa Standley, 1:11.45; 6. Katie Cooley, 1:15.86
Girls 100 Yard Free: 3. Jen Standley, 59.19; 6. Lacey Dulaney, 1:00.94; 18. Chelsey Butler, 1:08.68; 19. Shealee Mossor, 1:10.32; 20. Olivia Miller, 1:10.56; 21. Tori Poole, 1:10.66
Girls 500 Yard Free: 2. Sarah Snider, 5:46.32; 3. Hannah Wareheim, 5:46.72; 8. Rachel Kirk, 6:33.11; 12. Sarah DeBolt, 6:52.70
Girls 200 Yard Free Relay: 2. PHS (Jen Standley, Hannah Wareheim, Alexa Standley, Tara Foster), 1:49.19; 6. PHS (Lucey Dulaney, Katie Cooley, Jacqueline Braham, Sarah Snider), 1:57.17; 7. South (Rachel Kirk, Ryan Hesselrode, Emily Gersper, Anna Pasternak), 1:57.61; 9. WILL (Chelsey Butler, Savannah Dedrick, Sarah DeBolt, Kristianna Weppler), 2:03.76
Girls 100 Yard Back: 4. Claire Collett, 1:08.10; 8. Kristianna Weppler, 1:12.19; 16. Emily Lowden, 1:20.94; 17. Jacqueline Braham, 1:21.16; 21. Gracie Staats (PHS), 1:24.37; 22. Shealee Mossor, 1:24.69; 23. Tori Poole, 1:24.92
Girls 100 Breast: 5. Emily Gersper, 1:21.01; 11. Savannah Dedrick, 1:27.37; 16. Sowji Mukkamala, 1:31.50
Girls 400 Yard Relay: 1. PHS (Jen Standley, Sarah Snider, Lacey Dulaney, Clair Collett), 4:00.76; 5. South, (Rachel Kirk, Ryan Hesselrode, Emily Gersper, Anna Pasternak), 4:25.96; 10. WILL (Tori Poole, Sarah DeBolt, Shaelee Mossor, Kristianna Weppler), 4:40.73; 12. South (Emily Lowden, Laura Pasternak, Olivia Miller, Natasha McFarland), 4:52.52
Boys team scores: Bridgeport 274, Parkersburg 198, Parkersburg South 193, Notre Dame 151, Fairmont Senior 111, Philip Barbour 102, Wheeling Park 99, Huntington 96, Buckhannon Upshur 37, Wheeling Central 16, Robert C. Byrd 10
200 Medley Relay: 5. South (Lane Burton, Garrett DePergola, Garrett Fink, Ryan Pritchard) 1:56.30; 9. PHS(Eric Eisenmann, Stephen Cottrell, Anthony Kist, Brandon McIntire) 2:04.22; 11. South (Brady Starcher, Casey Dye, Chase Dye, Zach Marion) 2:06.78
200 Freestyle: 2. Sean Snider, PHS 1:49.49; 6. Joe Miller, South 2:02.80; 7. Kinzie Bailey, South 2:06.55; 16. Jack Terosky 2:19.84; 19. Zach Marion, South 2:25.79; 21. Brady Starcher, South 2:28.46
200 IM: 4. Garrett Fink, South 2:19.32; 5. Garrett DePergola, South 2:24.23; 8. Stephen Cottrell, PHS 2:29.22; 11. Eric Eisenmann, PHS 2:36.72; 13. Casey Dye, South 2:42.63
50 Freestyle: 2. Preston Padden, PHS 22.61; 4. Nic Cheuvront, PHS 24.38; 8. Peyton Hughes, PHS 24.89; 15. Corey Johnson, South 25.71; 22. Anthony Kist, PHS 26.74; 24. Evan Clark, South 27.09; 30. Lane Burton, South 27.84; 31. Clayton Tichy 27.92; 37. Austin Druid, PHS 28.48; 39. Brandon McIntire, PHS 28.89; 43. Wes Azinger, PHS 29.45; 57. Tyler Pittman, South 34.68
100 Butterfly: 3. Garrett Fink, South 1:00.11; 6. Stephen Cottrell, PHS 1:06.75; 12. Chase Dye, South 1:16.22; 13. Ryan Pritchard, South 1:21.18
100 Freestyle: 1. Preston Padden, PHS 50.96; 3. Nic Cheuvront, PHS 55.45; 6. Corey Johnson, South 56.37; 11. Anthony Kist, PHS 1:00.49; 20. Jack Terosky, PHS 1:03.06; 23. Zach Marion, South 1:03.52; 25. Clayton Tichy, South 1:04.81; 28. Austin Druid, PHS 1:05.71; 31. Brandon McIntire, PHS 1:07.10
500 Freestyle: 1. Sean Snider, PHS 5:06.71; 5. Kinzie Bailey, South 5:31.43; 6. Joe Miller, South 5:34.56
200 Freestyle Relay: 1. PHS (Sean Snider, Peyton Hughes, Nic Cheuvront, Preston Padden) 1:35.61; 4. South (Corey Johnson, Joe Miller, Kinzie Bailey, Garrett DePergola) 1:43.28; 8. PHS (Anthony Kist, Jack Terosky, Stephen Cottrell, Eric Eisenmann) 1:49.96; 9. South (Evan Clark, Chase Dye, Zach Marion, Clayton Tichy) 1:50.09
100 Backstroke: 5. Peyton Hughes, PHS 1:03.73; 6. Lane Burton, South 1:04.25; 9. Eric Eisenmann, PHS 1:12.03; 10. Brady Starcher, South 1:12.79; 11. Ryan Pritchard, South 1:13.01
100 Breaststroke: 4. Garrett DePergola, South 1:12.88; 8. Casey Dye, South 1:19.65; 12. Evan Clark, South 1:20.96; 17. Wes Azinger, PHS 1:26.55
400 Freestyle Relay: 2. PHS (Sean Snider, Nic Cheuvront, Peyton Hughes, Preston Padden) 3:29.29; 4. South (Corey Johnson, Joe Miller, Kinzie Bailey, Garrett Fink) 3:46.07; 9. South (Casey Dye, Zach Marion, Evan Clark, Ryan Pritchard) 4:06.75; 11. PHS (Jack Terosky, Wes Azinger, Austin Druid, Brandon McIntire) 4:28.63
Combined team scores: Bridgeport 495, PHS 483, Wheeling Park 283, Parkersburg South 269, Fairmont Senior 216, Notre Dame 186, Huntington 174, Buckhannon Upshur 156, Philip Barbour 113, Robert C. Byrd 94, Wheeling Central 68, Williamstown 32, Liberty 20
In addition to its two relay teams, the Big Red girls got 2-3 finishes from Alexa Standley and Foster in the 50 freestyle and from Sarah Snider and Wareheim in the 500 freestyle. Foster and Standley also combined for a 3-4 finish n the 100 butterfly and Collett and Snider placed 3-4 in the 200 freestyle.
The Big Reds also got a runnerup effort in the 200 freestyle relay with the two Standleys, Wareheim and Foster getting nipped at the wire by Buckhannon.
South's Anna Pasternak placed fourth in the 50 freestyle and Patriot Emily Gersper was fifth in the 100 breaststroke.
