Staff Writer
PRESQUE ISLE – The Wildcats and Vikings lined up and took their starting positions to test swimming skills in a rivalry match at the Presque Isle Indoor Pool last Thursday. After 23 events PIHS had combined points to defeat Caribou’s team scoring in both the girls’ and boys’ races. PIHS set the tone by winning the first event, the girls’ 200-yard medley relay. Allison Young, Karrie Brawn, Courtney Hoffses and Emilee Currie turned in a time of 2:26.18. The Caribou squad of Rachel Jordan, Nicole Nadeau, Robin Knoll and Sam Cross finished second in 2:33.62. The PIHS B team (Divya Bisht, Desiree Higgins, Dara Raymond and Rilee Currie) swam to third in 2:50.33.
Remaining girls’ relay results follow: 200-yard freestyle: 1, Presque Isle A (Young, Raymond, Hoffses and E. Currie) 2:07.17; 2, Presque Isle B (Brawn, Jesse Lucas, Higgins and Paige McEachern) 2:21.37; 3, Caribou A (Tulsi Johnson, Sara Ouellette, Jordan and Amanda Guerrette) 2:28.71; and 4, Caribou B (Burgess, Janelle Gagnon, Hannah Holmes and Mackenzie Flannery) 3:03.45. 400-yard freestyle relay: 1, Caribou A (Nadeau, Knoll, Johnson and Cross) 5:08.43; 2, Presque Isle A (Bisht, Lucas, McEachern and R. Currie) 5:37.56; and 3, Caribou B (Ouellette, Flannery, Burgess and Guerrette) 6:20.61.
Girls’ individual results follow: 200-yard freestyle: 1, Higgins (PI) 2:48.22; 2, Lucas (PI) 2:58.86; 3, McEachern (PI) 3:01.06; 4, Guerrette (C) 3:11.70; 5, Burgess (C) 3:19.44; and 6, Flannery (C) 3:24.13. 200-yard individual medley: 1, Hoffses (PI) 2:54.43 and 2, E. Currie (PI) 3:10.41. 50-yard freestyle: 1, Brawn (PI) 29.90; 2, Cross (C) 31.11; 3, Raymond (PI) 31.92; 4, Knoll (C) 33.89; 5, Nadeau (C) 34.03; 6, R. Currie (PI) 34.28. 100-yard butterfly: 1, Hoffses (PI) 1:24.06 and 2, Knoll (C) 1:31.78. 100-yard freestyle: 1, Young (PI) 1:07.20; 2, Nadeau (C) 1:13.64; 3, Cross (C) 1:15.63; 4, Raymond (PI) 1:15.98; 5, E. Currie (PI) 1:16.55; and 6, Johnson (C) 1:17.87. 500-yard freestyle: 1, R. Currie (PI) 7:50.31 and 2, Flannery (C) 9:05.88. 100-yard backstroke: 1, Young (PI) 1:23.95; 2, Jordan (C) 1:28.54; 3, Ouellette (C) 1:33.79; and 4, Bisht (PI) 1:48.39. 100-yard breaststroke: 1, Brawn (PI) 1:29.16; 2, Johnson (C) 1:46.64; and 3, Burgess (C) 1:57.59.
The Wildcat boys also dominated the relay races. Gerard Desjardins, Matt Harris, Mike Yu and Kyle Gilson took first in 2:23.42 in the 200-yard medley. Yu, Harris, Stephen Goulet and Gilson swam to first in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 2:03.89. In the 400-yard freestyle relay, Cameron Winter, Ethan York, Goulet and Desjardins finished on top in 5:33.13.
Boy’s individual results follow: 200-yard freestyle: 1, John Forbes (C) 2:22.10; 2, Goulet (PI) 3:05.30; and 3, York (PI) 3:17.76. 200-yard individual medley: 1, Winter (PI) 3:09.06. 50-yard freestyle: 1, Yu (PI) 28.19; 2, Gilson (PI) 29.73; 3, Harris (PI) 30.20; and 4, David Desilets (C) 34.12. 100-yard butterfly: 1, Winter (PI) 1:29.75. 100-yard freestyle: 1, Yu (PI) 1:05.08; 2, Desjardins (PI) 1;08.18; 3, Ian Connelley (C) 1:10.57; and 4, York (PI) 1:30.10. 500-yard freestyle: 1, Forbes (C) 6:30.40 and 2, Gilson (PI) 7:11.40. 100-yard backstroke: 1, Connelley (C) 1:22.00; 2, Desjardins (PI) 1:32.68; and 3, Desilets (C) 1:37.94. 100-yard breaststroke: 1, Harris (PI) 1:22.75 and 2, Goulet (PI) 1:37.20.
